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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wanted to like the movie but I didn’t like how human-centric it was. Why did the alien have to learn OUR language and way of being? Felt like too similar to how our MAGA-lead culture is now - American-centric and disinterested in those that may be smarter.[/quote]

Dummy it was the opposite- Rocky's language was translated for us via Grace's computer. So we heard Grace talking and the translated Rockey back in English. The computer did the language. Nobody learned or tried to vocalize a different species' language. It's covered in the book too. Not really a way for them to organically do that....

In the book you absolutely know that Rocky's civilization is "smart" if not smarter. In the movie they did a pretty good job representing that. Rocky's ship was more advanced. Their capability on their home planet creating an "earth" (remember, this is a species that likes very high heat and ammoniac conditions!) is amazing. They also create organic food for Grace to eat, which is not in the movie! So calm down Patrice![/quote]

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Rocky does most of the work figuring out Grace's ability to sense, what conditions he can live in (temp, pressure, oxygen). The book explains it more, but that initial wall with a tiny window is basically a sampler quilt of all the things Rocky thought an alien might "sense". The "window" was just another substance and of course Grace was drawn to it because we sense optically. There were things on that "quilt" that appeals to other senses. Rocky sees through walls and senses things via acoustics/xrays. Grace does mention that Rocky doesn't have a face!

So maybe it is human-centric in that Rocky kicks off the initial communications but Grace picks it right up and does plenty of stuff to reach out to how Rocky communicates and senses things too. In the book he's also more hands-on when Rocky gets environmental poisoning, and he figures out some things to help Rocky recuperate. Andy Weir is basically an amazing thinker and they did very well in translating that to the movie. [/quote]

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