The Right Stuff (1983) - Full Reaction
Added 2023-01-16 07:33:34 +0000 UTCI love historical event movies, this was so interesting and the characters were a lot of fun! Over and over again they stressed me out with each one going up individually, such sweaty palms! I do think it was a little too long haha but overall very interesting and made me want to learn more!
Also, I usually film at night but was able to film during the day on this one, so you may hear some noise from the rest of the fam in the background. Hope you're having/had a great long weekend! And not to worry, a schedule for this week is coming.
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@1:49 you don't press pause to check on the baby? :-)
Doug Collier
2023-04-13 01:41:42 +0000 UTCMy dad was in the Air Force and when he was assigned to a base in South Korea, I went to Gus Grissom Elementary School on the base. That is all.
DarthChef
2023-02-26 07:56:42 +0000 UTCFor fans of the movie and General Yeager himself, today would have been his 100th Birthday. Use the link below to see how others are commemorating this occasion. https://www.chuckyeager.com/news/general-chuck-yeager-aviation-day Also, a link below on his ride in the X-1A which almost killed him https://www.chuckyeager.com/wild-ride-in-the-bell-x-1a
Bill Maurer
2023-02-13 16:37:32 +0000 UTCNice! Man I haven't even seen a VHS tape in person in years. :)
Colin Gutierrez
2023-02-05 00:14:33 +0000 UTCYeager was the pilot who figured out that by slightly moving the elevators up and down as he approached the speed of sound (Mach 1) then much of the inability to control the aircraft would be restored and that once through the sound barrier the plane was good again
Sean Novack
2023-02-01 03:27:39 +0000 UTCYes, finally...so glad you brought this up.
Барри С Каэмер
2023-01-30 21:54:57 +0000 UTCHey Matt, I should have thrown this to you sooner. If you want to check out some oldschool stuff, you can go to my Facebook page and/or my YouTube channel. We are what we are.
Gary David Holbrook
2023-01-27 17:59:09 +0000 UTCIts Chuck Yeager - yay-ger!
Bill
2023-01-26 06:45:36 +0000 UTCIf you are going to do the Die Hard movies. Do not forget number IV (live free or die hard) Lots of comedy between Bruce and his side kick Justin Long. Computer genius is causing trouble and Bruce has a fight with a jet plane.. He also kills a helicopter with a taxi. At one point Bruce and Justin are fighting over music in the cab very funny.
Michael John McDaniel
2023-01-23 17:24:01 +0000 UTCThey aren't "characters" in the conventional sense. They are / were actual people.
Miles E Coburn
2023-01-23 13:03:54 +0000 UTCNext space movie would need to be Disney's Rocketman. Such an inspirational, heartwarming film. Even got a little romance in it.
Mike Adams
2023-01-23 03:48:52 +0000 UTCThat is the first scene on tape two of the VHS!
Glenn Gilman
2023-01-23 01:53:16 +0000 UTCSetting aside the early flying machine videos, I feel like The Right Stuff perfected the "Fail Montage."
Colin Gutierrez
2023-01-22 18:56:10 +0000 UTCInteresting info on Supporting Cast: The Aborigine that greets Gordon Cooper (Dennis Quaid) in Australia was played by Indigenous Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil, who is of the Yolngu people in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was a common site in films set in Australia, since his first appearance in Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout (1971). I believe Cassie has already seen him in Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002). One day she may see him in Crocodile Dundee (1986) and probably less likely to see him starring alongside Dennis Hopper (Speed villain) in Mad Dog Morgan (1976). His last great appearance, before his death, was a documentary titled, My Name is Gulpilil (2021). The actress who played John Glenn’s wife, Annie, was Mary Jo Deschanel. Cassie has seen her in The Patriot, as the mother of Anne Howard, the wife of Heath Ledger’s Gabriel Martin. If Mary Jo looks familiar for another reason, it may be because she is the Real-Life Mother of Emily and Zooey Deschanel. Their Father was also present during the filming of The Right Stuff, as the Cinematographer. The Masterful Caleb Deschanel was also the cinematographer on The Natural (1984) and The Patriot (2000). Lastly, The Narrator at the beginning and end of the film, as well as Chuck Yeager’s pal, who always had a stick of Beeman’s; Ridley, played by Levon Helm. Helm, a native of Arkansas, originally got started playing drums for Ronnie Hawkins, in Canada, as a member of The Hawks, in the late 50s. The Hawks became so well known as a band, they left Ronnie Hawkins and changed their name to Levon and the Hawks. Not long after, Bob Dylan hired them to be his backing band for a new “Electric” tour, in the mid-60s. In 1968, Levon and other band members released their first album, Music from Big Pink, under the band name, The Band. As a Singer and Drummer for The Band, Levon’s unique voice and playing got him Ranked #91 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 Greatest Voices of all time & Ranked #22 on their list of 100 Greatest Drummers & inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. His first acting role was as Loretta Lynn’s Father in Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980). But, perhaps his greatest appearance is as himself in The Band’s farewell concert from November 1976, filmed by Martin Scorsese, The Last Waltz (1978). Perhaps one of the Greatest Concert Films Ever, by one of the Greatest Bands Ever. Up on Cripple Creek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsdUzN20Sow The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDbnwQlCek The Weight, featuring The Staple Singers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2eTW8qZBtk Don't Do It - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki3zzZ-GsGI
Larry Darrell
2023-01-22 06:36:00 +0000 UTCShepard wasn’t the only cast member who worked with Bob Dylan. When Bob Dylan went “Electric” in the mid-60s, he hired The Band (at the time known as Levon and the Hawks) as his backing band on tour. The Drummer was Levon Helm, who played Ridley and was the Narrator at the beginning and end of the film.
