iTunes Exclusive Episode The Martian

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Our 139th one of these.
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out of this world.
Sometimes for the right reasons.
You may know him as fun, don't go, but his mom and him don't
for what I'm going to call him, don't for the welcome sir.
Just want to hand the cameras out of the world.
To some people, I guess.
Yeah, yeah, so totally yeah.
Whenever we do one of these deals, it's always to review something.
And this is no different.
We are here to review the brand new film from Ridley Scott.
Because he doesn't have the second promidious film ready on time, he did this film.
Written by a screenplay by Drew Goddard based on the novel by Andy Weir.
It is called the Martian.
You probably seen a commercial or two for it.
Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Weigh, Kate Mara, Jeff Daniels,
Michael Pena, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan,
She would tell Edgivore McKenzie Davis, Donald Glover.
I'm running out of breath.
Here's what you need to know.
Matt Damon plays.
Mark Watney.
Watney.
Watney.
Watney.
He's part of an exhibition, not an exhibition,
excavation to Mars.
A mission, if you will.
There's an exhibition mission.
Where they're kind of figuring out what Mars is all about.
What it's made of.
And that's what makes it tick.
As a huge storm comes in, they choose to abort the mission and get off the planet.
But in doing so, Matt Damon's character gets injured.
They think he's dead so they leave without him.
Turns out, spoiler alert, he's not dead.
And so what he has to figure out is how he's going to survive on Mars by himself
with what he has.
Long enough to try to find a way to get rescued and get back to Earth.
We're clinging to the hope that he will be rescued.
Before we begin, we got to think our best friends.
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Thank you so much.
Josh, thank you so much for inviting us to this thing.
They're good to us.
We know they are.
They're one of our favorite people in the entire world.
Chad, let's start with you.
Based on a book originally, the book was available free online.
Uh-huh.
It was it was put up in blog form by the by the author written more or less like
like he's wanting.
He's basically just putting in diary entries.
He's keeping a journal of what happened to him and what he's doing to cope with the situation
that he's in.
And I'm kind of glad they broke out of that format to tell the story that they told
me because that might have gotten a little bit.
I don't know, maybe a little bit laborious.
I'm glad they went with the with the direction that they went in.
Very smartly written.
You don't have to be a science geek to enjoy this.
But if you are a science geek, you're really going to enjoy this.
As a friend of the show, Julie Wade teaches science.
And I texted her right as soon as it was over to let her know.
I mean, it's it's it's actually read the book twice.
It's very tech heavy, but it doesn't go so far over your head to where if you're
if you're if you're not really well read, it's not going to.
It won't go too far over your head.
Done.
The plot on this thing.
Surprisingly good.
I was shocked.
I mean, I was interested.
Don't get me going.
And I had some good high expectations.
But the movies a little long, you know,
about two hours and 21 minutes.
Yeah, that's that's really Scott for you though.
He does.
He did not drag in this thing for me.
I thought it flowed well.
It entertained me all the way through.
And, you know, you watch some of these movies.
Like, you know, heard Armageddon.
How they're there.
There's about 50 things wrong.
They said that this can happen and all that.
Because it seems so outlandish.
This one seemed really scientifically correct on a lot of the stuff there.
You know, dealing with it.
If this happened in space and they talked about the dangers of space,
and shows how can be dangerous in there.
So I was really enjoyed the plot overall.
I mean, really Scott, you know, I love the got the death.
You know, you're a big fan.
Yes, I am.
Oh, my.
But, I mean, it just everything seemed correct in realistic and believable.
Yeah.
That's the word.
Believeable.
The homework got done by everybody involved.
Absolutely.
NASA will not sign off on a film unless you can prove to them.
You know what you're talking about.
You cannot mention NASA in your film.
Or have it represented in any shape form or fashion unless you can prove the majority of what you're trying to get them to film is in this film.
And they did.
My worry going into this, and I said this publicly,
I was worried that this was going to be marched away.
Which it very easily could have been.
It could have been.
What I was surprised to find is there were actually.
Enough time given to both storylines.
What was going on with Watley on Mars and what was going on back on earth of the people trying to figure out how are we going to be able to get him.
Right.
And with the crews going through to having left a man behind.
So you're basically telling three stories here, which made me happy.
Because I wasn't a singular experience.
I just, I didn't want it to be all about him.
And then he winds up with a volleyball.
That's what I was afraid of.
He has a basketball friend named Spalding.
Exactly.
I just.
Because we've dabbled in this.
