Question about the movie Apollo 13

Here's the thing

It's a dramatisation of a real event with real historical people.

And is while not in itself a documentary nor even an official version of events

Would purport, regardless of standard disclaimers, to be a version of the facts

So, if we can acknowledge this:

In such a portrayal, where not only scene, script and performance can be said to in that sense convey the director's intent,

Does it then become a matter of slander, defamation, professional damage, call it what you will- bearing in mind that we are talking about an event involving thousands of professionals and experts in a venture years in the planning-

to have squarely laid the blame for the sabotage of the oxygen tanks at the feet of

Ken Mattingly

?

Is this Twitter?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9nnwE-pydJo/maxresdefault.jpg

"Houston, we have a problem!" 😆🤣😂

casting Gary Sinise was probably a kick to the nuts too

Wait what are "sabotage" and "squarely" doing in here?

Rip van wanko has the essence of it

Sinise is the monkey in the wrench, the rat in the run. Nobody can watch this movie and not know that Ron Howard has underwritten every movement and line Mattingly gets with the unstated j'accuse

It's the most subversive move in American cinema. Finchers zodiac has nothing on it.

I’ve watched this like 40 times and uh

I think the movie is trying to say that he was an agent working for the Soviets or even Red China. Look at the evidence: he pressed a button and a spaceship nearly blew up.

Sorry that should read Communist agent.

IT'S PRETTY BALLSY TO MAKE A "SUSPENSE MOVIE"

of a death-defying true adventure

where the opening credits say

BASED ON A BOOK BY THE GUY TOM HANKS IS PLAYING

Screenplay part-written by noted Hollywood liberal John Sayles fwiw

xp Forrest Gump?

ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius)
Posted: 9 October 2017 at 16:54:02
IT'S PRETTY BALLSY TO MAKE A "SUSPENSE MOVIE"

of a death-defying true adventure

where the opening credits say

BASED ON A BOOK BY THE GUY TOM HANKS IS PLAYING

lol reminds me of Adam & joe's titanic parody

"You're not gonna jump"
"How do you know?"
"You're the narrator"

It's smarter than that though

I mean

He's out with the possibility of German measles.

Like, that alone could be our motive. You think Gary sinistre is gonna let other kids fly his spaceship to the moon? Is he fuck. So it ooops blows up as soon as his replacement, Kevin bacon in his biggest patsy role of the nineties no less, hits a button. Cmon. Even casting bacon is a hint.

But I don't think so. I think he's engineered it, I mean exposure to something is risky enough and you don't even need to get sick yourself. Is the nomenclature relevant? German? We don't know but it's certainly suggestive......

Phone off the hook. Oh, I wasn't even watching it. I was sick, remember? Your own doc signed me off. You made the call, Jack. In fact, I was very upset about the whole thing, remember?

NASA witnesses can attest that sinise was asleep during the whole thing. The alibi is perfect, perfect!

It's beautiful. A puzzle that cannot be unlocked and no clue at all that theres a puzzle there at all.

~meta~

If u cant see it.....~~~~???~~~~

I only saw this once and don't remember it tbh.

I also don't care about moon guys in general

It's all there man it's all there

it was graboids all along

https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/r__/images/d/d5/Rocky_and_Bullwinkle_are_with_Gidney_and_Cloyd_the_moon_men.JPG

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/RockyBullwinkleGidneyCloyd.JPG

I mean, bacon.

Theres JFK, right away.

But deeper. Kevin. In space. Space Kevin. Spacey Kevin. Kevin Spacey?

It's a usual suspects reference. But our soze is sinise, walking away smelling of roses after leading everyone on a merry dance.

^\\^^^^

how did i miss this thread

also deems if you are on weed stop
if you are off weed maybe start

bump for vg

tombot said it best

El Tomboto
Posted: October 9, 2017 at 8:52:20 AM
I’ve watched this like 40 times and uh

that was a pause for processing imo

you keep telling yourself that

did you ever get that concussion checked out?

feel attacked rn but confident of tearful apologies upon heroic vindication

graboids

this has the bones of a great thread but ilx 2017 huh

the great thread is here: realistic movies set in SPACE

that is not the only great thread

Is this an okay place to post about Apollo 11 (the recent documentary)?

DSKY-DSKY Him Sad: Official ILB Thread For The Heroic Age of Manned Spaceflight

this is where i put my capsule review

get it

I also don't care about moon guys in general

― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Monday, 9 October 2017 16:05 (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

worst post on ilxor dot com right here

50

nows the time to watch again with open eyes lads

this fkn guy ^

let go of the lie vg

what’s the long island expressway got to do with this

_I also don't care about moon guys in general

― good art is orange; great art is teal (wins), Monday, 9 October 2017 16:05 (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink_


worst post on ilxor dot com right here

take it to the very good thread: realistic movies set in SPACE

did i post about the apollo xi movie/doc that was out last year?

really great piece of documentary making, amazing project, great people, after seeing it i am very iffy that those guys went to the moon. the camera goes blank/fuzzy/dark at just the right time, like Hitchcock in rope

my favourite fact is that while the other two were dicking around on the actual moon, michael collins stuck up in orbit above them grew a super-ugly moustache

wish I was on the moon right now

Apollo 11 ranked high on my film ballot

my favourite fact is that while the other two were dicking around on the actual moon, michael collins stuck up in orbit above them grew a super-ugly moustache

"i'm guy incognito" *breaks down and weeps*

I don't think there was any shaving in space at the time, which means any grooming was done aboard the aircraft carrier after splashdown.

https://youtu.be/pYNNUXJIyB4

Follow along in real-time: https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/