Larry Darrell
2023-01-22 04:20:13 +0000 UTCI Highly Recommend, When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008) documentary series. Only the First Episode can be found on any of the Discovery Channel apps for free. This episode goes over the ground covered in The Right Stuff. Highly Recommend, if you can find the Blu-ray or DVD set. Not for Reaction, for anyone's personal interest in the Mercury Missions through the Shuttle Missions.
Larry Darrell
2023-01-21 20:11:54 +0000 UTCYea, they said during the test flights at Edwards AFB, effect of the F-104 was so powerful it used to move furniture upon passing.
3dbadboy1
2023-01-20 13:40:14 +0000 UTCYoung Einstein 🤗😏😀 A crazy Australian film 😊
Björn Karlsson
2023-01-20 00:03:51 +0000 UTCYou should also watch The Astronaut Wives Club. It’s a short single season limited series. It is essentially the same story as The Right Stuff but focused on the wives’ perspective.
Tinkerbell
2023-01-19 23:00:02 +0000 UTCFirst Man is a must now!
Steven Ashford
2023-01-19 21:27:00 +0000 UTCAt the end of the video she mentions that she started the series. I don't know if she means for the channel or not.
DWG15
2023-01-19 19:28:57 +0000 UTCCheck out the great Australian film The Dish. One of the most successful and popular Aussie films ever made, regards the tracking station you saw in The Right Stuff. For Apollo 11 Moon landing, that station permitted the whole world (some 600 million viewers) to see the landing live. A zany historical comedy.
Marc Peterson
2023-01-19 19:02:45 +0000 UTCNone of the Yeager scenes in the desert happened that way, And while he did have cracked ribs for the first Mach 1 flight it wasn't from falling off a horse look up Pancho Barnes she was an aviation pioneer as well
Jon Freezin-Rain
2023-01-19 16:11:40 +0000 UTC...first deaths in orbit. both human and animal
Jon Freezin-Rain
2023-01-19 16:04:29 +0000 UTCIf you can find it, there is a long mini series called "from the earth to the moon" it is a great series.
Ry Jo
2023-01-19 11:26:07 +0000 UTCHey that's Anthony Muñoz playing Gonzalez, he's from my home town! He was an offensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals, NFL Hall of Fame. He went to the other high school in my town but I went to high school with an astronaut, Victor Glover. He was a few years ahead of me and I didn't know him, but I think my cousin was on the wrestling team with him. He was the first African American astronaut to live on the International Space Station and piloted in the Space X program too.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2023-01-19 05:37:10 +0000 UTCBackatcha.
Gary David Holbrook
2023-01-18 18:47:43 +0000 UTCNo worries. I only have a few minutes for lunch, so I just saw your note. Blue Skies my friend
Matt Mabry
2023-01-18 18:15:30 +0000 UTCGen.Chuck Yeager was of Dutch ancestry,that's why he shot done enough Luftwaffe aircraft to earn the title "Ace of Aces"..
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-18 16:50:44 +0000 UTCMatt/buddy; I was just jerking your chain. I remember the days before 3 rings. We are on the same page, my friend. "Men small. Why fall? Skies call. That's all."
