Post #1978792
2026-05-04 17:54 UTC
Replies (4)
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@Anomnomnomaly@beige.party 2026-05-04 18:01
@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk I loved the movie... I'd never heard of it, or the book and never saw a trailer or read a review. I went into it not knowing a thing aside from the blurb that the metadata pulled from the internet... Which was the cast list and this 'In the near future, astronaut Ryland Grace wakes from a coma afflicted with amnesia. He gradually remembers that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to find a means of reversing a solar dimming event that could cause the extinction of humanity.' I've now watched the movie 3 times in the last couple of weeks. When it's out on bluray, at a reasonable price... I'll pick up a copy.
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@benjamincox@writing.exchange 2026-05-04 18:04
@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk I feel you in terms of writing. I often go months without watching or writing anything new. At times, I feel like I’m just churning out content without feeling any satisfaction.
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@jupiter@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-05 18:24
@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk what I don't get is why the book needs so much science information when the prerequisite - all stars infected at the same time / sol infected last and the tremendous coincidence that just after humans make it to Tau Ceti, and *intergalactic* (of all things) traveler also happens to be there, just at the same time and place... I struggle to suspend my disbelief here. (less science and more bla bla in the vein of star trek would make it better)
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@PixelJones@mindly.social 2026-05-06 13:32
@UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk Good review! Funny, most people I follow had the opposite (but predictable) complaint, "The book was better! The science was everything and they left out so many good bits! Wahhh". I laugh because while I thoroughly enjoyed the book (and "hard" science fiction, in general) I'm actually shocked that they were able to release a "mere" 2 hour 45 minute movie that included as much science as they did. Also, the movie got the can-do tone, humor and hopefulness just right. One of the best movies in the last decade, IMO. Hey, and the Motion Picture Academy has said puppeted characters are now eligible for best-supporting Oscar. Give James "Rocky" Ortiz a statue! Also, take heart, all you book-was-better nerds, the film editor said they had a 6-hour rough cut they chopped down to 3.5-hours for the initial audience screener. (Which tested well even at that length.) So, there's plenty of material for an extended cut with the extra science you missed.