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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
so have you just not seen Apollo 13 in a long time or are you Harry Ellising me?
In both flicks we have a pioneering space mission to a new terrestrial location, an unanticipated disaster, a back and forth between Houston and the astronauts trying to work out solutions, dudes using tape and jerry rigging equipment, the scientists using models back on Earth to develop a strategy, sarcastic banter back and forth between astronauts in space and scientists on Earth, a communication failure that scares everyone, some scenes with scientists all depressed, some scenes with astronauts all depressed, gutsy but risky solution, massive fan fare back on Earth, a triumphant launch scene from mission control, a near failure on the game winning attempt..
dude i felt like i had literally seen it all before then i realized i HAD.. over 20 years ago  |
Actually.. I haven't seen the Martian.
I just read the book.
And the book is a very clean little first person survival story for the most part. Apollo 13 had several perspectives, and was based on a non-fiction book (which I also read, way back when) that wasn't really comparable to Weir's the Martian.
But I also haven't seen Apollo 13 in a long, long time. Not since 1996, the year after its release (thanks Wikipedia!) when I got it on VHS. So I really can't speak to the movies much. You may be and probably are right that they're a lot alike.