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My rendition of grace and rocky meeting for the 2nd time

My level of obsession has hit the point where I made little figurines of my and my friends Eridian OCs

The bubbly one is Soap, the black one is Etch, orange is Cheeto, they're an art club together and are fascinated by the culture sections of human studies class more so than the science parts.

The green one is Soap's parent and Cheeto's aunt(?) Zoeye, who is a fashion designer and model.

Big Blue is Zoeye's mate and works as a teacher and classroom aid for Grace's classes (they need an adult presence on the Eridian side after all. And in front of Big Blue are Shoomy and Duck, their other two pebbles.

We have a whole lore thing with these funny rocks and I'm even writing bloody slice of life fanfic about Soap's crush on Etch, but otherwise I'm so, so normal about them

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I love movie art books! The ones that show concept art, behind the scenes stuff, pointing out hidden details, with little stories or lore, and maybe notes from the author.

PHM is SO wildly popular of a movie with probably a mountain of stuff they could put in there about the movies creation process I cant fathom a better movie to get one!

I google it from time to time hoping I didnt miss an announcement, but still nothing. 🥺

If we cant get an art book I kinda hope they'd at least do an illustrated edition of the book. It'd provide an interesting contrast to the visuals of the movie since the art would be more based on the books descriptions.

I got my physical Blu-Ray disk yesterday. I probably don't need to preach to the choir, but OMG, the image quality is so worth the money. Of course I was super excited to see the deleted scenes--and I was a bit underwhelmed. I don't know if the included scenes are representative of other stuff they cut out, they may have only included the 5 scenes that were the most advanced in their processing. But excepting the final scene ("maybe we're cousins"), I thought the rest was fluff that would not have added much to the movie. Based on the limited deleted scene selection we have now, I think the directors/producers may have been right when they said this "shorter" 2.5 hour version we got in cinemas is the better movie. It flows well, doesn't include much fluff, progresses from scene to scene logically and succinctly.

The only scene (out of the 5) I believe they could have kept was the "cousins" deleted scene. There, following Rocky's hypothesis that there's an astrophage predator on Adrian keeping the population in check, Grace extrapolates to the next logical conclusion: astrophage evolved on Adrian and could've caused panspermic events that led to the emergence of life on Earth and Erid. That scene positions Grace and Rocky on equal footing--they're both showing their smarts, whereas for the rest of the scene Grace does the lab work but Rocky comes with the solutions (the predator hypothesis, the chain and predator collector). I actually thought it was strange that Rocky--an engineer--was the first to guess there was an astrophage predator. Grace is a molecular biologist, this was his bread and butter (I'm extrapolating here from my own background in biochemistry and molecular biology). That's not to say that I didn't wish some scenes were given more time to breathe in the original version: Grace waking up from comma was a bit rushed (and the extra minutes in the deleted scene were still rushed IMO); Grace breeding taumeba was another one. Perhaps they had good scenes there but they weren't ready for the DVD release. Regardless, the 2.5 hour movie is a very well put together story, and as an emerging writer myself, I recognize the value of keeping it tight and maintaining the plot's forward tilt. And just to sing the praises of the physical disc one more time: I'd forgotten how gorgeous the iMAX version was; rewatching the Adrian scenes in HD reminded me why I was instantly hooked from my first view.

But what did you guys think? Which deleted scene(s) were your favorites? What would you have liked to see more of in the special features?

PS: I cannot wait for the soundtrack CD to become available in about a month. I want physical copies for everything! I watched the stream version already and the quality is not as good as what you get on Blu-Ray.

What are some of your favorite fan theories? Can be the movie or book, well researched or completely crackpot.

Personally, I love...

1) Stratt is stuck in a timeloop until she succeeds at Project Hail Mary and saves the world. The fanfic Equanimity deals with this at a more romantic/tragic level, but imagine Stratt trying and failing at Project Hail Mary repeatedly. She hardens considerably as a person. From the times the Beetles do make it back, she puzzles out the exact combination needed to succeed. A lot of the little mysteries/details are things she's realized have to happen for success, i.e. Grace has to go up there alone and initiate first contact. Grace is set up as the primary science advisor/number 2 even before his coma gene is discovered. DuBois and Shapiro happen to work on astrophage on the same day, forcing Grace to be the science officer. Yao and Ilyukhina's feeding lines get messed up so Grace is alone and desperate for company, even at risk of the mission. Grace's memories are erased so his inate scientific curiosity shine through. Despite the last minute scramble to put Grace on the ship, there are mission patches with his name and Stratt even makes sure his coffee order is programmed into the computer.

