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Husband, father, social scientist, writer, Madisonian. Or maybe right-wing ideologue, pseudoscientist, evil. Opinions differ.

Burkittsville, MD
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    Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 22

    Review of First Man. A worthy companion to Apollo 13. Gets high marks for technical precision from Apollo hands and (for me) a remarkable sense of what it was like in a Gemini or an Apollo spacecraft. Leisurely pace--very 20th century.

    4:11 AM - 22 Oct 2018 from Maryland, USA
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      2. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 22

        Gosling portrays the Neil Armstrong we heard about (and the Buzz Aldrin we heard about). Only Hollywood stretch: There wasn't really a deep crater to cross just before the landing, but it conveys the genuine hair's-breadth fuel situation because of impossible landing terrain.

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      3. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 22

        The kerfuffle about America not getting enough credit is total BS. The film captures the spirit of the people of Apollo beautifully. And yes, those people really were overwhelmingly white guys in their 20s to early 40s and their wives. True to the time.

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      2. jcd‏ @jcd1974 Oct 22
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        I thought it was very good but noticed everyone in the theater was old enough to remember the Apollo program.

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      3. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 22
        Replying to @jcd1974

        We were at a Sunday evening showing in an Imax theatre & there were 3 other people there. Sad. Though we had excellent seats.

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      2. brian kelly‏ @brianbrands Oct 22
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        why were the control surfaces in Gemini or Apollo machines grimy? were they original machines and at this point are soiled?

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      3. Charles Murray‏ @charlesmurray Oct 22
        Replying to @brianbrands

        Good question. They weren't original vehicles, that's for sure. Maybe several days into a mission they got that way? The end of Gemini flights were said to be conducted in a 100% urine atmosphere.

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      4. Walker Wells‏ @VWalkerWells Oct 22
        Replying to @charlesmurray @brianbrands

        What’s a urine atmosphere like? Asking for an acquaintance

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      1. John O'Grady‏ @jhog667 Oct 22
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        One thing I loved about this movie was it portrayed the absolute silence that is on the moon. That might sound obvious but something often overlooked. The scene where he is descending his boot to place into the lunar soil is one of the most fascinating things I've seen on film.

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      1. Ben Langlotz  🔫 📑 📐 🇺🇸‏ @GunPatent Oct 22
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        The political objection appears not to be the actual content (no flag-planting would have gone unnoticed as unimportant to the mission or dramatic narrative) but to director and actor virtue-signaling to alert that it was intentionally un-patriotic (my words).

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      1. Richard Wolfe‏ @RWurzburg Oct 22
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        Surprised at the negative review in Weekly Standard.

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      2. Tom Keller‏ @timrinaldo Oct 22
        Replying to @charlesmurray

        Although it was technically accurate, as someone who doesn't care for Steampunk, the "mechanicalness" of the the tech was off-putting...(I realize that's my problem).

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      3. Gary Royal‏ @6r0y4l Oct 22
        Replying to @timrinaldo @charlesmurray

        You didn’t like the movie because the Apollo command and descent vehicles looked in no way like the bridge set of star trek: the next generation? What a knob.

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      1. Paideia‏ @renaissancemale Oct 22
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        Did you read @jpodhoretz’s review?

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