Andy Weir

So it was really, really great.

The first time we saw it, it was like a pretty sparsely attended screening.

Yes.

The second screening I saw was packed.

And so it was like really nice to see it with like a fuller audience.

A lot of laughter.

A lot of laughter.

Specifically on the Close Encounters joke, which was really fun.

Really great.

But I wanted to start with just a big picture.

What I've been thinking about as we unofficially close out Space Movie Month, we've been talking about all these space movies, re-watching them, talking to our pals Amanda and Van and Chris and Rob, the whole gang about space movies, and something that keeps coming up is like,

why do we go to space?

The mission's very clear in this movie, right?

We have to save Earth, so we go to space.

But, like, what opportunities are there in the vast oceans of space?

And, like, this idea of, like, that we always like to talk about, which is confronting yourself.

What can you find in space?

Can you find yourself?

I think you brought this up a bit on the space movie draft or perhaps in The Martian.

But, like, there are moments in this movie, like, there's a moment where Rylan sort of