Tivo Alert: Apollo 11 Plus 40 on Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies (United States feed) is running a day's
worth of Moon-connected programming for the 20th of July. There's
almost certainly something you've been meaning to see in the list.
The schedule, using Eastern Time, for the 20th, from

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.js...zone=EST&cid=N


6:00am They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Scientists investigating a meteor shower uncover an
alien invasion.
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay
Dir: Freddie Francis C-85 mins, TV-PG

7:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.

Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dobbins
Dir: Byron Haskin C-100 mins, TV-G

9:30am First Men in the Moon (1964)
A scientist's experimental space craft puts him in the
path of an intergalactic invasion.
Cast: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer, Erik Chitty
Dir: Nathan Juran C-103 mins, TV-PG

11:30am Twelve to the Moon (1960)
An international team boards a spaceship to the moon.
Cast: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Tony Dexter
Dir: David Bradley BW-74 mins, TV-PG

1:00pm Destination Moon (1950)
A crusading scientist defies the government to launch
an expedition to the moon.
Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Dir: Irving Pichel C-90 mins, TV-G

3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)
A small European nation launches a space program using
the local wine as rocket fuel.
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins,
David Kossoff
Dir: Richard Lester C-85 mins, TV-G

4:30pm Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
Three janitors stumble onto the formula for rocket fuel.
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe De Rita, Jerome Cowan
Dir: David Lowell Rich BW-76 mins, TV-PG

6:00pm Moon Pilot (1962)
An astronaut dodges secret agents and a beautiful spy
before his first moon trip.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval
Dir: James Neilson C-98 mins

8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
In this silent film, a group of scientists ride
to the moon in a cannon shell.
Cast: Georges Melies, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon.
Dir: Georges Melies

8:15pm For All Mankind (1989)
Documentary footage traces the progress of the Apollo
missions.
Cast: Michael Collins, Charles Duke, James Lovell, Russell L
Schweickart
Dir: Al Reinert C-80 mins

10:00pm Right Stuff, The (1983)
The first astronauts fight for their place in space.
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid
Dir: Philip Kaufman C-193 mins, TV-MA

1:30am Marooned (1969)
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their
rockets fail during a space voyage.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus
Dir: John Sturges C-129 mins, TV-PG

3:45am Capricorn One (1978)
The government fakes a Mars landing then sets out to kill
the astronauts involved.
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson
Dir: Peter Hyams C-123 mins, TV-14


Also, the 28th appears tob e a festival of Joe E Brown comedies.

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Joseph Nebus
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Joseph Nebus wrote:
Turner Classic Movies (United States feed) is running a day's
worth of Moon-connected programming for the 20th of July. There's
almost certainly something you've been meaning to see in the list.
The schedule, using Eastern Time, for the 20th, from

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.js...zone=EST&cid=N


6:00am They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Scientists investigating a meteor shower uncover an
alien invasion.
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay
Dir: Freddie Francis C-85 mins, TV-PG

Never heard of it.



7:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.

Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dobbins
Dir: Byron Haskin C-100 mins, TV-G

Sucky, sucky, sucky. Look for the gas pipes taking fuel to the model
Columbia's rocket engines.



9:30am First Men in the Moon (1964)
A scientist's experimental space craft puts him in the
path of an intergalactic invasion.
Cast: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer, Erik Chitty
Dir: Nathan Juran C-103 mins, TV-PG

An all-time classic!
NASA used the opening sequence to illustrate how LOR was going to work
right after the Apollo decision was made, as they didn't have time to
get their own animation ready yet.




11:30am Twelve to the Moon (1960)
An international team boards a spaceship to the moon.
Cast: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Tony Dexter
Dir: David Bradley BW-74 mins, TV-PG

May have seen it, don't remember it.



1:00pm Destination Moon (1950)
A crusading scientist defies the government to launch
an expedition to the moon.
Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Dir: Irving Pichel C-90 mins, TV-G

Thank God, the singing cowboys were removed from the script!
The Luna is one of the all-time classic rocket designs.
Still, would have been more fun if Nazi's had been on Moon, like in
"Rocketship Galileo".



