EARLY ACCESS - Apollo 13 (1995) | Audience Cut 001
Added 2023-10-05 18:52:02 +0000 UTC
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The Naked Now, was fun basically establishing and developing characters, so, it has to be said Data is a six foot walking talking vibrator
Thicketdweller
2023-10-07 16:54:25 +0000 UTCIs there a blond woman talking in your ear, Gaius?
Steven Johnson
2023-10-06 16:36:39 +0000 UTCIf we're doing Moon movies, then we can't forget about the cinema masterpiece "Twilight Saga: New Moon" 🙃
Gaius Frakking Baltar
2023-10-06 16:20:46 +0000 UTCAs a kid, I always mispronounced "Swigert" (and "Eisele," the name of an Apollo 7 astronaut) because I had only read them without hearing them. I didn't find out how to pronounce "Swigert" until the day Josh was born! (And let's not get started on how to pronounce "Gemini"...)
Anthony Bernacchi
2023-10-06 15:10:57 +0000 UTCKind of too late now, but I wanted to tease them and say Haise should be pronounced "Heeez."
JD Nevesytrof
2023-10-06 14:31:43 +0000 UTCOne last thing. 'Lovell' rhymes with 'shovel'; not with 'hotel'.
Jeff Cornell
2023-10-06 05:58:49 +0000 UTCAnd for most content and news that anyone actually wanted to see, you had three channels and that was it.
JD Nevesytrof
2023-10-06 01:44:34 +0000 UTCThe ending is a little different in multiple ways (which I can't discuss without spoilers), but overall, it's one of the most faithful book-to-film adaptations I've ever seen. It feels like the movie David O. Selznick, who generally preferred doing faithful adaptations, would have made of "The Martian" if he had still been around. It's also reminiscent of "Apollo 13" in that different sections of the cast were entirely or mostly separate from each other during filming, yet their narratives cohere superbly on screen. (Both "Apollo 13" and "The Martian" would surely have won the Best Ensemble Oscar if it existed.)
Anthony Bernacchi
2023-10-06 00:37:02 +0000 UTCMinor correction -- it was Eisenhower who set up the civilian NASA, not Kennedy.
Anthony Bernacchi
2023-10-06 00:31:51 +0000 UTCYou need to watch Tom Hanks and Ron Howard's 12-hour sequel Earth to the Moon from 1998. It's good, but I'm really begging you to watch the 1983 movie The Right Stuff which is the story of the very beginning of the US space program. I think it's even better than Apollo 13. It also has Ed Harris in a prominent role. It's a long movie though. It's about 3 1/2 hours long, so it might be worth watching it in two parts. The music is great too. The composer asked for an indemnification as they basically wanted him to copy Gustav Holst's The Planets (1914-1917). You could even do a reaction video of that music. I think each of those 7 pieces of music are about 7 minutes long, although the only two I remember really liking were the Mars and Jupiter movements. I think everybody who makes reaction videos on youtube has reacted to Apollo 13, but I don't think I have ever seen anyone ever react to The Right Stuff or Earth to the Moon.
Chtphr Rrr
2023-10-05 23:11:18 +0000 UTCThe Martian is awesome although the book is even better (wish they hadnt modified the ending in the movie)
Andreas Schmitt
2023-10-05 23:03:01 +0000 UTCI think others mentioned it under the reaction video, but the docu-drama series "From the Earth to the Moon" is also great. It covers the whole Apollo program, generally with each episode focusing on one mission. I rate the Apollo 11 (Neil Armstrong) episode higher than First Man.
Jeff Cornell
2023-10-05 22:28:08 +0000 UTCI assume you haven't seen The Martian, since you didn't mention it when you were talking about more recent space movies. I would call that movie the spiritual successor to Apollo 13.
