Andy Weir

He says he rewatches it all the time.

We actually got a ton of emails from our listeners when I asked on The Martian Pod, hey, man, do people rewatch this movie?

We got a ton of emails from our listeners being like, yes.

But what was consistently true for all of them, and Van admitted the same thing was true for him, is they don't really put it on.

It's just on.

I guess it's on a lot on TNT and stuff like that.

That's not how I watch TV anymore, but it certainly was when I watched Shawshank Redemption one million times because it was just on.

So The Martian has that quality for so many of our listeners.

They were all like, how dare you?

You know, even our...

Producer Carlos, like, as soon as you're done recording, he's like, I've seen The Martian one million times.

So, like, but Van was talking about how he felt the concept of The Martian is, like, leaner.

I'm like, yeah, it's a leaner, meaner machine.

I agree with that.

Project Hail Mary has, like, four different endings to a certain degree.

You know, like, that happens.

That's all true.

I just think the... As a movie...

The emotionality is deeper, I think.

We love a character on an arc.