FinnishFuturist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Little did Méliès know most of this would end up coming true only 67 years later! it's sad he didnt see it happen.

cheesemasters (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

lovely stuff, really lovely.

Kenador (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Simpson654, please remember that were're dealing with cinema, not with a masses' entertainment like Star Wars. Also remember that in 1968, Stanley Kubrick made 2001:A space odyssey, and whereas there was no color picture of the Earth, he had the idea of tainting it in blue. You also say that when Star Wars was released, "it was inconceivable that anyone would actually ever visit the moon", but n 20th July, 1969, a man called Neil Amstrong did. Too bad, man. You're all wrong...

LuxClassical (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Tendría muchos defectos, pero el cine de esa época es entrañable...

Gerkinstock (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Buzz Aldrin once met a man who told him we still haven't put man on the moon. That man met Aldrin's fist shortly thereafter.

Simpson654 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Star Wars, only 76 years earlier. Then it was inconceivable that anyone would actually ever visit the moon. Thankfully Star Wars set in a galaxy far, far away, a long long time ago, so all the "scientific problems" are solved... it's a fantasy extravaganza like this one, nobody would have taken the Jules Verne's idea of launching people in a cannon to the Moon seriously, even in Verne's time. The sudden acceleration will kill any passengers in an instant. Only liquid fueled rockets got us there.

MEKON17 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@AfroHorseProductions yeah ! its great

AfroHorseProductions (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Im just saying how far we have advanced in technology.

MEKON17 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Phranky yeah ! and talk about a shoddy story in this one - hello hg wells (not to mention the shoddy shoddy science)

MEKON17 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@AfroHorseProductions i don't see why the thumbs down - this is a great triumph of the science that this film celebrates !