Gary David Holbrook
2023-01-18 16:42:26 +0000 UTCI just figured that you believe that SKYDIVERS are something special.
Gary David Holbrook
2023-01-18 16:08:07 +0000 UTCBecause at altitude we look small. LoL, just because dude, just because.
Matt Mabry
2023-01-18 16:02:19 +0000 UTCSo Matt, just curious; why did you type SKYDIVER in all caps?
Gary David Holbrook
2023-01-18 15:49:29 +0000 UTCI've been sick with Covid and just now watched. I lived through all of this from Sputnik on. Your reactions were just like I had when watching each rocket go up. Chuck Yeager's popularity really went up after this movie came out. John Glenn became a Senator. Legend has it that Old Man Mac from McDonnell Douglas had lunch with the Astronauts who told him they needed a window and he had it installed for them. Everyone knew that the rockets could blow up or something could fail on each launch. Great reaction and keep it up.
Roger Wayne Alms
2023-01-18 03:41:24 +0000 UTCI am a child of the space age, so yes, so many parts of this resonate. I am a SKYDIVER and until you can see our own Earth from up above, I can personally say it is hard to really, really appreciate this pale blue dot. Gus, Alan, and Senator John Glenn are so many true hero's. If you get a chance, please consider a great series on Apple call, For all Mankind. Perhaps one of the greatest period pieces ever made. Thank you Cassie. You tugged on my hearts strings tonight. For all the women and men who put it all on the line for SPACE. Sally Ride comes to mind first, thank you. Light those fires and let's get it done.
Matt Mabry
2023-01-18 01:03:11 +0000 UTCI loved how much The Right Stuff was character driven and stayed as close to the actual events as possible in a movie,Yeager was the standout pivotal role,a tall,dark ruggedly good looking guy with exceptional abilities,highly confident,fearless fueled by skill,courage,passion,testosterone and adrenaline..you want to try real Texas BBQ Cassie just head to Royse City,Texas for some of 'Soul Man's BBQ' the green beans alone are worth the trip!..says the girl from Texas⭐
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-17 23:50:25 +0000 UTCthe race was extremely close. the soviets were ahead and broke several frontiers: first satellite, animal, man, EVA, woman and so on. It is a remarkable achievement of the US to catch and up with the mercury program and eventually beat the soviets to the moon.
Wu Sha Ling
2023-01-17 23:18:51 +0000 UTCThey were tiny white pieces of frost from the side of the spacecraft This is what I read about the strange "Fireflies" that John Glenn saw in space.
Colin Davis
2023-01-17 21:57:57 +0000 UTCOh, another note on the cast: Betty Grissom was played by Veronica Cartwright, who also played Lambert in "Alien".
Herman Orff
2023-01-17 21:37:01 +0000 UTC@Patrick Flanagan - Of course! You're right and I hope Cassie watches that one!
Terry Yelmene
2023-01-17 19:47:20 +0000 UTCCassie, you absolutely should come visit all of us here in Texas for some *proper* barbecue! It's good all over the state, but especially in central Texas. We'll welcome you!
The One True Chris
2023-01-17 19:40:53 +0000 UTCI'm staying Steve💜
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-17 19:13:36 +0000 UTCI'm not going to leave Sticks,you guys changed my mind.
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-17 19:10:16 +0000 UTCI've had a change of heart Cassie,I'm staying with PIB the loves I got from other members convinced me to stay. :)
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-17 19:08:35 +0000 UTCThe movie touches on it a little and the book really gets into it, but the phrase the Right Stuff applied to the wives as well. I triple dog dare any one to read the first chapter of the book, and then put it down.
Bill Hayden
2023-01-17 18:45:47 +0000 UTCIt's not his fault that they were dumb asses. 😉
Bill Hayden
2023-01-17 18:42:17 +0000 UTCReturn of the King still seems like 2 hrs. to me. And The Right Stuff didn't seem much longer.
Richard Maurer
2023-01-17 13:56:31 +0000 UTCNot taking anything away from him but two of those were pilots crashing into each other.
