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Both are sci-fi films

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Where is the troll????

I don't know if this deserves its own thread or not, so I figured I'd throw it in here, but Neon just announced a brand new theatrical documentary on Apollo 11 with a pretty cool teaser. Still no release date, but I'm guessing 2019, and then CNN has exclusive TV rights after that point. This now makes three movies on the subject, between October of this year and July of next year... First Man, this Apollo 11 doc, and then Richard Linklater's Houston/NASA/'60s-set movie next summer. I love all this content for the 50th anniversary...

You called First Man "sci-fi." It's not fiction. Hence you being called a troll.

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Both are sci-fi films

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Where is the troll????

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Okay, I guess it was an honest mistake on your part. I thought you were trolling as a fake moon landings conspiracy nut in saying this film is Science FICTION.

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Okay, I guess it was an honest mistake on your part. I thought you were trolling as a fake moon landings conspiracy nut in saying this film is Science FICTION.

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So are we going to just ignore the fact that the marketing campaigns for these two movies are eerily similar?

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Both are sci-fi films

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Okay, I guess it was an honest mistake on your part. I thought you were trolling as a fake moon landings conspiracy nut in saying this film is Science FICTION.

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So are we going to just ignore the fact that the marketing campaigns for these two movies are eerily similar?

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Both posters seem to show a rocket launching, okay. That's where the similarities end for the most part, other than the setting behind space for at least portions of both movies.

I loved Interstellar. I consider it to be one of the top 3-4 science fiction movies ever made.

First Man is history, it happened. This is more akin to Apollo 13. I cannot wait to see First Man.

Literally the only similarities in the marketing campaigns you've pointed out are that one poster has a vertical contrail and the other has a somewhat similar star cluster / vertical galaxy arrangement. Ummm... okay? Outside of those two things, there is literally nothing else at all similar about their marketing campaigns.

As for the movies themselves, sure, both feature astronauts "leaving" their families for space missions, but I mean, come on. First Man is a true story and he returns safely to his family a few days later. The other is wild, twisty, sci-fi tale set 50 years in the future that deals with what essentially amounts to time travel and features A.I. robots.

I just don't understand the complaint here? Did you want Chazelle to rewrite history so as to separate this story more from Interstellar? Most human beings with a shred of knowledge or common since aren't going to compare the two at all.

You beat me to it.

They both have a vertical feature on their poster, basically the same thing guys. Not sure how y'all aren't seeing it.

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Literally the only similarities in the marketing campaigns you've pointed out are that one poster has a vertical contrail and the other has a somewhat similar star cluster / vertical galaxy arrangement. Ummm... okay? Outside of those two things, there is literally nothing else at all similar about their marketing campaigns.

As for the movies themselves, sure, both feature astronauts "leaving" their families for space missions, but I mean, come on. First Man is a true story and he returns safely to his family a few days later. The other is wild, twisty, sci-fi tale set 50 years in the future that deals with what essentially amounts to time travel and features A.I. robots.

I just don't understand the complaint here? Did you want Chazelle to rewrite history so as to separate this story more from Interstellar? Most human beings with a shred of knowledge or common since aren't going to compare the two at all.

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The first man trailer stole all of the emotional beats from the Interstellar trailer. This isn't art, this is robbery.

This is the story. It happened. The family dynamic/strain, all of it. It's based on a book. They didn't "steal" anything.

Whatever you're doing with this shtick, stop. It's super lame.

What the hell am I reading? This thread went off the deep end.

This probably isn't worth this many words, but it's Friday afternoon and I'm stuck at work for a few more hours so here goes.

Literally the only emotional beat they have in common that I see is the "I plan on coming back" bit and if you're hung up on that then basically every war movie ever made is also thieving its emotional beats.

Going to the moon was about flexing our countries scientific muscles to show something previously thought to be impossible was possible, basically for it's own sake. We didn't have to go to the moon, we chose to. The movie seems like it's going to explore some of what was at times a reckless pursuit that was ultimately successful. The space program was humbled at several points throughout the journey from the earth to the moon, and it looks like this movie is going to explore some of that while also telling the rah-rah parts of the story also.

