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Apollo 13
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:10 pm
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:10 pm
Never realized what a damn Nerd Superbowl this movie was...
[not for the monkey-frick tv/movie board]
[not for the monkey-frick tv/movie board]
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Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:13 pm to USMCTiger03
Ed Harris FTW
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:18 pm to Ed Osteen
They even brought nerds out of retirement.
Recognize this guy?:
And of course:
Recognize this guy?:
And of course:
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:19 pm to Ed Osteen
quote:
Ed Harris FTW
Between Ed Harris and Eric Stolz, I'm surprised any other actor could afford to eat in the mid to late 90's.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:27 pm to USMCTiger03
i didnt realize that till the other day either... but i love this movie! 
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:28 pm to USMCTiger03
Jim Lovell is a Cubs fan FWIW 
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:32 pm to mylsuhat
It's an all around good Americana movie.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:35 pm to USMCTiger03
Bald dude is Richie Cunnigham's, I mean Ron Howard's little brother so it's not a surprise he was in the movie.
He was also in a Seinfeld episode as a tough-arse killer.
He was also in a Seinfeld episode as a tough-arse killer.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:53 pm to DP40
quote:He's always popping up.
Bald dude is Richie Cunnigham's, I mean Ron Howard's little brother so it's not a surprise he was in the movie.
Think he was in the second Austin Powers too.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:55 pm to USMCTiger03
Oddly enough, NASA mission control is the IRL Nerd Super Bowl.
Back then they did it all with slide-rules and pencils.
Back then they did it all with slide-rules and pencils.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:56 pm to Slinger16
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Oddly enough, NASA mission control is the IRL Nerd Super Bowl.
who would have ever though that?
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:57 pm to USMCTiger03
omg that's Mitch from Real Genius!!!
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:57 pm to USMCTiger03
So NASA guys are nerds? who'da thought it?
I'm floored.
By the way, that was a dam good and accurate movie of what really happened.
I'm floored.
By the way, that was a dam good and accurate movie of what really happened.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:57 pm to Slinger16
He was in waterboy too I think
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:58 pm to hg
yeah, the Joe Montana betting guy
Posted on 4/14/10 at 9:25 pm to USMCTiger03
The scene where the guys on the ground were brainstorming how to make a square hose fit into a round hole...
I was thinking "How can somebody think of that?" and then it hit me... These men are the smartest men on the planet. They really are rocket scientist!
Also, I read the book and the movie didn't have to add any drama for Hollywood, the real life events were almost spot on to the movie.
I was thinking "How can somebody think of that?" and then it hit me... These men are the smartest men on the planet. They really are rocket scientist!
Also, I read the book and the movie didn't have to add any drama for Hollywood, the real life events were almost spot on to the movie.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 9:27 pm to Choupique19
quote:
The scene where the guys on the ground were brainstorming how to make a square hose fit into a round hole...
I was thinking "How can somebody think of that?" and then it hit me... These men are the smartest men on the planet. They really are rocket scientist!
i always did the same thing!
Posted on 4/14/10 at 10:11 pm to Choupique19
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read the book and the movie didn't have to add any drama for Hollywood, the real life events were almost spot on to the movie.
Didn't read the book, but saw the movie. I was there on the ground for Apollo 13 - Lovell and Sweigart were friends of mine - Hayes was just an acquaintance. I spent more time with Sweigart than any other Apollo astronaut.
The movie was pretty spot on - can't comment on the personal stuff about the Lovell family, but all the events portrayed were quite accurate.
That was the supreme achievement of the space program - getting those men back alive - so many things had to be figured out in real time that had never been anticipated before.
Smart people, hard work, good luck, and the hand of God prevailed.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 10:12 pm to ChineseBandit58
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ChineseBandit58
Were you portrayed in the movie?
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