Lol. That would actually make the story very very dull indeed, since without them there is no plot except 'people go to Mars and build a house'. However, there is certainly room to tone them down a bit, and the great long passages of descriptive prose would be covered in a single panning shot.

The more I think about it the more I am sure it could survive the transition from book to film quite well. Having said that, I did think Blue Mars was a bit anticlimactic after such a long trawl. Green Mars was great though.

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