I was wondering how factual it was. Good to know!
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 11:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I read a deconstruction of the movie. They said that bracelet thing is > about the only fabrication they injected. The rest is mostly factual. > > *From:* Cameron Crum > *Sent:* Thursday, October 18, 2018 8:44 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review > > Wait...no gravity? There is gravity on the moon, just much smaller than on > earth. If you throw something, providing you aren't the hulk, it will come > down eventually. > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 8:29 PM CBB - Jay Fuller < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I thought "BS" when he "threw" the bracelet. There's no gravity - yet it >> appeared to "float" " down" >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* [email protected] >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Sent:* Saturday, October 13, 2018 10:11 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >> >> </lent> >> >> I did enjoy the soundtrack. But it was not as remarkable as many >> movies. >> >> They showed the first footprint, a couple of shots of them hopping around >> on the moon. >> >> It showed Neil throwing a bracelet that had belonged to his daughter into >> a deep crater. I have never heard of that happening. I think they may >> have invented that scene. That was really the focus of the EVA activity on >> the lunar surface. >> >> Nice shot of the LM with the flag. >> And when they left there is a shot of the LM and the retroreflector. >> >> But it was brief. No shots of them lugging stuff around, taking samples >> ( one I guess) or assembling and installing the flag. >> >> This whole anti patriotic thing is some cooked up fake controversy. >> Plenty of US flag waving by citizens of other countries when they were >> watching it on TV. Flags on uniforms, USA on the side of the Saturn V etc >> etc. >> >> Of course the right loves to pick on the left at every opportunity (and >> vice versa) and Hollywood is probably 80% left. >> So someone strained at gnats to find something to become apoplectic over >> and it went viral. >> >> <lent> >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> *Sent:* Saturday, October 13, 2018 8:23 AM >> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >> >> >> What about the soundtrack? >> >> >> >> Ron Howard took some liberties with Apollo 13 but still everyone should >> watch it once a year. If you don’t find it inspirational check to make >> sure you have a pulse. Oh, and great soundtrack. >> >> >> >> Another docudrama that is not 100% historically accurate but everyone >> should watch is Thirteen Days. >> >> >> >> I would say anyone who thinks the Cold War was the best of times must not >> have lived through it, but how to explain Vladimir Putin? >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2018 8:36 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >> >> >> >> First Man. >> >> >> >> Some spoilers here but I think everyone probably knows how the story >> ends. >> >> >> >> First impression was I did not like the style of photography. Too many >> shaky closeups. >> >> >> >> One sure fire way to make me choke up, my nose burn and cause my eyes to >> leak is to expose me to formaldehyde. For some reason and am super super >> duper hyper sensitive. Other wise I am pretty stoic. >> >> >> >> The other sure fire way to cause this reaction is if I am exposed to >> material covering Apollo 1, Challenger or Columbia. Odd emotional reaction >> every time. I guess because I was so into all of the Mercury, Gemini and >> Apollo missions when they were happening. I built models. Listened to the >> moon landing on the radio. Totally geeked out to all of this stuff back in >> the day. >> >> >> >> They did not do a very good job in communicating the horrible end to the >> lives of the Apollo 1 astronauts. Perhaps they did not want to traumatize >> the audience, but they made it seem like – boom – its all over. The >> reality was much much more gruesome. >> >> >> >> They overdramatized the uncommanded roll spin up of Gemini 8. It was a >> big time emergency but the graphics had it spinning like a dryer on spin >> cycle. I think max RPM was about 1 rev per second before Neil Armstrong >> finally isolated it to a reaction control rocket firing continually. He >> killed the circuit breakers and was able to manually halt the roll. I >> have spun airplanes at this rate. It is not going to cause you to pass >> out. If he was not able to stop the increase in roll rate it would have >> done so, but they guy knew the spacecraft and he knew there were only so >> many things that could cause this. He did some basic troubleshooting and >> saved the day. >> >> >> >> But the biggest thing that I disliked was them showing the inside of the >> space craft. Panels, annunciators and switches that were dirty, worn and >> smudged. Like some old bulldozer at a gravel pit instrument panel. Almost >> as if they built the props from stuff they got out of an aircraft bone >> yard. In reality, those things were brand spanking new and sparkling >> clean. The photos exist... Not sure why they chose the grunge. >> >> >> >> Even the headliner of the spacecraft and their ear muff thingies looked >> grungy and used. >> >> They also showed a Chicago connector on one of the hoses connected to the >> capsule. Pretty sure a generic jackhammer air connector was not used. >> >> >> >> They glossed over the 1202 alarm a bit too much. (The book Digital Apollo >> is a great read about this). They were more concerned about that than the >> movie lets on. They showed a scene where Neil flew over a super deep >> crater while running out of fuel. That never happened, he was just picking >> out a spot between the boulders. >> >> >> >> So, if you care about fine detail accuracy, you may not enjoy this too >> much. >> >> It is not nearly as good as a PBS special by any stretch of the >> imagination. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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