Buzz Aldrin blasts Neil Armstrong biopic First Man (movie) no American flag

Daily Mail ^ | 09:19 BST, 3 September 2018 | Charlie Moore

[mikrofon]

But… but — it’s “critically acclaimed”

(IOW, if it criticizes the US, it’s great! ;-)

[BobL]

Amazing - willing to give up 2/3’s of his audience by simply NOT having the flag. If he had the flag in the movie, no one would have cared, since that is the history of it. In fact, if the US flag really bothered him, he could have read (or noted) the disclaimer on that particular flag, stating, to the effect, that we’re not making a claim on the moon, just planting our flag.

But I guess even that was too much for him.

[DAC21]

"On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an AMERICAN safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. A number of political factors affected Kennedy's decision and the timing of it. In general, Kennedy felt great pressure to have the UNITED STATES "catch up to and overtake" the Soviet Union in the "space race."

Settled history

Fluck you Ryan Quisling, fluck you and your revisionist history Hollywood.

[rlmorel]

God, I detested that movie with a white hot burning passion.

It was a true story, I had read the book and thought “Wow! Most Americans know absolutely nothing about this...this would make a great movie!”

And then they made that bloody cartoon. Stupid light hearted flute music and that dimwit George Clooney with his aviator sunglasses. Damn. They could have done something good with it.

I did like that part of the story you mentioned, though!

[Vaduz]

Wonder if it’s made of lead?.

[vannrox]

Um. I appreciate your patriotism, however you need to realize that you are just parroting common misconceptions about China. The Chinese rover has been up in China since 2013. It's still broadcasting away, year after year.

Yutu (Chinese : 玉兔 ; pinyin : Yùtù ; literally: " Jade Rabbit ") is an unmanned lunar rover that formed part of the Chinese Chang'e 3 mission to the Moon. It was launched at 17:30 UTC on 1 December 2013, and reached the Moon's surface on 14 December 2013.

I don't blame you. Your only exposure is to Chinese products sold in Walmart. You never stop to think that the Toshiba laptops, Porsche automobile engines, iPhones and Jet engines on the 777's are all made in China. It's not like the mainstream news media helps, either. The concept of what China is is terribly distorted.

One of the GREATEST achievements of mankind (not peoplekind) was when AMERICA put men (not women, transgenders, or foreign nationals) on the Moon! One of the greatest follies of America has been the abandonment of this effort "for the children" by all subsequent presidents.

I have some blog posts on these subjects, that I am going to shamelessly promote. You can read them and get a healthy dose of propaganda if you wish...

Top Ten Misconceptions that Americans have about China

In which I argue that many times our angst and anger about the things that are wrong in the United States is misplaced. The oligarchy utilizes the media that they own, to divide us and to redirect our justifiable anger against other targets. Meanwhile they can go on living their cushy life at our expense. It's kind of brutal reading, I am afraid.

China is not the "boogie man" that many people think it is. The real criminals are those that control our nation. we really need to get back to our roots and go back to following the United States Constitution AS IT WAS WRITTEN.

[Jim from C-Town]

All made with stolen technology.

[Ezekiel]

The publicity good or bad puts the Apollo 11 mission in the news, so the movie serves a useful purpose.

“First Man”. The title says it all.

Hollyweird writers, producers, and actors are unwitting tools in the Divine narrative toolkit. I almost feel sorry for them. Okay not really. It’s irony overload. Those are the guys who think they are in control of their own scripts and historical ‘revisions’.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I am not sure what Armstrong’s personality was, but he had to be tough and somewhat of a prima dona, the best of the best.

As General Chuck Yeager said of those in the astronaut program back in the early 1960’s, “these guys signed up basically for a suicide mission so cut them some slack.”

Enough said!!!!

[YogicCowboy]

It was American citizens who paid for it, not citizens of the world.

There would have been no space race without the aspect of nationalism.

No funding, no motivation, equals no moon shot.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Buzz has been an American hero his entire life, even during his hard days. At 88 he remains an American hero. The contrast with traitor McCain, whom the elites and Hollywood love, could not be more striking,

[ExGeeEye]

Many US soldiers were carried to the beach by US Higgins boats (LCVPs) skippered by US sailors. This is the type of boat portrayed in the film, using 10 surviving examples.

However, the Rangers (including the real Charlie Company, Captain Ralph E. Goranson commanding) were bought ashore by British sailors in British LCAs.

It may be that this story was conceived and carried out as a story about US soldiers, and interactions with or portrayals of British and other allied troops were considered superfluous.