3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)
A small European nation launches a space program using
the local wine as rocket fuel.
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins,
David Kossoff
Dir: Richard Lester C-85 mins, TV-G

Hilarius! Nasty Great Tin Thing leaves Earth.




4:30pm Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
Three janitors stumble onto the formula for rocket fuel.
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe De Rita, Jerome Cowan
Dir: David Lowell Rich BW-76 mins, TV-PG

Vaguely remember this as a child.
What can you say? It's a Three Stooges movie.
Would have been better if they had dressed as Nazi's.



6:00pm Moon Pilot (1962)
An astronaut dodges secret agents and a beautiful spy
before his first moon trip.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval
Dir: James Neilson C-98 mins

I always wanted to see this, now's my chance.



8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
In this silent film, a group of scientists ride
to the moon in a cannon shell.
Cast: Georges Melies, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon.
Dir: Georges Melies


Based on impact footage, Moon may be made of cream cheese.
Fat-legged French dancing girls add to hilarity as they stomp around in
really unsexy costumes.

8:15pm For All Mankind (1989)
Documentary footage traces the progress of the Apollo
missions.
Cast: Michael Collins, Charles Duke, James Lovell, Russell L
Schweickart
Dir: Al Reinert C-80 mins

Never saw this one either.



10:00pm Right Stuff, The (1983)
The first astronauts fight for their place in space.
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid
Dir: Philip Kaufman C-193 mins, TV-MA

Okay, so it ****ed off all the space fans...it's still a lot of fun.
Has ex-Nazi's in it, but they are now reformed, and have put all that
bad stuff behind them.

1:30am Marooned (1969)
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their
rockets fail during a space voyage.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus
Dir: John Sturges C-129 mins, TV-PG


Kudos for building a full-scale lifting body type RV:
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicl...aroonedTop.htm
(Is the red coloration supposed to be some sort of spray-on ablator,
like used on the X-15?)
Russian backwardness shown by domed rivets on exterior of Voskhod
sphere, which would have made reentry fun as they burnt off.
Mariette Hartley is _hot_, even though see has only one navel in this
outing.



3:45am Capricorn One (1978)
The government fakes a Mars landing then sets out to kill
the astronauts involved.
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson
Dir: Peter Hyams C-123 mins, TV-14


Note that OJ Simpson isn't getting mentioned here.
Probably the movie that started all the "We didn't really land on the
Moon" conspiracy theories.
Would have been better if Karen Black had been attacked by Nazi Moon
Zombies.


Also, the 28th appears tob e a festival of Joe E Brown comedies.

Does he fight any Nazi's?

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
news


Joseph Nebus wrote:
Turner Classic Movies (United States feed) is running a day's worth of
Moon-connected programming for the 20th of July. There's almost
certainly something you've been meaning to see in the list. The
schedule, using Eastern Time, for the 20th, from
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.js...zone=EST&cid=N


6:00am They Came From Beyond Space (1967) Scientists investigating a
meteor shower uncover an alien invasion.
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay Dir:
Freddie Francis C-85 mins, TV-PG

Never heard of it.

You're kidding, right? This one is a classic, in a bad sci-fi sort of
way...

7:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958) Lifelong rivals collaborate
on a 19th-century moon rocket.

Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dobbins Dir: Byron
Haskin C-100 mins, TV-G

Sucky, sucky, sucky. Look for the gas pipes taking fuel to the model
Columbia's rocket engines.

Haven't seen this one.

9:30am First Men in the Moon (1964) A scientist's experimental
space craft puts him in the path of an intergalactic invasion.
Cast: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer, Erik Chitty Dir: Nathan
Juran C-103 mins, TV-PG

An all-time classic!
NASA used the opening sequence to illustrate how LOR was going to work
right after the Apollo decision was made, as they didn't have time to get
their own animation ready yet.

Cool.

11:30am Twelve to the Moon (1960) An international team boards a
spaceship to the moon.
Cast: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Tony Dexter Dir: David Bradley
BW-74 mins, TV-PG

May have seen it, don't remember it.

Same here.

