{"id":4186,"date":"2018-10-02T14:42:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T19:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2018-10-02T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T20:12:10","slug":"from-earthlings-to-martians-season-2-of-national-geographics-mars-portrays-what-life-could-really-be-like-on-the-red-planet-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/02\/from-earthlings-to-martians-season-2-of-national-geographics-mars-portrays-what-life-could-really-be-like-on-the-red-planet-video\/","title":{"rendered":"From Earthlings to Martians: Season 2 of National Geographic&#8217;s &#8220;Mars&#8221; Portrays What Life Could Really Be Like On the Red Planet [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4187\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-10-2-2018-2385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-10-2-2018-2385.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-10-2-2018-2385-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-10-2-2018-2385-260x150.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-10-2-2018-2385-160x93.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>The Acclaimed Hybrid Series, Executive Produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Returns Monday, November 12, with Veteran Showrunner Dee Johnson at the Helm<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4190\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4190 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375-560x480.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375-260x223.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375-160x137.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mars-elon-10-2-2018-2375.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk Founder, CEO, Lead Designer of SpaceX, CEO, Product Architect of Tesla, Inc., Co-founder, CEO of Neuralink, Founder of The Boring Company, Co-founder of Zip2 Founder of X.com (later became PayPal), Co-founder of OpenAI, Chairman of SolarCity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Expert &#8216;Big Thinkers&#8217; Including Elon Musk, Bill Nye, Ellen Stofan, Michio Kaku, Andy Weir, Leland Melvin, and Stephen Petranek Weigh in on the Conflicts Between Science and Industry As Humans Terraform This Brave New World<\/p><div id=\"morty-926954288\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The prospect of Mars has never been more palpable. The idea once was considered science fiction, but in the blink of an eye, we&#8217;ll be there. Season 2 of National Geographic&#8217;s acclaimed series MARS &#8211; dubbed impressive, inspiring and scientifically honest by critics &#8211; returns Monday, November 12, at 9\/8c, with a six-episode arc continuing with last season&#8217;s unique hybrid format: alternating scripted and documentary sequences to predict what life will be like on the Red Planet forecasted by what&#8217;s happening today on Earth. MARS has a special simulcast premiere on Nat Geo Mundo.<\/p>\n<p>National Geographic partners again with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg and Justin Wilkes of Imagine Entertainment, as well as executive producers Jon Kamen and Tommy Turtle of RadicalMedia to envision what might happen when Earthlings become the planet&#8217;s first Martians.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMkZtgJxmvU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This season on MARS, the story delves into the boundaries between science and industry on an isolated, unforgiving frontier. Throughout history, there&#8217;s been a constant tug of war between human motivations and interests with profitability on one end of the spectrum and exploration on the other. When becoming interplanetary, can humans break the chain, or are they doomed to repeat the same mistakes in this new world?<\/p>\n<p>MARS picks up five years after the conclusion of Season 1, following the successful maiden mission to the Red Planet when the original International Mars Science Foundation (IMSF) crew struggled to safely land on and create an initial settlement. It&#8217;s now the year 2042, and IMSF has established a fully-fledged colony, Olympus Town, but they cannot finance the Mars expedition alone. Doors of opportunity have swung wide open to the private sector, but tensions arise among original mission-driven scientists and miners sent by the for-profit corporation, Lukrum Industries, which create a new world of challenges for everyone on the Red Planet.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3627810494\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the scripted front, the series tackles seemingly everyday occurrences &#8211; pregnancy, break ups, new romances, epidemics, breakdowns, power outages, injuries, exercise, mealtimes and socializing. But when they occur approximately 34 million isolated miles from Earth &#8211; where there is no escape &#8211; they are anything but ordinary. And while the mission-driven scientists, who first set foot on Red Planet nine years earlier, initially are alarmed by their new neighbors, some soon find themselves understanding and comingling with &#8216;the other side.&#8217; Life on Mars intensifies when scientists who are searching for new life get upended by Lukrum&#8217;s mining mission; the worst natural disaster hits home; the first-generation Martian baby enters the new world; and when loved ones draw their last breath.<\/p>\n<p>The MARS cast is comprised of returning actors from Season 1 along with several newcomers, including Jihae (Mortal Engines), Jeff Hephner (Chicago Med, Code Black) and Esai Morales (Ozark, NYPD Blue).<\/p>\n<p>On the documentary front, present-day vignettes draw parallels to the future happenings on Mars by looking at some of the dire issues facing Earth&#8217;s last frontier &#8211; the Arctic. This includes a spectrum of events that currently are compromising life on Earth &#8211; and could plague us in the future as we become an interplanetary species: drilling, glacial melting, rising sea level and indigenous health epidemics which surface when the permafrost melts.<\/p>\n<p>On-camera experts &#8211; dubbed our &#8216;Big Thinkers&#8217; &#8211; once again navigate the audience through the struggles and opportunities awaiting humans on Mars. This elite group includes some of the biggest names in human exploration, technology, the environment and social science, such as Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO; Andy Weir, bestselling author of The Martian and Artemis; Ellen Stofan, former NASA Chief; Leland Melvin, former NASA astronaut; Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist and futurist; Antonia Juhasz, leading oil and energy expert; Naomi Klein, bestselling author, activist and award-winning journalist on climate change; Casey Dreier, director of space policy at the Planetary Society; Lucianne Walkowicz, Astrobiology Chair at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress and astronomer at the Adler Planetarium; and Bill Nye, CEO of The Planetary Society.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Big Thinkers, MARS&#8217; scientific advisors give the scripted drama some heft. In this role, Stephen Petranek, award-winning author of How We&#8217;ll Live on Mars; Mae Jemison, former NASA astronaut; and Robert Braun, professor of aerospace engineering sciences at University of Colorado Boulder, guide the futuristic story on the Red Planet, assuring that everything is grounded in reality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last season, we envisioned getting to Mars, so now, we&#8217;re shifting the conversation to what will happen once we&#8217;re on a planet where everything is alien and extraordinary,&#8221; says MARS Season 2 showrunner Dee Johnson (Nashville, Boss, ER). &#8220;Mars is a pressure cooker &#8212; there&#8217;s a constant push-pull between science and industry, and as a result, emotions run high. 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