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re: “The Right Stuff” >>>>>>>>> “First Man”
Posted on 1/30/19 at 11:02 pm to theantiquetiger
Posted on 1/30/19 at 11:02 pm to theantiquetiger
Literally nobody has Apollo 13 over firs man pal.
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 11:46 pm to gerkin
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side note: the story behind apollo 8 has the potential to be the best non-fiction space movie of all if done right.
The way people are these days, I'd be worried they would leave out the Christmas Eve reading of Genesis.
Then again, someone tried to sue the US over that broadcast back in 1969 too.
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Literally nobody has Apollo 13 over firs man pal.
Apollo 13 is better than First Man
This post was edited on 1/30/19 at 11:52 pm
Posted on 1/31/19 at 6:23 pm to RollTide1987
quote:I watched it too. The implication is that he too was guilty of it. Watch the scene in the bar as the two hookers approach HE AND CARPENTER.
Yeah...watch that scene again. You totally misread that. Ed Harris's John Glenn was most definitely not amused by the prostitutes who were pimping themselves out to the other astronauts. He made this abundantly clear in the very next scene where he almost gets into a fist fight with Shepard. In reality, Glenn was very much against the astronauts sleeping around and cheating on their spouses. For one, he was deeply religious and firmly believed in the sanctity of marriage. But also, he knew that if the press got wind of any of that and it made the papers, it would put a negative light on the program. That was something he plainly stated to the other astronauts that he wasn't going to allow. And they resented him for it.
What is Glenn doing in that moment?
Posted on 1/31/19 at 6:33 pm to blueboy
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What is Glenn doing in that moment?
I took it to mean that he and Scott thought the ladies were being nice and flirty but then realized they were banging their way through the Mercury 7.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 10:55 pm to The_Joker
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Apollo 13 is my favorite for nostalgic reasons.
Same. Watched many times with my dad.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 6:52 am to Fewer Kilometers
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I took it to mean that he and Scott thought the ladies were being nice and flirty but then realized they were banging their way through the Mercury 7.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 7:06 am to theantiquetiger
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I would even put “Apollo 13” over “First Man”.
No shite.
Apollo 13 is a great movie.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 7:19 am to gerkin
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the story behind apollo 8 has the potential to be the best non-fiction space movie of all if done right.
That episode of From the Earth to the Moon is almost perfect. It would be tough to make it 90 minutes without "Hollywooding" it up.
You could, maybe do a 2-parter - covering Apollo 1, then 7, then 8. The Apollo 7 crew was the backup for Apollo 1 (at least at the end), and Neil and Buzz were on the backup crew for 8 - so you could tell (almost) the entire bridge story from Gemini to the Moon.
Again, though, that's covered pretty well in From the Earth to the Moon.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 9:20 am to theantiquetiger
"There was a demon that lived in the air. They said whoever challenged him would die. Their controls would freeze up, their planes would buffet wildly, and they would disintegrate. The demon lived at Mach 1 on the meter, seven hundred and fifty miles an hour, where the air could no longer move out of the way. He lived behind a barrier through which they said no man could ever pass. They called it the sound barrier."
Just reading that, gives me chills. One of the best, if not the best, soliloquies from a space movie.
The Demon...the sound barrier
Is that a man? You damn right it is...
Just reading that, gives me chills. One of the best, if not the best, soliloquies from a space movie.
The Demon...the sound barrier
Is that a man? You damn right it is...
Posted on 2/1/19 at 3:34 pm to The_Joker
quote:Yep different perspective is great. First man made me realize how utterly insane you have to be to be a test pilot in those days.
I liked all 3
Posted on 2/1/19 at 7:09 pm to theantiquetiger
I’m a huge mark for biographical dramas and space movies and I gotta say I was pretty underwhelmed with First Man. I thought the last 20 minutes were really good, other than that kinda meh. Seems to me like a script that if Steven Spielberg had gotten ahold of it could have been really great. He was actually the executive producer. I dunno, just didn’t do it for me.
Posted on 2/1/19 at 7:59 pm to theantiquetiger
Apollo 13 is on HD Net Movies this month. Showing tonight at 11:15 pm CST.
The Right Stuff
Rating: PG Run Time: 3:12 Year of Release: 1983
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris Director: Philip Kaufman
The true story of NASA's Mercury missions and the seven astronauts chosen to be the first Americans in space.
Air Dates:
Sat, Feb 2nd - 12:15AM EST
Sat, Feb 2nd - 2:25PM EST
Sun, Feb 17th - 5:45PM EST
Mon, Feb 18th - 2:35AM EST
Thu, Feb 21st - 1:15PM EST
Tue, Feb 26th - 6:45AM EST
The above list shows Eastern Time Zone
The Right Stuff
Rating: PG Run Time: 3:12 Year of Release: 1983
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris Director: Philip Kaufman
The true story of NASA's Mercury missions and the seven astronauts chosen to be the first Americans in space.
Air Dates:
Sat, Feb 2nd - 12:15AM EST
Sat, Feb 2nd - 2:25PM EST
Sun, Feb 17th - 5:45PM EST
Mon, Feb 18th - 2:35AM EST
Thu, Feb 21st - 1:15PM EST
Tue, Feb 26th - 6:45AM EST
The above list shows Eastern Time Zone
Posted on 2/1/19 at 8:05 pm to brotherlove
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thought the last 20 minutes were really good, other than that kinda meh.
The opening scene and the scene in the middle of the movie where they start spinning out of control were incredible
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