RE-UPLOAD Ok so…. I was trying to remove a small clip from this video using KZfaq editor and somehow deleted the entire first half. Yaaaay. So, rising like a phoenix from the ashes is the almost identical mark 2 version.

They didn’t make the council of Elrond joke because they got Sean Bean, they got Sean Bean because they already had the joke 😂

One part of The Martian that I really enjoy is that it also demonstrates the importance of staying emotionally/mentally healthy, in addition to being physically healthy, when you're marooned like Mark Watney was. Doing things to keep your spirits up and stay optimistic is essential to being able to survive in that kind of situation.

This movie actually means a lot to me. I had to take a science course for my degree, and I finally settled on astronomy because I'm really bad at pretty much every other science. The professor was a really kind soul, incredibly passionate about his field of study, who was also a massive geek, and since I was always at class early (for unrelated reasons), we ended up managing to beat Kirby's Dream Land 3 by playing it every day before class, by the skin of our teeth. On the last day of class, as a destressor after the final, we watched the martian and had a little extra credit assignment attached to it. As soon as we were done, the professor said, we could go home, but I ended up staying to watch the whole thing anyway. I handed in the assignment, thanked the professor for a really fun and informative class, and went home for the winter break. Before the beginning of the next spring semester, my brother was talking about trying to figure out his class schedule, and I suggested he take astronomy with the same professor. He informed me that, unfortunately, the professor had passed away sometime between christmas and new years. This, obviously, came as a giant shock to me. I realized that, because I stayed late to watch the whole movie, I was likely one of his last students to see him. So, thanks, The Martian, for being a good movie.

While I love both book and movie, the one thing that I was truly missing is "How does Watney know how to do all the things?" The movie never mentions he was the mechanical Engineer for the mission. So people are left thinking that this gardener is somehow magically getting everything to work. In reality that is his primary role. Botany was only his minor in college.

For those who were curious and confused, as I was, about Dom’s description of the book ending, I did some research and think I figured it out. There are two “official” endings to the Martian book: the park bench scene where Watney is approached by a mother and son, which was the original ending from the website/self-published run, and the one that ends with Mark having just been rescued and contemplating the nature of humanity, which was edited into the 2014 re-publishing and the original audiobook, presumably because Weir felt it made a stronger ending. Now, from what I can gather, there are no print versions that include the space hotel bit that Dom discussed. However, the 2020 Wil Wheaton audiobook version is billed as including additional and exclusive short stories about Mark Watney. I imagine these includes the stories of the whole crew getting fired, Watney becoming a recluse, and getting the job offer for a hotel, which makes it less of an ending to the book and more sequel/bonus content, though it’s easy to see how this could be construed as an epilogue. Though of course, the movie would have had no way of incorporating this information since it had not yet been published. I think it just goes to show how versatile a story can be and how important the way people consume it is! For The Martian, there are at least four different versions of events depending on the media that it’s being told in, each with their own meaning and themes. How crazy is that?

I'll happily watch this 20 minutes of Dominic & Matt Damon for a second time.

Andy Weir is a good example how to make science interesting & engaging for people like me who doesn't get science, but still be accurate to not annoy the professionals

The 'dibs on Glorfindel as a code name' joke was so good. I still hold it in my heart as an example of a great geeky joke made even better by making it even geekier

"how the world will band together to save an attractive white man." I did NOT expect that to be the conclusion of that sentence, you caught me off guard and I laughed out loud.

A detail I really liked in the book was Watney always quipping and joking, making it fun to read his diary, only to then have a psychologist reveal that he uses humour to cope with stress a few chapters in. Made me feel a little bad.

No mention of the Disco music? Sad. I saw a funny diagram about how expensive each Matt Damon rescue was. Least expensive was Saving Private Ryan (they didn’t adjust for inflation lol), Martian was number 2, and by a lot Interseller was the most expensive haha.

