Whether it’s the advertisements on the street with the big head of Matt Damon, or the trailers of the increasingly dense collection of video websites, they are heralding the arrival of a new round of hard science fiction trends, and science fiction fans (including myself) represented by men of science and technology. We have once again ushered in a grand ceremony exclusive to members. The popular culture at the other end of the universe is rarely seen on the spacecraft belonging to the Geeks on the seventh art spacecraft. Geeks who are full of theory but not surprising review familiar terms and concepts, and taste the satisfaction of learning mathematics, physics and chemistry and reading science fiction. , And more importantly, it can finally become the focus of the small circle temporarily, facing the real or potential or fantasy watching female companions, eloquently analyzing scientific principles and spitting out loopholes, and then running on social media. Putting on the cloak of Xueba Da V, the formula spurred Fang Qiu.
For ordinary audiences who come to show their stars and grand special effects, this masterpiece of excellent quality and script can undoubtedly arouse the public's enthusiasm and attention to the space industry while meeting entertainment needs. From a utilitarian point of view, this can be regarded as a two-shot by popularizing the spirit of science and common sense through the mass media, benefiting the country and the people. In the hustle and bustle of the earth's thick atmosphere, occasionally wandering to the other side of the vast and beautiful starry sky, broadening the volume of the lower brain, this film can also be a poetic place for your mind and soul to rest.
A Hardcore
"The Martian" (also translated as "The Martian") is the famous masterpiece of science fiction writer Andy Weir. The author has already established the tone of hard science fiction at the beginning of creation, and strives to be true in the details of scientific issues in the work. . The great director Ridley Scott once again stepped into the realm of science fiction where he was familiar with the road, and continued to play a pragmatic and realistic style based on the faithful original work. In the production of this film, NASA even seized this opportunity to give itself a long face to help and act as a solid backing. A line with the protagonist of the film can be described as an outline: "I'm going to science the shit out of this."
Throughout the whole film, this statement is worthwhile.
First of all, the Mars manned exploration program has always been on NASA’s agenda. The so-called Mars 1 colonization program two years ago has caused a lot of noise, and the recent news of evidence of liquid water on the surface of Mars has made our neighbor even more vulnerable. It's a lot of attention (coincidentally, the news is almost synchronized with the release of the film, and the producer has to thank NASA for it). For the space scientists who "journey is the sea of stars" and the middle two boys (seems to be the same group of people), Mars has always been the most suitable experimental field for space colonization programs. Therefore, from the background setting, this story that happened in the not-so-distant future is particularly true from the perspective of feasibility.
On this basis, the display of related science and technology can be expanded within a limited range, from the design of spacecraft and spacesuits to the rooms and rover used by astronauts on the surface of Mars. When giving full play to the futuristic design, the realization of the function is given priority, and it is close to the existing function style to a large extent. Many details are directly copied from the daily life of NASA astronauts, such as the astronauts cruising between the cabins under weightlessness, and the long-distance performance of how to drink water for the family. Although it is usual, it is also more grounded and interesting.
As a Martian version of survival reality show, the biggest selling point of "The Martian" is how the protagonist Mark Watney uses limited resources to save himself in this barren foreign world, and how NASA's geniuses are arguing with their leaders. Unleash ingenuity to complete a rescue that spans hundreds of millions of kilometers. These seemingly impossible problems and unexpected solutions constitute the essence of the whole story-how to use limited resources to complete a specific task. In abstract terms, how to solve it under given initial and boundary conditions. Get the solution to the problem. However, in the space and Mars exploration missions, the scarcity of resources and the harsh environment greatly reduce the number of existences to be understood, and the solution process is naturally extremely difficult. This is exactly the scene often seen in NASA training: finding a solution with the parts in a box. This sounds familiar. Remember "Apollo 13"?
Zi once said that it is not difficult to open a big brain hole, but it is difficult to open it well, and it is even more difficult to open it scientifically. Thanks to the excellent brain insights of the novelist Weir and NASA's quality assurance, "The Martian" is full of surprises and twists and turns while still maintaining its scientific rationality. This kind of hardness and novelty supported by professionalism is This peculiar solo show introduced a unique charm.
Planting potatoes on Mars is obviously the most critical part of Mark's survival journey, and the botanist, a setting that has been marginalized in previous space science fiction works, has also become the protagonist. For those of us who can only look at lively laymen, it is nothing more than feeling about the protagonist’s IQ and execution ability, and by the way, watching the protagonist play the game and eat the flat bridge. Excluding the laborious engineering technology of transforming greenhouses to produce hydrogen and water, planting potatoes alone is by no means as natural as it seems in the movie.