Interstellar was (at least in this trailer) about surviving the end of the world. Exploring space not because the characters want to, but because they have to. It doesn't make leaving your children behind any easier, but it's necessary. The world is dying, and we have to find a new one.

I don't see how you can possibly think those two trailers are similar other than the obvious similarity that space is involved.

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This is the story. It happened. The family dynamic/strain, all of it. It's based on a book. They didn't "steal" anything.

Whatever you're doing with this shtick, stop. It's super lame.

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This won't be the first or last movie about a man that goes to space. However it is a blatant rip off of Interstellar.

I would expect more from a big time movie director, but then again this is the same guy that made La La Land.

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This is the story. It happened. The family dynamic/strain, all of it. It's based on a book. They didn't "steal" anything.

Whatever you're doing with this shtick, stop. It's super lame.

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This won't be the first or last movie about a man that goes to space. However it is a blatant rip off of Interstellar.

I would expect more from a big time movie director, but then again this is the same guy that made La La Land.

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The movie about a real life historical event is a blatant rip off of a movie that came out 45 years after the actual event? Troll troll troll your boat...

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This is the story. It happened. The family dynamic/strain, all of it. It's based on a book. They didn't "steal" anything.

Whatever you're doing with this shtick, stop. It's super lame.

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This won't be the first or last movie about a man that goes to space. However it is a blatant rip off of Interstellar.

I would expect more from a big time movie director, but then again this is the same guy that made La La Land.

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The movie about a real life historical event is a blatant rip off of a movie that came out 45 years after the actual event? Troll troll troll your boat...

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I'm not debating the events of the 'moon landing". I'm claiming that the retelling of that story in this movie is a blatant rip off of Interstellar.

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Literally the only similarities in the marketing campaigns you've pointed out are that one poster has a vertical contrail and the other has a somewhat similar star cluster / vertical galaxy arrangement. Ummm... okay? Outside of those two things, there is literally nothing else at all similar about their marketing campaigns.

As for the movies themselves, sure, both feature astronauts "leaving" their families for space missions, but I mean, come on. First Man is a true story and he returns safely to his family a few days later. The other is wild, twisty, sci-fi tale set 50 years in the future that deals with what essentially amounts to time travel and features A.I. robots.

I just don't understand the complaint here? Did you want Chazelle to rewrite history so as to separate this story more from Interstellar? Most human beings with a shred of knowledge or common since aren't going to compare the two at all.

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The first man trailer stole all of the emotional beats from the Interstellar trailer. This isn't art, this is robbery.

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You're a strange person.

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This is the story. It happened. The family dynamic/strain, all of it. It's based on a book. They didn't "steal" anything.

Whatever you're doing with this shtick, stop. It's super lame.

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This won't be the first or last movie about a man that goes to space. However it is a blatant rip off of Interstellar.

I would expect more from a big time movie director, but then again this is the same guy that made La La Land.

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The movie about a real life historical event is a blatant rip off of a movie that came out 45 years after the actual event? Troll troll troll your boat...

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I'm not debating the events of the 'moon landing". I'm claiming that the retelling of that story in this movie is a blatant rip off of Interstellar.

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The events in the story also happened.

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I'm having a very hard time seeing Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong.

Maybe Living Legend is one of those weirdos who thinks the moon landings never happened.

You guys remember when the Interstellar Instagram account tweeted on the 49th anniversary of Cooper's journey inside Gargantua? Surprised the First Man account isn't *also* traversing space and time with LOVE.

Does anyone even remember Interstellar? Like if one was going to rip off a movie, would they really choose one that was largely considered to be disappointing?

Shut your mouth.

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Does anyone even remember Interstellar? Like if one was going to rip off a movie, would they really choose one that was largely considered to be disappointing?

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i think your opinion is in the minority

I love interstellar. It's one of the better films of the last 5 years.

Thought provoking. Dramatic. Hell of a score, too. One of Nolan's best.

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Does anyone even remember Interstellar? Like if one was going to rip off a movie, would they really choose one that was largely considered to be disappointing?

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Yeah, I think you are seriously overestimating the numbers that considered that movie disappointing.

