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i really love that project hail mary made it so clear how much grace loves earth. describing it to rocky, showing him bits of the culture and nature. the water and the cities. the birds. he sincerely and deeply loves earth.
you don't even have a dog. he had a whole planet. he loved being alive on earth and they took that from him.
Still thinking about how Grace was always treated as disposable. Kicked out of his passion field for his honestyâunderpaid as a (very good) teacher, to the point he canât afford a carâleft alone in a room full of argon with a sample that might kill him, while all the indispensable guys who put him there stood on the other side of the glass and watched. Shoved screaming into a mission that would kill him. And then, then this bonkers little alien who just met him gladly trades years off his life (via extended return mission) to save him. Runs burning through deadly air to keep him from dying. Chooses finally to weave their lives together forever and recreate Graceâs best dreams of Earth to make him happy. No wonder Grace told Rocky he doesnât have to get him a gift, heâs given him everything. To one little spider guy, Grace is irreplaceable. Thatâs love.
the aroace read of ryland grace is so personal and haunting. "you don't even have a dog." was it not enough to love the world for the sake of living in it. was it not enough to live for the thrill of discovery. was it not enough to smile at your students. was it not enough to be afraid.
the project hail mary universe is one of the only ones out there where orpheus turning around actually saved eurydice btw
Someone on tiktok said âthey were connected by the red string of fate but instead of fate it was the Petrova Lineâ and like. My heart
Highlights from the Project Hail Mary director's commentary:
*SPOILERS!!!*
Grace waking up from the coma was the first shot they filmed for the movie! They wanted Ryan to feel eased into the character, and what better way to do that than have him play a character who can't remember who he is?
The little "GOOD LUCK!" note in sharpie that's written on Grace's sleeping bag was canonically written by the other astronauts on the I.S.S. before the Hail Mary crew got put into the ship. In real life, Phil and Chris wrote one word each. They said it was like "a blessing on the movie."
Ryan's most nerve-wracking day on set was when he had to shoot with the classroom full of children. Most of the kids were made up of the children of the film's crew members.
The scene where Grace looks through Yao and Ilukhina's photos is footage of him looking at and reacting to actual pictures of the actors with their loved ones.
When Grace calls Stratt to tell her that he and Carl figured out how to breed astrophage, Ryan is genuinely calling Sandra on her day off set, and her audio is her genuine reaction to the unexpected line: "Carl and I made a baby!"
"We like showcasing Ryland Grace's social anxiety while having a lot of people staring at him. LOL!"
Their intention for the space funeral scene was to have Grace convey that he was trying to ease his own sadness by making the dead people with him feel better about being dead :(
The markings on Rocky's body convey his mission patch, his rank in the crew, his wedding band, and his family crest.
Grace and Stratt's conversation on the boat is Grace asking her if they're allowed to be close friends, and the response from Stratt is no, they can't. This gets driven home in the karaoke scene. She understands the value of connection, a part of her wants it, but "Her love for people has to be suspended for her to do her job."
Rocky has different forward-facing faces for different thought processes! They named his "satellite dish" face, his "scrunched up thinking face", and his "monobrow face".
Direct quote: "I love how on the spectrum Rocky is." ROCKY AUTISTIC CODED CONFIRMED!
After Rocky recovers from his injuries: "As Rocky returns to the movie, the lights turn on. The warmth returns. It's like the day breaking."
Confirmed that when Grace and Rocky reunite, Rocky says to Grace, "You came back for me, question?"
They throw this out there for two seconds and do NOT expand on it, but according to Andy Weir, Stratt is imprisoned for life but somehow ESCAPES???
The Eridians built Grace an artificial tree in his enclosure because Rocky knew he liked trees
There's so much more they shared about film processes and the people who were behind making certain effects possible. I highly recommend checking out the commentary if you're able!
Can I just say that the fact that Ryland Grace is presented as not brave or a coward is so dear to me.
When male protagonists are constantly framed as "the brave hero that saves the world" seeing someone like Grace who is scared and goofy and kind is so refreshing.
Because yes he is still brave just not naturally. He steps up because it's the right thing to do and doesn't want the entire world to die out just because he was too scared to do anything but that doesn't come automatically. He needs to be forced into it and later be reminded of it through Rocky.
Ryland Grace is a hero in every sense of the word but he didn't become one alone.
He needed to be thrown into it and even then he was scared but he still did it, not for glory but because he wanted to help. First humanity and then Rocky and his planet.
Grace may be one of the bravest male protagonists in a while.
