The Pestle

Podcast,
63 MINS

Ep 362: “Project Hail Mary”

March 24, 2026

We launch into Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” and discuss:

  • Story & Writing, starting with tone;
  • How budget affects storytelling;
  • Science and art impacting the world;
  • and other such stuff and things and stuff.

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don’t come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity. – Isaac Asimov

Notes & References:
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Correction: Scorpion is actually a German rock band! (wiki) – my American-centric assumptions biting me once more!
Shot on Alexa 65 (IMDB)
Using vertically-squeezed anamorphics (Instagram) – “a completely new, custom set of anamorphic lenses that could be mounted sideways on the ALEXA 65…to create additional height”

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This Week’s Recommendations:

Paris, Texas” (IMDB) / “The Electric State” by Simon Stålenhag book (Amazon.com)

One comment

  1. Uwe says:

    hear, hear, Todd. perfectly said how absurd it is going to war instead of talking with each other

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