We've dabbled.
He caught it before you did, sir.
You're welcome in it.
Because we dabbled in this subject matter many times before I was written on my written review on our website.
Which is.
I'm not going to do this with you.
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Just say the clubhousepodcast.com.
We do the punchline.
It's not that important.
Just saying.
100 and 39 of these.
Can I go on?
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Can I finish?
Can I finish?
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It's fine.
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Thank you.
Why can't we make this a mic?
Wasowski thing for God's sake?
I'll point to you.
Then I'll point to you.
Okay.
Gee.
But we've dabbled in this subject matter before with.
Like you said, the aforementioned cast away with Sam Rockwell and Moon.
With more recently, most recently was Sandra Bullock and Gravity.
Where they've been put in similar situations where they're in a hostile environment.
They don't know how to deal with.
And they have to do whatever they can with whatever they've got to get back home.
And this was by.
In my opinion anyway.
One of the most enjoyable versions of this story of a Robinson Crusoe type character.
I agree.
That I've seen in a long and I loved Gravity.
But Gravity to me almost got to the point to where I didn't feel like I was ever going to recover from it.
Gravity was a hard watch.
Yes, it is.
I saw in 3D too.
And we saw this in 3D.
But it didn't feel like it.
I don't know the 3D for this just gave everything so much more depth.
Yeah.
Which I really dug about.
It wasn't so much like sensory deprivation.
It was like what Sandra Bullock was going through.
It was more immersion.
And it was.
There wasn't anything not to enjoy about this.
It was so well written.
So well acted because look at the people you have involved in this.
And as even as science as it is.
They don't bog you down in the minutiae.
Yeah, it didn't collapse under its own.
Like you got through 9th grade science.
You can keep up with this.
It wasn't like a Star Trek next generation episode.
We felt like you needed a reference guy to follow along with what they were talking about.
One thing I thought there was a lot of good comedy in this too.
Yeah.
Which really made the buy hard moments.
Yeah, the buy hard moments.
Yeah, the buy hard moments kind of alleviated a lot of the things.
And what I liked about it is really Scott didn't get all really Scott with it.
No.
He kind of let the thing happen organically.
Which I really, really dug.
You know, remember this is the guy that did the counselor.
Okay.
This is the guy that did Exodus Gods and Kings.
Which I'm, but by the same joke.
But this is also the guy that did Nalyan and Prometheus.
And apparently a lot of the research that he did on the space suits for Prometheus carried over into this.
Yes, it did.
And it made the, the suits more comfortable for people.
But he didn't like, he didn't like Michael Bay the thing where you had to know that it was a really Scott film with all of his techniques or whatnot.
If you didn't know where they Scott was directing this going in,
Don would you have guessed it was really Scott?
No, that's what I'm saying.
No, I think a Prince won all over this.
He kind of just kind of let this thing happen, which I really, really dug about it.
Where I just felt like I was just watching a movie and I wasn't watching a really Scott film.
Well, and I guess a lot of that had to do with the fact that a big chunk of this film was filmed with GoPro cams.
Yes.
And that's not something you would see Ridley Scott do on any given day.
He has a very distinct visual style that you can look at a movie and say,
Yeah, that's a Ridley Scott film.
You know, within the first couple of seconds of watching it.
And I'm not talking just, you know, it doesn't have to look like Blade Runner.
You just know Ridley Scott film when you see it.
And this thing didn't scream Ridley Scott.
But in a good way.
Yeah.
And I'm not saying that that's a negative thing.
That wasn't a negative context at all.
It was just a great film.
And it's, I really can't say enough good things about it.
And I got to be honest with you.
I couldn't find a week performance anywhere.
No.
No.
Even a week wasn't really given that much to do.
It's the most understated thing I've ever seen her do.
And to see Kristen, we get out of that comedy element.
Which she kind of did with the skeleton twins.
And I thought she was great in it.
But there was still that goofiness to it.
She played MIDI.
She played pretty straight role in MIDI.
But not she wasn't in it enough.
No.
Yeah.
Something like this.
Well, she was in this more, though.
You think?
She's the PR director for NASA.
First of all, she looks great.
Yeah.
She cleans up wonderfully.
And she plays it very, very straight.
She plays it straight and plays it well.
Donald Glover, who you know, I'm a huge fan of.
Indeed.
It was great in this.
Jeff Daniels.
Go ahead.
No.
Jeff Daniels.
I mean, did you feel like you kind of exuded a little bit of that persona from newsroom
in this just a little bit?
