What is your favorite space related movie?

Steven said:

A dopey one here with Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Dennis Weaver, Howard Morris, James Brolin, Robert Morley, Brian Keith, Dick Shawn and Linda Harrison Of Planet Of The Apes fame. "Way, Way Out".

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That was fun. I remember seeing that one.
In fact I've seen a lot of these except for a rare few. I'll even throw one in that hasn't been mentioned. Pluto Nash. Because I really like Eddie Murphy. It may not have been an Oscar contender, but it was still fun.

hobie1dog said:

That big furry ape looking thing was just really goofy. IMO and the bar scene with all the even more sillier creatures made me want to walk out and do something productive....lol

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It wasn't just that, it was the dialog.

Wow, I had forgotten "Way Way Out"! My brother and I laughed at that one when we were kids!

Best Space Movies:

Number 3 . . . Apollo 13

Number 2 . . . Alien

Number 1 . . . 2001: A Space Odyssey

Worst Space Movie (and possibly the worst movie of all time):

Armageddon

I liked Armageddon.

It's kind of funny how about 10 percent of the time they attempt to use something approaching real science to explain things, then the remaining 90 percent of the movie is sheer idiocy.

(Compare that to the nearly-simultaneous "Deep Impact," generally considered to be 'much more realistic,' because its percentages of reality-vs-nonsense were more like 25-75).

For example, when NASA director Billy Bob Thornton explains to the president why they didn't see the Texas-sized asteroid coming: "it's a big-a$$ sky, sir."

JStarStar said:

I liked Armageddon.

It's kind of funny how about 10 percent of the time they attempt to use something approaching real science to explain things, then the remaining 90 percent of the movie is sheer idiocy.

(Compare that to the nearly-simultaneous "Deep Impact," generally considered to be 'much more realistic,' because its percentages of reality-vs-nonsense were more like 25-75).

For example, when NASA director Billy Bob Thornton explains to the president why they didn't see the Texas-sized asteroid coming: "it's a big-a$$ sky, sir."

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Ya that was hilarious! Now they literally track every pewny little piece of stuff around us in space. I find it hilarious that the amount of nuke sit would take for a asteroid that big would destroy earth, and just make a radioactive asteroid lol in reality

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech said:

I'm just wondering what all you rocketeers have a taste of for movies. What's your favorite movie related to space? Can be anything

Interstellar

Armageddon

Apollo 13

Apollo 11 (2019) (I really want to see this one soon. The footage looks phenomenal!)

just to name a few, like very few.

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The Martian, Apollo 13, Space Balls, and Gattaca (gattaca has to do with space buts its not rally a "space movie")

Natalie Y. said:

The Martian, Apollo 13, Space Balls, and Gattaca (gattaca has to do with space buts its not rally a "space movie")

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You know I think Space Balls deserves more credit. The almost 50/50 rating seems to come from the star wars fans. I've seen parts of that movie and it's hilarious

Quade and TRFr’s open your minds, Open your minds... Total Recall

We left out "E.T." & "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" . . . LOL !

I really liked the Apollo 11 documentary from earlier this year that used all contemporaneous footage. It really gave a sense of what it was like at the time. I also liked "First Man," though it was more of a character profile than an action-packed thriller, but that made it all the more interesting for me. It didn't romanticize or sensationalize anything. The launch scenes really give a sense of what it might be like to sit in one of those capsules waiting to blast off. The scenes with Apollo I and the double Gemini launch really drove home the dangers of space travel. These were brave dudes. "The Right Stuff" carries a lot of nostalgia for me, so I may not have a completely unbiased opinion of that film, but I still enjoy it and it provided my first exposure to the Mercury program. Because of that movie, I built an Estes Mercury Redstone kit years ago. Sadly, it hung from my ceiling for years, never launched. I don't know what happened to it, but I consider it lost to history at this point. Life, growing up, moving out and moving on, got in the way.

"The Andromeda Strain" barely qualifies as a satellite from space was recovered becoming the harbinger of death. This was a good movie!

Steven said:

"The Andromeda Strain" barely qualifies as a satellite from space was recovered becoming the harbinger of death. This was a good movie!

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X2 . . . One of my favorites !

Steven said:

"The Andromeda Strain" barely qualifies as a satellite from space was recovered becoming the harbinger of death. This was a good movie!

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I think that one was a good movie too, but having to study it at secondary school detracted from my enjoyment of the entertainment .

Steven said:

"The Andromeda Strain" barely qualifies as a satellite from space was recovered becoming the harbinger of death. This was a good movie!

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If that counts, then I can vote for Night of the Living Dead. Satellite blows up in Earth’s atmosphere, spreading radioactive contamination around the planet, which causes the dead to rise. Naturally.

SecondRow said:

If that counts, then I can vote for Night of the Living Dead. Satellite blows up in Earth’s atmosphere, spreading radioactive contamination around the planet, which causes the dead to rise. Naturally.

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Them's "fightin' words" . . . So, "Killer Clowns From Outer Space" . . . Take that ! ( LOL ! )

Yet another one: "War Of The Worlds".

In the same vein as "The Andromeda Strain" would be "Ice Station Zebra". It did take seriously the Soviet threat of space weapons during the Cold War.

Yukon@K-9 Rocket Tech said:

Ya that was hilarious! Now they literally track every pewny little piece of stuff around us in space. I find it hilarious that the amount of nuke sit would take for a asteroid that big would destroy earth, and just make a radioactive asteroid lol in reality

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Actually just a few days ago there was a big story about how another asteroid about the size of Cheylabinsk 2013 (20-30 meters/80-100 feet) apparently missed us by only a few thousand miles a few weeks ago, and we never saw it coming.

Actually that's one thing Armageddon gets right: it IS a big-ass sky.

Steven said:

Yet another one: "War Of The Worlds".

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Of course in the 2005 Cruise/Spielberg version, people were screaming the same thing they screamed at HG Wells 100+ years before, "if the Martians/aliens were such fiendishly diabolical scientists, why didn't they figure out how to vaccinate themselves against basic Earth microbes?"

Has anyone mentioned "Guardians of the Galaxy" yet? I really like both movies...

"Avatar", Contact",

"The Black Hole".

JStarStar said:

Of course in the 2005 Cruise/Spielberg version, people were screaming the same thing they screamed at HG Wells 100+ years before, "if the Martians/aliens were such fiendishly diabolical scientists, why didn't they figure out how to vaccinate themselves against basic Earth microbes?"

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How do you think the anti vaxxer movement got started...

jd2cylman said:

How do you think the anti vaxxer movement got started...

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Once the term "Thimerosal" was publicly identified . . .

Ez2cDave said:

We left out "E.T." & "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" . . . LOL !

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This is the actual prop used in close encounters, It is at the Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian in Virginia. Note the modelers sense of humor: Many model railroad parts used, Star Wars Tie Fighter, R2D2, WWII Aircraft, I could not find the Volkswagen Bus...looked for 15 minutes...lol [It is there somewhere.]

Steven said:

"Avatar", Contact",

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Haha I think that's a first for Avatar, unless I didn't see it. Interesting, forgot it has to do with space though. for sure the graphics were way ahead of it's time

MALBAR 70 said:

Iron Sky.

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+1 for Iron Sky. The sequel, “The Coming Race” will be out soon. Where else can you find Sara Palin vs moon Nazis?

+1 also for Outlander

nelie61 said:

Quade and TRFr’s open your minds, Open your minds... Total Recall

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Yep ... “divorce granted”. But the ending ....

Haven’t seen Dune ... guess there is a reason, eh?