The book was amazing, one of my all-time favorites. Can’t wait for this to release!

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    From a Doylist/marketing perspective, though, I honestly think most people gave the novel a chance because Andy Weir made a name for himself with The Martian. In Sci-Fi publishing, he’s the brand, so the publishers can indulge a surprise plot point. For a mainstream movie, “from the author of that one Mars movie that didn’t suck and did quite well ten years ago…” doesn’t really move the needle, but "Ryan Gosling is a…

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    funny reluctant astronaut who meets a fuckin’ alien"…

    Well, that just might.