The Martian (2015) · 23 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in The Martian (2015): in 3 of its 23 quotes
Most scenes with: Mitch Henderson (3), Vincent Kapoor (3), Teddy Sanders (2)
What the hell is "Project Elrond?"
I had to make something up.
But "Elrond?"
Because it's a secret meeting.
How do you know that; why does Elrond mean secret meeting?
Bruce Ng The Council of Elrond. It's the... it's... it's... from The Lord of the Rings. It's the meeting where they decide to destroy the One Ring.
If we are going to call something Project Elrond, I would like my code name to be Glorfindel.
Okay, I hate every one of you.
He's not even got to the bad parts yet.
Well, let's get to the bad parts.
Bruce Ng We need to remove the nose LR, the windows, and the whole of panel 19.
You want to take the front of the ship off?
Bruce Ng Sure. The nose alone is 400 kilograms.
You want to send a man into space without the front of his ship?
Bruce Ng Well, no. We are going to have him cover it with HAB canvas. The hull is mostly there to keep air in. Mars' atmosphere is so thin, you do not need a lot of streamlining. By the time the ship is going fast enough for air resistance to matter, it'll be high enough that there will be practically no air.
You want to send him into space under a tarp?
Bruce Ng Yes. Can I go on?
NO!
But if something goes wrong?
Then we lose the crew.
Bruce Ng So what, we either have a high chance of killing one person, or a low chance of killing six people. How do we make that decision?
We don't. [pointing to Teddy] He does.
Yeah, bullshit. It should be Commander Lewis' call.
We still have a chance to bring five astronauts home safe and sound. I'm not risking their lives.
Let them make that decision.
Mitch, we are going with option one.
You goddamn coward.
