If Buzz Aldrin’s fist wasn’t proof enough – and for me it surely would have been 🙂 – this video should finally put to rest ALL those stupid conspiracy theories!
Well DONE, SG Collins – my hat is off to you! And I suspect Mr. Kubrick would be equally in your debt, were he still with us….
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pretty cool, actually….
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Spidernaut saga ends at Smithsonian
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until they bring back the alien probe to meet Kirk, Spock and McCoy, keep up the great work! 🙂
Went to see Iron Sky at SIFF Uptown last Sunday. This is an interesting movie, for several reasons:
1) It was apparently paid for in part by crowdsourcing – and given the diverse production credits (made by Finns, add’l product Down Under and Germany) that seems about right;
2) It kind of plays as a ‘Steampunk sci-fi epic meets Weekly World News fantasy with the ulltimate villains (Nazis, who else?) thrown in”
3) This may be the only way a certain self-important right-wing freak ever gets her claws on the White House (well, indirectly) – and that’s a good thing!
So in a nutshell, apparently a bunch of Nazis got to the moon and built a base prior to losing WWII, and are ‘discovered’ again by a new (meaning modern, not Apollo era) moon landing. There is a lot of attention paid to little details (actual vintage Beetles hauling them around the huge moonbase, over-fascination with huge ‘revenge weapons’, etc.) and the special effects – done in Lightwave (hooray!) are very good, IMHO. With this discovery, Ze Space Nazi’s now think their cover is blown and that Earth plans an invasion, so naturally it’s so ON, people! Battle(s) ensue and I wasn’t prepared for the ending, either – well done!
The actors are good, even though dialog-wise they are pretty flat and played for satire, not seriousness. Astute viewers will note the Bruno Ganz tribute just into the second act of the film (I won’t spoil it for you but pretty funny), how appropo. And the Spaze Nazi invasion force has to be seen to be believed.
So in summary, if you are looking for a ‘serious’ sci-fi epic – e.g. Prometheus (which was a sizable let-down in the end, see review) – this isn’t it. But it IS very entertaining, well made and worth a relaxing evening if you can catch it while still in art-theaters or later on DVD. Ja voll!
other reviews:
– The Guardian (UK)
– The Hollywood Reporter
– Rotten Tomatoes
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Thanks for helping inspire several generations of Americans and other members of the world community to think and act beyond their limits, and reach for the skies. We need many, many more of you! R.I.P.
US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies, first man on Moon
and courtesy of Joy of Tech:
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What else is there to say? And to think the current recordholder did it in 1960(!)
Skydiver Fearless Felix jumps from 18 miles up
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While I’m hesitant to endorse a ‘burn’ on NASA – here this is really just as much a burn on the moon-landing deniers. As was Buzz Aldrin’s fist!
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So not only did Buzz Aldrin have an Atari game named after him*, he kicks a** and takes names, too!
Buzz Aldrin vs. Moon Denier (punch at about 2:45 into the video, circa 2009)
*through the magic of Photoshop 🙂
other vintage (real?) Atari game box art
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