SCREEEEEEEEEEEEAMINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[dira]

Who’s ready to go to Mars!?! Astronaut Mark Watney introduces the Ares 3 mission and crew. #JourneytoMars http://t.co/BtN0G0VNfR

— Mike Massimino (@Astro_Mike) June 7, 2015

"Ares 3: Farewell" (Watch on YouTube)

(WATCH IT IN FULL SCREEN THERE ARE TWEETS AND CREW FACTS YOU CAN'T READ OTHERWISE)

(OH MY GOD THIS IS SO PERFECT INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THEY HAD A REAL ASTRONAUT ANNOUNCE IT)

(AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE SO GREATTTTTTTTTT)

Comments

[lannamichaels]

...I have to read this book, don't I? (I've had the ebook out from the library and, um, haven't touched it yet.)

[dira]

It is such good just, like, classic problem-solving-with-science people-pulling-together-for-a-goal SF. Like Apollo 13 + Castaway + 21st century dirty-mouthed humor. :D

[lannamichaels]

The synospsis just sounded so grim and depressing. They should have mentioned the humor! :P

[dira]

Oh man, yeah, it is fucking HILARIOUS. :D

[lannamichaels]

*just finished chapter 1!* it's a very quick read.

[reginagiraffe]

Oh, it's totally hilarious! I haven't laughed that much while reading a book in a long time! Mark is a total smartass.

[gwyn]

So I started this based on your rec, and it's driving me nuts that they didn't seem to have a competent copyeditor or proofreader. But I will persevere, it seems interesting if I can just squint and try to ignore the problems.

God, Sebastian's so cute in that. I love the "McDreamy lives" thing on the screen when he comes on. Yes, yes indeed.

[dira]

Huh. You didn't somehow get the self-published version, did you? I don't remember noticing copyediting problems, and I'm usually annoyed by those.

[gwyn]

It's entirely possible--I borrowed it from someone else and some of them, I thought at first they were typical ebook formatting issues (like in-tact), but the errors are pretty consistent. (I see this in a lot of work I do with self-publishing authors through Amazon--they have their wife or their friend or whatever proof it because they think that person is just so great at spotting typos! and they're family! and stuff! and then, you know...) It's good to know it might have been corrected in the repubbed version. But I AM enjoying it, just having to squint like I do with a lot of fanfic and grit my teeth.

I haven't "met" any of the other characters yet. Looking forward to that. And I'm deeply impressed by your figuring out all the math related to the release. ;-D

[grammarwoman]

Bucky IN SPAAAAAAAAAAACE! :)

The book looked interesting. I should get it from the library before demand post-movie makes it a long wait.

[dira]

For the record, while Sebastian Stan's character, Chris Beck, is significant and important and does some really cool and crucial things in the story, he does so on par with about fifteen other characters--the book is (and presumably the movie will be) really heavily weighted toward Mark.

BUCKY IN SPAAAAAAACE THOUGH. I think Sebastian Stan has said somewhere that he wanted to be an astronaut as a kid, and he definitely instagrammed a pic of himself on set in a space suit, so. I hope he had a really great time doing this and took home tons of NASA swag. :D

[sperrywink]

Sounds fun! SebStan in Space has gotta be good. *g*