1:00pm Destination Moon (1950) A crusading scientist defies the
government to launch an expedition to the moon.
Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson Dir: Irving
Pichel C-90 mins, TV-G

Thank God, the singing cowboys were removed from the script!
The Luna is one of the all-time classic rocket designs.
Still, would have been more fun if Nazi's had been on Moon, like in
"Rocketship Galileo".

Looking forward to this one. Gotta love the "crusading scientist" types.
;-)

3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963) A small European nation
launches a space program using the local wine as rocket fuel.
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff
Dir: Richard Lester C-85 mins, TV-G

Hilarius! Nasty Great Tin Thing leaves Earth.

Sounds awfully campy.

4:30pm Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959) Three janitors stumble onto the
formula for rocket fuel.
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe De Rita, Jerome Cowan Dir: David Lowell
Rich BW-76 mins, TV-PG

Vaguely remember this as a child.
What can you say? It's a Three Stooges movie.
Would have been better if they had dressed as Nazi's.

Three Stooges movies are always good for a few laughs, even the bad ones.

6:00pm Moon Pilot (1962) An astronaut dodges secret agents and a
beautiful spy before his first moon trip.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval Dir: James
Neilson C-98 mins

I always wanted to see this, now's my chance.

Can't go wrong with "beautiful spy" in the description.

8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902) In this silent film, a group of
scientists ride to the moon in a cannon shell.
Cast: Georges Melies, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon. Dir: Georges
Melies


Based on impact footage, Moon may be made of cream cheese.
Fat-legged French dancing girls add to hilarity as they stomp around in
really unsexy costumes.

Yea, well, it was 1902...

8:15pm For All Mankind (1989) Documentary footage traces the progress
of the Apollo missions. Cast: Michael Collins, Charles Duke, James
Lovell, Russell L Schweickart Dir: Al Reinert C-80 mins

Never saw this one either.

Me either.

10:00pm Right Stuff, The (1983) The first astronauts fight for
their place in space.
Cast: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid Dir: Philip
Kaufman C-193 mins, TV-MA

Okay, so it ****ed off all the space fans...it's still a lot of fun.
Has ex-Nazi's in it, but they are now reformed, and have put all that bad
stuff behind them.

It really was a fun movie. Sure some parts were over glorified and some
bits weren't factually correct, but it was an excellent "feel good" movie
about the US winning the Space Race.

1:30am Marooned (1969) Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when
their rockets fail during a space voyage.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus Dir:
John Sturges C-129 mins, TV-PG


Kudos for building a full-scale lifting body type RV:
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicl...aroonedTop.htm
(Is the red coloration supposed to be some sort of spray-on ablator, like
used on the X-15?)
Russian backwardness shown by domed rivets on exterior of Voskhod sphere,
which would have made reentry fun as they burnt off.
Mariette Hartley is _hot_, even though see has only one navel in this
outing.

This one is cool, just for the models and special effects.

3:45am Capricorn One (1978) The government fakes a Mars landing
then sets out to kill the astronauts involved.
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson Dir:
Peter Hyams C-123 mins, TV-14


Note that OJ Simpson isn't getting mentioned here.

OJ really sucked as an actor.

Probably the movie that started all the "We didn't really land on the
Moon" conspiracy theories.

I'm sure it started some of them, but there will always be idiots who
believe in all sorts of conspiracy theories. Some of the fans of the
X-Files thought that was a documentary...

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon

Jeff Findley wrote:

6:00am They Came From Beyond Space (1967) Scientists investigating a
meteor shower uncover an alien invasion.
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay Dir:
Freddie Francis C-85 mins, TV-PG

Never heard of it.


You're kidding, right? This one is a classic, in a bad sci-fi sort of
way...



Nope, it's a new one on me, but there are probably a ton of bad sci-fi
films out there that I've never seen.
Take a guess at what memories of this one led to:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046977/



7:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958) Lifelong rivals collaborate
on a 19th-century moon rocket.

Cast: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dobbins Dir: Byron
Haskin C-100 mins, TV-G

Sucky, sucky, sucky. Look for the gas pipes taking fuel to the model
Columbia's rocket engines.


Haven't seen this one.


You haven't missed much; like I said, Those Fantastic Flying Fools is a
lot better and very funny as well.


