I just saw Terms of Endearment about a month ago for the first time. I was surprised---it was an outstanding film! But I agree---this one was a lot better. I wouldn't say Terms of Endearment wasn't an excellent film though--each played to a different audience, but I believe Right Stuff had a broader appeal. It was also a lot more entertaining.
@rrhynes - You're full of crap. The whole reason Yeager became such a prominent part of the book was due to the fact that EVERY single pilot Tom Wolfe talked to said the same thing: Yeager is the guy you need to talk to. Wolfe set out to write strictly about the Mercury Seven; Yeager's achievements weren't the subject. If it weren't for the politics and typical government bumbling, Yeager would have been on the Seven. The test pilots themselves assumed he would be in, because he was the best.
So what are you saying?That if they had pickedYeager he wouldn't have had to go through all the really rigorous tests all the astronaut applicants had to pass in order to see if they really hadALL the desired abilities?
He might have been the best test pilot ever,butNASA wanted more than just a skilled pilot with a cocky personality.I'd say his personality alone meant he wasn't likely to ever be considered as astronaut material.Inthe spacerace they couldn't afford some know-it-all
Quite simply. If he really was the best (and not just the best test pilot) they would have crawled through ten miles of glass to get their hands on him. At that time nobody knew if they could beat the Soviets in space and any minor delay due to some cocky astronauts not co-operating with the engineers (many of which were German) AND the politicians founding them could potentially jeopardize the whole program.
@AlexDeLarge90 In the book, and briefly, the movie, they mention that Yaeger wasn't considered since he wasn't college educated. The two main requirements when they began their search for pilots were 1) Non-Civilian, 2) College Education.
Very entertaining movie, the only thing is how they treated Grissom and the fact that when his capsule was extracted, apparently they could see Grissom was right about that hatch blowing out on itself. I love how whenever reporters appear, you can hear a locust sound all over the place, LOL...very representative of the news people...
I guess 5 people didn't get any beemans, didn't get to piss in their spacesuits(had to hold it), did get to put any imput on the spacecraft design and got thrown out of Panchos.
There are many rumors that several Russian astronauts actually died while going in space before Yuri Gagarine, but the Soviet gouvernment kept it secret.
I also loved the book. Another good book. is A Man On the Moon by Andrew Chaikin.I have never looked up at the moon in the same way since. Iam also not a Humanist, Iam biocentric. No animals should be used for testing unless they can sign a consent form. Nobody, animal or human should have to suffer.
This is one of my cult fav movies. The acting was great, so was the music. I have always folloed the space program. The Russian space program also. My only beef is that the Russians killed a dog in space, and the US killed monkeys in space, They were heros and pioneers also.
The meat industry kills billions of cows, pigs, chicken and lamb every year all over the world, and you complain when the space programs kill a dog and a few apes (chimpanzees are NOT monkeys, they are apes)?
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The scene where the astronauts are introduced to the public (when the "Hallelujah Chorus" is playing in the background) is one of the most moving moments ever captured on screen!
@JONNOG88 : Yes, that is Wernher von Braun at 0:42. He is portrayed by Scott Beach, who was a DJ on a classical music radio station in the SF Bay Area. I remember listening to his nightly program, "Music 'til Dawn".
BTW, the "corridor" that the astronauts are walking down at 3:00 was filmed at the NASA Ames Research Center. More Bay Area "Right Stuff".
I'm the guy helping Alan Shepard (Glenn Scott) into the capsule 1:22. They made me wear those coke bottle glasses. They also cut all my hair off.....for that 12 day I got $50.00 and a haircut that lasted three years! I later saw a documentary and I looked just like the actual person.
Message to all vivisectors: Lay dead (take a look at the insanity of your cause) and go ahead (adopt a new set of moral principles and start anew).
Lay dead and go ahead. The alternative is to remain the mad scientists you currently are, (ends justifying any means). Your ends are rational, your means are the ultimate Orwellian nightmare ala John Napoli (Breed Motorcycle Gang).
can't believe they portrayed Grissom as a bumbling, incompitent pilot. The hatch debate will always rumble on but it seems to be a bit of an insult to Grissoms memory.
