Mars nat geo mini series

Funny....I thought first episode was tonight.

Anyway i will definitely check it out.


Yes...that Mars sandstorm throwing Matt Damon around really bothered me.

Same; looks like it's tonight in the US and Canada, but premiered last night internationally. At any rate, I'm def looking forward to it!

The author was perfectly aware the storm wasn't realistic but he needed it to strand Watney on Mars. Some artistic license is acceptable.

I watched this last night and plan on tuning in for upcoming episodes. I do like the present day footage and unscripted interviews spliced in with the drama of the Mars mission but the switch between the two felt a bit abrupt at times. I think the scripted drama part is well done and I like the characters for the most part although I wish they gave a little bit more of a backstory for them during the episode. It looks like we can view their backstories online but I didn’t get a chance to check that out before last night’s episode. Unrelated to the actual show, but I was a bit upset that the credits had a song by Nick Cave and as soon as it started, ads for the very next show started playing over top of the song.

I see a lot of references to The Martian in this thread and just wanted to share this. I had to explain to a co-worker that The Martian is a work of fiction. She saw the movie about a year ago and was asking me if I remember any reports on the news about this astronaut being left behind on Mars. She told me she remembers this actually happening about 10 years ago and was happy to see this person’s story finally being brought to life. After I got a nose bleed, probably from my brain trying to escape, I calmly explained to her that it’s a work of fiction, the book and movie take place in the future and there were never any reports of this on the news except during Oscar season.

LOL!!! You have to be joking! That's incredible!

.....No. Good point. 

I wish I was joking. I feel bad because she is such a sweet person, but sadly, this isn't uncommon for her. She is also convinced that she saw the Loch Ness Monster while visiting New Jersey last year. Let's put aside the whole does it exist or does it not exist, but I believe the word "Loch" means "Lake", which means a large creature left a lake, crossed over land through Scotland, and then swam to the United States and decided that the Jersey shore was the best place to visit. I wonder why my eye twitches so much during the work day?

Beerfish I saw Santa at the mall last week, he totally exists.

Did anyone get a chance to watch the webisode Before Mars? It's about Hana and Joon as teenagers and gives a little back story to relationship. I just got a chance to watch it and thought it was a sweet story. I would love if every cast member had one of these short background stories as I think it would help the audience connect to them.