Book-to-screen adaptations often radically alter a book’s plot — sometimes so much that the original story is practically unrecognizable. Some authors are philosophical about those changes. Others get vocally mad about them. But* Project Hail Mary* and *The Martian* author Andy Weir has an unusual take. Weir tells Polygon that screenwriter Drew Goddard and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller improved the story in one specific way.