I rewatched The Martian and totally forgot how optimistic this movie is about technology, America, and international relations 
when this movie came out in 2015 my little liberal ass loved it. i still believed in a future.
we dont even have bazinga mars nerds anymore just different flavors of “i wont eat the bugs” all clawing at each other to climb out of a pit rapidly filling with water
xi i will scrub toilets please give me a K visa 
Believe it or not, The Martian is a joy to read compared to Project Hail Mary. It’s basically the same story except even more juvenile and reminded me of One-Dimensional Man because of the simplistic story, the glorification of technology and the unity of international action. It was really stupid. Not even Gosling can save that story.
I read The Martian when it came out and generally liked it (can’t say I would like it now) but the movie is unwatchable. I saw it in theaters and hated how sterile it felt and how the side characters were so flat. I tried rewatching it and I fucking turned off the tv when he says “I’m gonna science the shit out of this.”