eEveryone wants to go to the moon with the Apple TV+ series for all mankind (At least they did before they decided they wanted to go to Mars). An alternative historical drama that asks what happened when Russia got there first. The series, which ended its third season in August, is too starry and ambitious to be dystopian. But the space race is also a subject of intense romance and optimism, and a symbol of the imagination of humanity’s potential. He explained that it was what he imagined when he stirred up, and that he chose to go to the moon not because it would be easy, but because it would be difficult.
The moon literally hangs over us culturally. Look up at the sky and it will glow and appear so close you can reach out and put it in your pocket. It’s right there—of course not. 238,900 miles away. So far it’s still very close. It’s everywhere on Earth, on the big and small screens. The film has been intriguing since before 1902, when film magician Georges Méliès made a rocket pass through the eye of a rock in his short film. trip to the moon(Moon was not very happy.)
Since then, pop music has pondered the dark side of the moon (Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon) and, on the side of Andy Kaufman (Rem’s “Man on the Moon”), was surprised that the man finally made it all the way through.Also on TV for all mankindthere is a sci-fi thriller on AMC+ moon heaven, the Moon has utopian colonies and artificial intelligence programs that will surely come in handy when you return to Earth.there is a disaster movie moonfall, The moon will fall there. Go back just a few years and you’ll find a movie first mana melancholic account of how Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) stepped onto the moon for the first time.
Reality seems to be catching up. NASA plans the first manned moon landing since the Apollo program and is preparing to launch the unmanned Artemis program, the first step in a plan to build a lunar space station. After several aborted attempts, the spacecraft is scheduled to launch on her November 14th. A plan like this means that the space race cannot be left to billionaires.
None of the fictional lunar tales show undiluted victory.In most of them, the moon and the training required to get there can be quite lonely. for all mankind Fictional astronaut Gord Stevens (Michael Dorman) finds himself making a fuss during an extended stay at NASA’s lunar base, Jamestown. Separated from his family and stuck surrounded by the same two people every week, Gordo begins hallucinating and attempts to take off his spacesuit on the moon. He was eventually sent home after his colleagues fabricated a story to downplay his mental instability.A fantasy moon can be a desolate place. David Bowie’s Major Tom felt the profound isolation of space more generally.
took Moon, Sam Rockwell’s astronaut, who works for a company that harvests renewable energy from the moon, discovers strange corporate misconduct. In his 2009 film, which was directed by Duncan Jones (who happens to be Bowie’s father), Sam Bell’s three-year contract means he has only two weeks left before returning to his family. At least, that’s what he plans to do. His only company is the base’s artificial intelligence program, voiced by Kevin Spacey as his HAL, who is kind of benevolent. However, Sam turns out to be expendable. In fact, Sam is expendable, so a clone designed to save precious resources for his hometown businesses, this month is no place for optimism or hope. It is just another resource that is looted at a high existential price.
Don’t think that the nostalgia for the moon is lost, Apollo 10 1/2: Childhood in the Space Age, Richard Linklater’s recent animation recounts his upbringing in suburban Houston in the days leading up to the 1969 Apollo 11 launch. Linklater posits a secret mission (NASA made the capsule too small) to send a child to the moon, along with detailed portraits of a suburban family in the late 1960s. Not everything is perfect in this rosy world. There is still corporal punishment in public schools, and some protest against the expensive space program itself in the world. Some families would rather listen to the Monkees than follow the oncoming moonwalk. But the film still has a “those days” tone, and that’s fine.If you care about sending people to the moon, as most people do, they It was Those days.
first man Cut against that particle. Recreate the horrific Apollo 1 cabin fire that killed crew members Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. R&B star Leon Bridges plays Gil His Scott His Heron, highlighting anti-NASA sentiment by performing Heron’s influential protest his song “White On The Moon.” Gosling’s Armstrong was determined, but still broken after his daughter’s death. It’s a great movie, but it’s not designed to get you on your feet and cheering.
As President Kennedy said, it’s hard. But it does get a little easier off the couch. History and fantasy are at your fingertips for anyone with a TV or internet connection. The Moon of Imagination shines brighter than ever.
Chris Vognar is a culture writer based in Houston.
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