@gbear20 They've allready figured out that it wasn't his fault one of his team mates retraced his steps and they discovered that if he HAD touched the hatch he would have had a big rip in his gloves. Thats at least what we learned in science class XD
@gbear20 Thats the way it was in the book i dont know if its true some miscommunication caused a flood in the space capsule what killed grissom in gemini was somene left a socket from a socket wrench in the space capsule which cause a short circuit and fire
@gbear20 Betty Grimmom sued Universal Pictures for defaming both Gus as a "screw up" AND herself, who they portrayed as a real WITCH. in the movie and supposedly received a seven figure settlement.
have to as yourself IF Gus Grissom was such a "screw up", WHY was he selected to command Gemini 3 and later Apollo 1? Scott Carpenter who DID make major errors during his Aurora 7 Mercury flight, never flew into space again.
I can agree about the Grissom thing, but none of these guys found the humor in certain scenes? I mean, If you've done it how can a representation of it do anything for them? Anytime someone has had to comment on their Hollywood representations they're always dissapointed. I can't believe that none of these guys couldn't appreciate soem of the Linden Johnson's scenes, etc. Whatever I wish I could see an interview with them or something with comments about the movie..
They might have been amused by things but did not consider this a true story at all. John Glenn and Deke Slayton mention it specifically in their autobiographies (which are both worth reading, I might add).
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None of the real Mercury seven were too impressed with the movie. I was rather disappointed myself, expecting a movie about astronauts and getting a movie about Yeager. Not that Yeager's story isn't worth telling. I just went expecting something else.
And making Gus Grissom look like a panicky screw-up is unforgiveable (especially since he was no longer alive to defend himself). Would a screw-up have been given command of the first Gemini mission AND the first Apollo mission?
The torture of the monkeys is accurate; it is 2009---the continued, barbaric treatment of monkeys, chimps, dogs and cats by vivisectors has been exposed over and over but not a finger is lifted against these monsters, the worst lice on Earth, along with child rapists and kidnappers.
Instead, the numbers are increasing---millions of dogs and cats, hundreds of thousands of primates, in the U.S. alone.
Well, toddie, the movie was on TCM last nite, giving us a chance to be reminded of how the monkeys were put through years of utter mistreatment and misery. Maybe that doesn't bother the Humanists but not everyone happens to be a Humanist. This discussion here, in fact, is about the movie as a whole so the commentary by yours truly is relevant. Also, we saw again what a bunch of egomaniacs these astronauts were.
Actually, from what I've read, this movie was horribly inaccurate (maybe that's why it bombed). None of the astronauts were consulted for the film, while Yeager, who WAS a consultant on the film, is idolized. Coincidence? I think not.
As for being a "Humanist", I don't go around torturing animals, but neither do I put the life of a chimp on equal footing with that of a human. If that's your definition of such, then I guess I'm guilty as charged.
Funny, actually most of the original astronauts were consulted. I believe the only one that didn't work with their respective actor was Gordon Cooper, only because Quaid refused to draw an impression based upon meeting him. He insisted on meeting friends and family instead. Gordon Cooper followed up after the movie with a quote saying Quaid's performance was dead on, except the original Cooper was more handsome than his onscreen counterpart. LOL
Egomaniacs maybe, but would you strap yourself to a unproven and unreliable flying bomb and face life and death. In my mind, yes they were egomaniacs, but they were and still are heroes first! This is the best of the best from military aviation. No matter what field you draw the best from, your bound to find some egomaniacs.
Moby Dick's Ahab said: "All of my methods are rational; only my ends are insane." With vivisection (aka animal testing), we find the opposite, with the intended ends being rational, etc.
Vivisection is hideous, morally wrong, a priori. Send a group of convicted murderers, not a group of monkeys who have committed no crimes.
@lumpagogo Dude... Seriously... Do you even know what the fuck vivisection is?.... There is a *Massive* difference between Vivisection and animal testing. Vivisection, I view as inhumane... But animal testing is vitally important...
Hey Lumpy get this: We own the monkeys, and unfortunately for them theyre metabolisms are similar to our own and so in order to further our own goals we test our technology on them.
