The movie is fine if you just remember that almost nothing is accurate their from the duststorm up, and that the guy would be dead from perchlorate and heavy metal poisoning on like week 2.
I think the soil toxicity was discovered just after the book was released, so when it was written, it wasn’t an error. It was known when they made the movie though.
I don't remember the book avoiding it (but it's been many years), since he grows crops from the (again, too deadly from perchlorates to even grow a crop in without industrial-grade decontamination) soil. I remember diet issues, but I pegged those to nutrition.
Also Martian dust is deadly as fuck, May as well just snort asbestos if you're tracking it into your hab. Also, he never needed to worry about water since Martian soil has fucktons, and the duststorm would have not had any effect on the lander save visibility.
Never seen the movie, but the book is actually a really good hard sci fi man vs nature narrative (it's also a fast read which I think is why it appealed to a lot of people outside of the usual hard sci fi crowd). I can understand if someone doesn't like the style but I would never put it in the same sentence as Ready Player One jesus.
fuck, thanks for saving me from The Martian. is the movie tolerable
The movie is fine if you just remember that almost nothing is accurate their from the duststorm up, and that the guy would be dead from perchlorate and heavy metal poisoning on like week 2.
the book avoids this and they caused a problem in the adaptation, or am I misunderstanding?
I think the soil toxicity was discovered just after the book was released, so when it was written, it wasn’t an error. It was known when they made the movie though.
Not sure, but I think the original Mars Space Cadet Zubrin talked about heavy metal contamination in the 90s, though we weren't certain.
I don't remember the book avoiding it (but it's been many years), since he grows crops from the (again, too deadly from perchlorates to even grow a crop in without industrial-grade decontamination) soil. I remember diet issues, but I pegged those to nutrition.
Also Martian dust is deadly as fuck, May as well just snort asbestos if you're tracking it into your hab. Also, he never needed to worry about water since Martian soil has fucktons, and the duststorm would have not had any effect on the lander save visibility.
Never seen the movie, but the book is actually a really good hard sci fi man vs nature narrative (it's also a fast read which I think is why it appealed to a lot of people outside of the usual hard sci fi crowd). I can understand if someone doesn't like the style but I would never put it in the same sentence as Ready Player One jesus.
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thanks for the additional perspective
I enjoyed both the movie and book tbh so :shrug-outta-hecks:
The movie is good popcorn fun