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Paul Tyrrell (139 KP) rated Galactica 1980 in TV

Apr 23, 2020 (Updated Apr 23, 2020)  
Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980
1980 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Those ships and the Cylons (0 more)
The hair and the weird robot dog/monkey thing (0 more)
Childhood revisited
Glen A Larson cashing in on the Star Wars explosion with this TV spin off. The A Team's Dirk Benedict and Lorne Greene from Bonanza were the 2 main stars until Richard Hatch as Apollo took over and became the main man. Still think the space ships were better than the X Wings from Star Wars, but never really loved it unlike Star Wars.
  
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Barnaby Clay recommended For All Mankind (1989) in Movies (curated)

 
For All Mankind (1989)
For All Mankind (1989)
1989 | Documentary, History
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Movie Favorite

"This is sheer bliss and existential wonderment. It should be required viewing—not just for filmmakers but for people in general. It stitches together all the Apollo missions into one beautiful trip to the moon and back. The voice-overs from the astronauts are so poignant—these are men who have been to the moon and have seen things that none of us will ever see, yet they are so humbled by it. It’s magical. As is the score by Brian Eno!"

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Room 237 (2012)
Room 237 (2012)
2012 | Documentary
Interesting, odd and wacko
If you can find this documentary out there somewhere give it a watch.

There are a lot theories put forth while film historians, professors, Kubrick worshippers, etc. try and explain lots of wild hidden meaning, fan theories and even the infamous how Kubrick filmed the "fake" moon landing (Danny's Apollo 11 sweater).

Some of the commentary is pretty out there, but some is actually almost believable.

If nothing else, you get to watch Kubirck film montages the entire time and what could be better than that?
  
First Man (2018)
First Man (2018)
2018 | Biography, Drama, History
Space sequences (0 more)
Earth sequences (0 more)
This film really is best seen on a large screen, for the space sequences alone.
Sadly, it gets burdened down by way too much Earth melodrama, and it drags the movie down. I was desperately waiting for the launch of Apollo 11, it took nearly two hours to get there.
Ryan Gosling did well playing Armstrong, I think. Yeah, he was remote, but in general, that's kind of how engineers are in real life. I really liked Corey Stoll's brazen Aldrin, he was a nice contrast to the stoic Armstrong.