Physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is not shy about sharing his thoughts on how accurately, or perhaps more often inaccurately, filmmakers are with science principals in their films. He famously blasted Alfonso Cauron’s Gravity two years ago and had some fairly unkind words about Disney’s 1979 Star Wars cash-in attempt The Black Hole. He was far more disposed to the science in last year’s Interstellar from director Christopher Nolan.
So how does the science heavy thriller The Martian are under Dr. Tyson’s scrutiny? Read on –
Evidence that the @MartianMovie is fantasy: All who make important decisions are scientifically literate.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
Evidence that the @MartianMovie is fantasy: The USA & China cooperate with one another in Space.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
In the @MartianMovie #JPL tracks astronauts. Nope, #JSC does it alone. But watching two @NASA centers collaborate — geek gold
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where fluency in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math rule all decisions of survival.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math are highly developed characters unto themselves.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where you learn all the ways that being Scientifically Literate can save your life.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where science, not human emotion, drives the plot’s Humor, Interpersonal Relations, Tension, & Suspense.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where you experience Love, Hate, Envy, Anxiety, Pride, & Heroism, all through the lens of science.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
In the @MartianMovie, they got crucial science right, while enhancing the story by fictionalizing the science that remained.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie may be the first SciFi blockbuster — ever — in which nobody dies.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where the protagonist survives not on Wit, Prayer, or Hope. but by “Sciencing the Shit" out of everything
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