Benjamin Gerrald
2023-01-17 11:59:00 +0000 UTCIt was not just Gus who burned to death. Things did go horribly wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1#Accident
Benjamin Gerrald
2023-01-17 11:57:18 +0000 UTCI don’t think Yeager’s wife wanted him to continue taking chances. Rather, she saw that astronauts were the new heroes. Pilots were out of fashion. As the world’s attention shifted to space, she didn’t want her husband to become embittered, living in the past. That's what she was warning him about. Notes on some of the cast: Yeager was played by the late, great Sam Shepard. Shepard was a fascinating person. He was a terrific actor. Strikingly handsome. But here’s the odd thing: Being a movie star was just his day job. He only did it to pay the rent. He was also a genius writer, a director, a musician (he collaborated with Bob Dylan), and mainly a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Over 60 plays. Many rank him alongside Eugene O'Neill as America's greatest playwright. Astonishing. Nobody should be trusted with so much talent. It's just not fair. Ironically, Shepard was afraid of flying. He had guts though: to prepare for this role, he pushed through his fear and went on an airplane. But a commercial flight wasn't enough. He wanted to see what it was REALLY like, so he had the real Chuck Yeager take him flying in a military jet. Yeager’s wife Glennis was played by Barbara Hershey. You probably recognize her as Harriet Bird in “The Natural” — the mysterious woman from the train who shoots Roy Hobbs. Alan Shepard was played by Scott Glenn. In "The Silence of the Lambs" he played Jack Crawford, Clarice Starling’s supervisor. You recognized Jeff Goldblum as one of the recruiters. Harry Shearer played the other one. Shearer is in a lot of movies and a lot of TV shows. He might be most famous for The Simpsons, where he voices of many characters, including Mr. Burns, Smithers, and Kent Brockman. Finally, the real Chuck Yeager makes a cameo appearance as the bartender at Pancho's. He’s the one who asks Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer if they want whiskey. (Shearer's reply -- “I’d like a Coca Cola please. In a clean glass.” What a great line!)
Herman Orff
2023-01-17 11:51:17 +0000 UTCGreat show, and especially very enjoyable if you know the real world history and somewhat familiar with all the crazy, but never developed technologies NASA has been working on during the decades, like the Sea Dragon.
Gábor Árki
2023-01-17 08:57:39 +0000 UTCForgot to mention this. Second this opinion, it's a fantastic show.
Patrick Flanagan
2023-01-17 06:17:21 +0000 UTCI think you're thinking of the TV series THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB. THE FIRST WIVES CLUB is a movie about women getting revenge on their crappy exes for cheating on them.
Patrick Flanagan
2023-01-17 06:16:58 +0000 UTCThe old male bar tender in the movie was Chuck Yeager.
Christopher Gray
2023-01-17 02:18:57 +0000 UTCChuck Yeager shot down 5 German planes in one day, earning the rare and coveted title, Ace in a day. His appearance on Carson, and Letterman are on YouTube and worth a watch
Bill Hayden
2023-01-17 02:09:57 +0000 UTCFor anyone that likes this movie, I would highly recommend the Apple TV show "For all Mankind." It's an alternate history take on "What if the Russians landed on the moon first and the space race continued on..."
Hal451
2023-01-17 02:05:19 +0000 UTCCassie I love this movie. I watched your Apollo 13 reaction and thought it was great. I think I recommended this movie as well, it's a long movie but still great.
Colin Davis
2023-01-17 01:47:18 +0000 UTCWhen I think of all the great, great PiB reactions from October Sky' connecting Sputnik, with Hidden Figures capturing John Glenn's first manned orbit mission, to Apollo 13 and all the references back to the Gemini 7 and the Apollo 1 fire disaster, I think Cassie has a remarkable awareness of the early American space programs. Perhaps the ONLY angle you're still missing Cassie is the one quick season: 'The Astronaut Wives Club!' Col, Chuck Yeager lived a long and famous life (not astronaut famous, but still famed as America's greatest test pilot).
Terry Yelmene
2023-01-17 01:09:01 +0000 UTCI've watched almost all of Cassie's reactions and have several favorites - I can now include this movie/reaction among them. Fantastic reaction to (and appreciation of) a great movie based on a superb book. I was born one month after the first moon landing and grew up in the '70s and '80s. I can attest to the impact the space program had on the country. Even though the Apollo program was pretty much dead by the time I was able to retain memories, the space program and its astronauts were a HUGE part of my childhood. Every kid I knew wanted to be an astronaut. And we all knew who Chuck Yeager was (although none of us had seen him). Along with stuntman Evel Knievel and the bicentennial (which was celebrated all year long in 1976) and innummerable other cultural touchstones that were unique to the '70s, they defined the zeitgest of the era. It was truly an amazing time to grow up.
