@janetteb

@thane16 (the elder and the younger)

Like both of you (janette and the syzygy the elder) I lived through the same years. I too often wonder if our decisions were responsible for the options available to the generation represented by syzygy the younger.

When I think back to my own experience the one thing that always stands out–the…[Read more]

@craig Ah, Kayla–she is persistent, isn’t she?

@pedant How do I know that you are not Chinese?

@pedant

I was just reading the obituary of Chris Kraft, the NASA flight director during Apollo 11. Was it he who was the calm, controlling voice in the video you uploaded of “the complete descent”?  Or someone else?

Does art imitate life or does life imitate art? Some of you may have heard of this particular episode of a long forgotten TV show, but many of you will have not. It was made in 1958, it is 22 minutes long, and it is a hoot.

When it starts you might think: what?? But bear with it…trust me, you will enjoy…[Read more]

@winston

In the spirit of keeping alive 20th century viewing habits, there is a line from one of my favourite movies of all time, called “A New Leaf” with Walter Matthau, where one character explains to Matthau’s character: “Sir, in your own lifetime, you have managed to keep alive traditions that were dead before you were even born.”

I have…[Read more]

@winston

in the spirit of maintains order on the forum, my reply is over on The Kebab and the Calculator (?) Anyway, the other one..

This may be of interest to American Whovians. Apparently HBO Max has acquired the rights to stream all of Nu Who:

‘Doctor Who’ to Stream Exclusively on HBO Max

Personally, I have managed to avoid signing up to anything. I suppose someone has to keep alive the spirit of 20th century TV viewing…

@whisht

yes, Arrival was a very emotionally effective movie. I urge you to read the story which it was adapted from. It was called “The Story of your Life” by Ted Chiang. It is easy to find (I found it for free on the web before the movie came out).

It was really rather brilliant. (And only about 40 pages long, as I recall.)

@whisht @thane16

I know many of us have seen this before, but nontheless:

It is both incredibly moving and demonstrates the genius of his acting.

@pedant

Wow. That was incredible.

@thane16

OK, I promised something even worse (or better, when you think about who you were at that moment in time) and here it is:

@thane16

OK, I will start here, and I will admit, this isn’t even the worst of it!

@thane16

In light of your post, I am starting to think that there should be a sub-thread where we reveal the embarrassing musical tastes of our youth.

when I find it on youtube, I promise to reveal it.

@craig

It seems that Kayla wants to get to know me. Unfortunately, I don’t really want to get to know Kayla. I am sure others on the site may be experiencing the same.

There is a very good collection of articles on the moon landing here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/apollo-11-moon-landing-anniversary/

I particularly like the one on JoAnn Morgan.

I have been thinking back to my own memories of the moon landing in 1969, and asking myself how clear those memories are. I vividly remember all of us being assembled in the school assembly hall to watch the landing. And I also clearly remember us coming out of the assembly hall and instinctively looking up in the sky and it was one of the clear…[Read more]

Just following on from @whisht‘s call for items celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing (and also about who has the right to be remembered):

@thane16

Syzygy the elder (and @whisht) this provides some background to the wonderful Superman poster:

https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2017/08/25/superman-a-classic-message-restored

@whisht

Thoughts of space and hope and striving for something better

This seemed appropriate:

And, although not music, this seemed especially appropriate, both for @whisht and for all of us. It is something that was produced in 1949, and in light of recent events, it qualifies, I think, as an example of…[Read more]

@thane16

Syzgy, I searched (in vain) for an old Bugs Bunny cartoon set in the medieval period that featured the Duke of Ellington and the Count of Basie.

But I found something even better: Cab Calloway and Betty Boop doing Minnie the Moocher.