Apollo 18?

[exilarchia]

Was watching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_18_(film) this the other day, and was quite interested by its premise. I did want to explore the on-Earth reactions to the failed mission, and what the USSR would say about their secret moon landing?

I personally think that the US wouldn't just shut down the program because of some rock spiders, but would instead experiment and launch probes or something instead.

 

[Adrasteia]

Never saw the whole movie but watched the trailer and the ending scene. Seems quite interesting tbh, but it almost seems like an unstoppable plague. If i was america, knowing that was there, I know where I would conduct all my future nuclear weapon detonation testings at. The moon.

 

[Wolttaire]

Well isn't the infection on earth now

 

[exilarchia]

Well isn't the infection on earth now

There was a vague mention of missing moon rocks at the end.

 

[Mike Stearns]

Never saw the whole movie but watched the trailer and the ending scene. Seems quite interesting tbh, but it almost seems like an unstoppable plague. If i was america, knowing that was there, I know where I would conduct all my future nuclear weapon detonation testings at. The moon.

It was a pretty creepy movie in places. They did a really good of mimicking Apollo photography.

 

[Dave Howery]

Well isn't the infection on earth now

I had to wonder about the viability of that... if those critters were born and bred to live on the moon, wouldn't earth's gravity crush them?

 

[exilarchia]

We have really no way to tell. But Scary Moon Rock Spiders are Scary, man.

 

[oshron]

y'all should check out the TV Tropes headscratchers page for this--it brings up some good discussion points on this and provides some possible explanations for the aliens. i typed up a bit on there, myself.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I watched this movie in theaters, and I completely forgot the entire plot and storyline. Not a good sign.