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Apollo 11 IMAX documentary
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


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Thanks Kal! Will totally order this on BD and use the link as well Smile
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you! It's truly appreciated! (I will be ordering as well)

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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Blu-ray.com review is now up for Apollo 11. I'd say this is going to be a really good BD release PQ wise:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Apollo-11-Blu-ray/239080/#Review
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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool! It's out Tuesday!

Apollo 11 on Blu-ray from Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/2UC9Axr
Apollo 11 on Blu-ray from Amazon.ca: https://amzn.to/2D4gphd

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PostLink    Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got this playing on the G90 at the moment. Awesome production. Even on big screen you don't get an idea of how big the Saturn V was, until you see it in person. I got goosebumps during the lift-off sequence. Hard to believe they achieved so much in 8 years from zero. Nothing but admiration for the astronauts.
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PostLink    Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very cool. Mine's in the mail - can't wait!

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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Watched this last night on 1080p Blu-ray. The quality of the 70mm footage (when full screen) is simply amazing. In a way I'm kind of pissed off that this sort of quality has existed so long but is now only being released! As wanderer mentioned there's clearly many other different formats used too and they'll often show content in split screen with 2-3 windows (or even more) to lower the resolution requirements.

I loved how a lot of the sequences you may already be familiar with were shown in real time without cuts or edits. Fascinating stuff.

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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kal wrote:
Watched this last night on 1080p Blu-ray. The quality of the 70mm footage (when full screen) is simply amazing. In a way I'm kind of pissed off that this sort of quality has existed so long but is now only being released! As wanderer mentioned there's clearly many other different formats used too and they'll often show content in split screen with 2-3 windows (or even more) to lower the resolution requirements.

I loved how a lot of the sequences you may already be familiar with were shown in real time without cuts or edits. Fascinating stuff.

Kal


You mean they had never released this before? Crazy.

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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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You mean they had never released this before? Crazy.

That's my assumption and what they mention in the description:

"The film consists solely of archival footage, including 70 mm film that was previously unreleased to the public..."

I've probably seen upwards of 100 different documentaries around the race to the moon (focused on the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo programs) and there's always been a lot of repetition of what I assumed was stock footage as I'd keep seeing the same stuff over and over. Some of the stuff seen here however is stuff I don't remember ever seeing.

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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, much of the footage was new to me and the timeline presentation made it unique. Such a shame there are so many conspiracy theorists out there claiming it was just one big hoax.
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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Such a shame there are so many conspiracy theorists out there claiming it was just one big hoax.

We need to get them all near the edge of their flat earth in the hopes that they trip and fall off.

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PostLink    Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kal wrote:
HaydnG90 wrote:
Such a shame there are so many conspiracy theorists out there claiming it was just one big hoax.

We need to get them all near the edge of their flat earth in the hopes that they trip and fall off.

Kal



LOL thanks for the laugh Kal. I needed that.

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PostLink    Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For Apollo 11 lovers, do you know this site?
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/

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PostLink    Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gjaky wrote:
For Apollo 11 lovers, do you know this site?
https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/

Wow - I can't even imagine how much work that was to put together!

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PostLink    Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow indeed, that is amazing.

Not at the same level of coolness, but it was cool to me because my son found it for me. For my birthday about 6 years ago he gave me a poster. At first it looks almost like a solid gray background. Look closer and you realize there's some teensy tiny print on it. Look closer again and there's one line in RED: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It's a complete transcript of all the transmissions between Houston and Apollo 11. I liked it. Smile



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Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

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