Andy Weir

But like, whatever it is about Rylan that has made him sort of like, you know,

we hate Mark, like have this relationship go awry.

I think it sources back to when you watch that scene when Strat first comes to find him and you alluded to this, like wants him to join this project and he's like, no, not me.

You know, he's like in a full panic because this public shaming of his intellect is one of the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to him.

And there's something, I actually know, I know a few teachers who are like,

Actually, the kind of – it's like listening to Noah Wiley talk about Dr. Robbie on The Pit where it's like you get to have these great interactions with people and then they like move on.

So you're like their favorite science teacher for a year.

And then they move on.

Right.

And so like there is there is this like intimacy there.

But then there's just sort of like there's an end point on it.

I only have to let you in this for and also you're a kid.

So you're not going to ask for like greater access to me than I can afford to give.

You know, so Rylan Grace has all these like sort of hallmarks of a closed off person.

But he doesn't even know that that's who he is necessarily as he lets Rocky in and closer and closer and closer in this extreme circumstance that they find themselves out there.

This is behind my theory about the generational admiration for Interstellar.

It's a different experience.

Yes.

For people who are younger than we are, like, you know, yes, I grew up knowing the phrase, the ozone layer, but like, it's just different.

No question.