PO-TA-TOES boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

I sincerely hope that someone will someday do The Martian as a "Chernobyl"-style miniseries. The book is written with that kind of pacing in mind, and I think the humor and tragedy would flow much better if you know the whole thing won't be over in an hour. Also the word "fuck" is a main character in the book. You can't just cut it mostly out and get the same tone. Mark, some answers to your previous questions: 1. No, we will not tell our botany team to "Go fuck themselves"

There was a line in the book when mark was using solar panels to avoid a sandstorm that went "because pythagoras is a bitch". I'm sad they skipped it.

Well, it's a good thing I find Dom's voice absolutely delightful. I'll gladly watch this a second time.

The science behind the botany , helped me with my lawn. I live in the desert and figured if I used a bag of manure and mixed it with the dirt then just flooded it for a week before seeding it. The grass grew quickly and covered my back yard for an entire spring and summer.

Another great bit of detail is the music. The film does have an original score, but all the licensed songs like David Bowie’s Star Man and ABBA’s Waterloo are a reference to the book. Watney goes through his crew mates’ stuff to see what kind of entertainment he’s got, and the only music he can find is Commander Lewis’ disco collection. Working it into the film the way that they did was brilliant.

Too bad this isn't a book about Time Travel or else we could joke about turning back time.

i agree, this movie impressed me with how good an adaptation it is! The only part that annoyed me was the "fly around like Iron Man" part, specifically because the book dismissed it as being a horrible idea. But as a whole that is a minor annoyance that didn't change that I really liked the movie.

As an engineer myself that feels wholeheartedly underrepresented in the culture (thousands of police procedure, law firms and doctor shows/films, but zero engineers...) this book and movie were such a joy to read. A survival tale where being an attorney or an activist would mean certain death.

I appreciate that you went to the trouble of doing this. You lose all the watch time and interaction all for a small accident. You really live up to your name, you Noble man you!

"I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of Irishmen suddenly cried out in dismay and were suddenly silenced"

I keep hoping to find an outtake of Sean Bean on the Project Elrond set saying "One doesn't simply walk into Schiaparelli Crater!"

Great video! I was always a little sad that the movie did away with a lot of the "NASA-speak" that I thought really made the book shine. My personal favourite example is upon pulling in Mark at the very end of the movie; Commander Lewis says "Houston, _Hermes_ : We got him!". A fine exclamation, but in the book, Lewis _finally_ radios in after Beck goes through _all_ the procedure and finally pulls Mark into the airlock: "Houston, this is _Heremes_ Actual. Six crew safely aboard." Sticking to the script, rigidly, even in such an emotional moment made such an impact for me. I know it was canned because ✨movie magic✨ (much like the addition of actually _using_ the much-ridiculed Iron Man maneuverer), but I still mourn the loss of the "always to procedure, even in the most stressful and wild of circumstances" way the crew are portrayed in the book. It's what sold me so much on Andy's writing. That, and Venkat became "Vincent" in the movie. I don't even have an explanation for that one, they even kept in that he's Hindu - and added that he's _also_ Baptist. That was just weird to me. Oh well. *Original comment* Imma have to re-find my mammoth comment about being annoyed at how they didn't stick to procedure at the very end - y'know, for posterity and whatnot. So, watch this space for when I find that 🙃 (And metrics. Good metrics.)

Mark Watney may be one of the most compelling literary protagonists I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Equal parts admirable and relatable.

Happy you reuploaded a video over a small thing you weren't happy with. I've seen people make excuses and say they won't do it because it's too much effort, so good work on sticking to what you feel comfortable with.

This is genuinely one of my favorite books ever, and, even though it doesn't get as well translated, because the whole concept can be a bit introspective, what I love about the adaptation the most is the honest hope and "keep moving forward, one step at a time" sort of sentiment to it. There are very few characters that could be thought of as cynics, and even those have genuine moments of unironic, unadulterated feelings of hope or feel honestly terrible when things go wrong. I dunno, it just warms my heart and it feels kind of refreshing to read a story like that, and I think that, for as limited as a film that doesn't include the characters' inner monologues beyond Mark's occasional sidenote, this adaptation did well with the idea, even if it does feel like it played more into a sense of wonder towards something that everyone knows is as dangerous as it is marvelous.