Without those tests, be they medical or in rockets, we wouldnt be able to make progress toward a time when technology no longer requires the tests themselves.
Whoa the '50s called and want their 'third world immigrants look like monkeys" line back Lumpy.
As for hoping for more, I thought Id already put you right on that score- without medical testing there would less new safe medical technology. I mean I get it, torture is bad, but who's torturing? Does you shaky moral whinging preclude you from using any technology developed since testing on animals became a standard development process? Get the fuck off the internet then bitch.
@lumpagogo Iam not a Humanist. I love the space program but was so sad about the chimps and the Russian dog. I read that the people in Russia were very upset about the death of the dog in space, and now that dog is honored in Rusia like a hero. Were should honor the chimps. Cant wait to see the negative posts to this by the Humanists.
Author Tom Wolfe had never even heard of Chuck Yeager when he started doing his research. When he became aware of Yeager's acconplishments, he focused much of the book on him.
And the film only showed the acconplishments Yeager made as a test pilot in World War 2 he was a fighter Ace in a day, was one of the first to shoot down a Me262 jet, was shot down over France made it through Spain and back to Britain in a mounth and ended the War with over 10 kills. He also would have been one of the 7 (or 8) had he been 'qualified', today he wouldn't be allowed near the X-1 or a front line fighter.
There was actually a person written into the budget of this film called the "Special Effects person", but that person was really bringing coke on the set for the stars to enjot...legend has it. It was hollywood in the 80's.
Whether or not the film was 100% accurate, it is still a great film and inspires us to look up to these guys as the best and bravest! They are true heroes any way you slice it :)
A lot of the astronauts didn't like this movie. Wally Schirra called it "animal house in space." Rusty Schweickart said, "The 'real' stuff would have been better." And even Walter Cronkite said that the movie did a great disservice to the astronauts.
I never heard Alan Shepard, or John Glenn, or Gordo Cooper condemn this movie, or even Chuck Yeager..It was the real stuff. its hard to accept the truth when it hits so close to home.
I study the space program. This film really disrespected them. It portrayed them as a bunch of loose cannon yahoos. They are actually very studied individuals who are highly trained and intelligent. As for Shepard, he was somewhat of an egomaniac and John Glenn is a total team player, not one to criticize very often - the film did make him look pretty straight-laced,too - something I'm sure he enjoyed.
This brilliant movie inspired me to read up about the space program. There are a few discrepencies, but many things are spot-on, and the spirit is true. I don't think the movie portrays the astornauts as loose cannons, but great spunks with flaws and greatness. And it gives Chuck Yaegar his due place in history. An amazing film, one of my favourites.
Chuck Yeager appears in the movie as the bartender at Pancho's so he must have ok'd the parts where he is portrayed. Harry Shearer's character orders the following drink from him: "I'd like a Coca Cola...in a clean glass." HAHA
i know, that was cool! i love Chuck. he is probably my fave pilot of all time. he is a great man. other faves of mine are Robert White, Joe Engle, and so many others
One of the best movies i ever saw. I have the DVD and i watched it like a zillion times, but i can never get enough - the movie is just 'right'! ,) nice post bro.
John Glenn was seeking the democratic nomination for prez when this movie came out in 83. His chances were hurt by this movie because he came across as such a goody-goody. That said ed harris does a great job in a GREAT film.
Beemans is a gum that was sold in the era. Last time I actually had some was in the late 80's. I don't know if they make it anymore. Wrigley's peppermint is pretty close to it in flavor.
Yeager used to say it out of superstition. Be believed that if he owed something, he couldn't die unless he repaid it. That's why he did it before hopping into something that scared him.
This movie is a mix of La Bamba and Armageddon put into one. Lol .
