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And For A Brief Moment Gordo Cooper Became The Greatest Pilot Anyone Had Ever Seen

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"Star Voyager"

It's called Sputnik!

We know. Sit down.

Now what are you two pudknockers going to have?

49 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Now what are you two pudknockers going to have?

Scotch

 See, some peckerwood's gotta get the thing up. And some peckerwood's gotta land the son of a bitch. And that "peckerwood" is called a "pilot".

My Name … Jose Jimenez.

We think your impersonation is AOK. But what you're DOIN with it is BAD.

oh you're right! you're absolutely right!

On 10/15/2023 at 8:21 PM, RamjetFDO said:

Request. Permission. To relieve. Bladder.

Permission granted to wet your diaper, Jose.

Aaah! Well, I'm a wetback now.

15 hours ago, Rimbo said:

We think your impersonation is AOK. But what you're DOIN with it is BAD.

oh you're right! you're absolutely right!

I have no idea how accuracy of those scenes, but it was crazy that the future American heroes were waddling down hospitals corridors about to crap themselves only wearing a hospital gown.

Couldn't find this streaming anywhere, but you can buy it in HD for $8 on YouTube.

So I did.

Gus? An astronaut named "Gus"? What's your middle name?

Ivan.

Ivan... ahem... well. Maybe, Gus isn't so bad, might be something there... All right, all right. You can be Gus.

It really doesn't feel like a 3 hour movie.

Such a great flick.

I thought I was going to be Honorable Mrs. Astronaut, and I ended up being Honorable Mrs. Squirming Hatchblower!

2 minutes ago, RPM said:

I thought I was going to be Honorable Mrs. Astronaut, and I ended up being Honorable Mrs. Squirming Hatchblower!

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3 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Couldn't find this streaming anywhere, but you can buy it in HD for $8 on YouTube.

So I did.

It had been on Max. It was part of the TCM collection. Don't know where it is now. 

 JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?

How was the mini-series from 2020? I never saw it but the source material could make a great series.

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How was the mini-series from 2020? I never saw it but the source material could make a great series.

It was all woke. Grissom was trans. LBJ and Von Braun black. Scott carpenter was a woman named Mildred.

We didn’t go to the moon to beat the Russians but to promote gender positivity, a vegan lifestyle, and a carbon neutral ecology. The Saturn V was electric. On the moon we left no footprints or refuse, and zero plastics were used in the space program. I didn’t much like it.

Levon Helm deserves a mention for his narration and as the guy that helps the pilots with preflight stuff.  

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

How was the mini-series from 2020? I never saw it but the source material could make a great series.

It was pretty good. It covered a much narrower scope -- the Mercury program from start to first launch -- in more detail. It focused more on the astronauts' relationships/competitions with each other and less on the media side of things. More drama, less comedy.

i did not remember that Jeff Goldblum was in this movie

so many good young actors got their first breakout role here... him, Quaid, Ed Harris...

Gordo, I'm a wet back now!

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11 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

How was the mini-series from 2020? I never saw it but the source material could make a great series.

It was actually pretty good.  You can pick it up on Amazon Prime and AppleTV for streaming, for like $20, or Vudu $15 in "HDX" but not sure if it's in 4K.  In 4K it was awesome, especially the last episode (Shepard's launch was beautiful in 4K).  It really fleshed out Shepard and the others, but it ended with Shepard's flight, and never got into the Yeager stuff (which was being saved for the future).  Really would have liked to have seen seasons 2-3, as it seemed like they were headed for the rest of them launching, and then getting into Gemini. 

"Expansive" would be a good word to describe it as it really dug into the home life, the wives/kids, and the background characters.  The cast was solid, especially Cooper, Shepard, and Glenn.

 

5 hours ago, Rimbo said:

Gordo, I'm a wet bag now!

 

On 10/17/2023 at 8:02 AM, RPM said:

Permission granted to wet your diaper, Jose.

Aaah! Well, I'm a wetback now.

Let's stop talking and light this candle!

Maintain an even strain.

19 hours ago, Rimbo said:

i did not remember that Jeff Goldblum was in this movie

so many good young actors got their first breakout role here... him, Quaid, Ed Harris...

You forget about Death Wish

 

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Rocking the Jughead hat.

You're all set. I told her you were stable, well-adjusted, attentive, persevering... I lied.

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What is that, is that a crash helmet?

Oh, I hope nooooot.

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