{"id":1170,"date":"2006-06-18T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2006-06-18T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2021-07-27T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:08:58","slug":"rocketship-x-m-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Rocketship X-M (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You <em>must<\/em> get back to Earth, and tell them what we found.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-X-M-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-X-M-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-X-M-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-X-M-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-X-M-Poster.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile on an eXpedition to the Moon (X-M), an astronaut (John Emory) and his flight crew &#8212; including a mathematician (Osa Massen), a colonel (Lloyd Bridges), a navigator (Harry Chamberlin), and a flight engineer (Noah Beery, Jr.) &#8212; find their rocketship heading towards Mars instead.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Pal Films<\/li>\n<li>Lloyd Bridges Films<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Threat<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Space Exploration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nViewed by many as an irredeemably &#8220;bad movie&#8221;, this dated sci-fi flick is primarily notorious for beating out George Pal&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1042\"><em>Destination Moon<\/em> (1950)<\/a> as the first of the &#8220;fifties science fiction cycle&#8221;.  In his review, Peary insists that <em>Rocketship X-M<\/em> &#8212; despite its much lower production values and infinitely inferior scientific credibility &#8212; is &#8220;at least as entertaining&#8221; as its Technicolor counterpart. While this is true to a certain extent, the number of sexist comments directed towards the lone female on board the ship made it difficult for me to focus on anything else:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Dr. Lisa Van Horn <\/strong>(Osa Massen): I suppose you think women should only cook, and sew, and bear children.<br \/>\n<strong>Col. Floyd Graham <\/strong>(an annoyingly smug Lloyd Bridges): Isn&#8217;t that enough?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In terms of the plot, blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo framed the story as a cautionary tale about nuclear power: once the explorers arrive on Mars, they find that a nuclear holocaust has caused the &#8220;once advanced civilization&#8221; of (conveniently) humanoid Martians to revert to a brutish cave-man existence. Unfortunately, the scenes on Mars &#8212; actually shot in the American Southwest with an added sepia tint &#8212; are underdeveloped, slowly paced, and largely unsatisfying. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Location.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography2.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5-357x270.png 357w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Rocketship-XM-Cinematography5.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look for its place in film history. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0042897\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s123XM.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2014\/11\/28\/rocketship-x-m-1950\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You must get back to Earth, and tell them what we found.&#8221; Synopsis: While on an eXpedition to the Moon (X-M), an astronaut (John Emory) and his flight crew &#8212; including a mathematician (Osa Massen), a colonel (Lloyd Bridges), a navigator (Harry Chamberlin), and a flight engineer (Noah Beery, Jr.) &#8212; find their rocketship heading towards Mars instead. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: George Pal Films Lloyd Bridges Films Nuclear Threat Science Fiction Space Exploration Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Viewed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1170\"> 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-1170","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\/1170","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=1170"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74506,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1170\/revisions\/74506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}