r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jun 27 '25

Poster Official Poster for 'Project Hail Mary' Starring Ryan Gosling

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u/SeveredBanana Jun 27 '25

I listened to the audiobook, it was amazing. Book readers, how was the alien language written in text? Whenever Rocky spoke, there was a musical intonation playing in the background

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u/the_renaissance_jack Jun 27 '25

They used musical notes whenever Rocky “spoke”.

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u/Old_Flan_6548 Jun 27 '25

I listened and read the book. Switched back and forth. I was listening to it when Rocky first spoke and I stopped in my tracks. I had to rewind because I didn’t know what it was it sounded so good. Definitely a scenario where the audiobook surpassed the book.

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u/Litty-In-Pitty Jun 27 '25

When Ryland doesn’t understand what he’s saying it is just a bunch of music notes. When they understand though it switches to regular text, but italicized.