19 year old here- house is my favorite show of all time. So yes, keep the references coming.

I'll say that my only two real issues I had with the movie are the Ironman bit at the end and the floating debris while the capsule Watney is in is still under acceleration.

I mean I was already gonna rewatch but thanks for the motivation

as the result of a recent accident I am still on strong medication and this messed with my head when I saw it as I was thinking 'I already saw Dom do this, I know I did. Maybe I didn't maybe I just had a strange hallucination that was oddly future seeing'. I even remember remarking on how it was nice to see they only molded the content when a visual medium worked better with something, not because they just wanted to do a different story. when you respect the story and the characters you can be loyal without having to recreate every page. It would have been nice to see a bit more of the struggle, but it was still great. Glad to see it was a re-upload and that I haven't developed some strange fortune telling power that seems to only apply to KZfaq videos.

The Martian movie came out at a pivotal time for me, so the movie.and book.are really important to me. It's so nice to reflect on the growth that this was part of the inciting event. Thanks for your great work, Dom! ❤💖

I loved the book, loved the R.C. Bray audiobook, loved the Wil Wheaton edition and is my go-to movie whenever I feel down or bored. It's such a good story of human ingenuity and cooperation. Where there's not really a single bad guy, just a bunch of people trying to help and sometime disagreeing on how to do that.

Ever since I first found your channel, I've been hoping you would review "The Martian". It's my favorite book to film adaptation and I was wondering what your thoughts would be on it. So glad you've finally put this together!

This book is so important to me. I read it way back in late 2014, and 11 year old me absolutely loved the space and science. I still credit it with sending me down the STEM path. Also the joy when I re read it at 17 and understood the science jargon!

I’ll gladly watch a Dominic Noble video twice. I usually watch them a couple times anyway, though usually not the very next day.

I was thinking why KZfaq was recommending this if I already saw a couple of days ago.😆

The Martian is just about one of the only sci-fi books I've been able to read without feeling utterly lost, and also, I just realized that the guy reading out censored curse words is Nick Mohammed, who plays Nate on 'Ted Lasso'. Thanks for covering it.

Alright then, I'll rewatch the whole thing and give another like. It's worth it

love sean beans reaction, its like he thinking "wait... what? the fuck? we still referencing the lord of the rings? wait.. am I dying in this movie and wasn't told?"

“Tension eggs” and “poop potatoes”…dinner of champions! The “Starman” montage gets me every time, too

Man, DN is getting good at editing. Look at him pop out from behind that author.

Watched this when it was posted the first time, and was inspired to reread the book. Just finished that half an hour ago. Picked up my phone and here's this again, and I can only assume it will make me read the book _again..._ Dom, you may have kicked off an endless cycle.😁

I am completely happy to watch this again, and will again say this is perhaps one of the single most faithful and well-done adaptations ever done. It's a top-tier adaptation in the company of The Princess Bride.

I absolutely love Andy’s writing

10:09 Technically it's barratry, not mutiny. But Weir didn't know that at the time and the wrong crime is consistently used throughout both book and film.

I wasn't expecting to get so drawn into this film, and I was on the edge of my seat during the climax. You really feel the lonliness and isolations, and the desperation of the crew. I even welled up a bit during this video when you showed the moment they grabbed Watney. Just imagining feeling that first human contact after all that time alone.

This is one of my favorite hard sci-fi movies, and my favorite "mission to Mars" movies by a significant margin (a surprisingly large genre.) I only had one issue with it as a guy who knows planetary science, and that was the Martian winds. The atmosphere on Mars is less than 1% as dense as Earth's, so even though the winds can blow at more than 100 mph they carry almost no real force. The wind isn't even strong enough to throw up pebbles, let alone dislodge a satellite dish and fling it at lethal velocity at someone's face. There IS a way the dust storm would have worked that DOES fit the science better, and that is the fact that it would basically blind the astronauts and disrupt their radios with all the massive amounts of static that much flying dust would generate. All you had to do was get him separated and fall into a hole or something to crack his helmet and there you go.