Grace think fondly of his scar if you even care.
some thoughts and ideas on mobility aids (and stuff) for grace :-)
ily (avaliable as a print in my pinned)
Why is a school teacher in space, question?
all all all
Ătoile is THE show for everyone who grew up watching Dance Academy
I could live a thousand years and still never get over how Nicky can not only shoot through two people in pitch black from a hundred plus yards away, but also catch and stash the shell casing with his bare hand without looking. I have to rewind it every single time bc i still can't believe it.
Actually its officially Rewatch O Clock (I have to finish packing my entire house in the next 72 hours so....we're procrastinating)
In the Sudan basement (do we as a fandom have a name for that place?) right after the "very pissed off" when we see Joe in the background, head tilted back and posture loose, that's the Joe from the comics, right there. There's so many differences, all of which (in the first movie) I support, but the first moment where I really married together comic!Joe with Marwans portrayal was that tiny background moment bc it was so indescribably true to the original
Also, rewinding a bit, when the FUCK did Nicky have time to learn thok nath? The little "peace be with you" he says to the women they walk past before the mission is in the Nuer language, mostly only used in South Sudan and Ethiopia (and, wildly enough, Omaha Nebraska). Does he speak it? Or does he just know how to say that phrase in every language he might come across? Or (my fav theory) does he frantically research the language of wherever theyre going so that he knows important phrases just in case?
We all collectively really sleep on Nicky The Weapons Expert.
After the dream he pinpoints the knife that killed Nile as a Pashtun pesh-kabz (aka a curved knife with a thin point made for penetrating mail armor, this one specifically Pashtun aka Afghan, almost definitely something he'd seen before). That's all fine and dandy but yall forget - Nile never saw the knife. She was facing away.
Nicky identified the type of knife and country of origin based on how it felt slicing through her neck ("I felt her die" -Booker).
This post is rapidly becoming a study my competence kink for a fictional 1000 year old man
I really should separate these lol.
The train scene is Such a good microcosm for the Guards entire dynamic. Nicky's faith (everything happens for a reason, Boss). Joe's empathy (we have to find her). Booker's pragmatism (we stick to the plan). Andy's instinct (*gets up, lays out the plan*).
Also Nicky so obviously recounting his own experience in the first days of immortality (I could write novels on the parallels between Nicky and Nile by way of Christian Faith) with his "whoever she is she's confused, and scared, and more alone than she's ever been in her entire life." eyes closed, hunched over on himself.
This is really becoming a Luca Marinelli as NicolĂČ appreciation post, huh
Ok I had to slow it down to half speed to see it properly but for those wondering: the page behind Niles face in Joe's notebook consisted of sketches of a helicopter and the door Booker blew up to the basement trap, so basically images he'd remembered from the last few days
I was the one wondering btw. Curiosity: sated.
Some more rapid fire fun details: Nile uses apple music, which means she unequivocally cannot be an antagonist, as per Apples legal dept. Andy's shoes in the desert are wildly unsuitable for sand. Nile stabs Andy with her survival knife, not her combat or k-bar knives. Andy was drinking a relabeled Russian Standard bottle of vodka on the plane. The plane itself bears symbols pointing to a history of use by the socialist party in the USSR era (they really go off with the details in this one).
Omg at dinner Nicky and Joe look to each other before they speak Every Single Time. "One soul two bodies" is damn right
Yes theres still more.
I finally realized why the "theres a TV joe" gives me so much joy and that's because its fucking improv comedy. Those dramatic motherfuckers posed to look casual as the body they propped against the door fell when the door to the van opened, then acted like all haughty (we're usually a better judge of character) then immediately go into making light of the plane. They're going in so hard on the "eh been there done that, we're immortal and ageless and better than you bitches" routine that it just makes it turn hilarious. So what if they were blown up and gassed and stabbed and shot? Theyre getting a free ride on a private jet. They've got a TV in there, how fancy! Do you think they also supply champagne?
Theyre being little shits and I love it.
(Sidenote: Nicolo "ive been to wholeass medical school at least once" di Genova vs Andy "what's a band-aid?" The Scythian is funny as all fuck)
Let's all give thanks to Yusuf Al-kaysani for being the most hilarious motherfucker in the world 900 years running. "Faster than the elevator" I love you
(Also I saw a meta post saying Nicky during the entire lab escape was first in/last out of every room like a goddamned German Shepard circling them to protect everyone and now that I saw it i can't unsee it lol)
Yall just KNOW that Nicky's little smirk at the Hyperfixation Board translated to him Never Letting This Go forever. (Even funnier if he only brings it up when hes clearly not going to win the argument)
"Youve never been able to trick Andy with the baklava tesoro" "Well i was right about our purpose for 900 years before you all figured it out, so if I were you i would not be so quick to discount my skills." *gets trounced again anyway*
"I dont think that's the right direction to get to the place." "Remember when I correctly divined our true purpose on this earth? Have a little more faith, won't you?" *it was, in fact, the wrong way*
I am still not over Cheyenne having to dance to "I Married Myself" which, don't get me wrong, is a really beautiful song. But a song about choosing yourself which she doesn't want. She wants someone to choose her. For her.
