Based on the Jules Verne novel (with a hefty dose of Cold War flair), this film doesn’t feel like science fiction. It feels like a proposal .
Journey #3: Shooting the Moon – The Guts and Glory of From the Earth to the Moon (1958) journey 3: from the earth to the moon movie
This is pre-NASA. This is pre-Sputnik panic (just barely). This is a film made when we assumed space travel would be an extension of artillery science. The aesthetic is Victorian-industrial. Rivets. Steam. Gunpowder. Based on the Jules Verne novel (with a
A dry martini and a skeptical look at your physics textbook. Join me next week for Journey #4, where we go from the Moon to the Black Hole of Event Horizon . Pack heavier pants. This is pre-Sputnik panic (just barely)
There is a specific kind of magic found in old sci-fi. Not the sleek, CGI-polished kind we get today, but the gritty, brass-and-bolts kind. The kind where you can practically smell the rocket fuel and cigarette smoke in the control room.