"I'm going to have to science the shit out of this" was the part of the trailer (which was my first introduction to the movie and book) where I just immediately went full simp for this. I bought the book at the first possible opportunity and devoured it, then went to see this in theaters.

To quote Weir, Mars is the antagonist. All the characters are protagonists. Even teddy.

The funny thing about House is that there were so many easter egg jokes that only people with medical experience would get. It isn't just that they are throwing in enough jargon to make it realistic, they are throwing shade at doctors too.

When a coworker loaned me the book, I read it in two days because I couldn’t put it down. So despite it being far closer in adaptation than most book to movies, there is that tone difference that has me much prefer the book. The first line of your book being “I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked.” It sets a big tone. I know Andy Weir wanted to have an edited version appropriate for schools (is that version out now? I have not kept up), but for me, the crass language is part of the story. It helps bond me to Mark Watney who speaks his mind unfiltered. Plus I love the joke that NASA’s PR director is the most foul mouthed person of the whole organization. AND THEY CAST KRISTIN WIIG! Kristin Wiig is perfect for the R rated Annie from the book, and they toned her down considerably. Along with Sean Bean as Mitch, it was a disservice to both actor and character. One change that Mr. Noble glossed over is the movie made the Space Pirate joke out of context. As discussed in many other places, Mark is a Space Pirate in the book because he has lost contact with NASA, so they cannot give him formal permission to take control of the Aries IV craft. However in the movie he is in contact the whole time, so NASA can grant permission, thus removing his crime of piracy. They loved the joke so much they threw it in anyways. Movie isn’t bad by any means, and I get them wanting that PG-13 since the only thing is the language. Just my two cents and how I just adore this book. I aspire to become, Botanist Cool.

The birth of this book is interesting enough to watch this video again. 🤓

Me, about to go sleep, 6 hours ago: "Mhhhh I need something soothing yet entertaining to fall asleep to" Dominic: *Re-uploads* Me: BINGO

Andy Weir is a massive talent. My sister is not a science fiction fan and she LOVES The Martian and Project Hail Mary.

"The way the world can and will come together as one to help out when an attractive white person is in danger." I mean that really eviscerates humanity in a single sentence...

A good companion piece to these is the novel The Martian Race by Gregory Benford - it's essentially about how corporations and sponsors take over from NASA and compete against each other to make landfall and be the first back from Mars in 2015. There's a lot of scathing commentary in it, one good example is how the team we follow is literally sponsored by Mars Bars and even though all the crew members hate them it's the most compact form of edible calories they have so they're kind of forced to snack on them, especially since the equipment was all made for cheap and needs constant repairs.

I mean, if you're going to *insist* on living up to your surname for the sake of good taste and viewer comfort.... well, we'll just have to let you and happily lap up another serving of Dom review. 😋

When he said el james is el james you can tell years are coming back to him

Can I express my love for this book enough? No. Instead, I’ll tell y’all that I read the book 3 times and have now listened to the audio book 8 times. Wil Wheaten was so amazing that when I started listening to The Kaiju Preservation Society and immediately recognized his voice, I knew what kind of book I was getting myself into and geeked out. My father was reluctant to listen to The Martian audiobook with me as “We’ve seen the movie; why do I need to listen to the book?” yet he’s enjoyed every moment of experiencing it with me. This is my most re-listened to audiobook. I’ve only had Audible since, like, July.

I am very aware that this video is over a year old,, however as a gen-z medical nerd with vampid ADHD and an enthusiasm for puzzles, I fucking love house and that reference made me very happy.

Okay, again, Melinda Park is Korean in the book. But I didn't know that reading it and only found out after seeing the movie

I very much love this book and movie. Though you forgot to mention that in the movie, Watney would not be a space pirate as NASA would give him permission to board the MAV

I got fainted on seeing this movie in the theater, lol. The guy behind me lost consciousness during the opening scene with all the blood and fell directly on top of me. I thought he was dead for sure--but then he popped right back up a minute later. They had to stop the movie and call the paramedics and everything. Memorable, to be sure.

