Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. Conspiracy theorists who have been crying "hoax!" for the past four decades may not be terribly excited, but everyone else should be able to appreciate the significance of this momentous event. We went into space people! And landed on another planet! ANOTHER PLANET!!
Anyway. A lot of moon-related chatter buzzing Around the Blogosphere today. Along with a few other things that are similarly out of this world. Like unbearable movies and unbearable movie journalists. I don't like to sling mud at my colleagues, but names aren't named and there's some funny stuff to read. Don't take my word for it though. Follow the jump to see for yourself!
-- Scott Edelman of Sci Fi Wire (or is it SyFy Wire?) put together a list of the 12 best moon landing moments in film history. It's a deep-cut list, extending alllllll the way back to Georges Melies' "A trip to the moon". Lots of good stuff on there. I've gotta say though: "Amazon Women on the Moon" is conspicuously absent. (Sci Fi Wire)
-- Now for a different angle on Earth's only natural satellite. Director Duncan Jones' kickass sci-fi flick "Moon" hit wide release on July 10. It's clever mind-twistery, made even better by a stellar performance from Sam Rockwell. Jones sat down with Rotten Tomatoes to share five of his favorite movies. Big ups for the "Fight Club" pick, Mr. Jones. (Rotten Tomatoes)
-- SpoutBlog's Karina Longworth had an adverse reaction to "An American in Paris." We've all been there before. For me, it was "Nothing But Trouble." (SpoutBlog)
-- I'm really not in the habit of slinging mud at my peers. There are those out there who have built a career around it of course; it's just not for me. That said, we journalists do at times bear witness to a fairly wide cross-section of uninformed, ignorant or flat-out stupid junket questions. It's partially because the top dogs want to save their best stuff for one-on-ones. Not always though. Cinematical's Todd Gilchrist had a perversely enjoyable time at the recent junket for "Orphan," so much so that he decided to call out -- sans name-drops -- the worst of what he heard there. (Cinematical)
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