Just Plain Bob
2023-01-17 00:16:31 +0000 UTCLove, love, love this movie, despite its inaccuracies. I think Grissom is well-played by Fred Ward here (who was a hell of an actor) but comes across somewhat poorly. As others have written, Grissom was almost certainly not responsible for the loss of his capsule and went on to serve NASA honorably; there's a reason he was chosen to command the first Apollo mission and it wasn't out of pity. Because of time constraints the movie glosses over 3 of the 7 Mercury astronauts and they barely register in the film. Wally Schirra had the most successful career as an astronaut; he flew in all three of the early space programs, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo; he was played by Lance Henriksen, who a few years after this played Bishop the android in ALIENS. Scott Carpenter (the guy who outlasted Glenn during the breath test scene) only flew into space once, right after Glenn, then changed his career direction 180 degrees and joined the Navy's SEALAB program, becoming an aquanaut and spending significant amounts of time living on the ocean floor and in deep diving trials. He was the only person to serve as both an astronaut and an aquanaut. Finally Deke Slayton was found to have a minor heart condition shortly after joining Project Mercury and was grounded by NASA flight surgeons, so he did not fly in Mercury (the project stopped after six flights and segued into Gemini). He stayed with NASA and became Chief of the Astronaut Office, in charge of recruiting astronauts and making assignments for different flights. Slayton missed out on Gemini and Apollo as well, but was FINALLY cleared by doctors to fly again and immediately re-activated himself and named himself as pilot for a joint American-Soviet space mission in 1975, finally taking his place alongside the other six Mercury men as a veteran astronaut.
Patrick Flanagan
2023-01-16 23:32:12 +0000 UTCGreat Reaction Cassie. Yeager liked a long eventful life. I read a book on his life. Very good. I would recommend it if you wish to know more about his life.
Rick Williams
2023-01-16 22:35:21 +0000 UTCThis was a very entertaining reaction. It was fun to see it through Cassie's eyes not knowing how the real-life events transpired. I've been waiting for this since Apollo 13. I still consider that to be the best 'based on true events' space movie, but this is also a good one. Cassie, you seemed surprised by the Russians beating them. During the early days of the American space program, they were beaten at almost every milestone by the Russians. The first orbital launch vehicle, the first satellite (Sputnik), the first animal, the first man-made object reaching the Moon, the first man in space (Yuri Gagarin), the first woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova), the first spacewalk, etc. One of the reasons Kennedy and NASA aimed at a manned Moon landing was because it required so much engineering effort that it was practically a clean slate for both parties. Also, not sure that you made the connection, but it was Sputnik that inspired Homer Hickam and the Rocker Boys to build their own rockets. Those events happened simultaneously with all the failed launch attempts in this movie. This was also the same time when Hidden Figures was taking place. From the Earth to the Moon does a short recap in the beginning about the Mercury program, but mainly focuses on the next two space programs: the Gemini program with the objective to develop the space travel techniques required for a Moon landing, and the Apollo program with the objective to go to the Moon. I have two lesser-known suggestions related to this movie: - The Arrow (1997) The true story of how Canada built and destroyed the world's most advanced fighter plane back in the 1950s. It does elaborate on some of the engineering challenges of building a fighter jet during the early days of the jet age capable of not just breaking the sound barrier but maintaining that supersonic speed. - The Dish (2000) If you were surprised by what were they doing in Australia, this is a fun movie to explain it. And of course, First Man (2018), which should deserve a reaction one day. But better to think of this as a biography drama first, and a space movie second. PS: There is a German digestif drink called Jägermeister, but unrelated to Chuck Yeager. Jäger, pronounced the same as Yeager, means hunter in German. Wouldn't be surprised if the Yeager name had this German origin.
Gábor Árki
2023-01-16 22:27:36 +0000 UTCYes, 100%! This movie definitely has Ford in its DNA.
Henry Graham
2023-01-16 22:21:57 +0000 UTCYou got the right stuff, Celeste. :-)
Stick Figure Studios
2023-01-16 22:20:20 +0000 UTCAlso the shot of Mrs. Cooper looking out the screen door at the smoke in the distance is clearly an homage to THE SEARCHERS. I've often said that if John Ford directed a movie about astronauts, it would look a lot like this.
Stick Figure Studios
2023-01-16 22:15:14 +0000 UTCThat is a terrific story.
