"Gravity's Just A Habit!" (The Martian - Andy Weir) G
Title: Gravity's Just A Habit! (On Archive Of Our Own)
Author:
lannamichaels
Fandom: The Martian - Andy Weir
Rating: G
A/N: Transcript of a fictional fanvid of the Ares 3 crew to the song Upside Down & Inside Out by OK Go.
Summary: My submission for the Ares 3 Is More Than Love fest, 2038.
Intro:
[Establishing shot of Earth in its blue marble glory. Half the globe is replaced by a half-globe of Mars. The bottom third of the screen is now the Hermes.
Earth: Shot of everyone from the back as they prepare to leave for Mars.
Mars: Shot of everyone from the back as they prepare to leave the Hab.
Earth: The "yearbook" photo post-return.]
Upside down and inside out and you can feel it
[Hermes: Watney and Martinez doing the Hermes Tango and flubbing a catch.]
Upside down and inside out and you can feel it, feel it
[Hermes: Johanssen does an interview entirely upside down from the orientation of the camera, then rotates at the same time as the camera so the background looks like it's spinning]
Don't know where your eyes are
[Hermes: Watney stares at his plants. Behind him, Vogel is mugging for the camera.]
But they're not doin' what you said
[Hermes: Martinez doing a free-fall handstand with his legs in a V. Beck talks to Vogel through the space. Martinez pretends like he's about to kick Beck.]
Don't know where your mind is, baby
[Earth: Beck reads on his tablet, a pile of bookmarks next to him]
But you're better off without it
[Mars: Johanssen checks Lewis's spacesuit and gives a thumbs up to the camera.]
Inside down and upside out and you can feel it
[Earth/Hermes/Mars: Transitioning of Johanssen doing a yoga pose.]
Don't stop, can't stop, it's like an airplane goin' down
[Earth: Series of serious interviews behind a table, with lots of cameras going off, ending off with Lewis in front of Congress]
I wish I had said the things you thought that I had said
[Hermes: Lewis doing an interview after they thought Watney was dead.]
Gravity's just a habit that you're really sure you can't break
[Mars: Series of photos from the Hab, showing Watney's farmland slowly growing potatoes. Watney is never in the same place between shots, but he is usually wearing a shirt with someone else's name on it. Sometimes these shirts are the wrong way around or inside out.]
So when you met the new you, were you scared? Were you cold? Were you kind?
[Hermes: Post-recovery interviews with the crew, focus on everyone reassuringly touching Watney's arms and shoulders and back.]
Yeah, when you met the new you, did someone die inside?
[Earth: Watney's hospital interviews. He's wearing an ancient Chicago Cubs hoodie and looks like he's being eaten by it. Zoom in on the signatures by the crew on the hoodie.]
Don't stop, can't stop, it's like a freight train
[Earth: Johanssen and Beck running flat out on outside track. Motion continues in the kayaking trip, Martinez lifts his paddle above his head in victory.]
Don't stop, can't stop, it's like an airplane goin' down
[Earth: Johanssen stands in front of a projected presentation at her TED Talk. The slide says ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS.]
Don't know where your eyes are, but they're not doin' what you said
[Hermes: Everyone but Beck are doing push-ups. Beck is standing and watching, holding a clipboard.]
Don't know where your mind is, baby, but you're better off without it
[Hermes: Vogel reads from a tablet. He waves at the camera. Martinez, the operator, waves his hand in front of the camera to return it. Lewis floats in the background, eating dinner.]
Musical interlude:
[Series of snapshots, looking like polaroids:
Hermes: Martinez has Watney's head yanked back and is pretending he's about to bite Watney's neck like a vampire.
Earth: The crew on a couch not big enough to hold all of them, watching the 2029 War Of The Worlds series, all of them engrossed.
Earth: Johanssen's verified twitter feed post of the Mars Needs Women poster with no other context, posted the day of the announcement.
Earth: Backpacks and duffels in a pile, in the middle is a bag that looks like a wookie.
Mars: Vogel and Lewis exchanging Live Long And Prosper gestures.
Hermes: Beck in mid-rant, caption beneath it "I made a mistake" in Watney's handwriting. Tweet beneath it from Beck: "Watney's very wrong about BSG."]
Looks like it's time to decide, are you here? Are you now? Is this it?
[Hermes: The crew's last interview before rescuing Watney.
Earth: Martinez and Lewis in uniform, standing around outside a hearing room.]
All of those selves that you tried, wasn't one of 'em good enough?
[Mars: Vogel has the camera and is weaving between everyone, showing off the Hab. This is Sol 3 and everyone is grinning.]
'Cause you're upside down and inside out and you can feel it
[Hermes: Watney and Martinez somersault competition redux when Watney is post-Mars and gaunt.]
Inside down and upside out
[Earth: Beck tries to do a handstand in the gym and falls over.]
And you can feel it, feel it
[Earth: Johanssen and Vogel do a complicated handshake in a hallway.]
Don't stop, can't stop, it's like a freight train
[Earth: The crew's first post-return television interview. The lights are bright and no one looks like they want to be there.]
Don't stop, can't stop
[Earth: Phone footage of a backyard barbeque, Martinez has his son on his shoulders.]
Until you feel it goin' down
[Earth: Watney chugs two beers in a row. Everyone cheers.]
I wish I had said the things you thought that I had said (Are you scared? Are you cold? Were you kind?)
[Hermes: Background floating shots from another crewmember's liveblogs. Beck and Watney are tying a shoelace into a knot for reasons that were never explained. Johanssen has one arm looped through a strap and is stretching her back. Vogel is drinking water in the background of the show-and-tell in Beck's bunk. Martinez is doing a completely different experiment for a completely different camera while Johanssen is in focus. Lewis keeps coming into someone else's shot through improbable angles.]
Gravity's just a habit that you're really sure you can't break (Are you here? Are you now? Is this it?)
[Hermes: Beck narrates to the camera and pans the camera across. Watney, post-Mars, is lying on the couch, and waves at the camera without getting up.]
Upside down and inside out and you can feel it
[Earth: The crew on a rock wall in the gym. Johanssen and Lewis reach over to each other and fist bump.]
Don't stop, can't stop, until you feel it goin' down
[Hermes: Sequence of shots from the "How to eat in space" video, everyone cracking up.]
Upside down and inside out and you can feel it
[Hermes: Vogel does an epic series of free-fall acrobatics while everyone applauds.]
Don't stop, can't stop, until you feel it goin' down
[Earth: Everyone looking at each other. End on the snapshot of them grinning at the camera, Martinez's handwritten caption: "Ready for Mars!"]
End credits.
This entry was originally posted at https://lannamichaels.dreamwidth.org/1157717.html.