{"id":1042,"date":"2006-05-05T13:32:14","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2021-01-12T14:39:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T21:39:56","slug":"destination-moon-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Destination Moon (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The race is on &#8212; and we&#8217;d better win it!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Destination-Moon-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Destination-Moon-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Destination-Moon-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Destination-Moon-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Destination-Moon-Poster-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/Destination-Moon-Poster.jpg 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of astronauts (Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, John Archer, and Dick Wesson) defy the American government by flying their rocketship to the moon.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Space Exploration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this 1950s classic is a &#8220;slow, dated, but influential science-fiction film&#8221;. The filmmakers focus primarily on portraying space travel (as-of-yet unachieved) in a realistic manner &#8212; in addition to providing a healthy dose of red-baiting, which is the weakest element of the plot by far. Nonetheless, once the astronauts actually get out in space, you&#8217;ll be enchanted by their amazement as they experience zero-gravity for the first time.  Especially exciting &#8212; if a bit contrived &#8212; is the finale of the film, in which the four astronauts must figure out how to make their ship light enough for a successful return.  It&#8217;s a trip watching this movie so many years after it was released, when travelling to the moon &#8212; and beyond &#8212; is accepted as commonplace; this would make a great double bill with <em>The Right Stuff<\/em> (1983) &#8212; with <em>Destination Moon<\/em> shown first, of course.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent early special effects<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/destination-moon-special-effects.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/destination-moon-special-effects.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4772\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good focus on the science behind space travel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/destination-moon-science.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/destination-moon-science.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4770\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A humorous Woody Woodpecker cartoon which explains to laypeople how rocket science works<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/destination-moon-woody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/destination-moon-woody.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4771\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its place in film history. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0042393\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/destination-moon-1950.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s106moon.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2015\/04\/30\/destination-moon-1950\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The race is on &#8212; and we&#8217;d better win it!&#8221; Synopsis: A group of astronauts (Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, John Archer, and Dick Wesson) defy the American government by flying their rocketship to the moon. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Science Fiction Space Exploration Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this 1950s classic is a &#8220;slow, dated, but influential science-fiction film&#8221;. The filmmakers focus primarily on portraying space travel (as-of-yet unachieved) in a realistic manner &#8212; in addition to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1042\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63021,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/63021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}