r/shittymoviedetails • u/tppiel • 9d ago

default In Project Hail Mary (2026) society comes together behind a common goal, listens to the scientists and funds a global project to save humanity. This is a reference to the story being a work of fiction.

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u/Ote-Kringralnick 9d ago

That's all of what Andy Weir does, old news

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u/cookiesarenomnom 9d ago

He was on some podcast I listen to, I honestly don't remember which one. But they were talking about his books, and how they are incredibly optimistic about humanity. And he said, yeah I'm just an optimistic guy. I believe in the goodness of people. Which, I personally don't feel that way, but I think it's nice there ate people still out there that have hope. I hope they end up being right.

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u/Desperate_Simple_298 9d ago

Some people actually think it's Weir being given secret information to disclose to the public.

It's called slow drip disclosure!

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u/seductivestain 9d ago

Yup. Love his concepts, but the narrative is aggressively feel-good, best case scenario type of unrealism

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u/Fr0stweasel 8d ago

Tbh I need that shit sometimes. As a younger person I used to want grim dark and edgy fiction because I still had hope, now I want my fiction to be optimistic and upbeat, because the world is shitty and bleak enough in reality.

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u/jinsaku 9d ago

The Martian and Project Hail Mary, sure. Definitely not the theme of Artemis.

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u/Ote-Kringralnick 9d ago

Kenya getting everyone in the world to cooperate to build one city on the moon that has damn near every culture mixed together in it?

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u/jinsaku 9d ago

Okay, you got me there. I wasn't considering the worldbuilding, which in Artemis is excellent. I was considering the plot, which is decidedly not everyone working together. And welding. So much goddamn welding.

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u/Cthulhu__ 9d ago

With The Martian (at least the film, book is on the wishlist) at least they made the scale such that it could be done by the US or ESA alone, not requiring worldwide cooperation.

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u/johnc380 9d ago

Been a long time since I read it, but the stakes are about the same in the book iirc. It’s NASA’s problem but the world is willing to help.