213ryder1 1 day ago
the movie is awesome, but the end... 3 hours of good movie, but the end... damn it, the end is just lame. what a shame.
lauroga 2 months ago
Terms of Endearment, chick flick. The Right Stuff is a masterpiece!
twodoortwo 4 months ago
@AlexDelarge90, I feel bad about that too. If anyone cannot sign a consent form, they should not be used for testing, eating, etc.
snowgirl1052 7 months ago
I just saw Terms of Endearment about a month ago for the first time. I was surprised---it was an outstanding film! But I agree---this one was a lot better. I wouldn't say Terms of Endearment wasn't an excellent film though--each played to a different audience, but I believe Right Stuff had a broader appeal. It was also a lot more entertaining.
yesroh 8 months ago
@rrhynes - You're full of crap. The whole reason Yeager became such a prominent part of the book was due to the fact that EVERY single pilot Tom Wolfe talked to said the same thing: Yeager is the guy you need to talk to. Wolfe set out to write strictly about the Mercury Seven; Yeager's achievements weren't the subject. If it weren't for the politics and typical government bumbling, Yeager would have been on the Seven. The test pilots themselves assumed he would be in, because he was the best.
crazedactor 8 months ago
@crazedactor
So what are you saying?That if they had pickedYeager he wouldn't have had to go through all the really rigorous tests all the astronaut applicants had to pass in order to see if they really hadALL the desired abilities?
He might have been the best test pilot ever,butNASA wanted more than just a skilled pilot with a cocky personality.I'd say his personality alone meant he wasn't likely to ever be considered as astronaut material.Inthe spacerace they couldn't afford some know-it-all
AlexDeLarge90 7 months ago
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AlexDeLarge90 7 months ago
@crazedactor
Quite simply. If he really was the best (and not just the best test pilot) they would have crawled through ten miles of glass to get their hands on him. At that time nobody knew if they could beat the Soviets in space and any minor delay due to some cocky astronauts not co-operating with the engineers (many of which were German) AND the politicians founding them could potentially jeopardize the whole program.
We're not just talking pilot skill here.
AlexDeLarge90 7 months ago
@AlexDeLarge90 In the book, and briefly, the movie, they mention that Yaeger wasn't considered since he wasn't college educated. The two main requirements when they began their search for pilots were 1) Non-Civilian, 2) College Education.
cjreyn1 3 months ago
Very entertaining movie, the only thing is how they treated Grissom and the fact that when his capsule was extracted, apparently they could see Grissom was right about that hatch blowing out on itself. I love how whenever reporters appear, you can hear a locust sound all over the place, LOL...very representative of the news people...
lalbruiz 9 months ago
@Cluebert And teh fact that Yeager's ego was far too big to be anything more than a liability in space.
rrhynes 10 months ago
One of the dumbest and most sensationalized versions of the "truth". A true POS created by an asshole that had no interest in facts.
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TKTRV 11 months ago
I love this movie soo much its just such a great historical film but it has a kind of humor in it that i just love in a film.
henryt98 11 months ago
lame.
jbond5150 1 year ago
gona giv tis a miss
larrylamp2003 1 year ago
I guess 5 people didn't get any beemans, didn't get to piss in their spacesuits(had to hold it), did get to put any imput on the spacecraft design and got thrown out of Panchos.
skatepunkzero 1 year ago
There are many rumors that several Russian astronauts actually died while going in space before Yuri Gagarine, but the Soviet gouvernment kept it secret.
SteveSmith26 1 year ago
@SteveSmith26 theres a rumuor that a cosmonaut went to the dark side of the moon and froze to death pink floyd didnt exist yet
spacepatrolman 11 months ago
Ed Harris is always angry!!!
theUltimateBadass146 1 year ago
Have you noticed that in 2:46 he speaks into his desk Mic despite that he already has one on him?
Great movie!
A must for any aviation fan.
gilh1986 1 year ago
seems gay
Razersun 1 year ago
this movie should have won best picture...
coolmartcol 1 year ago 2
So were our astronauts space suits this silly and crappy back then or is it just the movie couldnt afford the real thing?
LifesMystery777 1 year ago
I also loved the book. Another good book. is A Man On the Moon by Andrew Chaikin.I have never looked up at the moon in the same way since. Iam also not a Humanist, Iam biocentric. No animals should be used for testing unless they can sign a consent form. Nobody, animal or human should have to suffer.
snowgirl1052 1 year ago
This is one of my cult fav movies. The acting was great, so was the music. I have always folloed the space program. The Russian space program also. My only beef is that the Russians killed a dog in space, and the US killed monkeys in space, They were heros and pioneers also.
snowgirl1052 1 year ago
@snowgirl1052
The meat industry kills billions of cows, pigs, chicken and lamb every year all over the world, and you complain when the space programs kill a dog and a few apes (chimpanzees are NOT monkeys, they are apes)?