Jeff Cornell
2023-10-05 22:21:42 +0000 UTCWow guys. Cable TV didn’t exist in the 70s. There were probably 5-7 stations on TV with antennas. 😉
Tom Occhipinti
2023-10-05 22:06:00 +0000 UTCAnd to be fair, even back then people were on the streets protesting against the moon program, saying why spend money on this useless crap if there's homeless people. And why I agree that there are other problems to solve (not to mention the insane amount of stuff the space program created that make up most of what we consider the modern world) I feel it's very very important for people to have something bigger than themselves to thrive towards, either directly involved or just as a goal for humanity. And that is indeed lacking in some people's minds, more so nowadays. We need that back.
Andreas Schmitt
2023-10-05 21:10:50 +0000 UTCWe went to the moon, not originally to go to the moon, but to beat the Russians to it first. When they launched Sputnik in 1957, it was amazing to Americans that you could see this Russian satellite ACTUALLY going over our heads and we couldn't shoot it down! That was a whole new world order at that time. The naive 50s were done. The Russians were the first in everything - first in space, first man in space, first man in orbit, first woman, etc. Meanwhile, our space agency was run by the military (same as Russia) and they were blowing up rockets left and right. And then the Russians set their sights on the moon. Well, JFK and the rest of America got off the stick. He audaciously proclaimed that we would land on the moon before the end of the decade (BTW, that's a stirring speech to listen to) - which we did by 5 months. He also created a civilian NASA. There was a lot of military involvement, but it was still run by non-military citizens. And unfortunately, once we did reach the moon, apathy set in. Witness the lack of the public's interest before the mishap on Apollo 13. They cancelled Apollos 18, 19 and 20 soon thereafter. This was a "battle" of the Cold War that America won. I don't want to sound cynical, because it also was noble and is treated that way in the history books, but it was mostly to prove to ourselves that we could do anything if we set our minds to do it.
Ross43
2023-10-05 21:08:10 +0000 UTCRon Howard used his mother too - Jean Speegle Howard who was a fine stage and screen actress in her own right back in the day. She played Jim Lovell's mother. BTW, she also played Mrs. French in Buffy 1x04 (considered one of the if not THE worst episode of Buffy - but not because of her).
Ross43
2023-10-05 20:43:28 +0000 UTC+1 on 'Moon'. I haven't seen it in a minute, but I remember it being excellent.
Ca$hWednesday
2023-10-05 20:40:58 +0000 UTCHave heard a lot of hype about ‘Moon’ over the years but haven’t gotten around to it. Definitely should.
Josh (Target Audience)
2023-10-05 19:26:14 +0000 UTCNot that I want to make things messy, but if you want another good, though more subdued "space" moon. There is "Moon" from 2009. There's also Moontrap from 1989 with a cast that will make you absolutely grin. A space B-Movie set on the moon. It's awesome cheese.
Steven Johnson
2023-10-05 19:22:04 +0000 UTCTo have another Apollo 13 movie experience, you'll need to have something big happen in the space program. The next big steps are going back to the moon, establishing a presence there, going to Mars, establishing a presence there. There has to be some boldness in the space program, which prior to Elon Musk really getting involved with Space X and getting the western world back to the ISS independently of Russia's Soyuz program... We just haven't had anything BIG happen. The culture as to have something ambitious to grab onto. Also you have to consider in the 90s, the boomers were reaching their 40s and 50s. This was hyper nostalgic back to the 60s when this stuff was on TV and in their living rooms. I was so glad to see you guys take this one on as the "pilot" for this series, because there is a lot to talk about here, and a lot to think about. If you ever get a chance, just on your own time, you should listen to the commentary track, featuring Jim Lovell. It's pretty amazing. Also, looking up real interviews with Gene Kranz. There's a great Documentary on YouTube about Apollo 13.
Steven Johnson
2023-10-05 19:19:19 +0000 UTCGreat stuff. Can't wait for future stuff in this series :)
Andreas Schmitt
2023-10-05 18:54:01 +0000 UTC