Oh no, guess I’ll have have to watch it again >:3

Glad about the reupload. Had only gotten the chance to watch the original after the edit and saw it was front was cut off, commenting as such before. Always enjoy seeing your videos.

I loved the Martian. It was a great book and a wonderful adaptation as well. Also, can you please please do one on Bridge to Terebithia? It is a movie that holds a very special place in my heart and I would love to hear your opinion on it. I've heard quite a few people say that it's one of those movies that's better than the books.

Great video, Dom! Happy to watch it again to boost your analytics! 👍🏻

These videos are fantastic! Dom’s commentary, insights, and skits are fabulous!

One thing is the Space pirate logic doesn't make sense in the movie since he doesn't lose contact again, in the book he's a pirate because he can't ask permission, but in the movie he can cause he didn't lose contact again after setting out.

Amazing! I actually went through the book years ago before I had decided to watch the movie so this amounts to one of my few personal 'Lost in Adaption' moments. As such, I was thrilled when I saw the title for Dom's latest video. Really enjoyed it!

Enjoyed this vid and Dominic's enthusiasm for the film and story.

thanks for the reupload

It took until the second viewing of the film to realise the meaning behind the Mars missions being called 'Ares'

I think this was the first time ever that I *didn't* want to keep on reading a book because I didn't want it to end. I wanted it to keep going on forever. Also, I remember how stressed I got when the third person narration began describing the slope in the crater that ended up turning over his vehicle. The anxiety was *real*, because I knew what that meant. I got a teensy bit disappointed by the movie, but only because they left both of the road trip biggest obstacles out. Everything else was so good. Matt Damon is an excellent Watney.

Happy to watch again.

This story is historical fact in The Expanse, Whatney has a dome named for him!

been waiting for this video for so long! one of my favorite books!

Also watching this for a second time because why not? Your voice is soothing and your analysis is always on point

There must be a version out there where Sean Bean dies

This is literally my single favorite book of all time. I'm not kidding, I've listened to the Audible audio book at least 27 times now, and I just love everything about it. I just recently got his newest book, Project Hail Mary, and so far I love it almost as much.

it's so good to see Dom actually happy for reviewing something for a change ^^

The Martian is one of my favorite books and adaptations so you bet your ass I'm gonna rewatch this video

As always thank you so very much for the video. And in this case, it was well worth watching a second time, I think. Thanks again.

Oh, a re-upload? Guess I'll watch it again 😅

Yay! An excuse to watch this one again! (Not that I need one.)

As an older gen-z house is still a good refresh

03:25 I know I'm late to the party, but I just wanted to say that house is still very relevant, as far as I'm concerned. I'm a 21 year old med student in Germany and at my uni we have regular "House nights" where we watch an episode of the show in a lecture hall and teams battle each other to figure the cases out before House does. It's very chaotic and a lot of fun, more so when you also make a drinking game of it.

Commenting for the reupload! I loved both the film and the book and I'm happy to see it came off so well

Best book to movie adaptation I've ever seen. The Martian is my favorite standalone book and I try to get everybody to read it. It's so freaking good.

Great one. Thanks!

I'm really glad you brought up House MD.

Giving this a second watch to help Dominic out! It's a good video

i love this book and i'm glad you made a video about it!

I regularly go back to this audiobook, not narrated by Wil, every six months or so. It is so heckin good. And I have the movie too. A personal favorite.

12:34 I look back at this quote with a smile after reading The project Hail Mary

Great review! I love to see the various differences between the source and adaptations, whether they are good adaptations or not, though it is especially nice to see a review on one of my all time favorite movies from one of my favorite ytube reviewers.

rewatching! sorry you had to reupload

I'll watch this as many times as needed to get you back to the views you were getting! But also, this is a good video and I'll watch it again.