AlexDeLarge90 7 months ago
OMG my dad did some special FX for this movie. anyone who doesn't believe me can look him up. Gary Michael Gutierrez.
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utubecop11 2 years ago
The scene where the astronauts are introduced to the public (when the "Hallelujah Chorus" is playing in the background) is one of the most moving moments ever captured on screen!
percussin8or 2 years ago
hard to believe that "terms of endearment" won best picture over this film. one more reason why the oscars are worthless.
owg59 2 years ago 41
@owg59 what do you call a movie with shirley mclaine and arnold swartzenneger terminators of endearment
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@owg59 Agreed!
vomit49894 8 months ago
@owg59 lol 6000 members of an open organization being democratic is worthless? lolol
EPICT0ASTER 6 months ago
@owg59 hey, at least Randy Thom won an OSCAR for doing the Sound Design for this film
27travelgirl 4 weeks ago
Great film.
I am lover of all things to do with Space Travel.
How about they make a feature film about the moon landing.
I know they have made countless documentries about it. But not an actuall film.
Is the actor @ 0:42 portraying Werner Von Braun????
JONNOG88 2 years ago
What about Apollo 13? They *almost* got to the moon, but I suppose that doesn't count does it...
Jimkaider 2 years ago
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JONNOG88 2 years ago
No, it's Gorden Cooper ;)
I absolutely agree. I love space travel and the moon landings ♥
NessiMauzz 2 years ago
Check out Moonshot (just came out).
nawitus 2 years ago
Theres a pretty good film called mmonshot which is about the apollo 11 landing. Its very good. I love it :-)
OblibProductions 2 years ago
at :42 its Gordon Cooper
ColtsFootballFan91 2 years ago
@JONNOG88 : Yes, that is Wernher von Braun at 0:42. He is portrayed by Scott Beach, who was a DJ on a classical music radio station in the SF Bay Area. I remember listening to his nightly program, "Music 'til Dawn".
BTW, the "corridor" that the astronauts are walking down at 3:00 was filmed at the NASA Ames Research Center. More Bay Area "Right Stuff".
starguy2718 1 year ago
This movie kicks so much ass - One of the greatest stories ever put on screen with so many wonderful performances. So well done, a true classic!
DEP717 2 years ago 2
I'm the guy helping Alan Shepard (Glenn Scott) into the capsule 1:22. They made me wear those coke bottle glasses. They also cut all my hair off.....for that 12 day I got $50.00 and a haircut that lasted three years! I later saw a documentary and I looked just like the actual person.
harpman48 2 years ago
That was a 12 HOUR DAY....sorry.
harpman48 2 years ago
Love this movie such a great time in are country
aviationnutsv 2 years ago 3
Message to all vivisectors: Lay dead (take a look at the insanity of your cause) and go ahead (adopt a new set of moral principles and start anew).
Lay dead and go ahead. The alternative is to remain the mad scientists you currently are, (ends justifying any means). Your ends are rational, your means are the ultimate Orwellian nightmare ala John Napoli (Breed Motorcycle Gang).
lumpagogo 2 years ago
can't believe they portrayed Grissom as a bumbling, incompitent pilot. The hatch debate will always rumble on but it seems to be a bit of an insult to Grissoms memory.
gbear20 2 years ago 33
@gbear20 They've allready figured out that it wasn't his fault one of his team mates retraced his steps and they discovered that if he HAD touched the hatch he would have had a big rip in his gloves. Thats at least what we learned in science class XD
iluvpudding22 1 year ago
@gbear20 Thats the way it was in the book i dont know if its true some miscommunication caused a flood in the space capsule what killed grissom in gemini was somene left a socket from a socket wrench in the space capsule which cause a short circuit and fire
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@gbear20 Every time the Grissom part comes on, I always skip it. It's so hard breaking and difficult to watch.