As I said a few posts above, I consider it among the top 3-4 of all science fiction movies ever made, along with 2001, Alien, and Blade Runner (both of those movies).

The third act is divisive to say the least, but lots of stuff to like in the movie. Not one of my top top 5 Nolan films though.

Yeah, I'd say at least among people I know, it's come around to "masterpiece" status. But it did take a while to earn that. All I know is the more watch it, the more I love it. And at this point, I would agree that it's a top five all-time science fiction film.

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Yeah, I'd say at least among people I know, it's come around to "masterpiece" status. But it did take a while to earn that. All I know is the more watch it, the more I love it. And at this point, I would agree that it's a top five all-time science fiction film.

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What makes up the rest of your top 5?

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Yeah, I'd say at least among people I know, it's come around to "masterpiece" status. But it did take a while to earn that. All I know is the more watch it, the more I love it. And at this point, I would agree that it's a top five all-time science fiction film.

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For me, Interstellar was actually instantly forgettable. No, I'm serious, but I have a damn good reason for this.

I saw the movie on a Saturday in the fall. Most everyone here probably knows what happens on Saturdays in the fall. College Football. On the day that I saw Interstellar, the Aggies were slated to play the #3 ranked Auburn Tigers. As I had done one time previously (back in 1984, I elected to go see the God-awful movie Supergirl rather than watch yet another beatdown against the sips, and I'd say everyone recalls that the Aggies not only won that game, but whipped their sorry tails in the process). So I had no expectation that the 2014 Aggies were going to beat Auburn. I'd elected to save myself and my wife the aggravation of me watching the inevitable beatdown.

I watched Interstellar transfixed, not even once thinking about the game. When that long movie finally ended, I walked out of the theater, an AMC location where they had just opened up one of their bars, whatever those are called. I saw a TV screen there with a game on it, and when I got closer, I saw that it was the Aggies and Tigers. Then I checked the score. Holy hell, we were winning! Yes, this actually happened again. In literally an instant I completely forgot the movie and could not get home fast enough to get in front of my TV. As it happened, we never made it home as we had a get-together with some friend scheduled that night, so I listened on the radio. Talk about sweat buckets while driving, listening to the fumble recoveries that allowed the Ags to close out the Tigers that day.

It was not until I acquired the BluRay of Interstellar that I remembered much of anything about the movie, and it was at that point that I determined Interstellar was one of my all-time favorite science fiction movies.

So the obvious question here, after relaying my stories of 1984 tu and 2014 Auburn, are there any good movies slated for release on September 8 (Clemson), September 22 (Alabama), or November 3 (Auburn)?

Love it. Unfortunately, those September dates kind of suck, movie-wise, but November 3 is Bohemian Rhapsody. Should we go ahead and tell Jimbo that Auburn's a win?

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Love it. Unfortunately, those September dates kind of suck, movie-wise, but November 3 is Bohemian Rhapsody. Should we go ahead and tell Jimbo that Auburn's a win?

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No interest in Bohemian Rhapsody. I like Queen as far as listening to their music, but that's it. I will say from looking at the previews, it appears they have done a great job in casting.

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Yeah, I'd say at least among people I know, it's come around to "masterpiece" status. But it did take a while to earn that. All I know is the more watch it, the more I love it. And at this point, I would agree that it's a top five all-time science fiction film.

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What makes up the rest of your top 5?

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Any of these could move a spot or two on any given day, but I'd say something like...

01. 2001: A Space Odyssey
02. Jurassic Park
03. The Matrix
04. Interstellar
05. Alien
06. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
07. Contact
08. Inception
09. Blade Runner 2049
10. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
12. Blade Runner
13. Arrival
14. Children of Men
15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Yeah, I'd say at least among people I know, it's come around to "masterpiece" status. But it did take a while to earn that. All I know is the more watch it, the more I love it. And at this point, I would agree that it's a top five all-time science fiction film.

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What makes up the rest of your top 5?

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Top 5 Science Fiction movies:

1. The Right Stuff

2. Apollo 13

3. October Sky

4. Hidden Figures

5. From the Earth to the Moon (HBO Miniseries)