The astronaut’s room isolates the external atmospheric environment and radiation, provides constant pressure, temperature and light. Mark’s modified machine and greenhouse solve the water source problem. However, nutrients and minerals that can be absorbed by plants are still required under soil culture conditions. . Fortunately, the mineral composition of Mars and Earth's soil is only slightly different. According to the soil composition data returned by the Curiosity rover, the mineral content is very similar to that of the Earth's volcanic ash sample. Although it is barren, it is still usable. But there are more important things in the earth’s soil-microorganisms. Many minerals need to be decomposed by bacteria or fungi to be absorbed by plants. Therefore, when Mark made the Mars version of the farmer’s Jincarat, in addition to making everyone laugh and adding nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. In addition to mixing into the Martian soil, the more important step is to mix the earth soil sample containing microbial samples into it (this point is more clearly explained in the original work), so that the Martian soil also has "liveness".
These paragraphs wrapped outside the technical skeleton run through the whole film, and they are dazzlingly popped out one by one in the coat of whimsy: the hexadecimal code information of the camera swing angle is used to transmit information between the earth and Mars, and the wizard Rich Purnell turns around. The rescue plan and the secret crossing of the warehouse, the promotion of the convertible and canvas-style orbital launch plan proposed by the laboratory, the explosive deceleration of the Hermes... Supplementary explanation and sent out unclear feelings. At least I basically jumped back and forth between the two energy levels during the entire viewing process: how can this be done? ——Well, maybe it can only be this way.
It is true that this work is still science fiction after all, and it is inevitable that there are errors and omissions. It is also normal for individual situations to be far from reality. It may be a peculiar requirement to require dripping water, but I have to say that its rigor and precision are manifested The hardness has reached the extreme. And it can still be fun on the basis of science and reason, and the original author Andy Weir is the first to contribute.
B Soft, delicious, and elastic
, on top of the bone texture of the story, full of characters with full texture.
Matt Damon once again played a tragic role that was abandoned by his teammates and trapped in an alien planet where the birds do not shit. As for why, please refer to last year's Interstellar. However, unlike the villain Mann in "Interstellar", who has been out of social loneliness and suffering for a long time and led to the pathological anti-humanity villain, this time Mark as the protagonist has good luck, has a good attitude of perseverance, a good teammate who will never leave, and the golden halo of the protagonist. .
The protagonist woke up alone in the red desert, engulfed by the devastating barrenness and loneliness, only the alarm from the spacesuit left a little anger in the boundless wilderness. Even if the starting tune is very similar to the loneliness created by "WALL-E", "Moon" and "I Am Legend", the rescue theme of the story alone can roughly understand that this will not be a tragic and sensational elegy for the hero. On the contrary, the emotional tone of the film is actually quite relaxed and happy. Now that everyone knows that the protagonist will not die, it is better to make the whole process more interesting.
As a typical rationalist, Mark is obviously more inclined to be a positive optimist in character, and the professional training of scientists has given him a solid realistic basis for his beliefs and actions to survive. Nearly half of the "Martian" novel is a log in the form of Mark's monologue. Except for the meticulous technical description, the rest is full of sharp spit and moody thoughts, adding a copy in addition to the dry terms and figures. A sense of intimacy and wanton swearing (such as a word beginning with F in two sentences in the opening three sentences) pulls the temperament directly from Mars back to the surface.
The movie inherits the sense of humor from the original, and upgrades the protagonist’s survival log to a video record logically, allowing Matt Damon to become a sportsman anchor to host a technology talk show in front of the camera. In the age of competition for beauty, Damon, who has gradually matured into a handsome uncle from a young age, is naturally not much better; in terms of vocal charm alone, the experience of acting as a narration or dubbing in films such as "The Guardian" is also competent for this. The best endorsement of a role; and looking back on his acting career, Mark, a pure and meticulous scientist with a high IQ, obviously belongs to the type that Damon is best at deductive.
Damon's performance can be summed up in a word-fit. After all, the original work is not good at portraying the characters' personalities, and Scott does not intend to dig deeper into the theme, so there is no need for him to be confused and entangled in his heart. Damon only needs to be calm and calm from time to time to overcome problems, and sometimes to show his true feelings, laugh when he is happy, and burst out when he is frustrated to complete the task. These are easy for Damon who has been on the stage for a long time. While the movie easily tells the story of the technical house, Damon did the best job to live up to his cute nickname—Selling cute: wearing a heavy spacesuit and awkwardly drawing circles on the ground, frowning and mixing manure, Overwhelmed by the blast of hydrogen gas, he reluctantly complained about Captain Lewis's bad taste in music, and repeatedly declared "I am a Martian colonizer!" "I am a space pirate!" "I am steel." Man!". The sorrow and mist of the alien lost was scattered little by little by the sunshine of the big boy.
