Neil DeGrasse Tyson Kind Of Spoiled The Ending Of ‘The Martian’ For Everyone On Twitter
GOOD ONE, DAD.
Warning: this article contains spoilers, obviously.
–
Celebrity astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and the internet’s dad Neil DeGrasse Tyson has been all over new sci-fi blockbuster film The Martian for the past few days. Given he featured in a promotional video leading up to its release, and has obvious professional interests that align with key themes of the film, it’s not that surprising.
Displaying his usual flair for science comedy, which is probably a thing, Tyson took time out from flirting with international fugitive Edward Snowden to tweet a bunch of his thoughts on the movie, which stars Matt Damon as a very thirsty astronaut stranded on a planet we all now know is covered in flowing water (how embarrassment).
His sassy comparisons of the plot’s fictional scenarios to real life ones were initially well-received:
Evidence that the @MartianMovie is fantasy: All who make important decisions are scientifically literate.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
Evidence that the @MartianMovie is fantasy: The USA & China cooperate with one another in Space.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
And his mini Martian reviews/open love letters to logical thinking gave his fans something to rally behind.
The @MartianMovie — where fluency in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math rule all decisions of survival.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math are highly developed characters unto themselves.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where science, not human emotion, drives the plot’s Humor, Interpersonal Relations, Tension, & Suspense.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where you experience Love, Hate, Envy, Anxiety, Pride, & Heroism, all through the lens of science.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
In the @MartianMovie, they got crucial science right, while enhancing the story by fictionalizing the science that remained.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
But then the smattering of witty and relatively harmless tweets began to give way to something far more sinister: ruining the god damn movie for everybody.
(WARNING: YEP, THIS IS THE PART WHERE WE SHOW YOU THE SPOILERS.)
The @MartianMovie may be the first SciFi blockbuster — ever — in which nobody dies.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
The @MartianMovie — where the protagonist survives not on Wit, Prayer, or Hope. but by “Sciencing the Shit" out of everything
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) October 2, 2015
Understandably, people were pissed.
@neiltyson @MartianMovie Ridley Scott just called to say thanks for saving everyone $20
— Steve S. (@prtendimnothere) October 2, 2015
@29bananas @nathorne @MartianMovie For the whole movie, NASA doesn’t know if they can save him. But now we do thanks to @neiltyson
— Stephen Dost (@DostStephen) October 3, 2015
@TomFornelli @neiltyson planned on finishing the last 100 pages tonight before going to the movie tomorrow night. Thanks, Neil.
— Hugo Stiglitz (@jfahr) October 2, 2015
@neiltyson @MartianMovie spoiled the only scifi movie that ever interested me.
— Daniel Woolfolk (@Woolfolk12) October 2, 2015
@neiltyson @MartianMovie Well I guess I don’t have to go see it now that all dramatic tension is gone.
— Andrew Griffith (@glovestudios) October 2, 2015
Neil, mate, you knew the rules. If you play with spoilers, you will get burned – by a hundred thousand angry Twitter users for all of eternity.
P.S — we obviously still love you though, you adorable drongo.