You never know what youre going to find there.
Which is to say, its a teeny bit mental, and surprisingly violent to boot.
The film depicts a gaggle of astronomers and oddly buxom marines propelled towards the Moon, via giant cannon.
Upon landing, they impale the Man in the Moon in his eye.
Not a great start to the expedition.
The film was made in 1950, almost two whole decades before the actual Moon landing.
Luckily, they eventually figure out a way around the weight problem.
Its really quite prescient filmmaking, mindful of the potential problems of space-travel rather than indulging in fantasy.
Its never just a trip to the Moon, is it?
That ability to keep on striving for the next milestone isnt always to mankinds advantage.
Dr Heywood Floyd is brought to the US moon base, Clavius, to investigate.
Youll only wind up travelling to the point of an entirely new species being born, anyway.
This realisation isnt without precedent in sci-fi cinema, or even in animated films.
What they didnt count on was the presence of a sociopathic robot Moon ranger who looks like an oven.
Considering theyre just a bloke and a dog, they do pretty well on their day out.
Its not so much one small step for man, as one massive smackdown on planet Houston.
In the end, at least the cooker only wanted to ski and keep the Moon clear of litter.
And handily, they made a film out of it, too, and called itApollo 13.
The mission may have been aborted, but the crew returned to Earth safely on April 17th 1970.
Doesnt look very safe, does it?
I suppose it could be a spiritual sequel to Apollo 13, if not a numerical follow-up.
They at least get to the Moon, and thats where it goes wrong.
Its those alien bastards again.
