During the rescue sequence the entire planet is watching, cheering him on-for any kid or adult who secretly adores or outright adores science: they will probably see Mark Watney as a hero, someone they admire and, yup, aspire to be like. IРІР‚в„ўm sure most viewers want him rescued as much as the people in the movie want him rescued. Really, The Martian is a love letter to intelligence, teamwork, and, most importantly, science. His love of science is manipulative in, IРІР‚в„ўd argue, the best of ways. The function of Benny in The Sandlot is to be an ideal, to represent that kid who just loves the game more than anything else, the character that real kids can admire and aspire to be like: a role model. And he was the only one of the kids from the movie to go on to play in the majors. No matter the situation, Benny was happy playing baseball. To that end, Watney is sort of like an older version of The SandlotРІР‚в„ўs Benny РІР‚Сљthe JetРІР‚Сњ Rodriguez. These things donРІР‚в„ўt destroy his spirit because science is the very thing that fuels his spirit. But heРІР‚в„ўs also having a lot of fun with it, and taking a lot of pride in problem solving through the application of high-level scientific methodology-from growing potatoes, to solving the rover heating issues, to fixing the Pathfinder, etc. I mean, obviously he doesnРІР‚в„ўt want to be stuck on Mars. We see him, time and again, enjoying his situation. I say human love interest because you know what IРІР‚в„ўm going to say next, donРІР‚в„ўt you? So, yeah, The Martian has a main character who goes the entire movie without once having a human love interest. WatneyРІР‚в„ўs relationship with Rick Martinez (Michael Pena) seems plutonic, with Martinez married and a dad and there being no hints at anything between them. IРІР‚в„ўm sort of sad that never happened though. Maybe not for a romance to start, but to at least see her have the satisfaction of meeting Watney. If youРІР‚в„ўre like me, you were probably expecting her to meet him at the end. Maybe the closest thing there was to a romantic subplot has to do with Mindy Park, (Mackenzie Davis) the NASA girl who discovered Watney and was assigned to follow him. I donРІР‚в„ўt think Kristen WiigРІР‚в„ўs character is programmed to understand the concepts of romance, love, sex, etc.

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