1:00pm Destination Moon (1950) A crusading scientist defies the
government to launch an expedition to the moon.
Cast: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson Dir: Irving
Pichel C-90 mins, TV-G

Thank God, the singing cowboys were removed from the script!
The Luna is one of the all-time classic rocket designs.
Still, would have been more fun if Nazi's had been on Moon, like in
"Rocketship Galileo".


Looking forward to this one. Gotta love the "crusading scientist" types.
;-)


The government isn't keen on his atomic rocket engine for the ship.
Odd trivia fact: Chesley Bonestell did a different design for the "Luna"
that didn't get used in the movie, but later got used in the movie
"Flight To Mars": http://www.impawards.com/1951/flight_to_mars.html


3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963) A small European nation
launches a space program using the local wine as rocket fuel.
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff
Dir: Richard Lester C-85 mins, TV-G

Hilarius! Nasty Great Tin Thing leaves Earth.


Sounds awfully campy.


Yeah, but they pull it off very well.
Look for Ed Bishop as one of the astronauts on the US Moon lander.
He would later be shown (briefly) as the captain of the Moon-bound Aries
in "2001", and become head of SHADO in "UFO".


4:30pm Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959) Three janitors stumble onto the
formula for rocket fuel.
Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe De Rita, Jerome Cowan Dir: David Lowell
Rich BW-76 mins, TV-PG

Vaguely remember this as a child.
What can you say? It's a Three Stooges movie.
Would have been better if they had dressed as Nazi's.


Three Stooges movies are always good for a few laughs, even the bad ones.


Their Nazi impersonations were always fun.


6:00pm Moon Pilot (1962) An astronaut dodges secret agents and a
beautiful spy before his first moon trip.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval Dir: James
Neilson C-98 mins

I always wanted to see this, now's my chance.


Can't go wrong with "beautiful spy" in the description.


And a MONKEY in the movie, also!
That's the sign of quality.


8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902) In this silent film, a group of
scientists ride to the moon in a cannon shell.
Cast: Georges Melies, Henri Delannoy, Bleuette Bernon. Dir: Georges
Melies


Based on impact footage, Moon may be made of cream cheese.
Fat-legged French dancing girls add to hilarity as they stomp around in
really unsexy costumes.


Yea, well, it was 1902...


That's no excuse.
These were not the type of women Toulouse-Lautrec painted, and they look
frumpy, not sexy.


1:30am Marooned (1969) Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when
their rockets fail during a space voyage.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus Dir:
John Sturges C-129 mins, TV-PG

Kudos for building a full-scale lifting body type RV:
http://www.cloudster.com/Sets&Vehicl...aroonedTop.htm
(Is the red coloration supposed to be some sort of spray-on ablator, like
used on the X-15?)
Russian backwardness shown by domed rivets on exterior of Voskhod sphere,
which would have made reentry fun as they burnt off.
Mariette Hartley is _hot_, even though see has only one navel in this
outing.


This one is cool, just for the models and special effects.


Yeah, at the time they were considered quite well done, and the story
line was fairly plausible also.


3:45am Capricorn One (1978) The government fakes a Mars landing
then sets out to kill the astronauts involved.
Cast: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterson Dir:
Peter Hyams C-123 mins, TV-14


Note that OJ Simpson isn't getting mentioned here.


OJ really sucked as an actor.


No cutting remarks when it comes to OJ please. :-)


Probably the movie that started all the "We didn't really land on the
Moon" conspiracy theories.


I'm sure it started some of them, but there will always be idiots who
believe in all sorts of conspiracy theories. Some of the fans of the
X-Files thought that was a documentary...


That wasn't?

Pat

On Jul 7, 3:17*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:

[...]

3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963) * * * A small European nation

Yeah, but they pull it off very well.
Look for Ed Bishop as one of the astronauts on the US Moon lander.
He would later be shown (briefly) as the captain of the Moon-bound Aries
in "2001", and become head of SHADO in "UFO".

Don't forget as the voice of Captain Blue in the Gerry Anderson 60s
series
Captain Scarlet...

SIG.

[...]

Andre

Andre Lieven wrote:
Don't forget as the voice of Captain Blue in the Gerry Anderson 60s
series
Captain Scarlet...


I only saw a couple of episodes of that, and didn't recognize the voice.