Stick Figure Studios
2023-01-16 22:11:23 +0000 UTCWhen I was around 5-6 years old, my family lived in Florida for a time and I vividly remember watching the NASA shuttle launch live on the TV set in the living room and then being able to run outside to the backyard and actually see that pillar of smoke rising up to the sky off in the distance. Somehow that made it more real, more immediate to me and probably ignited my own young interest in space exploration. Films like APOLLO 13, HIDDEN FIGURES and FIRST MAN (with Ryan Gosling) further deepened that fascination, but for my money the best movie about real-life space exploration is easily Philip Kaufman's THE RIGHT STUFF. This film is just mythic (I've said before that if John Ford directed a movie about astronauts, it would look a lot like this) and even at times (like the Australian section of the movie) a little bit mystical. From the convincing practical effects to the glorious music score by Bill Conti (ROCKY), this is epic filmmaking at its best. As always, a great reaction, Cassie. I know it was intense more than once, but I'm so glad you finally got to see it and I'm very pleased that you liked it... I knew would. :-)
Stick Figure Studios
2023-01-16 22:08:57 +0000 UTCIn 1986, John Glenn did me a life-changing favor. He was under no obligation to do so. He was a U.S. Senator from Ohio. I was running for election as a judge of the Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals. At my request, he agreed to cut a radio endorsement for my primary campaign. I met him at the state convention, in Cleveland, and gave him my tape recorder and a script I had prepared for him. When he came to the part where I had him say I "had the right stuff," I assured him that he didn't need to use that phrase if he was uncomfortable with it; he had no objection. When he had finished, I reached for the tape recorder. He stopped me, saying he wanted to do it again. He wound up doing it five or six times, although they were all perfectly fine as far as I was concerned. Later that year, during the general election campaign, he cut a television endorsement for me. I am convinced that his endorsement made the difference between my 49.1% loss in 1980, and my 51.1% win in 1986, resulting in my obtaining my dream job, which I was to hold for 30 years. A couple years later, I met John and Annie at a political event, where I was able to tell him what a difference he had made in my life. John and Annie Glenn were two of the nicest people I have ever met.
Mingo Wayama
2023-01-16 20:53:50 +0000 UTCAck! You said you had started "From the Earth to the Moon," but you didn't say whether you were doing it for the channel! Please say you're doing it for the channel! This is the one I've been waiting for! Oh, what a teaser!
Wally Hartshorn
2023-01-16 20:46:22 +0000 UTCAs Roger Ebert said, "no good movie is too long, no bad movie is short enough."
Stick Figure Studios
2023-01-16 20:31:35 +0000 UTCI can't agree that this movie was too long. If the movie is very good, it is never too long. Only mediocre or bad movies are too long. It was a no-brianer that Cassie would love this, she loves this kind of movie, and I do too. Of all the predictions anyone could make about the movies you watch, no one could have predicted that you would watch these two films with Lyndon B. Johnson in the cast back to back. In this move he was Vice-President in the early sixties and was trying to get publicity with Mrs John Glenn. In Selma as President after 1964 he argued Voting Rights legislation with Martin Luther King. He didn't come across too well in either movie, even though he had to get behind the legislation by the end of Selma. Cassie the day you were born John Glenn was a US Senator from Ohio. He was elected Senator in 1974. He returned to space in 1998 on a nine day flight of space shuttle Discovery, becoming the oldest person in space at age 77. He retired from the Senate in 1999, and passed away in 2016 at age 95. Great American.
Mike LL
2023-01-16 20:00:39 +0000 UTCThey didn't change much about the plane itself, Yeager was behind the stick and had the idea about feathering the controls to retain some aerodynamic capability as it went through the air. The "explosion" when he broke the Sound Barrier was the world's first Sonic Boom. They knew the Soviets were listening, so Yeager was instructed not to say anything over the radio about his success, only "breaking the Mach meter". I highly recommend Chuck Yeager's autobiography. Oh, the first American in space, Alan Shephard, is the same man who got an ear infection and was scrubbed as Commander of the Apollo 13 mission that allowed Jim Lovell's backup crew to go up. Incidentally, Liberty Bell 7 was recovered in 1999 and tests were done. In 2021, analysis of video of the recovery suggested that static electricity may have caused the premature detonation of the hatch bolts. Helicopters are known to build up a charge of static electricity due to the rotors moving through the air. Marine Corps Lt. John Reinhard, the crewman aboard the helicopter who used a set of shears containing explosive charges to snip off the antenna on the floating spacecraft (to allow the helicopter to go lower) reported that “when I touched the antenna there was an arc, and both cutters fired. At the same time, the hatch came off. It could be that some static charge set [the hatch] off.” Officially, Grissom has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the incident. The Mercury Program was our first foray into space. The Gemini Program that came next had more than one astronaut going up and tested a lot of the tech that was needed for the Apollo Program, which is the Program that got us to the Moon. We're currently working on the Athena Program, which is the program that will bring us back to the Moon and eventually set up a base there. The same "fireflies" were seen by Carpenter when he did the next flight. NASA scientists deduced they were really just illuminated frost flakes that had accumulated on the outside of the capsule as it burst out of the earth’s grasp and began to fall away, looking like what could be fireflies to the untrained human eye. Carpenter was able to tap the walls of the capsule and make the flakes float off. Chuck Yeager was promoted to General and he and Glennis lived comfortably off of his military pension and the proceeds of his book. Glennis unfortunately died of ovarian cancer in 1990. General Yeager met actress Victoria Scott D'Angelo (who was 35 years his junior) while hiking in 2000 and the two started dating shortly thereafter, getting married in 2003. He died on December 7th, 2020 at the age of 97.
