On June 27, 1950, Destination Moon debuted in New York City. Here’s some sci-fi art!
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On April 11, 1997, Destination Moon was re-released in the United Kingdom. Here’s some sci-fi art!
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@analgesicsleep I would have been intrigued enough by a question mark after The End ... mind blown ...
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@analgesicsleep Thanks man! We'll recommend they put you on a stamp, or something...
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No face on the moon in this film either! It's like none of the sci-fi directors in tonight's features ever heard of the work of astronomer Georges Méliès!
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Actors could only wear the spacesuits in Destination Moon for a few minutes at a time due to how hot they were.
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Destination Moon has the first appearance of a computer in film.
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I'd like to imagine a young Alan Shephard watching Destination Moon in the theaters in the early 50s, setting aside his popcorn and determinedly saying, "I'm gonna hit a f***ing golf ball up there one of these days ..."
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Neil Armstrong got to talk to Nixon on the moon ... aPolitics asude, I bet whatever President those guys talked to couldn't eat nearly as much Poi with his fingers ...
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And done! Here’s my new art in celebration of this TCM presentation of Destination Moon! Still got one more piece for Forbidden Planet to go!
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Wow! The moon looks a lot like the background of that painting of a Wizard fighting a unicorn on the side of my uncle's van ...
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Feel the need to point this out during every moon-themed sci-fi movie; we need a werewolf astronaut grindhouse flick!
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Judging by the frequent use of pretending to walk vertically skills in this film's space exploration, I can only assume Burt Ward and Adam West would be excellent astronauts in this cinematic universe ...
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In space, no one can hear your harmonica ...
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Those astronauts should really shake hands with God while they're up there, just to shove it in Yuri Gagarin's smug, Athiest face ...
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Looking like a retro space helmet! Suppose I could still turn this into some art inspired by Robot Monster (1953) at this point, but gonna stick to the prompt!
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The rocket in Destination Moon launches at 7:50 AM. The actual launch of the Apollo 8 took place at 7:51 AM.
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The final draft script of Destination Moon was adapted into a radio play for the NBC Radio program "Dimension X," airing on June 4, 1950. The production was interrupted mid-broadcast by news of the outbreak of the Korean War.
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Both the Soviets and US experimented with flying nuclear jet aircraft similar to the nuclear reactor system described in Destination Moon. Fortunately both sides were sane enough to determine that flying nuclear reactors could have some potential negative consequences, that they weren’t really equipped to deal with … HOORAY COMMON SENSE!
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I was thinking, "How on Earth are they not throwing away infinite amounts of money on rockets to the moon?" But then I remembered this film was made in 1951 -- the Military Industrial Complex is still taking its first baby steps!
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