What's the Difference between The Martian the Book and The Martian the Movie?
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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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Mark goes into great detail about the science he is using to fix his situation. |
He says he's going to have to "science the shit of this" in regards to fixing his situation. |
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Mark says the crew had 56 days of food for redundancy. |
He says they had 68 days of food.
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The crew evacuates on Sol 6. They leave the HAB together when Watney is lost and presumed dead. |
They evacuate on Sol 18. Martinez is prepping the MAV when the rest of the crew evacuates. |
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Watney wakes up to the high oxygen alarm outside. He pulls the antenna out of his hip and seals it with a patch kit. He returns to the HAB where he sutures his wound. |
Watney awakes to an oxygen warning and walks into the HAB where he removes the antenna piece. He digs around in his abdomen then staples the wound shut.
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The terms of the Chinese supplying a booster for the supply vessel are more detailed. They will trade the booster for the right to select and train their own astronaut for Ares 5. |
These details are not revealed until the end of the movie. |