Wyrmshadow 11 months ago
@gbear20 Betty Grimmom sued Universal Pictures for defaming both Gus as a "screw up" AND herself, who they portrayed as a real WITCH. in the movie and supposedly received a seven figure settlement.
have to as yourself IF Gus Grissom was such a "screw up", WHY was he selected to command Gemini 3 and later Apollo 1? Scott Carpenter who DID make major errors during his Aurora 7 Mercury flight, never flew into space again.
LeRinkRat 8 months ago
Hey Riddely you got any beemens
skatepunkzero 2 years ago
I can agree about the Grissom thing, but none of these guys found the humor in certain scenes? I mean, If you've done it how can a representation of it do anything for them? Anytime someone has had to comment on their Hollywood representations they're always dissapointed. I can't believe that none of these guys couldn't appreciate soem of the Linden Johnson's scenes, etc. Whatever I wish I could see an interview with them or something with comments about the movie..
raahr 2 years ago
They might have been amused by things but did not consider this a true story at all. John Glenn and Deke Slayton mention it specifically in their autobiographies (which are both worth reading, I might add).
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howcum4y 2 years ago
None of the real Mercury seven were too impressed with the movie. I was rather disappointed myself, expecting a movie about astronauts and getting a movie about Yeager. Not that Yeager's story isn't worth telling. I just went expecting something else.
And making Gus Grissom look like a panicky screw-up is unforgiveable (especially since he was no longer alive to defend himself). Would a screw-up have been given command of the first Gemini mission AND the first Apollo mission?
toddsmitts 2 years ago 3
And had he not dide the first to walk on the Moon.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
Exactly!
toddsmitts 2 years ago
Cause he tragically died, moron!
Honeylard 2 years ago
The torture of the monkeys is accurate; it is 2009---the continued, barbaric treatment of monkeys, chimps, dogs and cats by vivisectors has been exposed over and over but not a finger is lifted against these monsters, the worst lice on Earth, along with child rapists and kidnappers.
Instead, the numbers are increasing---millions of dogs and cats, hundreds of thousands of primates, in the U.S. alone.
lumpagogo 2 years ago
Is there a point in there somewhere?
toddsmitts 2 years ago
Why you don't answer the question yourself, toddy?
lumpagogo 2 years ago
What I mean is WTF does this have to do with what anyone else here is talking about?
toddsmitts 2 years ago
Well, toddie, the movie was on TCM last nite, giving us a chance to be reminded of how the monkeys were put through years of utter mistreatment and misery. Maybe that doesn't bother the Humanists but not everyone happens to be a Humanist. This discussion here, in fact, is about the movie as a whole so the commentary by yours truly is relevant. Also, we saw again what a bunch of egomaniacs these astronauts were.
lumpagogo 2 years ago
Actually, from what I've read, this movie was horribly inaccurate (maybe that's why it bombed). None of the astronauts were consulted for the film, while Yeager, who WAS a consultant on the film, is idolized. Coincidence? I think not.
As for being a "Humanist", I don't go around torturing animals, but neither do I put the life of a chimp on equal footing with that of a human. If that's your definition of such, then I guess I'm guilty as charged.
And that's my final comment on the issue.
toddsmitts 2 years ago
Funny, actually most of the original astronauts were consulted. I believe the only one that didn't work with their respective actor was Gordon Cooper, only because Quaid refused to draw an impression based upon meeting him. He insisted on meeting friends and family instead. Gordon Cooper followed up after the movie with a quote saying Quaid's performance was dead on, except the original Cooper was more handsome than his onscreen counterpart. LOL
dynodonfb7 2 years ago
It's not Dennis Quaid/Gordon Cooper - it's Scott Glenn/Alan Shepard
tiadaid 2 years ago
Egomaniacs maybe, but would you strap yourself to a unproven and unreliable flying bomb and face life and death. In my mind, yes they were egomaniacs, but they were and still are heroes first! This is the best of the best from military aviation. No matter what field you draw the best from, your bound to find some egomaniacs.
dynodonfb7 2 years ago
dy-7:
Moby Dick's Ahab said: "All of my methods are rational; only my ends are insane." With vivisection (aka animal testing), we find the opposite, with the intended ends being rational, etc.
