Neil Armstrong Movie Draws Scorn for Decision to Omit Planting of American Flag on Moon: 'Total Lunacy'
An upcoming movie about the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, is drawing conservative criticism for omitting the iconic image of him planting the American flag on the moon in 1969.
Actor Ryan Gosling, who portrays Armstrong in First Man, said the decision was deliberate because the filmmakers viewed the moon landing as a "human achievement."
"I think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement [and] that's how we chose to view it," he told The Telegraph. "I also think Neil was extremely humble, as were many of these astronauts, and time and time again he deferred the focus from himself to the 400,000 people who made the mission possible."
Gosling said the moon landing "transcended countries and borders."
"He was reminding everyone that he was just the tip of the iceberg—and that's not just to be humble, that's also true," Gosling said. "So I don't think that Neil viewed himself as an American hero. From my interviews with his family and people that knew him, it was quite the opposite. And we wanted the film to reflect Neil."
Armstrong, who died in 2012, once said of the decision to plant the flag that "in the end it was decided by Congress that this was a United States project." It was not considered a territorial claim.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/neil-armstrong-movie-draws-scorn-decision-omit-planting-american-flag-moon-total-lunacy/
Quote from: Solar on September 01, 2018, 01:46:25 PM
Neil Armstrong Movie Draws Scorn for Decision to Omit Planting of American Flag on Moon: 'Total Lunacy'
An upcoming movie about the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, is drawing conservative criticism for omitting the iconic image of him planting the American flag on the moon in 1969.
Actor Ryan Gosling, who portrays Armstrong in First Man, said the decision was deliberate because the filmmakers viewed the moon landing as a "human achievement."
"I think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement [and] that's how we chose to view it," he told The Telegraph. "I also think Neil was extremely humble, as were many of these astronauts, and time and time again he deferred the focus from himself to the 400,000 people who made the mission possible."
Gosling said the moon landing "transcended countries and borders."
"He was reminding everyone that he was just the tip of the iceberg—and that's not just to be humble, that's also true," Gosling said. "So I don't think that Neil viewed himself as an American hero. From my interviews with his family and people that knew him, it was quite the opposite. And we wanted the film to reflect Neil."
Armstrong, who died in 2012, once said of the decision to plant the flag that "in the end it was decided by Congress that this was a United States project." It was not considered a territorial claim.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/neil-armstrong-movie-draws-scorn-decision-omit-planting-american-flag-moon-total-lunacy/
And what would be so morally wrong about making a territorial claim? Dumb American apologists, acting like trying to be the vest is wrong somehow.
Quote from: T Hunt on September 01, 2018, 05:50:04 PM
And what would be so morally wrong about making a territorial claim? Dumb American apologists, acting like trying to be the vest is wrong somehow.
Yep, liberal guiltt runs deep.
Quote from: Solar on September 01, 2018, 06:08:41 PM
Yep, liberal guiltt runs deep.
No way I'm watching this.
Quote from: Solar on September 01, 2018, 06:08:41 PM
Yep, liberal guiltt runs deep.
I am so happy I don't go to movies. There all full of PC BS, even the remakes.
I watched the movie; it was not as good as I had hoped it would be. Some of the details were historically incorrect such as the lack of damage to the white room during the Apollo 1 fire. I was disappointed in the close-in and shaky camera work.
Since the movie was about a single man and less about the Apollo 11 moon landing, I'm not surprised that the actual flag erection wasn't depicted; the lunar scenes did prominently show the American flag though. They also did not show the flag getting blown down during lift-off from the lunar surface. Later missions had the men plant the flag farther away from the LM.