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‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’ Discussion (variety.com)
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[–] 17 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Currently reading the book. I love the "schoolteacher in space" thing; not that that is all there is to the book. It's also one of the best dramatic applications of partial amnesia I've seen.

No spoilers please.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    I agree, although reading the book there were many moments I thought, how can a schoolteacher know that stuff. And yeah, Andy Weir tried to make it more believable by giving the character a background in academia and a doctor in molecular science. But it still felt strange at certain points in the story, especially in the flashbacks.

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