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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While the Hermes crew saves him, Mark stays buckled and is in mental/physical distress from takeoff |
Mark is perched just inside the nose cone opening all excited and ready to go |
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When Mark is on the Hermes, and he sees a crew mates reaction to his smell, he says something about smelling like a skunk shit on a dirty sock. |
As everyone is hugging him and whatnot, you hear a voice say "Oh a little stink" or something.
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The nose of the MAV covered with the super strong HAB canvas and sealed |
Mark uses what appears to be a parachute even though they call it HAB canvas and the HAB seems solid when they show it. |
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Mitch is portrayed as a jerk that no one likes to work with |
Seems like an ok guy
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Annie Montrose seemed like a hard-as-nails, very outspoken woman who wasn't afraid of swearing like a truck-driver to make sure everyone in the room knew what she meant. |
She was like, eh, kinda there... not really that important. Usually when they showed her, she looked worried or like she was about to cry |