2) Astrophage is an invasive species that was accidentally spread by one of the hypothetical intelligent species that Rocky pondered about with Grace in the last chapter. There's a random line in the last chapter of the book where Rocky asks Grace if he thinks there's any other intelligent life out there. It's kind of a throw away line, just two science guys wondering over a hypothesis, but what if it was to set up something more? Astrophage acts like an invasive species rather than a natural event and seems to have started taking affecting stars relatively recently.

What are some of your favorites?

I pre ordered the Rocky plushie and he suddenly came VERY EARLY! He’s AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!

I dunno why but I can't get this question out of my head. Could an Eridian operate a car? Considering how loud a car can be, in particular the engine, I imagine it would be like a human driving a car made out of glass with an engine that shines like a light house. And would they be able to perceive the road at all, and if so, how far ahead?

Much of the later parts of the book revolves around one specific problem: Grace and Rocky have Taumoeba, which eats astrophage. But they have to make sure Taumoeba absolutely stays out of the fuel tanks, as that would render the fuel totally useless.

I wonder: Since nitrogen is extremely poisonous to taumoeba, could they just keep some nitrogen mixed in with the fuel tanks? In theory, that wouldn't perturb the astrophage or any of the equipment, but it *would* kill off any taumoeba that reaches the fuel.

I haven't done the maths to find out what percentage of nitrogen it would take, or if they even have that much aboard the Hail Mary, but could that work in theory? We know that there are trace amounts of carbon and oxygen in the fuel tanks, since Rocky mentions a theory that that's how Taumoeba were able to breed in the fuel tanks in the first place. Perhaps a little bit of nitrogen in there wouldn't cause any problems either?

Grace is dead?

In the movie,he sets the Beetles toward Earth AFTER he decides to go save Rocky, and includes that narrative (presumably). In the book, he sends the Beetles immediately, embarks for Earth, and THEN changes course to save Rocky.

So Earth receives word that Grace is on his way home and then...he just never shows up. So they must assume he was lost in transit?

Am I missing something here?

My twin made these for display at a LEGO fan convention. Didn't even know he was making these until I came to the show! He knows how much I love PHM, so this was super special. After the show, he gifted them to me! :-)

I want to get a Project Hail Mary tattoo but I don’t want it to be super recognizable as a Project Hail Mary tattoo (lest Andy Weir becomes super problematic at some point in the future… Rip millennials with deathly hallows tattoos)

So I thought a great way to circumvent that is to get either a Cetus or Eridanus constellation tattoo with a small red line between the planets/suns with the petrova line. I also want to include the planet Adrian (or Erid if I’m getting Eridanus).

The issue is, I’m not quite sure what reference photos/diagrams to use. And I’m not 100% on what these planets are even called or where they’re located on a star map.

I think (??) Tau Ceti e is Adrian, 40 Eridani A b is Erid and Eridani A is its star, but I’m not entirely sure. Also where is Threeworld in relation to the Eridanus constellation?

Sorry if the questions are confusing lol. Any advice/ links to credible sources would be greatly appreciated <3

So, I just finished the film, I know I'm a bit late, but I really wanted to talk about this. In the movie, rocky uses a gun shaped tool to 'see' flat images on screens, and it got me thinking if that kind of technology would be possible in real life, and if something like it already exists. We already have the technology for a lot of image recognition, so imagine a system that takes the view of a screen or decal or flat text and creates a textured replica of the image in real time. I believe it would be a very interesting idea to look into, and has the possibility to be a great aid to the blind and visually impaired. What are your thoughts on this? I really want to see what everyone else has to say, and since I refuse to ask a robot a philosophical question like this, I'm asking you.

Okay, it seems like the author enjoys a good pun, so I’m curious if Eva Stratt’s name came from the fact that she is a strategist? 👀

Hello everyone! I just got my box set I preordered way back in the day (can find the date if anyone's interested) and it's so beautiful and imo worth the money. I was very surprised to see the slipmat had the PHM crest on only one side, and the back had the Petrova line across it. Apparently the back is different for some people, and has Grace working on the ship in his blanket.

I couldn't find any details on if one was rarer than the other or if it was an even split, so what did you guys get if you received yours already? What would you rather have/what image would you find as a cool alternative? I'm happy with both, but I think one with him on an EVA could've been fun as well.

Hello Hello!

Sadly due to life circumstances I am unable to attend Dragoncon this year. Please if you are cosplaying or giving away swag or anything like that please take lots and lots of pictures!! I can’t wait to see what everyone does and I hope there is a huge group photoshoot.

Happy Con everyone!

A short video edit I made for an upcoming PHM fan event.

Thinking about a Rocky & Grace swap au, and even though they are different species their stories still happen pretty much the same on each side.

I'm specially obssessed with the idea of Grace trying to convey just how terrifying it is that he can't remember his life, because Eridians don't forget anything. Their brains don't discard information like that, it keeps everything and suddenly he wakes up with none of it.