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Home Articles Remembering Neil Armstrong

August 30, 2012 By iluvcinema 2 Comments

Remembering Neil Armstrong

I could not let this week go without saying how profoundly sad I was to hear the news of the passing of Neil Armstrong over the weekend at the age of 82. As I said on my Facebook page at the moment of Sally Ride’s passing:

I grew up in what we now know were the waning days of the “space race”/ Cold War, where the threat of nuclear obliteration was only bested by the scientific discovery that sprung up in the wake of the quest for world dominance.

Just the other day I was thinking about space again and a childhood film that I LOVED from the 1980’s Space Camp (1985). I just KNEW that was going to be me in a few years time. Alas, I did not reach those heights, but the curiosity of what is out there always stuck with me.

Looking around the world wide web I was pleased to find out that more people share in my sentiment when it comes to remembering the first man to land on the moon’s surface. Here is just a sample, my “mix tape”of sorts from a few film sites that also reflected on the life and achievements of a man who dreamed big and for a brief moment in time was among the moon and stars …

  • Tribeca Film: Remembering Neil Armstrong
  • Flixchatter’s Musical Break: A Tribute to Neil Armstrong
  • Cinema Blend’s piece on Neil Armstrong
  • Movieweb retrospective
  • extraTV’s look back at space movies, in honor of the late astronaut

 

 

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  1. ruth says

    August 30, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    Thanks for the link. Mr Armstrong is a real life legend.
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  2. Castor says

    September 2, 2012 at 7:04 pm

    RIP Neil Armstrong. A true American hero who literally pushed the boundaries of what Mankind can do.
    Castor recently posted..‘The Possession’ & ‘Lawless’ Top Seasonally Weak Box OfficeMy Profile

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