Yeah.
And that was a bad way.
And that was a way by it.
It's totally different.
Sean Bean gets to be and probably the funniest scene in the entire film.
And if you're going to do a film like that and make geek references, you're in the right room.
That's all I'm saying.
I'm not even going to give it a way.
I can't spoil that because that is fight far.
That's when I almost stood up and clap from the comedy.
That was beautiful time.
Jessica, Jessica Chastain brings the Jessica Chastain in this.
Mm-hmm.
And you know I'm a big fan of Michael Peña.
Oh, yeah.
You know, I am, too.
You know, he's great in this.
I met him.
He was such a cripple guy and everything he does is just magic.
Now, if you go, my written view at the clubhouse.com.
That's our website.
My little shunning standout on the minor role here.
Believe it or not, was Benedict Huang who played Bruce Nick.
He's a guy at the English.
He played like the the research place trying to build that other.
Propulsion.
Yeah.
Yeah.
His role.
I loved him what he did.
He was just so he added that perfect comedy and perfect style.
Perfect everything about that.
Like what they would find out about a deadline and they would just show his reaction.
He got to do what?
Yeah.
And how much time?
Yeah.
My, my role shining star.
But let's just get to it.
Damon.
Oh.
Damn.
And also credit to McKenzie Davis, who I know from Hulton catch fire.
Unfortunately, she basically plays the same kind of role just 30 years later.
But she's great in this.
But yeah.
With better technology.
Damon hit it out of the house.
Damon crushed it.
Grand slam at the bottom of the ninth of the world series to win the thing.
That's what he did in this thing.
He is incredible on this.
Now, here's my worry review.
A worry bit about him.
Okay.
From what I've seen so far this year.
Possibility Oscar nod.
But here's my worry about the Academy.
It's not a serious poof poof film.
Him with all the jokes through and all that stuff.
Then Academy may overlook him.
But I'll tell you this.
He had a performance that's worthy of an Oscar nod in my opinion.
An nomination beyond belief.
But what I dug about that was.
Is it award nominee worthy?
Yes.
But it was award nominee worthy without fishing for said nomination.
I never at any point felt like this was Oscar baked for him.
No.
No.
But he did it.
He did it.
Would you consider this a career defining role for Matt Damon?
Is it that happened a long time?
Yeah.
No.
I'm just saying, is this something that you would look back on the span of
Damon's career and say, and he did this?
Definitely and probably in my top 10.
Okay.
That's what I'm going to say.
If he was to pass away.
You're there was going to show the goodwill hunting.
They're going to show this film.
That film.
You think that would be on his memorial or whatever.
That's what I'm asking you guys.
I agree.
It's in over time.
It's kind of pantheon of his career.
What?
Let it be seen.
Let the word get out.
Let the memorable phrases come out.
Then over time.
And a year or two.
Yes.
This will be one of those things.
I just find it kind of funny that he's basically private Ryan all over again.
If you had to send a whole group of people back to find one guy.
Would this be in this role as a private Ryan and goodwill hunting?
Would it be in that calber level?
I think so.
Yes.
I think so.
Yes.
I mean, when you're pretty much forced to carry a film on your back.
I mean granted.
He didn't have to.
But when you're acting with nobody else.
You know, I've read about how difficult that can be.
Like I remember when it were McCellan was working on the Hobbit.
And he's basically on a set by himself because he can't be in the same
set with these guys because they're all being scaled down.
And he had nothing to act to other than monitors.
And it broke him down.
We're talking McCellan here.
You know, this guy's been acting for decades.
And it's really hard to pull emotion out of an actor when they've got nothing to bounce off of.
Where all they're basically doing is talking to a camera.
There's a reason I don't do this show by myself from you kidding me.
And he can do that and inject.
You know, he kept finding humor in a dark place.
Yeah.
I mean, there's those movies you look at.
I am legend with Will Smith cast away with with Tom Hanks.
Where they're alone.
Okay.
Or the new Redford film went with him on the boat.
Oh, they got the nominated Oscar for it.
Yeah.
I mean, all is quiet.
Is that the name of the boat movie or whatever?
I'll get it for you.
Yeah.
Not the stupid boat movie, but the boat movie he did where he is alone.
You know, but still those were basically it's one character all alone by himself.
And that's a challenge.
That's a challenge to have to carry.
But he carried it.
He carried it.
Yeah.
Very much so.
I mean, there's a difference.
All is lost.
All's lost.