Pat

". 6:00am They Came From Beyond Space (1967)
Scientists investigating a meteor shower uncover an alien invasion.
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay Dir:
Freddie Francis C-85 mins, TV-PG

Never heard of it.
..
From a sci-fi nocvel. "The Gods Hate Kansas" The title is based on "More
meteorites hitting Kansas than any other place". But they're under
intelligent control. Some aliens stranded on the moon kidnapping folks from
earth to help.

OM wrote:
On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:37:35 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.js...zone=EST&cid=N

8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
In this silent film, a group of scientists ride
to the moon in a cannon shell.

Based on impact footage, Moon may be made of cream cheese.
Fat-legged French dancing girls add to hilarity as they stomp around in
really unsexy costumes.

...I've always thought someone needs to run this film through a
complete digital restoration, including frame stabilization. If
"Metropolis" can get that kind of reverential treatment, so can this
film.

I'll agree with that. Highly historically significant film.

8:15pm For All Mankind (1989)
Documentary footage traces the progress of the Apollo
missions.

Never saw this one either.

...Be warned: aside from the trance-inducing Brian Eno soundtrack,
they mix together footage and dialog from all of the Apollo Moon
missions. Which means that the first landing as a Main Bus B undervolt
and other show stoppers even though they go on to a landing.

I'll forgive them that. They'd just gotten access to a buttload of
Apollo film negatives and put it all together on the big screen. So the
"narrative", such as it was, was the timeline of a single mission, but
stitched together from all the missions, narrated entirely by
crewmembers, at a quality level higher than had been seen before by the
public.

I saw it at its debut, in the Galveston 1894 Grand Opera House, with a
bunch of Apollo veterans including Gene Kranz and some of the astronauts
in attendance. They all enjoyed it. That may have colored my opinion on
the film, of course.

1:30am Marooned (1969)
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their
rockets fail during a space voyage.

Kudos for building a full-scale lifting body type RV:

...On the other hand, there are those who argue that the SM scale was
wrong. And then there was that square hatch on the CM, and the B&W
cameras when color was available long before Skylab. Oh, and Skylab
missing a lot of parts outside and inside that *weren't* the ones
missing thanks to the rough ascent.

Given when it was filmed, I'll forgive them that as well.

OM wrote:
7:30am From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket.

Sucky, sucky, sucky. Look for the gas pipes taking fuel to the model
Columbia's rocket engines.


...I've also heard that this film went through some last-minute
rewrites that changed the ending a bit. Not sure how, but who knows?

I can tell you where most of the budget went, and that's into the giant
rotating glass tube gizmo.
In this movie the Columbia is around the size of Skylab internally.
Amazingly, "Those Fantastic Flying Fools" has a better representation of
Verne's ship in it than this abomination, and it's a parody of the story.

9:30am First Men in the Moon (1964)
A scientist's experimental space craft puts him in the
path of an intergalactic invasion.
Cast: Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries, Martha Hyer, Erik Chitty
Dir: Nathan Juran C-103 mins, TV-PG

An all-time classic!


...Fracking agreed!


I didn't realize just how small Harryhausen's model for the Mooncalf was
till recently; it was only 18 inches long - which shows just what a
great job they did detailing it:
http://www.theseventhvoyage.com/mooncalf.htm

NASA used the opening sequence to illustrate how LOR was going to work
right after the Apollo decision was made, as they didn't have time to
get their own animation ready yet.


...Yep, and to some extent it also could have been used for Direct
Ascent, considering how the CSM stack was originally supposed to have
landing legs.


Note that once the two ships detach, the lander just falls toward the
Moon without firing retros.
Also figure the odds of landing within several hundred feet of where
Cavor and Bedford landed on something as big as the Moon. :-D


11:30am Twelve to the Moon (1960)
An international team boards a spaceship to the moon.
Cast: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Tony Dexter
Dir: David Bradley BW-74 mins, TV-PG

May have seen it, don't remember it.


,,,MST3K took this one apart:

http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/12_to_the_Moon

...Essentially, we send an international team, including a possibly
former Nazi scientist turned good and a young Jewish scientist, to the
Moon.

