Humor Apollo 18:the movie

[C3PO]

I don't see the hate some people are giving this movie. :idk:
I can suspend my disbelief, after all they aren't claiming that it is 'real' footage from a 'real' mission are they?

Can somone please explain why people are hating on Apollo 18?

Is the plot of for example "Pretty Woman" in any way more realistic than "Apollo 18"?

 

[T.Neo]

It doesn't feature a secret Saturn V launch, so... it probably is. :uhh:

 

[C3PO]

It doesn't feature a secret Saturn V launch, so... it probably is. :uhh:

It's a matter of opinion, but IMHO a millionaire marrying a street hooker is as unlikely as a secret Saturn V launch. :lol:

 

[Pinguinboy]

Well, this is Awesome! Despite of the unreal story, I kinda like it. If there are Xenomorphs and Facehuggers in this movie, they've got my back! :lol:

 

[Wonderer]

Answering the question why there's so much hate towards this movie, in my personal opinion huge plot holes ruin movies and this one is bound to have a huge amount of plot holes.

 

[theflyingfish]

What does the poor guy in the Command Module think of all this stuff happening on the Moon? Maybe the filmmakers decided to get "creative" and just "forget" about that position on Apollo missions... :facts: :facepalm:

 

[T.Neo]

It's a matter of opinion, but IMHO a millionaire marrying a street hooker is as unlikely as a secret Saturn V launch.

Hey, don't bash street hookers or millionaires, a millionaire can marry whoever he or she wishes.

Answering the question why there's so much hate towards this movie, in my personal opinion huge plot holes ruin movies and this one is bound to have a huge amount of plot holes.

Exactly. The secret Saturn V launch is just such a plot hole.

What does the poor guy in the Command Module think of all this stuff happening on the Moon? Maybe the filmmakers decided to get "creative" and just "forget" about that position on Apollo missions...

Indeed.

He's just unimportant... I mean, who cares about him, right? He doesn't land on the Moon, the mission doesn't even need him, he's so unimportant. Why the hell did they take a third guy along anyway?

:dry:

 

[Ghostrider]

Exactly. The secret Saturn V launch is just such a plot hole.

More like a plot device. Just like three amateur videomakers lost in the woods with enough battery power to light up a small city.

He's just unimportant... I mean, who cares about him, right? He doesn't land on the Moon, the mission doesn't even need him, he's so unimportant. Why the hell did they take a third guy along anyway?

We still don't know much about the plot so it may be they lose contact with the CSM some way. Or they can only transmit and not receive (there's still the matter of how the footage got back to Earth).

 

[T.Neo]

More like a plot device. Just like three amateur videomakers lost in the woods with enough battery power to light up a small city.

Still... an absurd plot device.

Rivalling the amateur videomakers in the woods with enough battery power to light up a small city, sure, but hey- Orbinauts are not lighting technicians or battery manufacturers by definition, are we?

still don't know much about the plot so it may be they lose contact with the CSM some way. Or they can only transmit and not receive (there's still the matter of how the footage got back to Earth).

True. Maybe the footage was recovered using an uber-secret lunar shuttle launch from Vandenburg.

 

[C3PO]

Hey, don't bash street hookers or millionaires, a millionaire can marry whoever he or she wishes.

I didn't say a single bad word about either one. Oh! and I meant to say "young-ish millionaire". It's just not very likely. :lol:

Exactly. The secret Saturn V launch is just such a plot hole.

Then you must really have hated "Men in Black". :rofl:

 

[Keatah]

Mmmm.. now if we have an excessively shaky camera that could be a show-stopper for me.

 

[T.Neo]

Then you must really have hated "Men in Black".

Actually I loved Men In Black... for exactly that reason: it made a joke of the entire 'cover up' concept...

 

[HAL9001]

Actually I loved Men In Black... for exactly that reason: it made a joke of the entire 'cover up' concept...

I loved men n black. Well a movie may be unreaistic, if he introduces this from the beginning - and since man in black starts with an alien that gets blown up it may be unrealistic. This movie is nrealistic - and trys to tell us it would be realistic.

 

[Keatah]

It could be like an alternate history thing too. I love those things!

What I don't like is the vibrating and schizophrenic cameramen. That type of camera positioning gives you headaches and does not let you take in any of the scenery. You don't have time to focus on the details. In real life stuff doesn't bounce around like in blair witch or quantum of solace or the transporter #2 and #3.. GOD!!!!!

 

[orbitingpluto]

Why the moaning? If it's not too entertaining on it's own, make comedy from it. Bring something and have take a drink of it each time the movie spouts inaccuracies or gets stuff wrong. Special effects failures can be treated the same way too and you can have a damn good time if you got the right perspective. Give the film a chance to get close and you might find your self liking it.

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About the CMP: what if something happens during the film so the LM could only transmit and the CSM could only receive, and the perspective of the film is the CMP seeing and hearing whats going on down on the surface and hearing Earth's frantic attempts to contact them. He's in a can orbiting out of danger but alone and unable to help his guys out as they meet aliens and whatnot below him.

If they go that route I might forgo the B-movie approach and just see what happens.

 

[C3PO]

Actually I loved Men In Black... for exactly that reason: it made a joke of the entire 'cover up' concept...

Wait! Isn't this making a joke of the whole Apollo cover up? :huh:

Experts in any field will have some sort of complaints to a movie that involves their area of expertise. Especially self-proclaimed ones.:leaving:

 

[RisingFury]

Cool movie. :thumbup:

You have a weird sense of humor...

 

[Aeadar]

#1. Far too many 'facepalm' smileys in this thread.:facepalm:

#2. While I agree that most movies & most TV shows contribute to the 'dumbing-down' of society, I think the real reason for the dislike of this film is the number after the word, 'Apollo' in the title. In other words, the entire concept is a plot hole. Imagine you are a director who wants to make a movie based on the Apollo 18 conspiracy theories, but you are told, "You can't have a 'secret' Saturn 5 launch because it's too big of a plot hole." Kinda shuts the whole idea down, which is the whole point of complaining about it. It's a 'device', exactly the same as the, "We need to take care of problems here on Earth before we spend money on space" device. A 'buzz-term', if you will, that says, "Never!".

#3. In moviemaking, there really is no 'proper' exposure or color balance. There is only what the Director wants. The same with shaky cameras. They're not bad camerapeople or mistakes, they're techniques used by the director to convey a particular mood or feeling. The problem is that many of them are overdone and can be annoying (like excessive camera shake).


That being said, I'll watch the movie and just be glad for the 'eye-candy' of it. Suspending disbelief won't be hard; if I can do it for Star Trek, Stargate, Dune, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Primeval, Avatar, Armageddon and almost every other Sci-fi movie or TV show I've ever seen, I can certainly do it for this movie too.

 

[Kyle]

Yes...:facepalm:

I actually thought seeing an LK lander for the first time on screen was pretty exciting.

 

[Unstung]

I've never seen real pictures of the LK lander, never found them on the internet.

Also, speaking of accurate movies, I've watched The Right Stuff again, recently.