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"Anybody looking forward to Project Hail Mary? I’m reading the book right now, and I like it a lot. The movie looks like it’s going to be good."

I read the book a few years ago -- probably my favorite book of all time now. I haven't been that engrossed in a book in a long time. I will be curious to see what they will have to cut out to get it to fit in a standard ~2 hour movie. How far in to the book are you? There are certain aspects of the story that are revealed in the trailer that they should have left for the movie itself. If I didn't already know the story from the book, that would likely have disappointed me in the movie.

2/18/2026 8:19:27 AM

Dr. Grace and Rocky are pretty well acquainted at this point. He’s about to tour Dr. Grace’s ship.

I’m really digging the book. Between this and The Martian, this guy is such a great author.

2/18/2026 8:28:42 AM

Ah okay, Rocky was the part I was referring to as too much of a reveal in the trailer. I was completely not expecting that in the book and the way it was introduced was done so well.

2/18/2026 10:22:49 AM

didn’t realize my last post was last on the page

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"Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is legitimately great and I knew almost nothing going in"

2/18/2026 11:19:21 AM

In a simliar vein, the "documentary" Pavements was really cool, very meta.

2/18/2026 11:39:18 AM

^^^Took me totally by surprise as well. Of all the things I was expecting Dr. Grace to have to do to fix their problem, Rocky was NOT what I was thinking.

2/18/2026 12:47:08 PM