I told ya! Those Nazi's are as indispensable to a Moon trip as a CPFM on
a voyage to Mars.
Ever see "Frau Im Mond"?
That one has a Hitler Youth in it.
They don't outright say he's a Hitler Youth...he's just a member of a
"youth organization"...but you can see it in his eyes...
Those cold, Aryan, eyes.
As soon as he's back on Earth, he's going to turn in his report on what
everyone did and said on the trip, get his "Informer Merit Badge", and
become commandant of a youth concentration camp.
We'll run into him again at the Nuremberg trials as "Boy Im Schlinge".

There they encounter either the Metrons, the Organians or the
Thasians, take your pick. Turns out they want to destroy the Earth
because they now have the power to reach the Moon. It goes pretty rank
from there.


Do they have a cool robot like Gort?
That always helps on missions like this.

3:00pm Mouse On The Moon, The (1963)
A small European nation launches a space program using
the local wine as rocket fuel.

Hilarius! Nasty Great Tin Thing leaves Earth.


...Must-see movie, even if it suffers to some extent by not having
Peter Sellers playing at least four of the main characters.


Actually the guy who plays The Count of Mountjoy is great at it, and of
course Margaret Rutherford makes a great Duchess Gloriana.

6:00pm Moon Pilot (1962)
An astronaut dodges secret agents and a beautiful spy
before his first moon trip.



I always wanted to see this, now's my chance.


...Actually haven't seen this one.


It's a Disney movie... AND IT HAS A CPFM IN IT!:
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3825243392/tt0056249
I'll bet that's the same chimp that was in the Merlin Jones movies.
And to add to that, Dany Saval - a Long-Legged French Redhead who
doesn't mind showing a lot of those legs!:
http://www.teppaz-and-co.fr/articles/danysaval.html
CPFM + LLFR = DOUBLE THREAT!
Yes, if all aliens just looked like her...and all movie just posters
looked like this: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm553355776/tt0056249

8:00pm Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
In this silent film, a group of scientists ride
to the moon in a cannon shell.



Based on impact footage, Moon may be made of cream cheese.
Fat-legged French dancing girls add to hilarity as they stomp around in
really unsexy costumes.


...I've always thought someone needs to run this film through a
complete digital restoration, including frame stabilization. If
"Metropolis" can get that kind of reverential treatment, so can this
film.


The difference is that Metropolis was a breakthrough film that redefined
the visual art in regards to science fiction and got people scared
****less of robots for the first time.
"Trip to the Moon" was to be shown to drunk French families, so that the
children could laugh and dad attempt to get a boner watching the Moon
Cannon Sluts dancing around.

10:00pm Right Stuff, The (1983)
The first astronauts fight for their place in space.



Okay, so it ****ed off all the space fans...it's still a lot of fun.


...If you cut out all the scenes that made Gus look like a coward who
screwed the pooch(*), it's a great movie about the book about the
myths. The only real low point were the effects used for the Earth
during Glenn's flight. What the hell were they thinking?


"We are seriously over budget".




1:30am Marooned (1969)
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their
rockets fail during a space voyage.



Kudos for building a full-scale lifting body type RV:


...On the other hand, there are those who argue that the SM scale was
wrong.

Ah-ha, but remember the mini-SM for orbital flights concept. The thing
in the movie looks a lot like that.


Would have been better if Karen Black had been attacked by Nazi Moon
Zombies.


...Or chased around the CM by a small Martian doll with a butcher
knife.


Everyone remembers that, don't they?
That was one scary doll.
That thing could have gnawed Chucky's ass clean off. :-D

Pat

OM wrote:


1:30am Marooned (1969)
Three U.S. astronauts face a slow death when their
rockets fail during a space voyage.

Kudos for building a full-scale lifting body type RV:

...On the other hand, there are those who argue that the SM scale was
wrong. And then there was that square hatch on the CM, and the B&W
cameras when color was available long before Skylab. Oh, and Skylab
missing a lot of parts outside and inside that *weren't* the ones
missing thanks to the rough ascent.

One can hardly expect them to predict what parts would fall off *four
years* before they actually fell off. (Not to mention they weren't
supposed to fall off in the first place.)

D.
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