The Martian

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week Amy & Paul are eating potatoes while discussing the 2015 film The Martian, starring Matt Damon and directed by Ridley Scott. They highlight the very grounded comedy throughout the film, draw comparisons between Mark Watney and Richard Hatch from Survivor, and respect that this film has no villains. Plus: This movie really makes us appreciate smart people being good at their jobs. Next week, Paul & Amy are talking about Duncan Jones’ film Moon! Check out this week's spotlight episode from the Unspooled archives, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: https://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring/ You can join the conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Check out Paul's Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is on presale now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	The year is 2015 and we're going to podcast the fuck out of this.
0:07.0	The movie The Marsha. Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to
0:30.0	to welcome to unspoed.
0:34.0	I am Paul Sheer joined as always by my friend
0:36.7	movie critic extraordinary Amy Nicholson.
0:39.4	And we love talking about movies.
0:41.8	We're talking about the 2015 film The Martian Ridley Scots.
0:46.0	I think in many ways like a kind of a comeback or a return to form for Ridley Scott in 2015.
0:52.0	After Exodus, Godson and men, which people did not love.
0:56.0	And after his kind of, he was on a gloomy stretch,
0:58.0	Prometheus, similar scenes, people getting surgery,
1:01.0	but it's real screaming and real miserable even as
1:03.2	they're doing it by themselves in a room sorry no may replace that looked real
1:06.4	painful. Paul we picked this movie for kind of a reason which is soon not yet but
1:12.0	soon you will be off doing many, many, many very busy things.
1:16.8	And I thought, I'm going to miss you.
1:18.3	So I thought we should do a movie or two about being separated and having to survive on our own for a few weeks.
1:26.0	Don't worry guys, we've got great guys planned,
1:28.0	but oh I'm going to miss Paul.
1:29.0	Well, I'm going to miss you.
1:30.0	I'm going to be touring Europe with how did this get made for a couple weeks and I'm
1:34.3	bummed to not talk to you about movies but we also you know maybe we need some
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