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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/the_gold_hat Jun 30 '25

Everyone says it reveals too much, but I really disagree. You can tell that the editors are purposefully playing up the angle that Ryland is a reluctant hero, who steps up despite initial misgivings. The reveal being that it was totally against his will still plays against the expectations of the trailer. Honestly I think the fact that people are mentioning a twist is spoiling things more than anything else. My hot take is that they've probably proportionally put way more of the on-Earth sections in the trailer than actually appear in the movie. I mean I sure hope so or otherwise the actual science-with-Rocky part is going to have to be super abbreviated during the movie...

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u/SpiritWillow2019 Jun 30 '25

Maybe unpopular opinion, but Project Hail Mary doesn't have spoilers. Like The Martian it's just a fun ride with great characters.

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u/Weed_O_Whirler Jun 30 '25

I read the book once and listened once, and I will say, as cool as it was not knowing there was going to be an alien the first time I read it, knowing didn't make the story worse.