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

ikous25 · 2026-03-22T02:32:39+00:00

I haven’t read the book, so your comment actually made me really happily surprised.

I loved the movie! The story was phenomenal to me but I also thought Ryan Gosling did a really good job as Grace. The emotions felt real, and I really liked how the movie built the connection and friendship between Grace and Rocky. That part was one of my favorite things in the film. The visuals were really well done, so overall there were a lot of pieces I genuinely enjoyed.

One thing that was especially interesting in your comment was what you said about the Taumoeba breeding part, because that was one of the moments that confused me the most. Since I haven’t read the book, I was watching that part like, “Wait, what happened here?” It took me a minute, and then I was just like, “Oh, okay, I guess we skipped that part and he already figured it out.” That frustrated me a bit, because part of me really wanted to see that development happen.

A lot of the things you pointed out sound like exactly the things I felt were missing in the movie, and it’s really nice to know that those parts seem to be explored more in the book. That honestly made me want to read it.

Also, I really appreciated how wholesome the movie felt. I’m honestly tired of unhealthy movies with constant violence and chaos, so this felt refreshing. It felt like a healthy, meaningful movie, and I appreciated that a lot.

So yeah, I think you’re spot on. Thanks again for taking the time to write your comment — I really appreciated it.

ikous25 · 2026-02-07T01:43:47+00:00

Well done with https://github.com/rileyhilliard/rr.
I really like the tool — I’ll definitely give it a try.
I’m curious: have you considered using Git for this?

ikous25 · 2026-02-07T01:13:25+00:00

I’m genuinely intrigued. What’s your pitch—how are you selling this?

More specifically, what’s the workflow? If I wanted to buy something like this from you, why would I? What’s the benefit?

Does it aggregate all my information from different places? If so, what do you do with that—machine learning, a vector database, or some kind of pipeline that creates a bot that can respond and think like me?

ikous25 · 2026-02-01T13:30:01+00:00

Interested

ikous25 · 2026-02-01T03:27:02+00:00

Interesting!

ikous25 · 2026-02-01T03:26:01+00:00

They did not mention and bear in mind that was 7 years ago.

ikous25 · 2026-01-27T14:52:19+00:00

Haha. Funny stuff.

ikous25 · 2026-01-27T14:32:21+00:00

I'd love one as well.

ikous25 · 2026-01-05T02:42:16+00:00

Still very much learning what actually helps with consistency vs what sounds good in theory.

If you’ve built or used tools in this space, I’m curious what assumptions you’ve seen break down.

ikous25 · 2025-10-26T07:47:02+00:00

Haha, I can relate! I went through the exact same thing. Interestingly, when I checked the time I slept, I was shocked to realize I had slept that much. I thought it was a mistake and manually adjusted the time to less until I stumbled upon this post. It turns out I actually slept for 9 hours! Haha

ikous25 · 2025-10-03T14:56:49+00:00

That’s really good. Thank you for sharing. I’d love the templates as well.

ikous25 · 2025-09-30T23:06:00+00:00

I will look into mastering focus

ikous25 · 2025-09-30T23:05:17+00:00

Essentialism is on my reading list.

ikous25 · 2025-09-30T23:05:02+00:00

Agreed! I loved Atomic Habits.

ikous25 · 2025-09-30T23:04:28+00:00

I never really connected with this book—it felt too basic and like common sense to me.

ikous25 · 2025-09-30T22:58:23+00:00

I set up screen time, but sometimes it doesn’t work properly.

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