Capricorn One...

[Mistral]

For naval ethusiasts, these were the best scenes in the film.

Agreed. Gotta love seeing those F-14s in their prime! Especially going up against Zeroes.

While it might have looked fine in 1980 today that footage as shown impressed me as rather static.


The twist to The Final Countdown as opposed to a Trek time travel story is that there's no Starfleet non-interference directive as a guideline. And yet in some respects I think that issue got short thrift in the movie. It was touched upon, but in such a low-key way. The one idea that intrigued me was how people in the 1940s would have perceived the sudden appearance of 1980s tech and hardware. It would have seemed nearly like alien technology to them.

Check out John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy to see how the 1940s might have reacted to a high tech appearance in their society.

 

[Yminale]

My father, being employed by JPL during the 60s and 70s, was deeply offended by this movie, believed it implausible to hide a secret of that magnitude, and refused to watch it for many, many years. When he finally DID see it, he was amused (not by much of the acting). He still believed such a huge secret implausible.

Hiding such secrets are possible at least in the short term. There are plenty of historical examples: D-Day, The Manhattan project, The Holocaust. and even the Russian space program.

People who believe in the whole moon landing is fake seems to forget one thing, special effects were never that good. The flaws wouldn't be subtle, they be blatantly obvious.

 

[Mysterion]

Check out John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy to see how the 1940s might have reacted to a high tech appearance in their society.

Seconded. That trilogy is a really fun read.

 

[JarodRussell]

NASA, not surprisingly, was not amused and did nothing to help the production.

Did they not allow them to use the soundstage where they faked the moon landing?

 

[A beaker full of death]

Hard to imagine what a remake could bring to this story.

I submit that that has not stopped Hollywood from remaking pretty much every title to cross their tiny little minds.