![]() Driven by his mental strength, scientific knowledge, and survival instincts, Mark overcomes incredible challenges: including stitching himself to close a piercing bound to his abdomen, and creatively overcoming major food shortages. Although humans cannot stand decompression in outer space for more than a minute, Mark survived miraculously when his blood clogged the hole in his suit. Astronaut Mark Watney (a botanist, played by Matt Damon) was accidentally left behind as the crew presumed him dead when his suit was pierced during the storm. In the movie, the inhospitable Mars surface becomes even more challenging when a sand storm forces the evacuation of the Ares III mission crew. NASA is now focusing on how to explore new planets sending robotic probes to determine if they are habitable since unexpected circumstances like a meteorite or extreme climate change may render planet Earth inhabitable. Kennedy with the race to the moon announced in 1961, shortly after the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Our passion for space travel was fueled by former US President Jack F. Like Life & Style on Facebook, follow on Twitter for the latest in fashion, gossip and entertainment.The science fiction movie The Martian, with actor Matt Damon, is quite entertaining and gives us an insight of what could be the era of planet exploration for mankind. Published in The Express Tribune, August 28 th, 2015. The rooftop was decked out to look like Neverland, with set pieces and costumes from the family adventure film.īut the media guests were distracted by the word “Compton” from a sky-writing plane to promote Universal Pictures’ rap music film Straight Outta Compton. “The people covering the industry are in some ways tastemakers, so even if people aren’t reading our magazines or articles, they’re reading our Twitter feed,” said Sperling.Įarlier in August, Warner Bros hosted a party at a Los Angeles hotel to promote its Peter Pan prequel - Pan. The “twins” delivered a wooden box with a taxidermied rat and a USB card with a link to the movie’s latest trailer. In August, movie reporters received a visit from two men with zombie makeup, mimicking the creepy twin characters from Focus Features latest horror movie, Sinister 2. Trailers are becoming the fast, bite-size way to attract an audience at a time when five or more movies a week are released in the United States. “It makes sense for studios to spend money to get journalists to tweet and use social media because they believe it somehow will turn into box office dollars,” said Entertainment Weekly film reporter Nicole Sperling. “We want to make sure that people get the message that the movie’s coming out.”Īfter the media day, The Martian trailer became one of the top entertainment news stories, garnering 4.8 million views on Facebook and 3.3 million views on YouTube in just 48 hours. “We’re in a world with a very crowded marketplace,” said The Martian producer Aditya Sood. Journalists got a sneak peek at the first 50 minutes of the film, toured the lab and interviewed Damon at its Mission Control which is usually reserved for scientists working on operations such as landing the Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012. Hollywood studios are going to ever more creative lengths to attract attention in a jam-packed entertainment market where social media plays a key role in promoting content.įor Matt Damon’s October film The Martian, in which an astronaut is stranded on Mars, 20th Century Fox Studios hosted a media day last week at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (Nasa) Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California just to promote a trailer. ![]() ![]() Actor Matt Damon (C) who stars as NASA Astronaut Mark Watney in the film The Martian, smiles after having made his hand prints in cement at the Nasa lab. ![]()
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