Sean Novack
2023-01-16 19:50:39 +0000 UTCYou know that bar the pilots are all hanging out at in the beginning? Here's a little story about it. http://airlinepilotguy.com/happy-bottom-riding-club/
Texas Anla'Shok
2023-01-16 19:46:30 +0000 UTCOnly he didn't say "screw".
Texas Anla'Shok
2023-01-16 19:38:39 +0000 UTCYes. The F-104 was made to go fast. And she did.
Rick Williams
2023-01-16 19:17:08 +0000 UTCSo happy to see this one here Cassie! Thank you! One note: Grissom's capsule was recovered not too long ago and it was determined that he was not at fault and did not blow the hatch. Apparently the hatch got warped slightly on impact with the water, causing the malfunction. Grissom was one of the best! I can't wait to sit down and watch this one!
Will C
2023-01-16 19:15:58 +0000 UTC❤
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-16 19:12:21 +0000 UTCwill miss you lady!! so cool your connection with this and your grandpa! It was all so fascinating
Cassie
2023-01-16 19:10:17 +0000 UTCCassie has a reaction to Apollo 13. It's very good.
Rick Williams
2023-01-16 19:09:27 +0000 UTChaha omg no way!
Cassie
2023-01-16 19:07:41 +0000 UTCSo glad you did this movie! One of my all time favorites. You should consider doing the mini series "From The Earth To The Moon" its a great series.
fallout4
2023-01-16 18:58:39 +0000 UTCA very long but rewarding film, my pick for second best film of the 80s. Raiders of the Lost Ark is at #1. The other great space film is First Man, which is about Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11. Those two along with Apollo 13 are my favorite 'space' films.
thansen
2023-01-16 18:02:36 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite films and perhaps the reason I joined the Air Force a long time ago. Chuck Yeager had a terrific career as perhaps one of the best and most well-known test pilots in the world. I couple this film with a well done short-series called “The Astronaut Wives Club” which highlights some the struggles the wives went through with NASA and their husbands. Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter, and Trudy Cooper were rock star women in their own right and phenomenal moms. Solid performances by a great cast and surprisingly well written. I don’t think it will ever make it to this channel for a reaction, but just in case someone reads this wanting another period piece on those events, I highly recommend it!
Ike
2023-01-16 17:56:39 +0000 UTCI love this movie. I remember seeing it theatrically back in 1983 (I was 13) and enjoying it immensely. It's only improved in subsequent viewings. Suggestion: In the 90s, HBO did a really excellent series called FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON that covers the entire Apollo program. If THE RIGHT STUFF has truly piqued your interest, give that show a watch. You'll see quite a few of the astronauts in TRS in there and you can see what they did as the space race progressed. FTETTM is on HBO Max if you have it. edited to add: someone already mentioned this in an earlier comment. Seconded then!
Matt Rose
2023-01-16 17:08:36 +0000 UTCLove this movie. One error is the reference to “Star City” which is where the cosmonauts were trained and is south of Moscow I believe. The rockets were actually launched at the Baikonur Cosmodrome which is in modern-day Kazakhstan.
Wes Stewart
2023-01-16 16:25:52 +0000 UTCVery sad to see you go Celeste! Really enjoyed your contributions. Best of luck with everything! 😊
Steve Holton
2023-01-16 15:57:14 +0000 UTCGreat movie! So happy to watch with Cassie! FYI: The hospital scene where they are struggling to get to the bathroom with the water bottles was probably a barium enema for a type of scan they do. I had to get one in the Army and had a similar experience, lol.
