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Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« on: 10 Jun 2011, 10:47 »
Has anyone read this series?  Is it any good?
« Last Edit: 12 Jun 2011, 18:35 by LeeC »
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy
« Reply #1 on: 10 Jun 2011, 13:24 »
It's quite good, one of my favorites. But you should know that the author has a tendency to go off on long tangents giving detailed explanations of the science behind various things. Whether this is a good or a bad thing really depends on your perspective.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy
« Reply #2 on: 10 Jun 2011, 14:08 »
can you give me an example Benji?  :?
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy
« Reply #3 on: 11 Jun 2011, 01:32 »
i really liked them, but never finished the series because i couldn't make it through his explanation of microbiology as it related to the difficulty of creating a stable soil ecology on mars in the third book.


the engineering and socioeconomic theories were much more interesting.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction Movie
« Reply #4 on: 12 Jun 2011, 18:35 »
may check this out.  I know that all the red faction games 1 and 3 are loosley based on this series so I may take a look.  Did any watch that syfy original movie red faction origins?  I havnt yet but I hear it was better than DOOM.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #5 on: 13 Jun 2011, 08:14 »
The Mars Trilogy are pretty great epics. They manage (to me) a nice balance of hard science fiction with vast, compelling human plots. They can get pretty hard to follow though; one of those books where you really need the appendices.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction Movie
« Reply #6 on: 14 Jun 2011, 06:03 »
Quote from: LeeC on 12 Jun 2011, 18:35
may check this out.  I know that all the red faction games 1 and 3 are loosley based on this series so I may take a look.  Did any watch that syfy original movie red faction origins?  I havnt yet but I hear it was better than DOOM.

Whoever said it was better than DOOM is dumb (at least from an actual entertainment standpoint).

The only real plus is that it has Robert Patrick (you know, the liquid metal terminator from T2) in it as the Mason character you played in Red Faction: Guerilla. Everything else about the movie was terrible. It wasn't even entertaining in a SyFy Original Movie kind of way.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction Movie
« Reply #7 on: 17 Jun 2011, 14:43 »
Quote from: LeeC on 12 Jun 2011, 18:35
may check this out.  I know that all the red faction games 1 and 3 are loosley based on this series so I may take a look.  Did any watch that syfy original movie red faction origins?  I havnt yet but I hear it was better than DOOM.

Talk about setting a high bar.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #8 on: 17 Jun 2011, 15:04 »
speaking of Mars movies, they are remaking Total Recal with colin farrel as Arnie's character.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #9 on: 17 Jun 2011, 17:29 »
Quote from: LeeC on 17 Jun 2011, 15:04
speaking of Mars movies, they are remaking Total Recal with colin farrel as Arnie's character.


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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #10 on: 17 Jun 2011, 18:24 »
certain things just dont need a remake. :psyduck:
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #11 on: 06 Jul 2011, 13:41 »
The Mars Trilogy is my absolute favourite piece of science fiction. Incredibly detailed in its scope, amazingly realistic and fully-foremd characters, intricate and compelling plots... It's fantastic.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #12 on: 07 Jul 2011, 03:13 »
Quote from: LeeC on 17 Jun 2011, 15:04
speaking of Mars movies, they are remaking Total Recal with colin farrel as Arnie's character.

Are they keeping the 3-breasted woman oh man I hope the keep the 3-breasted woman.
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #13 on: 07 Jul 2011, 17:35 »
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Re: Red Mars Trilogy/Red Faction: Movie
« Reply #14 on: 16 Jul 2011, 10:54 »
Bill nighy is rumored to play quatto.

after watching this I think its going to suck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOMTxvXjIk
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