'First Man' flag kerfuffle is rocket fuel for our divided times

The Hill ^ | 09/03/18 | Christian Toto

[yesthatjallen]

Anyone who follows Hollywoods' attack on American society should save the original link.

The article contains many links to examples of Hollywood altering history and representing the United States in the worst terms.

[BenLurkin]

“I think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement..."

By WHO?

[roadcat]

I’ll never forget my father’s gaze at the TV while the astronauts landed and soon planted the American flag. He was in awe, born early in the 20th century as cars replaced horses and buggies, watching our nation grow into the atomic and rocket age, and then a Moon landing. He passed a couple years later. This was an American achievement, and any movie recognizing the history of the Moon landing must also recognize it was an American achievement.

I will not spend any money on this film.

[tomkat]

The only people who’d characterize an overt national insult as a ‘kerfuffle’ are precisely the snowflake jagoffs aimed at by the purveyors of this revisionist bullsh!t.

[Lurker]

I was 10 when we watched it.

Ryan whatshisname can go **** himself.

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[Fiddlstix]

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[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

“Finally, if we are to win the battle that is now going on around the world between freedom and tyranny, the dramatic achievements in space which occurred in recent weeks should have made clear to us all, as did the Sputnik in 1957, the impact of this adventure on the minds of men everywhere, who are attempting to make a determination of which road they should take. Since early in my term, our efforts in space have been under review. With the advice of the Vice President, who is Chairman of the National Space Council, we have examined where we are strong and where we are not, where we may succeed and where we may not. Now it is time to take longer strides—time for a great new American enterprise—time for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on earth.”

—President John F. Kennedy, Speech to the Joint Session of Congress, March 25, 1961

[Army Air Corps]

An American achievement. It was the fruit of American money, engineering, manufacturing, organization, and ambition. What was Ghana’s contribution? Argentina? Bueller? Bueller?

[Jamestown1630]

I haven’t gone to the movies since 1999; and we walked out of that one less than halfway through.

[Fiddlstix]

The last movie I went to see in theater was the very first Star Wars movie. I took my kids and some friends to see it. That was back in the 70's.

[Waverunner]

Also reportedly presented Buzz Aldrin and an ambitious, obnoxious, and disliked person. Probably because they knew he was alive and would object to not showing the US Flag. He's already posted his response. I grew up in Eau Gallie Florida during the 60's, and my dad was a machinist who built tracking gear for the cape. Our next door neighbor was a designer who worked the crawler project. The Apollo 11 launch was on my brothers birthday. We thought he got the biggest candle ever. Watching the landing on TV, It was about America landing on the moon. I don't remember the UN being mentioned during the broadcast. The Russians were mentioned as being behind America in the space race. And lets not forget Mike Collins, who was the third astronaut on the flight, but stayed in lunar orbit.
Also Chaffee, White, and Grissom who died during the testing of Apollo 1.

Not all heroes survive the mission.

[Jamestown1630]

It’s a lot more fun, and cheaper, to buy/rent the ones you know you’ll like and watch at home. Even if something new comes out that we might like, it takes us years to get around to it ;-)

[Fiddlstix]

You Got That Right!

[JennysCool]

American movies now make more $$$ overseas. We may never see an unabashedly pro-American movie in a theater again

[Kartographer]

Just say NO to ‘First Man’!

[yesthatjallen]

I hope people do.

But most people are oblivious to the cultural rot and only see 'entertainment' so if it's well done people with high-end production will flock to it without considering the political message ignoring Americas' achievement.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The problem began when Ryan Gosling, who stars as Neil Armstrong in director Damien Chazelle’s film, shared why we don’t see the astronaut planting an American flag on the moon. The moment “transcended countries and borders,” the actor told reporters in a pitch-perfect parody of PC speak.

Yeah, that's BS. We will not see Armstrong planting the American flag on the moon because Hollywood these days is making movies that they hope will appeal to Chinese audiences as much as they appeal to American audiences. The Chinese movie audience is vast, and even if a movie flops in the US, it could do well in China and turn a profit for the studios. They will do nothing that might offend Chinese authorities or audiences.

[Charles Martel]

An American achievement. It was the fruit of American money, engineering, manufacturing, organization, and ambition. What was Ghana’s contribution? Argentina? Bueller? Bueller?

Aside from a few patches of ground leased to NASA by Australia, the Canary Islands and Spain (IIRC) for land-based tracking stations, the rest of the world watched *our* accomplishment.

Oh, speaking of those tracking stations - look for a movie called "The Dish" from around 2000-2001. Very enjoyable.

[Army Air Corps]

Yes, I am aware of the tracking stations.

[Army Air Corps]

Thanks for the film recommendation. I’ll look for it.