Yeah. Like you take, you know, cast away where Hanks is by himself for an hour straight on the movie.
This one goes back and forth back and forth.
You know, but still.
Where there are other people and they're finally get communications all that stuff.
But yeah, he, I just, I was so impressed with him on this thing.
Can't debate him.
No, not at all.
Anything else we want to cover for?
We hit the, uh, final analysis.
I just thought that the very end.
I just thought maybe should have done a little bit different.
I don't know.
I just thought kind of.
Well, the ending in the film is is not in the book.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And that's just kind of.
I kind of dug it because it gave some finality.
Yeah.
Because it's something.
I just thought it should have been done a little bit different.
I don't know how or why it just kind of.
Uh, but beyond that, everything else was good.
Kept it kept you on the edge of the seat.
Yeah.
It's two hours and 20 minutes, but did it drag?
Not at all.
And how many times do you look at your watch Robin?
How long have I looked at my watch?
We were almost an hour in.
Yeah.
That's a.
Hello.
Yeah.
I just love a, I just love a film to have closure.
And this film had closure.
You, you got to see how everything tied up.
And, you know, nothing was left hanging.
Nothing was left in doubt.
Unlike gravity.
You know, we don't know what happened after she, after she, you know, hit the water.
You know, and to me, this was a more fulfilling experience than gravity was.
Well, I got agree.
I did love gravity.
I did love it.
I did love it.
I did love it.
But no, she survived.
She got, she got a boiler alert.
Yeah.
Maybe haven't seen it by now.
It's been two years.
Yeah.
There's a lot of movies that like Chad didn't see the godfather trilogy.
It's so fairly recently.
So you came within the last 10 years.
Yeah.
There's a point though.
But set your limitations.
But, you know, and.
To me, this just.
Was a more complete film going experience of a story telling experience.
Think gravity.
Is that lead us in the final analysis?
Yes.
We're looking to final analysis on this show.
We don't give you thumbs up thumbs down.
We don't give you letter grades.
We don't give you one to 10 ranking.
We don't give you stars.
Nothing like that.
Our audience whom we affectionately refer to as the empire is better than that.
So it's a two-pronged question.
Question number one.
Is what you see this film again?
If the answer is no, then we're done here.
If the answer is yes, it becomes how far are you going to go.
Full price.
Twilight, matinee.
Early morning.
Second run at the dollar theater.
Would you venture out of your home to get it from red box?
Would you stream it on Netflix?
Watch it on cable.
Chad, would you see this film ago?
Let's bring up the 3D.
That's what that's going to tie into this.
Okay, because we never really gotten a 3D thing.
We did talk about it a bit.
But I won't give it to you.
Chad, would you see this film again?
Absolutely.
How far you want to go?
As far as I had to.
You getting that coveted?
I sure am.
Done.
Would you see this film again?
I would say full price theaters.
But if he's the 3D at matinee.
I can't give it the full price 3D.
You know, but it's still full price regardless.
I would see it again.
I think the 3D makes a difference.
I would definitely pay for the 3D just because there were just some very breathtaking sequences.
Like when when the ship is coming out of the screen.
And it just it's passing over.
It looked amazing.
The the depth of the Mars shots as he's trying to get to the other site.
Looked amazing to me.
And without the 3D, I don't know that you get that feeling.
It really drives home that feeling of how alone he really is.
And I don't want it.
I'm trying to be as spoiler free as I possibly can.
But the climax when everything is.
Yes.
And 0G.
Oh yeah.
So you're given the double coveted.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
You know, we have to call that double coveted.
I'd say it was in triple because you're going to pay full price too, right?
No.
Yeah, I'm quite the full price.
But I would say the 3D.
I just thought maybe twilight 3D or regular full price non 3D.
Okay.
Yeah.
I'm still don't hear about it.
It's getting a full price from me.
You know.
That's it.
We have to call that double coveted.
3D full price.
Yeah.
It's a big deal.
Anything else?
We got to thank our best friends.
Josh.
We got to see this thing at 3D.
Absolutely.
Yes.
We really did.
We love those guys.
Thank you so much.
A lot of light and Josh from brightness to this thing.
Does it make the weight of what we're waiting on for a couple of months?
Just that much more agonizing when you see shots like that.
Yeah.
Really?
I kind of, it's to me.
It's apples and oranges.
And I've really kind of been able to keep my fanboyism for episode 7 at bay.
So to me, they're just the other film to me.
I just stoked the fire.
I just stoked the fire.
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