In the Shadow of the Moon

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:26 pm

Well, somebody has to keep tabs on the obscure...

having been born the year JFK made his "let's party on the moon" speech, the Apollo missions are a big part of my childhood memories. Also helped that my best friends' dad, next door, was a lead electrical engineer on the lunar module. He brought home panels of those buttons you see in mission control, and we'd build our own control center, and even made a homemade movie called "the Taurus Mission" since the largest estes rocket we could build was a Taurus.

Anyway, this movie has some frickin amazing footage that has never been public before (cruising over the moon looking for a place to land before the fuel is spent), plus restored footage of the liftoffs and whatnot that are simply breathtaking. The narration by the Apollo astronauts is brilliant and funny as hell. For the reasons stated above, a very emotional flick.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:28 am

most retarded movie title ever.

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:07 am

Whatever the title, it sounds pretty interesting and I'll keep an eye out for it. I remember the later and last moon trips and still wish we'd put more effort into space exploration.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:00 am

fodroy wrote:most retarded movie title ever.

And yet another insightful reply.

Yes, Paco. Apparently some won't get past the title, but it's a good thrill ride. I don't necessarily support manned space exploration beyond the ISS, etc. I think it's silly at this point to send men back to the moon, when a hundred unmanned missions can accomplish so much more and go so much farther.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:24 pm

roymond wrote:
fodroy wrote:most retarded movie title ever.
And yet another insightful reply.

Oy. I don't remember writing that post.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:14 pm

I'm really looking forward to seeing this. Not at many theaters at the moment, but hopefully expanding. However one of the theaters is ~30 mins from home, so no big deal.
-bill

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:40 pm

Saw it last night. It was fantastic. My favorite of the interviewees is Mike Collins, the guy that piloted the command module while the other two were on the moon during Apollo 11. He was very engaging. If you liked this, I recommend the book "Moon Shot" by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. A great read.
-bill