tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6486477269760361074..comments2024-03-29T09:08:47.702-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: First Man SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57526588683847933402018-10-22T22:12:02.257-04:002018-10-22T22:12:02.257-04:00I think that's really a good summary.
My im...I think that's really a good summary. <br /><br />My impression of the movie was really just what they say: the emphasis was on Neil Armstrong as a man. He was a guy with real pains who pushed himself hard all the time to do his part in any mission he was given - and to keep calm and manage the troubles he found himself in; first in the opening X-15 mission, later in the Gemini 8 problems and still later while training for the Apollo LEM. <br /> <br />They recreated things like his interview to join the astronaut corps for Gemini as well as some of the press conferences. I think they depicted everything I know about him accurately. <br /><br />But the movie is about Neil Armstrong. First Man on the moon. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53717903945185365692018-10-22T21:46:39.601-04:002018-10-22T21:46:39.601-04:00Here’s some info about the movie and the flag cont...Here’s some info about the movie and the flag controversy:<br /><br />http://collider.com/first-man-flag-controversy-explained/<br /><br /><br /><br />Irish<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-71440731286328132662018-10-22T10:57:11.579-04:002018-10-22T10:57:11.579-04:00I'm gathering you didn't see the movie bec...I'm gathering you didn't see the movie because that's not what I saw at all. <br /><br />First off, they didn't marginalize the flag. They showed the Apollo 11 photo of the lander with the flag out front. The entire time on the surface takes what felt like 5 minutes of screen time out of 2-1/2 hours of movie. It's just not their emphasis. Their emphasis is on the Neil Armstrong as a man. <br /><br />They didn't marginalize the American culture, They showed the Kennedy speech where he delivered the very American statement about "we choose go to the moon and do these other things not because they're easy but because they're hard". In context with the rest of the quote. They also honestly showed some of the anti-NASA protests of the day, but I'm going to guess about one minute of screen time all added up. How could you honestly portray that period of history without it?<br /><br />I don't see backing for any of those claims you make. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81419617698734071792018-10-22T10:35:09.962-04:002018-10-22T10:35:09.962-04:00The thing is: It isn't just that they didn...The thing is: It isn't just that they didn't show the flag. It is that the intentionally marginalized the flag, the U.S. and everything we held dear in life back then in preference to some new world order kind of propaganda. They intend to diminish America and participate in the changing of our culture into some kind of anti-history, anti-American, anti-European culture. That is what I oppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51133375809346893552018-10-21T22:06:04.916-04:002018-10-21T22:06:04.916-04:00Thanks for the recommendation. I grew up pretty mu...Thanks for the recommendation. I grew up pretty much the same as you did, but my Mom let me stay home "sick" and watch Shepard, Grissom, and Glenn.<br /><br />I worked with Pete Knight, the pilot with the X-15 speed record. The X-15 was/is my all-time favorite airplane. Between the X-15, and the X-20 DynaSoar, we could have had a reusable space plane decades before the Shuttle if TPTB weren't so intent and beating the Russians.<br /><br />But that's a story for another time.....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com