The film First Man is on cinemas. Yesterday and today.
By marguicha
@marguicha (224035)
Chile
October 16, 2018 9:44pm CST
TV channels are announcing the movie First Man, about Neil Armstrong, the first man who landed on the moon,
Among other parts of the announcement a middle aged heavy set man appears on TV telling that he was 7 when that happened.
And I remember how my husband and I, young and thin, stayed glued to our small black and white TV set, out hearts pounding and our eyes teary. That only shows how old I am, I say to myself.
I danced to a song called Sputnik and saw an era when all puppies were called Laika. I hope this movie teaches the new generation what I learned first hand almost 50 years ago.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
I´m sure the awesome of that moment cannot be met by any film, no matter how good is made.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
@LadyDuck I don´t envy the lack of a capacity for wonder these youngsters have. They take everything for granted.
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@LadyDuck (472291)
• Switzerland
17 Oct 18
@marguicha No, those who are young cannot understand what did it mean for our generation "going to the moon".
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
@josie_ Anyone who has seen the historical event knows that the flag was there. The words were more important to all us than the flag.
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@josie_ (10032)
• Philippines
17 Oct 18
@marguicha _The film producer chose not to highlight that particular phase of the moon landing. Besides Neil Armstrong said "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". No mention of any nationality. It was a world event for everyone living on Earth.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
It was the most thrilling thing I had ever seen. And I never saw another such as that.
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@JudyEv (342516)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Oct 18
@marguicha It really was something out of the box. Just mind-blowing.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
@ilocosboy I saw it when it actually happened. Then, we did not know what would actually happen while we were watching.
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
17 Oct 18
But I think we have seen it many times
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@DeepakMasih (635)
• Chandigarh, India
17 Oct 18
Am interested to see this movie.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
I´m sure it will be very interesting for the younger generation.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
17 Oct 18
We were camping and some one set up a small television near the bathhouse.....many campers sat around that wee television to watch that first step on the moon.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
I truly believe that nothing later has been as thrilling as that moment.
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@marguicha (224035)
• Chile
17 Oct 18
You will have to wait for that. But there are other movies about the space travel.
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