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Old September 25th 07, 05:37 AM posted to sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default In the Shadow of the Moon



Kevin Willoughby wrote:
Howard/Hanks - Apollo.


Actually, In the Shadow of the Moon is listed as a Ron Howard Film.



"Apollo 13" was a superb movie, as was Hanks' from "The Earth to The
Moon" miniseries, but there's a time when you are going back to the old
watering hole for one-too-many sips of brilliance (in the case of Lucas,
around three-too-many times. A wise person quites while they are ahead).
Which Sci-Fi author once explained their lack of sequels regarding their
stories as "never returning to the scene of the crime"? I thought it
was Clarke, but after the 2001 sequels, we can safely write that concept
out, can't we?
I liked Ron Howard better when he was doing mermaid movies; it shouldn't
even be possible to do a good mermaid movie, but Ron Howard made it look
effortless, and "Splash" is one of my favorite movies of all time.

"If the retard brothers here..."
"We aren't brothers...."

"Freddy...I'm..._.on_.. the...bar."

"What are two Swedes doing so far from Stockholm?"
"Hey babe, I've got a twelve inch penis."

"You know, you see those movies a couple of hundred times, and you start
picking up on the language."

"It was horrible! RAYS came out of her eyes! She melted his face! You
stay here...we're going to get NUCLEAR WEAPONS!"

The last time they had that many great comedians working hand-in-glove
in one place at one time with a superb script was "Caddyshack".
Don't even get me _started_ on memorable lines from that one. :-D :-D :-D

Pat