why is he helping the alien and screwing his fellow crew members?
shareProbably cause he was afraid of what they would do to him if they found out it was there.
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He didnt know it was there. Hugh was in a wheelchair back on earth and his leg where peralysed, so he couldnt feel Celvin on his leg.
shareI think Hugh didn't mention the leg on purpose... he secretly wanted the martian to survive... he even justifies it during that scene before they discover it's on his leg... he says something like it is just trying to do what all life does, to survive, etc...
Hugh is a misanthrope, feels betrayed by his lot in life not being able to walk and is too detached from humanity/pseudo-objective not to recognise that he has a stake to be on the human/earthling side of this conflict.
Even in the massage/physio-therapy scene there is a double meaning when he talks about being able to fix this, i.e. cure his legs instead of the more literal meaning of what they were discussing. His hope was to use martian life to make himself whole again. I think later in the movie after he realises how advanced the martian life is, he basically gives up on humanity.
He didn't seem to have anyone back on earth that he cared for (unlike Sho) or a sense of loyalty (unlike Rory) or duty (unlike Miranda), or a love of humanity (unlike Ekatrina) or a moral appreciation of avoiding suffering (unlike David). He had all of the science, but was emotionally and morally stunted.
I think it's great that they avoided two cliches in this movie. The first they avoided was the "black guy dies first" cliche. The second cliche they avoided was the "black guy is magical/entirely noble/flawless/mary sue". In this movie, the black guy is a human being just like everyone else, with good points and flaws and is a full character. He is the smartest character, but does, arguably, the worst thing. It's interesting and nuanced. I like it.
No, it's because he was paralysed and couldn't feel it. Talk about over thinking things lol
shareBut how could something that big attach to his leg without him noticing at all?
shareBecause the shitty script said so.
shareSpot on description of the hole movie. What a waste of talented actors!
shareThe same shitty script had alien hibernating on Mars for 4 billion years. Cause that's the last time, according to scientists, that Martian atmosphere had oxygen, and Calvin can't live without it.
shareHe did seem to feel it when the camera shows the bulge move but by that time he was rather out of it. It could have slipped in the bottom of his trousers and presumably he wouldn't have felt it.
shareIt probably was smaller and only got bigger after it fed off his leg. And he didn't notice it as he couldn't feel his legs and it was under his pants
shareI thought his leg was numb or something.
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