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This seems like something right out of The Martian (which I am 75% through reading, and highly recommend) - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian

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Love the book. Scared about the movie. Matt Damon seems an odd cast for the role. He's not that kind of funny.

It's Ridley Scott doing a Mars shipwreck movie. I hope the humour is at a minimum.

It wont be a very accurate adaptation if it is! Mark Watney's a fun guy!

Matt Damon has been cast? Not sure about that decision!

You should watch Dogma, I know it's been quite a while but he's absolutely hilarious in it.

You didn't say 'bless you' when I sneezed.

The character is a clown who is stuck in a serious situation. He's a funny guy, a joker, and that keeps him alive.

Matt Damon is a serious actor, who can do a serious character. Put a serious character into a funny situation, and it can be very funny. But put a serious character actor into a funny man role, and well... I'm hopeful, but worried.

In my head Mark Watney was Sam Rockwell, maybe beacuse of Moon , similar theme different plot.

If you like that kind of thing I'd recommend Rocket Girls (the novels rather than the animé), and Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth (nonfiction).

The final act is definitely a stretch in terms of plausibility, but it's a fun book. Recommend as well.

If Matthew mcConaughey docked to a spinnig station and sandra bullock re-entered to earth like that, then Matt damon can survive that, also Andy Wier reseached a lot about the plausability of every situtation, but I'm sure "hollywood" will make this stupidly unbelievable or magically believable.

In an interview, he said the most implausible / impossible thing in the book was actually the very first scene when there is a storm that can knock things over.

Yes, my first flippant thought was, well send Mark Watney by for a quick repair... (I recently finished the Martian too, good read!)

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