He really is achieving things that no one else has ever done in similar conditions, and he finds something thrilling in this. He has gotten things to grow where nothing has ever grown. There are certainly plenty of moments of fear and frustration, along with long, suspenseful sequences, but there is something uncommonly buoyant in THE MARTIAN as well.ĭamon’s Watley absolutely wants to live and he’s aware there are long odds against it, but when he devises something new that will extend his lifespan, he rejoices in his own ingenuity and in the remarkable nature of his situation – yes, he is trapped on Mars, but then, hey, he has made it to Mars. Unlike most films where the protagonist is marooned in a hostile environment, Mark engages in relatively little soul-searching. NASA personnel figure out on their own that Watley has survived and in turn need to work out a communication system while they determine whether they can resupply him so he can live long enough to be rescued.
He has to figure out how to a) stay alive and b) communicate with NASA. Watley wakes up a day later, having been wounded and knocked unconscious, with his life signs monitor destroyed. Reluctantly, Mission Commander Lewis (Jessica Chastain) gives the order to head back to Earth. When disaster strikes, the astronauts are forced to evacuate, and in the chaos, it appears that one of their number, botanist Mark Watley (Matt Damon), has been killed. Scripted delightfully by Drew Goddard from a novel by Andy Weir, the film is set in the near future, when behavior, technology and pop culture references are all still familiar, but NASA has managed to get a group of astronauts to Mars. Writer: Drew Goddard, based on the novel by Andy Weirĭirector Ridley Scott is an acknowledged master of the visual arts, but the words “charming” and “intentionally funny” don’t usually spring to mind to describe his works, especially those set largely in outer space ( ALIEN and PROMETHEUS are not generally cited as sources of warm fuzziness). Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean, Michael Cena, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Aksel Hennie, Benedict Wong
… and you can read the latest chapter of Space Brothers at Crunchyroll Manga.įind out more about Space Brothers on KodanshaComics.THE MARTIAN movie poster | ©2015 20th Century Fox Space Brothersvolumes 1 through 19 are available from Kodansha Comics.
In 2007 he started his first weekly series, Space Brothers, which was adapted into an anime series and live-action movie in 2012. Then he also turned his debut piece, GGG, into a series in the same magazine. In 2006, he started his first manga series about ski jumping, Harujan, in Morning magazine. Following year, his next piece Gekidan Jets won the Grand Prize for the same award. Debut short story, GGG, won Seizou Watase Award for 14th Annual Manga Open. I am looking forward to seeing both of these posters in theaters.īorn in Kyoto, Japan in 1978. I was looking at the face of Matt Damon when I was drawing this illustration, so Mutta is as good-looking as ever! Thanks, Mr. I also had a lot of fun working on the Space Brothers version of The Martian poster. The next time anyone asks me, “What’s your favorite movie?” I’d like to answer, “The Martian. I don’t want to give away any spoilers for the sake of people who haven’t seen this movie yet, but it’s certainly a movie I want to talk about with people who have seen it. I was so excited throughout the movie and stunned by the end. The plot and the casting also made every scene very worthwhile. The equipment in space, the harsh environment of Mars, how you can survive there … all these details based on science seemed very realistic and made me feel like I was there too.
“Mutta Damon” looks slightly more good-looking than usual!
Watch the video on Chuya Koyama’s YouTube page.Īnd behold! Here’s the finished product of Koyama’s Space Brothers-version The Martian movie poster side-by-side the original The Martian poster.