Chinese/American solidarity in The Martian (2015)
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The Chinese come to the rescue of NASA and the movie literally concludes with one of the American heroes fist-bumping a Chinese astronaut on a joint mission back to Mars. It's a sad reminder of how bad the new cold war has become in just a few years.

2015: :wholesome: We can explore space together! :solidarity:

2022: President Xi is going to invade Taiwan at any moment LAUNCH THE NUKES NOW! :guts-rage:

:sadness:

  • il4vayWRYW0SDoqKfBua [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    ugh i hated project hail mary, the insufferable bazinga I FING LOVE SCIENCE affect that was barely repressed in the martian comes out in full force

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      2 years ago

      I get that; I was cringing more than once. But if you can tolerate that: the book is still very fun IMO.

      • il4vayWRYW0SDoqKfBua [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        i could not tolerate it, i really loved the martian and even enjoyed artemis well enough but project hail mary just seemed to be a distillation of all the worst parts of the author's previous works