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Some films just have to give you that sense of deja vu. And that's what makes them special.
It comes to mind that since I started playing Orbiter again - and seriously this time, my mindset on space had changed. It's no longer a land of fantasies and wanton freedom without bounds of responsibility.
I came here to re-learn what ambition and skill I lost to chasing papers and paychecks over the past decade or so, and bring them back in a way that I hope benefits more than just myself.
So if I were to pick a film that reminded me of what I thought about Orbiter, it would be something that depicts the harsh reality of space flight. The adrenalin of the initial boost from the first stage, the hectic orbital ascent cumulating in interception and docking, where everything suddenly seems magnified in speed and where minute control inputs go a big way.
Re-entry is where a single mistake can have severe consequences, and it's something which is entirely unpredictable nor could you really change the spaceship's course once it's plowing through the atmosphere in a ball of fire.
Space Cowboys, a film from an industry a decade ago, brings all these Orbiter memories into one two hour roller coaster ride. It may not be the most realistic space opera of them all, but it isn't as fanciful as Armageddon, which is as believable as an arcade game (the producers claim it's "achievable in present-day technology" to fly a space shuttle to the Moon? WTF?).
But what strikes me is the attention to detail in Space Cowboys. From the Shuttle's complex ascent profile to the way the valiant little attitude control thrusters work to change the spacecrafts' attitude, it's completely identical to what an Orbinaut experiences when we fire up the Launchpad and go into space.
Sure, unlike the films' protagonists we will likely never experience such easy access to a space mission, but through Orbiter we too have our own 2 and a half hours of fame.
And if you ever doubted Orbiter is the perfect aerospace cinematic experience, just check out the Orbiter Videos Thread
Don't be surprised, if you see we all want to be Space Cowboys in our own way!
So if you haven't got the chance to watch those old space films, download them and give them a chance! You'll be surprised how gritty and "realistic" all that attention to detail feels. These are arts of filmmaking and script writing, that are sadly lost to the movie producers of today.
They'll have you running around forests in giant blue skinned humanoids and portray humankind as villians. But I don't and will never believe in forgetting what challenges we have to face in everyday life - space exploration is the best thing we've got in the world and like the ambitions of a generation past, I believe in upholding that tradition - to sail forth and conquer the unknown frontier
Next on my to-watch list is another old space movie, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Running"]Silent Running[/ame]. We'll just have to see what I think of next, don't we?
Have a great weekend ahead, in the meantime. Hope to see you on the Orbiter Multiplayer server
It comes to mind that since I started playing Orbiter again - and seriously this time, my mindset on space had changed. It's no longer a land of fantasies and wanton freedom without bounds of responsibility.
I came here to re-learn what ambition and skill I lost to chasing papers and paychecks over the past decade or so, and bring them back in a way that I hope benefits more than just myself.
So if I were to pick a film that reminded me of what I thought about Orbiter, it would be something that depicts the harsh reality of space flight. The adrenalin of the initial boost from the first stage, the hectic orbital ascent cumulating in interception and docking, where everything suddenly seems magnified in speed and where minute control inputs go a big way.
Re-entry is where a single mistake can have severe consequences, and it's something which is entirely unpredictable nor could you really change the spaceship's course once it's plowing through the atmosphere in a ball of fire.
Space Cowboys, a film from an industry a decade ago, brings all these Orbiter memories into one two hour roller coaster ride. It may not be the most realistic space opera of them all, but it isn't as fanciful as Armageddon, which is as believable as an arcade game (the producers claim it's "achievable in present-day technology" to fly a space shuttle to the Moon? WTF?).
But what strikes me is the attention to detail in Space Cowboys. From the Shuttle's complex ascent profile to the way the valiant little attitude control thrusters work to change the spacecrafts' attitude, it's completely identical to what an Orbinaut experiences when we fire up the Launchpad and go into space.
Sure, unlike the films' protagonists we will likely never experience such easy access to a space mission, but through Orbiter we too have our own 2 and a half hours of fame.
And if you ever doubted Orbiter is the perfect aerospace cinematic experience, just check out the Orbiter Videos Thread
Don't be surprised, if you see we all want to be Space Cowboys in our own way!So if you haven't got the chance to watch those old space films, download them and give them a chance! You'll be surprised how gritty and "realistic" all that attention to detail feels. These are arts of filmmaking and script writing, that are sadly lost to the movie producers of today.
They'll have you running around forests in giant blue skinned humanoids and portray humankind as villians. But I don't and will never believe in forgetting what challenges we have to face in everyday life - space exploration is the best thing we've got in the world and like the ambitions of a generation past, I believe in upholding that tradition - to sail forth and conquer the unknown frontier
Next on my to-watch list is another old space movie, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Running"]Silent Running[/ame]. We'll just have to see what I think of next, don't we?
Have a great weekend ahead, in the meantime. Hope to see you on the Orbiter Multiplayer server
