Piranha

thinking about after Grace went to space and how his students felt hearing the news. knowing that your probably favorite teacher who actually made learning engaging and fun, which can be really hard for middle schoolers. But learning that that teacher is going to space on a mission that he can’t come back from. And if any of Grace’s video logs were publicized, seeing his positives and sadness, seeing that teacher that inspired you so much struggling like that, but then also seeing the happiness that company brought him. just a thought… Grace and his students…

i just love all the stories about production on project hail mary. they didn't use a single green/blue screen in the whole film. they built the whole interior of the hail mary. the petrova line scene was done practically by putting infrared lights on a chicken wire cage. rocky's voice was one of the puppeteers because he did such a good job during filming that they couldn't imagine anyone else voicing him. and rocky was a practical puppet/animatronic! sandra huller picked sign of the times as her karaoke song and she asked her daughter if it was still a cool song. i just feel like there was so much love making this film and im obsessed