What's the Difference between The Martian the Book and The Martian the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Mark Watney
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Mark Watney
Portrayed by: Matt Damon
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Mark Watney's parents
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This Character does not appear.
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Melissa Lewis
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Melissa Lewis
Portrayed by: Jessica Chastain
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Venkat Kapoor
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Vincent Kapoor
Portrayed by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
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The Martian Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Bruce Ng, flies to Houston for meetings. |
Bruce never leaves JPL in California. He is always shown on video conference. |
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NASA has an early plan for Mark to use the MDV to fly across Mars to a different site. |
This is never mentioned.
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Mark's logs are written. |
He video records his logs. |
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Pathfinder was half buried in the sand. Mark found it easily. |
Mark walked on the surface until he stepped on a parachute. Then he dug down. Pathfinder was completely buried.
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Mark has to lift a lot of heavy equipment around. |
The rover has a winch that makes moving things very easy. |