Scott Macaulay
2023-01-16 15:52:19 +0000 UTCFrom time to time, I recite the Shepard's prayer. Alan Shepard's prayer. "Oh lord, please don't let me screw up." 😁
Zane From Canada
2023-01-16 15:37:00 +0000 UTCHey you should check your messages!
RD
2023-01-16 15:34:20 +0000 UTCI pointed that out weeks ago,that's him the "fastest man alive"
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-16 15:12:05 +0000 UTCHi Cassie,I've waited 15 months for you.to react to The Right Stuff,my grandfather retired from the film industry after the location shoot at Edwards AFB was finished,50 years working in the art department for Warner,Universal & Fox studios,your reaction to the story,the characters and it's historical value was pretty much the same as how I saw it my first viewing,this was my 2nd time watching TRS I enjoyed every minute of it! 😀 p.s. read Tom Wolfe's novel The Right Stuff there's a ton of details not included in the movie..
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-16 15:05:29 +0000 UTCI think it was mentioned in comments for Apollo 13, but the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon is worth checking out.
Texas Anla'Shok
2023-01-16 13:13:19 +0000 UTCFirst time watching it, yeah a little long but very good and just an all star cast.
Choof
2023-01-16 12:47:35 +0000 UTCYes, good but way too long. I loved First Man more, based on Neil Armstrong's experiences.
Odd Thomas
2023-01-16 12:38:09 +0000 UTCYou might also re-watch "Hidden Figures", whose story intersects "The Right Stuff", specifically covering the transition from the Redstone to Atlas rockets and John Glenn's flight into space. Some Top Gun: Maverick factoids: Ed Harris (who played John Glenn in this movie and the "vest guy" in "Apollo 13") also played the rear admiral at the beginning of Maverick who wanted to shut down the Mach 10 test flight program. Glen Powell, who played Hangman in Maverick, played John Glenn in "Hidden Figures".
Paul Ark
2023-01-16 12:18:01 +0000 UTCI can unreservedly recommend Tom Wolfe's original book as well. It's an absolutely fascinating and thrilling read, superbly reported and elevated by Wolfe's inimitable prose. William Goldman's Which Lie Did I Tell? has some interesting information on his struggles to adapt the book before he quit the project. He didn't want Yeager in the film but I think Kaufman was right to include him, for what he represents as much as for his own story. The shots of Yeager on his horse tie The Right Stuff to the western tradition; the American pioneer spirit evolving into a new age of technology and travel. I think this is one of the truly great American films.
Henry Graham
2023-01-16 12:09:42 +0000 UTCYeager was flying an F-104 at the last, there--AKA the lawn dart, AKA the Widowmaker. It was basically a rocket with little wings. Pilots around my neck of the woods used to fly them really low, and the chickens would stop laying. The Air Force had to pay compensation.
Ben Livingstone
2023-01-16 10:54:46 +0000 UTCYou might be interested in the documentary "Mercury 13" about the 13 women pilots who were part of a privately-funded astronaut training program which mirrored the NASA Mercury program covered in this movie. The 13 women passed all the same tests as their male counterparts and were accomplished pilots in their own right, but were largely invisible to the American media and public. It was only in recent years that their story has come to light and is getting some attention.
Paul Ark
2023-01-16 08:40:52 +0000 UTCMaybe somebody already mentioned--the bartender is the real Yeager.
Ben Livingstone
2023-01-16 08:30:35 +0000 UTCBtw... that guy who's hand Chuck Yeager's wife shook in the bar at the beginning was the real Chuck Yeager. for those who didn't know. :)
Andrew Rose
2023-01-16 08:25:59 +0000 UTCIf you want to learn more about the Apollo space program. You have to watch HBO's From the Earth to the Moon. It's an excellent 12-part mini-series.
G
2023-01-16 08:16:53 +0000 UTCOne of the all time greats. While I agree to an extent regarding the length of the film, I'd say it's warranted given just how many major characters it's covering and trying to pay homage to. Especially people like Chuck Yeager, who were truly the unsung heroes as far as pilots that contributed to the test programs of the day. Glad you reacted to it and will sit down to watch it in just a bit.
Brian Jones
2023-01-16 07:55:24 +0000 UTCGreat movie! You are absolutely correct with it's one flaw. Little too long! 😀
Matthew Dunham
2023-01-16 07:38:41 +0000 UTC