Vivisection is hideous, morally wrong, a priori. Send a group of convicted murderers, not a group of monkeys who have committed no crimes.
lumpagogo 2 years ago
@lumpagogo Dude... Seriously... Do you even know what the fuck vivisection is?.... There is a *Massive* difference between Vivisection and animal testing. Vivisection, I view as inhumane... But animal testing is vitally important...
Spaceguy5 1 year ago
Hey Lumpy get this: We own the monkeys, and unfortunately for them theyre metabolisms are similar to our own and so in order to further our own goals we test our technology on them.
Without those tests, be they medical or in rockets, we wouldnt be able to make progress toward a time when technology no longer requires the tests themselves.
ATiredDogsMouth 2 years ago
ATDM said: "We own the monkeys..." One day, third-world immigrants are gonn own ATDM----------we can only hope for more: "Might Makes Right."
lumpagogo 2 years ago
Whoa the '50s called and want their 'third world immigrants look like monkeys" line back Lumpy.
As for hoping for more, I thought Id already put you right on that score- without medical testing there would less new safe medical technology. I mean I get it, torture is bad, but who's torturing? Does you shaky moral whinging preclude you from using any technology developed since testing on animals became a standard development process? Get the fuck off the internet then bitch.
ATiredDogsMouth 2 years ago
@lumpagogo Iam not a Humanist. I love the space program but was so sad about the chimps and the Russian dog. I read that the people in Russia were very upset about the death of the dog in space, and now that dog is honored in Rusia like a hero. Were should honor the chimps. Cant wait to see the negative posts to this by the Humanists.
snowgirl1052 1 year ago
@snowgirl1052 But our chimps didn't die in space. We actually brought them back. The Russian dogs died in space by design.
Spaceguy5 1 year ago
@snowgirl1052 Ham, the first chimp in space, survived his flight with no ill effects, retired, and lived to a ripe old age.
deedubya286 1 year ago
Author Tom Wolfe had never even heard of Chuck Yeager when he started doing his research. When he became aware of Yeager's acconplishments, he focused much of the book on him.
jblack1854 2 years ago
And the film only showed the acconplishments Yeager made as a test pilot in World War 2 he was a fighter Ace in a day, was one of the first to shoot down a Me262 jet, was shot down over France made it through Spain and back to Britain in a mounth and ended the War with over 10 kills. He also would have been one of the 7 (or 8) had he been 'qualified', today he wouldn't be allowed near the X-1 or a front line fighter.
TheGroundedAviator 2 years ago
This was a wonderful movie, however this traler is dreadful!
The movie is not as good as the book, but it's a whole lot better than this crappy trailer.
MuchSmarterThanYou 3 years ago 3
This is back when trailers were made good, and they didn't distort the film.
GeneralArrow 2 years ago
I wish I could find the end titles music from Bill Conti. It used to be on here, but I think it got taken down... =(
ViperKeeper2070 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing this and having a great movie like the Right stuff with Great Americans who made History.
I love the scenes with Chuck Yeager that is great.
LindaB98787 3 years ago
I gotta read the book for summer reading.
Is it worth it?
CTMNFilmStudios 3 years ago
Absolutely.
Diego5 3 years ago
This is a great great great movie.
ToughXArmy 3 years ago
Love the Buck Rogers plug...
DerekTweedy 3 years ago
This was one of those rare movies that was as good as the Tom Wolfe book it was based on. I've watched this great movie about a dozen times.
vastman 4 years ago
NA-S-A? S-am She-p-ar-d??? = (
pihiju 4 years ago
The Hatch Just Blew! Lol
Zachmister 4 years ago
"Negative old buddy , it is requested you remain in a holding pattern.."
ROFL
wrath231 4 years ago
There was actually a person written into the budget of this film called the "Special Effects person", but that person was really bringing coke on the set for the stars to enjot...legend has it. It was hollywood in the 80's.
rojarabbit 4 years ago
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KommieKillah 4 years ago
yeah well my mom was in the f-ing movie..what bitches!!!
