{"id":36698,"date":"2015-10-04T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=36698"},"modified":"2015-10-04T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T18:22:37","slug":"neil-degrasse-tyson-has-some-thoughts-on-the-martian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/04\/neil-degrasse-tyson-has-some-thoughts-on-the-martian\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Some Thoughts On THE MARTIAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NeildeGrasseTyson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NeildeGrasseTyson.jpg\" alt=\"NeildeGrasseTyson\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NeildeGrasseTyson.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/NeildeGrasseTyson-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is not shy about sharing his thoughts on how accurately, or perhaps more often inaccurately, filmmakers are with science principals in their films. He famously blasted Alfonso Cauron&#8217;s <strong>Gravity<\/strong> two years ago and had some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/16\/neil-degrasse-tyson-is-not-a-fan-of-the-black-hole-and-hell-tell-you-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">fairly unkind words<\/a> about Disney&#8217;s 1979 <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> cash-in attempt <strong>The Black Hole<\/strong>. He was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/10\/neil-degrasse-tyson-has-some-thoughts-on-interstellar\/\" target=\"_blank\">far more disposed<\/a> to the science in last year&#8217;s <strong>Interstellar<\/strong> from director Christopher Nolan.<\/p>\n<p>So how does the science heavy thriller <strong>The Martian<\/strong> are under Dr. Tyson&#8217;s scrutiny? Read on &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> is fantasy: All who make important decisions are scientifically literate.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650077219490955264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> is fantasy: The USA &amp; China cooperate with one another in Space.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650078572183339009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JPL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JPL<\/a> tracks astronauts. Nope, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JSC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JSC<\/a> does it alone. But watching two <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASA<\/a> centers collaborate \u2014 geek gold<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650080338710958081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> \u2014 where fluency in Science, Technology, Engineering, &amp; Math rule all decisions of survival.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650081598142988288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> \u2014 where Science, Technology, Engineering, &amp; Math are highly developed characters unto themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650083105324183552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> \u2014 where you learn all the ways that being Scientifically Literate can save your life.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650084616091504640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> \u2014 where science, not human emotion, drives the plot\u2019s Humor, Interpersonal Relations, Tension, &amp; Suspense.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650086370535337986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> \u2014 where you experience Love, Hate, Envy, Anxiety, Pride, &amp; Heroism, all through the lens of science.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650088396375724032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a>, they got crucial science right, while enhancing the story by fictionalizing the science that remained.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650089894010687490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> may be the first SciFi blockbuster \u2014 ever \u2014  in which nobody dies.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650091675939790848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MartianMovie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MartianMovie<\/a> \u2014 where the protagonist survives not on Wit, Prayer, or Hope. but by \u201cSciencing the Shit&quot; out of everything<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neiltyson\/status\/650094185291186176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The astrophysicist gives his review of the science in Ridley Scott&#8217;s science fiction thrill THE MARTIAN.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/04\/neil-degrasse-tyson-has-some-thoughts-on-the-martian\/\" title=\"Neil deGrasse Tyson Has Some Thoughts On THE MARTIAN\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[7310,7903],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-neil-degrasse-tyson","8":"tag-the-martian"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36698"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=36698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}