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Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by zyberzero »

superchink wrote: post #35
j_bum wrote: post #15

Incredible work, OP. What a proud feeling you must have. Congrats!! My wife and I saw the movie this weekend, we thought it was great. I adored the book, yet I recognize a book can’t be perfectly translated to the screen. I thought the directors did a good enough job at translating the sci-fi into something the masses would enjoy. Kudos to you

Would you recommend reading the book first?

Not the parent, but I've seen the movie and read the book. I think there are a few gaps in the movie that's explained by the book, but there are some artistic freedom as well between the book and the film.

I would recommend reading the book first at least.

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by dahart »

inaros wrote: post #22

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Those handful of 1-star reviews seem the same as the 1-star reviews on all movies, including all of the good movies you probably liked: “boring”, “overhyped”, “doesn’t live up to the book”, etc.. Are they manipulated? Go ahead and name a movie you like without looking at the reviews first, if you dare, and then let’s check the reviews.

I liked the movie and loved the book. Did you read the book? You seeing to be ignoring opinions from real people in this thread. What if the good reviews are as genuine as the bad ones? All I can conclude from bad reviews is that some people have different taste than me, and occasionally some people are in a bad mood when they watch something and it spoils the experience.

What is an example of actual SciFi? What do you mean about there not being any?

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by inaros »

austinthetaco wrote: post #36
johnbarron wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The movie got 12 posts here on HN, pumped by Amazon Studios within the day of release but suddenly it cant be discussed?

If you have some proof of astroturfing you should write a blog and then share on hn, it might make for a very good post here. otherwise it feels wildly inappropriate (not to mention incredibly unlikely that they would spend marketing money on astroturfing here of all places). Andy Weir has written some books that are incredibly successful in the tech industry circles with Hail Mary being the current most popular if n…

The author of the great Astrophotography is not the OP of the HN post.

And that is already one starting and possible isolated indicator of astroturfing, ....when the movie related posts got no traction, they went looking for related subjects...

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by kevinsync »

johnbarron wrote: post #29
kevinsync wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t even know what to say here -- you’re entitled to your opinion obviously, and I disagree with it deeply, and the spirit of HN is to avoid personal attacks and reply with curiosity, but you kinda laid it out very plainly above. Where’s your imagination gone? Your connection to child-like wonder? Empathy for your fellow man? Project Hail Mary isn’t Arrival, it’s ET mixed with Castaway. It’s about friendship and…

>> It’s about friendship and loneliness and the fragility of the human experience and the triumph of the human spirit! So is every Disney movie and that is what this but with the crappy Amazon Studios take on it. >> Anyways, everybody’s a critic these days, Do you believe a movie can objectively be considered good or bad? If you do you then believe some are better critics than others, the same some way some are bette…

You're asking the wrong person lol. I can give you a list of "objectively bad" movies that I think are incredible for a variety of defensible reasons.

Just off the top of my head as I briefly scan shit sitting on the shelves of my office:

- Joe Dirt

- Death Wish 3

- Thrashin

- Hackers

- Mortal Kombat

- Uncle Buck

- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

- Tapeheads

- Prayer of the Rollerboys

- Weekend at Bernie's

Not exactly Fellini, and some are barely even Andy Sidaris if we're being honest, but every movie in that list is amazing for different reasons. An objective critique of any of them (especially in context with "film", as a shapeless, vague concept) misses the point and the spirit of each and every one. But I am an uncultured heathen, so ...

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by aczerepinski »

superchink wrote: post #35
j_bum wrote: post #15

Incredible work, OP. What a proud feeling you must have. Congrats!! My wife and I saw the movie this weekend, we thought it was great. I adored the book, yet I recognize a book can’t be perfectly translated to the screen. I thought the directors did a good enough job at translating the sci-fi into something the masses would enjoy. Kudos to you

Would you recommend reading the book first?

Book is better but they’re both good. I don’t think order matters.

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by dahart »

inaros wrote: post #43
austinthetaco wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have some proof of astroturfing you should write a blog and then share on hn, it might make for a very good post here. otherwise it feels wildly inappropriate (not to mention incredibly unlikely that they would spend marketing money on astroturfing here of all places). Andy Weir has written some books that are incredibly successful in the tech industry circles with Hail Mary being the current most popular if n…

The author of the great Astrophotography is not the OP of the HN post. And that is already one starting and possible isolated indicator of astroturfing, ....when the movie related posts got no traction, they went looking for related subjects...

That proves nothing. You are making assumptions. Did you look at the submission history of the poster?

HN runs on user-submitted posts. People submit things they find interesting, and things they believe others will find interesting.

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by embedding-shape »

Tommix11 wrote: post #44
0x38B wrote: post #11

Me and my brother just saw the movie tonight and we stayed for the credits. I thought the images were beautiful.

I loved that they changed the ending. I did not like the ending in the book.

About to see the movie in two days, read the book ages ago and remember I wasn't too fond of the book ending either, so now I got a bit more excited :)

Re: My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary

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Post by alistairSH »

superchink wrote: post #35
j_bum wrote: post #15

Incredible work, OP. What a proud feeling you must have. Congrats!! My wife and I saw the movie this weekend, we thought it was great. I adored the book, yet I recognize a book can’t be perfectly translated to the screen. I thought the directors did a good enough job at translating the sci-fi into something the masses would enjoy. Kudos to you

Would you recommend reading the book first?

As a general rule, always read the book first. In this case, that holds true - there was too much in the book to cover completely in the movie. It's a pretty quick read as well - you could probably bang it out in a long afternoon, if you were inclined.

That said, I never read Harry Potter and can't imagine going back and reading it now. So, YMMV.

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