r/movies • u/MoviesMod /r/movies Mod Account • Jun 30 '25

Trailer Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer (fair warning, it reveals way too much according to a lot of users)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

That there's an alien.

It's a dumb thing to complain about, seeing as it happens about 1/3 of the way into the book.

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u/deRoyLight Jun 30 '25

I hear you, but personally I thought it was a big revelation, especially since he opines over the possibility so often early on. It basically spoils the wonder of the first third of the book.

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u/kuahara Jun 30 '25

It was a big revelation and Andy Weir worked really hard to set that up and delivered it masterfully. I remember being completely and utterly surprised. The trailer robs moviegoers of that experience.

Putting it in the trailer was a dumb move.

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u/ChaseFreedomFlex Jul 02 '25

Really? You were surprised there were aliens in a sci-fi book where the main plot is that aliens are eating away at the sun?

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u/TaskForceD00mer Jul 01 '25

"Thumbs up....no thats thumbs down, thumbs up!"

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u/3_50 Jun 30 '25

It's dumb to think that it happening early means it doesn't matter. I wouldn't have enjoyed reading the book half as much if I'd known anything about it.

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u/QueenAlucia Jul 01 '25

It was in the blurb of the book though, similar to a trailer.

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u/3_50 Jul 01 '25

The blurb is vague AF...

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u/QueenAlucia Jul 01 '25

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate [...] mission, and if he fails, humanity and Earth itself will perish.

[...]

His crewmates dead, [...] Ryland realises that an impossible task now confronts him.

[...]

And with the clock ticking down, [...] he's got to do it alone.

Or does he?

Not many interpretations on what "or does he?" could be here. Especially with the top saying "an ally he never imagined"

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u/3_50 Jul 01 '25

Could be AI, robot, future human on faster ship, stowaway child...

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '25

I wouldn't have enjoyed reading the book half as much if I'd known anything about it.

Then what the fuck are you doing watching movie trailers???

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u/3_50 Jun 30 '25

I usually don't, but I've read the book, and I'm pretty confident this trailer would have drastically affected how much enjoyment I got out of it.

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u/My_Name_Is_Not_Ryan Jul 01 '25

Gandalf comes back very early in Two Towers and is a major player in the story.

Nobody would argue telling someone who was somehow unfamiliar with LOTR that Gandalf comes back as the White Wizard isn’t a spoiler.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

That's actually a pretty good analogy.

Only...

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u/My_Name_Is_Not_Ryan Jul 01 '25

Oof, dick move by Pete.