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mainer

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4. I did a lot of NASA research for a book I wrote

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Sat Feb 9, 2019, 08:23 PM

Feb 2019

and this film captured what the culture is really like inside NASA, and the kind of people who join the space program. I appreciate the fact they didn't dumb down the acronyms and kept the dialogue realistic. And portrayed astronauts as the fiercely dedicated people they are.

My big beef with GRAVITY was with how stupid and helpless the Sandra Bullock character was. NASA people I know hated that character.

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"First Man". OMG what a film [View all] mainer Feb 2019 OP

Never got to see it. edbermac Feb 2019 #1

Great movie... ADX Feb 2019 #2

We thoroughly enjoyed! Docreed2003 Feb 2019 #3

I did a lot of NASA research for a book I wrote mainer Feb 2019 #4

First Man Movie StevenBrown Feb 2019 #5

Well you know from my thread that I LOVED IT. mainer Feb 2019 #6

Some of my friends pressbox69 Feb 2019 #8

Not a big fan of this movie pressbox69 Feb 2019 #7

I just watched this movie last night. llmart Mar 2019 #9

Perhaps the greatest pressbox69 Mar 2019 #10

I felt like a major subtext was "Man Is First; Woman, Second... If That." SuprstitionAintthWay Apr 2019 #11