TheImpressiveXMar 28

‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’

https://piefed.social/c/movies/p/1926500/project-hail-mary-directors-screened-a-nearly-four-hour-cut-to-other-filmmakers-and-wer

‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Screened a Nearly Four-Hour Cut to Other Filmmakers and Were Told to ‘Get It Way Shorter’: ‘It Was Embarrassing’

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Show threadpwnicholson
It’s disappointing how much they cut out of his personal journey and replaced it with long sections of goofy gags. Those were ok, but not at the expense of character development. It did still feel indulgent in how long some scenes went.
Mar 28 at 3:21amWeb
Show threadGodortMar 28
Stratt had almost all of her character stripped away too. Without the Antarctica or Sahara bits she just felt like a project manager rather than the ruthless person she was in the novel.
Show threadPenguinMageMar 28
I wanted so badly to talk about how they gutted what she did to keep humanity around til the Beatles (which were never named as Beatles so it was weird to see that they were still named after all 4 of em) arrived… but I went with two others who never read the book.
Show threadbaltakateiMar 28

Stratt: I believe in God.

Me: What?

Stratt: Evangelical karaoke