Except for Duomo, the supporting cast of this film is also very strong. Model worker sister Jessica Chastan starred in the witty and decisive Mars expedition captain Lewis, the old drama bone Jeff Daniels incarnates the bureaucratic NASA boss Sanders, a number of supporting roles are also high-level heroes that often appear in Hollywood movies and American dramas, and two of them are more Chinese. Familiar faces of the Chinese-as Hong Kong veteran actor Kaohsiung led by the China Space Administration and mainland actress Chen Shu.
Quite different from the one-man show on Mars, these smartest brain waves in the world superimpose a colorful and noisy spectrum. The story did not embark on a broad road where the leadership attaches great importance to the rapid formulation of a plan to quickly implement rescue. Instead, the pen is turned into the internal differences of NASA. Technological solutions, funding, public opinion, politics, and aerospace may be the most technologically content undertaking, but it has never been only about technology. The living beings of this system are also presented on the picture scroll in the development of the story: NASA director Sanders’ worries and conservatives, Mars project chief scientist Kapoor’s initiative and perseverance, Ares 3 flight commander Henderson’s persistence and abandonment, and computing master Purnel’s sword. Going slant, and all members of Hermes are determined to embark on an uncertain path for their teammates. Within the limited number of scenes, each role can still reflect its unique personality characteristics and personality charm, and the audience can also get a glimpse of the flesh and blood of these seemingly unreachable technical houses in real situations.
It is because of Damon's full-fledged performance and many supporting actors who show their magical powers that this hard science fiction story with technology as the first expressive force can have both freshness and realism so as to construct a tension that spans space. However, the length of the movie restricts the space for many characters to play. Many people can only flash past the screen, and the interaction of several main supporting characters is also restricted, making the construction of character relationships slightly weaker. Fortunately, these simplifications did not cause the narrative to be fragmented, and the appropriate choices made one side of the earth not overwhelmingly overwhelming and maintained the overall balance.
C Flowing Abundance
As one-third of Ridley Scott’s fans, as far as my personal taste is concerned, this "Martian" is the only satisfactory film among his works in recent years. It is true that the solid quality of the original work is the hard cornerstone of this masterpiece, but Scott's dedication to overall control and details is also indispensable.
Scott's movies have always been known for their exquisite reduction and excellent composition ability. After receiving the script, Scott contacted NASA directly, and with the assistance of NASA, he created a near-future space adventure with excellent technical details. The specific content has already been demonstrated in the previous article, so I don't need to repeat it here. As far as the picture is concerned, the magnificent spectacle on the red Mars obviously provides an unparalleled background layer for Scott, who has a deep artistic background. Although some long shots of bird's eye view of Mars flying over the mountains are pleasing to the eyes and serving the audience, the film has maintained a rare restraint here. In deserts and canyons, the center of the picture always surrounds or pushes towards the protagonist Mark Watney. After all, this is about a person's adventures. The orange and white two-color spacesuit, and the large color block background of iron oxide tones, the stumbling walker and the silent planet, always when the colors echo each other, the conflict between geometry and movement highlights a kind of loneliness and Powerlessness.
Another feature of Scott's films is their personal style that is highly compatible with commercial film elements. Although they are popular with the audience, they often stop at a well-made grade due to the lack of literary hierarchy. Personally, I always feel that Scott is quite old in recent years and has maintained a high yield but has no memorable works. I am afraid it is also restricted by the script. However, "The Martian" made up for this deficiency to a certain extent, and Scott also reciprocated, and honestly followed the original routine.
Even so, there are still many fans who are dissatisfied with the fact that many of the contents of the original work have been cut and deleted, especially the scientific part of the book. But personally, the film can be regarded as a model of adaptation of the script. The loss of content is an inevitable pain in the process of text to video. As a commercial film with limited duration, combining Mark’s precise calculations in the original book with the tedious transformation process will destroy the overall sense of rhythm and turn entertainment into a class. This is not what most viewers want to see. of.
In short, the old man Scott is not old. Starting from the space opera "Prometheus", from the crime film "Black Gold Murder" to the costume film "Exodus: Pharaohs and Gods", he has transformed to take over hard science fiction and finally handed it over. A satisfactory work. As for whether this film is nearly perfect, or whether it needs to follow the spirit of the original book to go more purely and farther on the road of Geek and then become a god, I am afraid it is a matter of opinion. Please also the audience, especially those who are fans of hard science fiction, look forward to experiencing a technical house to survive in the wilderness of Mars.
ps Attached a very interesting note: In the film, the bridge section of the Chinese Space Agency's solar probe Apollo thruster and NASA's full cooperation is from a novel, not a national power promotion film inserted in the movie. But what is interesting is that the China Space Administration still has a small condition when providing assistance in the original work, and the boss Guo Ming also spit out a certain institution by the way (the specific content cannot be displayed according to relevant laws, regulations and policies). Please treat it as an Amway to the original~
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