And she is the one character who aches to be loved and delivers the most gut wrenching lines about thinking she has no room in her heart for love, when all she wants is to be loved and be seen as a person.
I will sue.
no but you donât understand. the princess bed that her mom refused to fix for her, but did for someone else. her mom never having ever come to one of her performances. gael jabbing cheyenne in the heart and telling her she doesnât have room in there for people or anyone or anything. âi slippedâ. then having to dance to âi married myselfâ and sobbing in the same room where she found and looked after that little girl whoâd been dancing alone at night. the same girl she bought ballet shoes for and came to see during class because she does have room in there. then âthatâs why youâre such an assholeâ and the broken âiâm an asshole.â and âi donât want to be hollowâ and
Gabias and Lighting Design
I graduate with my BA in theatre in a few weeks and this is apparently how I'm using my new degree. But I am so so normal about how the lighting in Tobias' dances reflects his relationship with creation
In Piece 1, the main color scheme is just dark, blue and moody. You can barely make out any individual dancer and they all blend into one larger, moving body. All of the dancers are stuck in isolated spotlights and lit only by profile lights - the lights on the sides of the stage. This casts dramatic shadows over everyone's faces, so despite them dancing together, they can barely see each other. Tobias is lacking personal connection to the people around him, and his inspiration isn't clear yet.
The opposite happens in Off Rhythm, where the dancers are overexposed in a cool wash lights on a white set, making everything just brutally intense. Tobias is trying to make sense of too many things at once, in this sudden shift of his career and relationships. While the people around him understand his vision, to anyone on the outside (e.g., the critics), it looks disjointed and chaotic.
Piece 2 starts like Piece 1, still very blue but with a bit more clarity this time.
But in Whatever This Is, everything is much more complimentary and clear. Specifically, it revolves around Gabin, both his presence on stage and the development of their relationship. We get the most variety in this piece, especially in color lighting the cyclorama (the white sheet hanging at the back of the stage). Pink for budding feelings, purple for uncertainty, blue for sorrow, and yellow/orange for love. At the beginning of the number, when Gabin begins, the lights are pink, edging out a dreary gray, before rotating through purple and blue, as Tobias and Gabin struggled to maintain a healthy relationship in their first few weeks together. When Gabin leaves briefly, the lights transition to purple, then a deep blue. Over the men specifically, like in Piece 1, deep blue wash lights completely envelope the male dancers, making them virtually indistinguishable from each other. Tobias is still struggling over the reviews of his last piece and losing his Ă©toile. Nothing is working, and heâs more depressed than weâve ever seen him. But when Gabin returns (both to the stage and to Tobiasâ life), the overhead wash lights gradually shift back into more flattering, joyful colors. The wash lights are brighter and warmer, bringing out the life in the dancers, not just the dance. Pink and purple start to push the blue out of the cyc lights, reflecting Gabin and Tobias' healing relationship. When Gabin is finally alone for the end of the song, the lights are peachy yellow, as they move past the ways they've hurt each other into a stronger connection. As if to put the nail in the coffin, right before Tobias takes the stage to kiss Gabin, there's a final pop of fiery orange, overtaking the last moment of doubtful blue. Tobias was always a great choreographer, but Gabin is what truly inspired him and reignited his love for creating.
Honestly, the real hero of Whatever This Is is the stage manager and/or lighting designer who managed to busk through the entire new number.
wild to me that ppl think of cheyenne as an i married myself kinda girl when she's so not. our intro to her is on an ecoterrorist mission where she cares so much about everything she can't understand why other people don't. as soon as she gets to new york she wonders how to speak to people in a way they'd understand (it does not work, but she very much is trying). she meets a young girl who wants to dance and makes it happen. she starts teaching her ballet classes because she thinks the students deserve better even though she doesn't believe any of them will become dancers. she knows that finding the right dancer matters so she finds gael and brings him back to the company. anytime jack asks something of her she delivers - she delivers even when he doesn't ask but she knows it needs doing. everyone has made everything about dance for her to the point that when she's struggling and she's afraid she will no longer be able to fill that perfection for others she feels as if her life is ending.
