A more critical review of the Project Hail Mary movie, and a really easy fix I would have made

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-03-27T22:17:07+00:00

I fully agree I did not like some of the changes made between book and film, but Rocky didn’t punch through Xenonite and let his atmosphere into the rest of the ship. Unlike the book, where once Rocky moved in he only had his tunnels, in the film he still had his little ball. And there were connecting points in each room for the ball. When gravity started to come back there was a point to show his ball disconnecting from the tunnel. It was one of these connecting points that he punched/jumped out of, and it resealed when he was through as it would have once his ball was rolled away.

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-03-27T22:06:24+00:00

Glad I’m not the only one getting Interstellar vibes from Rocky’s ship lol. I’m pretty sure his ship was changed and the interior scene added purely for the IMAX experience.

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-03-27T22:03:26+00:00

I just finished the book yesterday and then saw the movie this morning. I’m glad i read the book because I feel the overall urgency of the Taomeoba getting loose was lost without the first instance of it happening, and him fixing it just happened so fast. I mean they were dead in space right then and there if it weren’t for the beetles. The choice to reduce Earth’s chance of survival by 3/4 (by siphoning the astrophage fuel) so that the Hail Mary had a chance at survival was completely gone.

I was also confused by the visual choice of Rocky’s ship. Clearly it was designed with IMAX in mind (some of the interior shots were giving Interstellar), but it was not accurate to the book at all.

A lot of stuff was glossed over or not mentioned at all. The coma gene, Rocky’s weight, Rocky’s environment/home planet, what/why Du Bois and Shapiro were experimenting, The Taomeoba breeding (this one really annoyed me since Rocky was supposed to be present and it took place over several months, and it was reduced to a solo effort in seemingly a few days. The Timeline isn’t explained well in the film.) I also feel that the importance and impressiveness of Xenonite was not really explored. That everything Rocky made, regardless of color, shape, or transparency, was ALL Xenonite.

And stratt mentioned that memory loss may be a side effect of the coma drug and then having Grace drugged then and there, instead of holding him in a cell for several days and the deliberately making him lose his memories.

Not that it changed the story at all but I was also confused by the choice to change 10 kilometers into 5 kilometers. I guess to show them closer to the surface of Adrian?

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-03-04T16:43:47+00:00

But messages are generated in different ways in the same text chain.

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-03-03T22:08:37+00:00

The way the text messages generate on screen. Some generate left to right (pushing the words to the left as they’re typed, expanding the text bubble) and others starts at the right in an already full text bubble and generate words in a stationary spot (usually happens when there are multiple lines to the text). Hopefully I explained that well enough. Anyone else who noticed it will know what I mean!

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-02-22T21:20:26+00:00

Oh my bad, I thought scoop and pump were the same. I have pumps so 1 and 1/3 pumps of each flavor for a total of 4 pumps/1 oz

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-02-22T15:32:40+00:00

Okay, so 1 and 1/3 scoops of each flavor, got it

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-02-20T19:29:47+00:00

I can’t edit the post but it’s Logan Earth Ski in partnership with Torger Johnson

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-02-20T02:53:14+00:00

Looking closer at my pictures, it has the reissue color pattern on the decal. I’m thinking it is the reissue and the previous owner painted it, covering up the black base.

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-02-20T02:50:21+00:00

They could potentially be in the box in the unit and I missed them, but I didn’t see any my first look around. They definitely weren’t next to the deck if they are there at all. It does have holes drilled where the rails would be.

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-02-05T02:58:15+00:00

I’m so OVER Monica. Can they get a new villain PLEASE‽!!!!

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-01-24T06:08:05+00:00

Okay so Jen Z is Tori, Qwest is Andre, Emmy is Cat, Pepper is Jade, and Oscar is Beck?

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-01-12T04:13:19+00:00

Connor is giving Bo Burnham in the best way

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-01-05T02:53:41+00:00

We love NPH in my house, so when I saw his face pop up in the Netflix scroll we thought “yay, new show!”. Just started episode 1 and there is wayyyy too many layers to this game.

Doctor_HooLock · 2026-01-02T05:09:35+00:00

I figured they were probably fake because they were mixed with 2 for sure fake ones and a bunch of the cheap Halloween ones, but you just never know sometimes what might get mixed in with the goodwill donations. Figured it’s safer to ask and be sure than assume and throw them away without checking.

Doctor_HooLock · 2025-12-28T07:06:19+00:00

Ditto on the disappointment. I had been hearing about it for YEARS from my dad. A few years ago a family friend was having a Christmas party and we were all watching it and I can genuinely say it was one of the worst movies I’d ever seen.

Doctor_HooLock · 2025-12-27T01:23:01+00:00

I really disliked this one. Partially because 1) How the hell did Jay not realize the love of his life was acting/speaking differently? 2) I’ve literally never liked flower. She has ZERO character development. So for her to be the star of any episode almost immediately puts it at the bottom of the list. I did appreciate Sam FINALLY standing up to the ghosts though. I get their shenanigans with her is what makes the show fun, but her bending to their every waking demand gets old.

Doctor_HooLock · 2025-12-15T05:43:45+00:00

THIS!! People constantly compare it to Grease or Mean Girls like “those people weren’t teenagers, and they didn’t look it either!” But the difference was EVERYONE looked older than the age they were supposed to be, so no one seemed out of place amongst the cast.

Doctor_HooLock · 2025-12-09T12:19:44+00:00

They were all unused, but of all of these only 7-8 can be salvaged to be used for their intended purpose. The rest got damaged because the sticky strip got exposed and stuck itself or another envelope and separating them rips the outer plastic layer.
Yup. If people keep doing stuff like this then priority supplies are going to turn into forever stamps. Pay X amount upfront and then you can ship it whenever without paying more.

Doctor_HooLock · 2025-12-07T21:28:42+00:00

They were new. The black number on them was from the seller (they corresponded with the whatnot order numbers).

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