Van Lathan

Because I didn't really know about Rocky until the trailer hit.

Because I didn't read the book.

And I was like, oh.

What was that Comic-Con?

I didn't go to that panel, remember?

But to me, they're both process movies, which I think the author and Goddard are very good.

To me, that's the most interesting part is like putting someone who was fair, like a botanist in Matt Damon or Grace, who was just the teacher.

He's not supposed to be there.

And then using science and their love of science to figure out a solution to a myriad of problems.

I think it's a structure that works.

Honestly, that comparison to The Martian, I think is not only fair.

I think it's why...

ended up liking the movie a lot.

Because I was just like, oh, this is a process movie and these creators know how to do process movies.

That's going to eat Rocky's ship.

Well, I mean, the movie does do a good job of saying that, uh...

that basically he was ridiculed by the science community, which I think kind of put him in a position where it's like, I think deep down he is a teacher, and I think it says something about his character that he's teaching children who have not been raised yet to ridicule someone who might have an out-there idea like that.

But I think that was a powerful thing of the movie, where it's like part of his hero's journey is reaching out to someone he can't communicate with,

to find the humanity within himself, which I think was a very...

I think there's a lot of cliche ways to get to that point in most movies.