I've heard good things of the movie, and some based comments the director made, so I might go to watch it, but I want to know if it's clear beforehand. Anyone who has watched it can confirm or deny it?
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I mean, the whole story is the world is coming together to save the planet. So, there is a Utopic UN level of diversity whenever there is more than one person on the screen. The leader of the project is a woman. White male lead is the only character with discernable flaws.
That's about all I can come up with having seen it recently and I had to really stretch to come up with even that. I'd have an easier time reading more based themes into it than negative ones. It was surprisingly absent (or I've gotten dull in my old age).
That's Weir for you. The way the project involves the lead character is morally onerous. He usually hands those roles to women.
If you look at The Martian, the whole story wouldn't happen, unless the flawed judgement of a female commander was involved.
The Martian was basically all of diversity incorporated coming together to save a white astronaut bro from being marooned on Mars. The propaganda angle being that 'diversity is a good thing!'
The movie cuts out the whole "travelling across the surface of Mars" portion of the book down to nothing. He dedicates a lot of time to that during which Watney is almost entirely on his own for survival and nearly dies a few times before reaching the Ares.