Apollo 18

[hydin]

Ok.. now I am worried about a love story in space :lol

I think I am going to wait for the dvd... From what I have heard, the only jump scare in the movie is in the trailer (kinda like how Paranormal Activity did). Might be worth a redbox rental.

Guess I will focus in on Dead Island this weekend instead.

Chris

 

[The Keeper]

So let me get this straight. After reading this thread the movie is about going to the moon with an X-Box finding lost footage of a monster smoking weed in his basement? This movie sounds awesome!

 

[JD]

Saw it this evening. I didn't love it, I didn't hate... perfectly acceptable time killer and a somewhat refreshing change of pace after all these 'blockbusters.' I liked the 70s feel, felt they really captured that moment in history fairly well.

 

[MasterDurangus]

I really don't advocate watching new work online. Folks work hard in an effort to entertain and the least the audience can do is pay for the ticket and takes yer chances. If you don't like it, or dismiss it, or it's not for you, that's a fair hit. Me saying I was bored should take into account that a. I'm not a horror movie fan at all and b. I'm a tough crowd for astronaut stuff. So me saying YAWN should illuminate a particular point of view that maybe a regular joe would not have.

Just felt, despite the controversy, that I had to re-iterate this. I work as an actor and we put lots of work into any production, so even if the movie was trash, watching it online is stabbing us in the back, especially saying "your work isn't worth paying for." I wasn't in Apollo 18, but if someone told me that about other pieces, I wouldn't be happy.

Just saying in general. I'm not trying to attack any person, just saying that despite the failure Apollo 18 may or may not be, let's at least give some people the credit they deserve .

 

[Clutch]

I could just hear the one astronaut saying to the other, "I just can't quit you!" :lol

 

[yt]

Saw it this evening. I didn't love it, I didn't hate... perfectly acceptable time killer and a somewhat refreshing change of pace after all these 'blockbusters.' I liked the 70s feel, felt they really captured that moment in history fairly well.

I really agree with this synopsis. I was a good little movie, but you could wait for dvd for sure.

 

[KaanE]

Here we don't know when it's going to be released, maybe on 2013 (if we can survive to 2012) or maybe never. But I'm not too interested on it... I'll see it anyway.

 

[Montagar]

One more time... if you can't stick to the discussing "Apollo 18" without the other garbage, the thread will be closed.

 

[Thibault]

Waren Christie and Ryan Robins did a great job in the TV show True justice !

I loved the way they acting...

Did their acting in the Apollo 18 movie was as good ?

 

[BoozeBeGood]

Really? I didn't realize that. Been a long time since I've seen True Justice. Hopefully I will see it soon...I'll check my local listings.

Not sure about Apollo 18. It looks really interesting but I'm thinking I'll wait til Redbox has it

 

[JD]

I really agree with this synopsis. I was a good little movie, but you could wait for dvd for sure.

"Little" might be a good word to use as Apollo 18's run time was pretty short.

It kinda comes off almost as a 'Made for TV' type thing (well, back when Made for TV offerings had a bit more quality)...

As a pay $8 to see movie? so-so. As a free TV movie? Amazing.

 

[fmh13]

I HEARD THE MOVIE WASN'T GOOD............:thumbsdown

 

[Clutch]

You heard correctly.

 

[td2253]

Maybe I'll wait for the rental to come out. Here are some interesting tidbits from the IMDB page of the Apollo 18.

The prologue text at the beginning of the movie states that the documented footage of the secret Apollo 18 mission was uploaded to the website "www.lunartruth.com". If you type that address into your browser, it redirects you to "www.lunartruth.org" and it displays a page which states that "This website was forcibly censored. It's contents can be seen in the film. DISCOVER THE TRUTH." Also on that page, very well-hidden, is a small white dot that, if clicked on, will send you to the website missioncontrolblog.org - a mock website which was created to "Uncover the truth about the Apollo missions".

 

[p51]

I really liked the film. As a re-creation of the time period, they did an incredible job. Sure, the interior of the LEM looks downright spacious compared to a real one, but overall, the props, costumes and set work were very accurate for the later Apollo missions. It was very scary as well.
The overall concept of the movie was a bit of a stretch to me. Sending a crew on a secret mission under the cover story of deploying a satellite on a Saturn V, making a polar landing on the moon for what appears to have been a spy mission on a Russian landing that went bad? Then it appears this just happens to be where there is life on the moon? So this was a multi-billion-dollar human sacrifice? I just don’t get the overall concept for the plot. Still, it was VERY well done. Other than a poor representation of lunar gravity, they did an incredible job not only recreating a mission on the Moon, but the look of the film and video they were using in that time period.

What are the props and dressings like? Anything worth adding to a collection?

You’re not going to likely get your hands on any of it. My understanding is that a lot of the stuff they used was rented. It costs a fortune to build authentic looking props and costumes for NASA equipment in any time period and there will always be an eventual need for such stuff in future productions, so companies who make these items normally keep them and rent them out as often as the need comes up. Besides, even if all that stuff did show up for sale, it’d be quickly snatched by space collectors who have RIDICULOUSLY deep pockets. You think for example the Galactica auctions had insane prices? Look at a space auction someday. No collector will ever get his mitts on a real A7L space suit, so replicas are the only option. Well-made movie copies would go for downright nutty prices if they ever went up for sale, I can promise you that! I do know that one shuttle suit from “Space Cowboys” was discarded (probably by accident) at the end of the production and it was quickly sold to a collector who paid a small fortune for it.
What I wish someone would make and could be done to match this movie is the under suit they wore in the middle of these missions. This is Pete Conrad’s Apollo 12 suit, I snapped this photo at Kennedy Space Center last month:

 

[lmgill]

! I do know that one shuttle suit from “Space Cowboys” was discarded (probably by accident) at the end of the production and it was quickly sold to a collector who paid a small fortune for it.

Do you have any more information on this? Do you know where it was sold? How much was paid for it?

 

[Mr Webber]

Thanks for posting p51.
I started putting an Apollo 13 collection together this year and found out pretty quickly how expensive that could turn out so turned my thoughts more to replicating things. It is still possible to find things that are still reasonably priced. I came across an actual LIOH cannister from the Apollo program for $500 and an actual Iwo Jima crew members recovery mission cap for $50.

Heres a link to the thread.

http://www.therpf.com/f9/apollo-13-mission-movie-small-collection-105500/

 

[p51]

Do you have any more information on this? Do you know where it was sold? How much was paid for it?

Yes, I know all these things but the guy who sold it is a pal of mine and I was just citing that as an example. It's been a few years since he sold it now, anyway.

 

[crabra comander]

So do they kill the alien or what?

 

[Larry Young]

Everybody dies.