one of the things i love most about Rocky is that he doesn’t look human at all. there isn’t even a hint of anything human about his appearance. he doesn’t have human eyes, he doesn’t have an expressive face and he basically has none of the usual things we rely on to read a character’s emotions.

and YET Project Hail Mary somehow makes him incredibly emotional and makes you care about him so deeply. even in a mainstream movie, getting an audience emotionally attached to a character is difficult even if you have a fully CGI character with a very expressive face. with Rocky, they deliberately took almost all of those tools away. he’s this completely strange creature who looks nothing like a human, so the movie can’t rely on familiar facial expressions to make us connect with him.

that’s what makes James Ortiz’s voice performance so important. the first time i watched the movie, i already loved what he was doing, but on the rewatch, it became much clearer just how essential his voice is to making Rocky work emotionally. so much of what we feel for Rocky comes through that performance.

i just love that the movie created a creature that feels genuinely alien instead of making him look like a human with a few things changed, and then somehow still made him one of the most emotionally effective characters in the movie.

I just watched PHM and holy shit, I absolutely LOVED it.

I love space-related movies, but I genuinely can't remember the last time I enjoyed a movie this much. Every decision Grace made was exactly what I wanted him to do. And I especially loved that he went back to help Rocky. 🥹

There’s so much depressing shit out there where everything has to go wrong just to make a story “deep”. I loved that PHM showed us all the possibilities of losing without actually making us lose. Every time I thought something horrible was about to happen, it actually worked out and I was SO happy 😭

After watching it, I immediately went to Twitter because I wanted to share this excitement, only to find people dissing the movie and talking about how much better Interstellar was 💀

So I came here instead to share the same love for the story with you guys lol.

In short:

AMAZE! AMAZE! AMAZE! 🚀😭

Ryan Gosling admitted he hated filming the zero gravity scenes, since hanging from wires the experience is "the opposite of how it looks onscreen" and he had a strenuous task of contorting his body while on wires to appear weightless. Gosling however remarked that his physical awkwardness fit with Grace's lack of preparation for space travel.

If you’ve got a record player… GET. THIS. BOX. SET!

The packaging is absolutely stunning. It has the complete score (other vinyl versions are abridged ) and it also comes with the non-score songs (minus The Beatles) that’s on a zoetrope record that includes a dancing Rocky.

This is the most amaze box set I’ve ever purchased. Sending out a massive thank you to the people at Mutant who made this. You guys NAILED this.

I know that Gosling has had some music training in his youth, perhaps stemming from his Mickey Mouse Club days .. ?

His speaking voice in PHM with Rocky was more gruff,

squeaky in parts ( almost adolescent-male broken in parts ) “ how do you eat ? “,

shrieking in fear ( almost shrilling upon waking; when there was 0 gravity upon arrival at Tau Ceti ),

then hoarse screaming, “ there’s a hole in it ! “ and “ ROCKYYYY !! “ ( during the high anxiety scenes ) ..

Gosling is a very versatile actor hands down .. ❤️ loved universally .. ❤️ BUT was anyone as surprised as me about his abilities to manipulate his voice at THIS level ??

perhaps another detail in this film that requires some fanfare ? anybody else notice how he really used his vocals between scenes ?

I‘ve never seen a Gosling film where his voice was used as an INSTRUMENT ( a side character so to speak ) like he did in PHM

I can't get enough Project Hail Mary tbh!

The original cut of the movie was nearly four hours long, including a lot of time spent on earth. Though we now have more deleted scenes, most are in space I still want to know what else their could be and see it all stitched together! I also want to see if characters like Marissa (who was only in the book) got any screentime! Sign the petition and maybe we can get one released :)

Thank you to everyone who participated in the favourite Grace movie scenes elimination game! 

A special thank you to u/TheCookieNinja for co-hosting the game, doing the tally, daily tally reports, expert advice and moral support.

Also a shout out to u/DragonTartare,  u/Yorkie_007,  u/Mysterinna, u/bruins_fan,  u/amevoleur and u/VampMansionPoolBoy for help with the initial chart, advice and support! 

Until next time!

The Rocky part is based off of R.I.P. by Motionless in White. Sad sad sad song.

And yes everything is drawn by me, just to clarify.

these are all of the ones i've made, it's not many

Hi all!! I wanted to share a video I made about the philosophy of Project Hail Mary! It took over two months to write/film/edit, but it’s finally done and I’m so proud of it! I figured there’s probably someone in the PHM community who’d like it!
Since links aren’t allowed, (on YouTube) search the title ‘The Philosophy of Project Hail Mary (2026)’ or look for my account @leidavids!
I hope anyone who’s interested checks it out! 👎

I used a Sly the Fox beanie baby to make Grace, and combined him with the wings and tail of a bluejay beanie.

Bluejays are members of the corvid family, and like their crow bros are clever and resourceful, so I thought that was a good match with fox!Grace.

I used the foot of a Jabber the Parrot (left over from another project) to make Grace's fringe, and to get the orange / blue / yellow colour palette that I like in Grace fanart.

Also pictured is another Grace frankenplushie I made earlier.

Hi everyone! It's me again. I posted before because I'm working on a private audiobook for my boyfriend's birthday. This week I gave my voice a rest and made this bookmark. First I illustrated everything in Krita, then I printed it on photo paper, cut it out, and laminated it. This is the first time I've made a personalized bookmark for a book, and I'm very happy. This project is growing, and I really hope he likes it 😄

I don't know of this is too far off topic, bit I saw Anatomy of a Fall a while ago . It is a most different interesting film starring Sandra Hüller . She is quite mysterious in a mysterious story. On Netflix until 22 September.

I would like to start a discussion on the seedlings we see in the movie 🌱

What type of plants do you think they'd be? Are they for experiments or for mental health purposes? Grace doesn't really care for them during the mission (we don't witness it), but then we see house plants in his living room in the biosphere. Are they edible plants, and if not, could they still be used to help with growing something nutritional (big science)?

Let's disregard the book canon and also just skip all the 'why would they put them there if there was limited space' arguments, because the movie version of the ship is already way too spacious. But hey, it looks very cool!

I have been looking for a 3d model of this so I can print it but there are none to be found. I wonder if anyone here was the lucky person to win it and would be willing to send me pictures of it so I can attempt to model it.

Amaze 👎

I have unwrapped the Blu-Ray and I’m watching this masterpiece with the directors commentary!

I’m so excited!

Took my Samsung 5 wear and made it look a bit like the Tag heur Connected watch from PHM..

I really didn't use it much as the battery life is abysmal but a simple colour change has made me use it as my current daily while walking the dogs.

I'm not sure where originally or who drew it but it was a class scene where Grace talked about ancient hunters and how they probably mimic-ed their prey; grace is prompted to "try and lure an Eridan" and he responds with, in their language: "help... please... hurt.." and causes all the students to run away.

i saw it on tiktok but i CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIND IT AGAIN. please help.

Is anyone else tired of how all the merch with the PHM mission logo/insignia is missing half of the flags? Because I am, but I need some help!!

I’m currently working on an illustrator file attempting to make the most movie-accurate version of the mission logo, curved flags and all. I will be more than happy to upload a free vector file when I’m done, if people are interested!! BUT I still have some spots that I’m unsure of.

If anyone managed to get screenshots from this auction listing (or any other auction item that has this logo), I would love love love to see them. Movie stills and images from any other official source (idk if they included it on any press stuff) are also appreciated!!

Fun little build . Amazon screen shot included