BrenumBriana 4 years ago
One of my favorite movies as a child, I should watch it again, made me ant to be an astronaught, to bad I didn't have "The Tright Stuff" lol...
chrisinmainz 4 years ago
One of my favorite quotes: "No Bucks - no Buck Rogers". Applies to current times also :)
kbanghart122 4 years ago
Whether or not the film was 100% accurate, it is still a great film and inspires us to look up to these guys as the best and bravest! They are true heroes any way you slice it :)
HickoryRose 4 years ago
you mean Hollywood actually fictionalized the astronauts lives ? What ! That never happens in Hollywood !!!
chets808 4 years ago
Didn't From Earth to the Moon miniseries show this too?
antdude 4 years ago
A lot of the astronauts didn't like this movie. Wally Schirra called it "animal house in space." Rusty Schweickart said, "The 'real' stuff would have been better." And even Walter Cronkite said that the movie did a great disservice to the astronauts.
tracyterry 4 years ago
I never heard Alan Shepard, or John Glenn, or Gordo Cooper condemn this movie, or even Chuck Yeager..It was the real stuff. its hard to accept the truth when it hits so close to home.
Jayfive67 4 years ago
I study the space program. This film really disrespected them. It portrayed them as a bunch of loose cannon yahoos. They are actually very studied individuals who are highly trained and intelligent. As for Shepard, he was somewhat of an egomaniac and John Glenn is a total team player, not one to criticize very often - the film did make him look pretty straight-laced,too - something I'm sure he enjoyed.
tracyterry 4 years ago
in no way did it disrespect them lol
kbanghart122 4 years ago
This brilliant movie inspired me to read up about the space program. There are a few discrepencies, but many things are spot-on, and the spirit is true. I don't think the movie portrays the astornauts as loose cannons, but great spunks with flaws and greatness. And it gives Chuck Yaegar his due place in history. An amazing film, one of my favourites.
aphroditemmv 4 years ago 2
Chuck Yeager appears in the movie as the bartender at Pancho's so he must have ok'd the parts where he is portrayed. Harry Shearer's character orders the following drink from him: "I'd like a Coca Cola...in a clean glass." HAHA
wftjet 4 years ago
i know, that was cool! i love Chuck. he is probably my fave pilot of all time. he is a great man. other faves of mine are Robert White, Joe Engle, and so many others
tracyterry 4 years ago
The best movie!
mkc41086 4 years ago
One of the best movies i ever saw. I have the DVD and i watched it like a zillion times, but i can never get enough - the movie is just 'right'! ,) nice post bro.
aerozg 4 years ago
Alan Shepherd once said that Scott Glenn's portrayal of him was spot on. His only complaint was that Scott "wasn't nearly as good-lookin'" as he was.
I have to agree.
tuttt99 4 years ago
comet... thats interesting.. harris is great.. But i really like scott glen as alan sheppard...
highonfire94080 4 years ago
John Glenn was seeking the democratic nomination for prez when this movie came out in 83. His chances were hurt by this movie because he came across as such a goody-goody. That said ed harris does a great job in a GREAT film.
comet610 5 years ago
Beemans is a gum that was sold in the era. Last time I actually had some was in the late 80's. I don't know if they make it anymore. Wrigley's peppermint is pretty close to it in flavor.
Yeager used to say it out of superstition. Be believed that if he owed something, he couldn't die unless he repaid it. That's why he did it before hopping into something that scared him.
geartool 5 years ago
They still sell Beeman's gum here in the US. it's more of a nostalgia item these days.
tuttt99 4 years ago
Can I borrow a stick of Beemans?
geartool 5 years ago
what the hell are beemans can you buy it in the uk!
aussieskiff 5 years ago
The movie is great and the music, awesome!
salracing 5 years ago
All-American feelgood movie. One of the best, and certainly one of the most underrated movies of the 1980s.
Thanks for posting it!
Slackrates 5 years ago
ya it is a good movie
relmz 5 years ago
Its trully an American movie about American Heroes...
cckrieg 5 years ago
i really like this movie! it rocks my socks even tho im not american xD
UUnitedwesucKK 5 years ago 2