| Tango01 | 30 Aug 2018 9:28 p.m. PST |
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| OldGrenadier at work | 31 Aug 2018 4:53 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 31 Aug 2018 12:18 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend! Amicalement
Armand |
| Mithmee | 01 Sep 2018 6:46 a.m. PST |
Well after learning about something that was left out of the movie I will never watch it ever. |
| Bowman | 01 Sep 2018 7:23 a.m. PST |
……..I will never watch it ever. Wow, your life is made of a series of wild indignation swings. Let me guess: "Coolant Technician #3" is played by a black actor. Everyone knows the entire coolant technical team was white. |
| PaddySinclair | 01 Sep 2018 7:38 a.m. PST |
Because sticking a flag in the moon was the most important part of the whole story of Neil Armstrong and his NASA career… [read that in my sarcastic British accent…] I can see why it was left out (and not for "Un-American" reasons). link To be correct, you have 3 1/2 minutes of two people bumbling around trying to get a flag up. It's not an "Iwo Jima" moment by any stretch of the imagination and really isn't that important. It's not like the flag is omitted from the film though and its clearly shown. Also could have blown 90% of their effects budget trying to model the behaviour of the flag you see right there – and then it would "look wrong" to the audience because we are used to seeing things in 1g in an atmosphere, not 1/6g in no atmosphere with a stiffened flag. Do it so it "looks right" and you'll get ripped to shreds critically. |
| PaddySinclair | 01 Sep 2018 7:41 a.m. PST |
Because sticking a flag in the moon was the most important part of the whole story of Neil Armstrong and his NASA career… I can see why it was left out (and not for "Un-American" reasons). link To be correct, you have 3 1/2 minutes of two people bumbling around trying to get a flag up. It's not an "Iwo Jima" moment by any stretch of the imagination and really isn't that important. It's not like the flag is omitted from the film though and its clearly shown. Also could have blown 90% of their effects budget trying to model the behaviour of the flag you see right there – and then it would "look wrong" to the audience because we are used to seeing things in 1g in an atmosphere, not 1/6g in no atmosphere with a stiffened flag. Do it so it "looks right" and you'll get ripped to shreds critically. |
| Mithmee | 02 Sep 2018 5:29 p.m. PST |
Wow, your life is made of a series of wild indignation swings.Let me guess: "Coolant Technician #3" is played by a black actor Couldn't care less about that. Something far more important. Because they left it out this movie is not going to do all that well. |
| SBminisguy | 03 Sep 2018 11:20 a.m. PST |
More damning is Chuck Yeager's criticism of the depiction of Armstrong in the movie, saying "That's not the Neil Armstrong I knew." The producers and actors are being stupid. First, they didn't need to leave out this key visual of the flag being planted, which was in important human and American historical moment --and something viewed live by 500 MILLION people worldwide. Further, in the context of the Cold War Space Race you could even argue the flag planting was THE point of the mission. As inspirational and aspirational as the Apollo missions were, they were motivated by the drive to beat the Soviets to the Moon and show that the US and allies' system of life was better than Soviet Communism. And after omitting the flag sequence it was really stupid to do the virtue signalling they have done so far about it which only calls attention to this deliberate omission and alienates potential viewers. |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Sep 2018 1:59 p.m. PST |
Bowman Maybe someone said "nitrite" when they should have said "nitrate"? A few people would probably walk out in the middle of the film if that happened. :) Dan |
| mjkerner | 05 Sep 2018 8:55 a.m. PST |
SBminisguy is right on the nose, Paddy. It was an American effort, not a UK, or Scottish, or any other country's effort. And blowing 90% of the effects budget…are you kidding? More like .01 %, if that. I was an awestruck 17 y/o who watched it all on good ol' American TV with some buddies and family. Don't know if you were around then to watch it or not, and don't care, but if you did, you might know what an awesome (in the true sense of the word) event that the whole shebang was. Nice jump to conclusions, Bowman. Jeez, what a group. |
| Bowman | 06 Sep 2018 7:19 a.m. PST |
Nice jump to conclusions, Bowman. Pot calling the kettle black. The comment was facetiously directed at Mithmee who, despite two entries on this thread, is still coyly refusing to mention the source of his annoyance. Also, the comment echoes a similar source of contention Mithmee had about the movie, Mary Queen of Scots. Since you didn't know any of this, it was you doing the jumping, Mark. |
| mjkerner | 06 Sep 2018 7:52 a.m. PST |
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| Bowman | 06 Sep 2018 11:13 a.m. PST |
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| Mithmee | 06 Sep 2018 12:56 p.m. PST |
is still coyly refusing to mention the source of his annoyance Because I leave politics to the Blue Fez. Also, the comment echoes a similar source of contention Mithmee had about the movie, Mary Queen of Scots Yes anther movie that is going to not do all that well due to certain agendas being pushed. If I want to watch Mary Queen of Scots I would watch this movie over this revisionist junk that is coming out. imdb.com/title/tt0067402 Far better movie |
| Bowman | 07 Sep 2018 2:29 a.m. PST |
Yes anther movie that is going to not do all that well due to certain agendas being pushed. The movie will succeed or fail on its own merits, just like all the other films out there. It won't fail because a minor character in the film is played by a person of colour. Anachronistic casting is not an example of "pushing agendas" for everyone. I do realize however that some people see conspiracies everywhere. |
| Bowman | 07 Sep 2018 2:39 a.m. PST |
Because I leave politics to the Blue Fez. You don't have to go into a long, drawn out, political rant. Simply stating what you dislike about a movie is enough and still is within the context of this board.
It is a Movie discussion board afterall. Far better movie It may well could be, but since the movie won't be released for a few more months, you can't possibly know that. Again, most of us don't go to films to point out political peccadilloes. |
Tumbleweed  | 07 Sep 2018 12:37 p.m. PST |
Yes there was indeed a cold war going on and there were times when it seemed to affect everyone and everything. You can even see that in episodes of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone. Though I personally wouldn't base an entire film on the planting of the flag, I wouldn't leave it out either. But then I haven't seen the film and neither have any of you, so why don't we wait for it to come out and then decide? |
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