# New Roland Emmerich film battles the f\*in Moon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 28, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804 "2021-12-28T19:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/1 "2021-12-28T19:43:36Z")
How does the creator of disaster films like Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012 outdo himself? Get ready to fight the f’in Moon in “Moonfall”! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xx97DuHGr2o/maxresdefault.jpg "Moonfall (2022 Movie) Teaser Trailer – Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx97DuHGr2o) Really? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/2 "2021-12-28T20:09:09Z")
🎶 "I see the bad moon falling…🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/3 "2021-12-28T20:25:17Z")
OK, I’m putting a lost IQ warning on watching that trailer. God help anyone who actually sees the whole movie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/4 "2021-12-28T20:25:57Z")
“American can, should, and must blow up the moon.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GTJ3LIA5LmA/maxresdefault.jpg "Mr. Show - Blow Up the Moon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3LIA5LmA) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/5 "2021-12-28T20:26:22Z")
From a short movie synopsis quoted on IMDB: > These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is. So, guesses as to what the moon really is? An alien craft (that somehow has the right amount of mass and gravity for its size), so they can get inside and steer it back into its orbit at the last minute? Home to a race of aliens (“The world is hollow, and I have touched the sky”)? Green cheese riddled with maggots? This movie might be worth watching for the lulz about how wrong the science will be. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/6 "2021-12-28T20:31:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > This movie might be worth watching for the lulz about how wrong the science will be. - The bigger challenge will be spotting the _real_ science. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/7 "2021-12-28T20:32:30Z")
The above post was made before watching the trailer. Now that I’ve seen it, > [@Chronos](#): > > OK, I’m putting a lost IQ warning on watching that trailer. God help anyone who actually sees the whole movie. In spades. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/8 "2021-12-28T21:33:02Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > So, guesses as to what the moon really is? A harsh mistress? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/9 "2021-12-28T21:39:35Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > So, guesses as to what the moon really is? > > A harsh mistress? - 👍 . ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/10 "2021-12-28T21:50:45Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “American can, should, and must blow up the moon.” Smells like a possible lawsuit for copyright infringement. Somebody better call Saul! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/11 "2021-12-28T22:47:57Z")
Sort of like how the book Battlefield Earth had two bits of real science in it: 1: Herb tea is good for a stomachache. 2: Horses are not based on teleportation tech. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/12 "2021-12-28T22:57:26Z")
Maybe they can get all the heavily armed apocalyptic republicans to shoot at the moon at them same time. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/13 "2021-12-28T23:07:36Z")
Just looking at the still for the trailer (no, I didn’t click on it, I’m not an masochist)… I thought “Wow, could you get three more bland actors?” And then I answered myself, “No, you cannot.” > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > This movie might be worth watching for the lulz about how wrong the science will be. Be a good double feature with _The Core_ (“Oh, no, birds are flying around! The molten core of the Earth must have reversed its rotation! We must drill down there with a nuke!”) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/14 "2021-12-28T23:26:48Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > From a short movie synopsis quoted on IMDB: > > > These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is. > > So, guesses as to what the moon really is? An alien craft (that somehow has the right amount of mass and gravity for its size), so they can get inside and steer it back into its orbit at the last minute? Home to a race of aliens (“The world is hollow, and I have touched the sky”)? Green cheese riddled with maggots? > > This movie might be worth watching for the lulz about how wrong the science will be. That’s no Moon! It’s a SPACE STATION! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/15 "2021-12-28T23:50:33Z")
Ahh, so they discover [_ **Moon Base Alpha!** _](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999#Storyline) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/16 "2021-12-28T23:55:37Z")
Dahak lives!!! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/17 "2021-12-29T00:55:12Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > So, guesses as to what the moon really is? An alien craft (that somehow has the right amount of mass and gravity for its size), so they can get inside and steer it back into its orbit at the last minute? Home to a race of aliens (“The world is hollow, and I have touched the sky”)? Green cheese riddled with maggots? Don’t be silly. It’s an established fact that the Moon is a giant space whale egg and that once it hatches said whale will immediately lay a new egg the exact same size as the previous Moon. > **[Kill the Moon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Moon)** > > "Kill the Moon" is the seventh episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 4 October 2014. The episode was written by Peter Harness and directed by Paul Wilmshurst. > Set in 2049, the episode has the school teacher Clara (Jenna Coleman), student Courtney Woods (Ellis George), and astronaut Lundvik (Hermione Norris) facing a time-sensitive moral dilemma over whether to kill a giant creature under the surface of ... ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/18 "2021-12-29T01:03:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > OK, I’m putting a lost IQ warning on watching that trailer. God help anyone who actually sees the whole movie. Yes, I’m dumber now. A space shuttle flying over the surface of the moon, really? ---
**Author:** ![Pazu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pazu/32/15522_2.png) [@Pazu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pazu)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/19 "2021-12-29T01:49:53Z")
And here I thought we were going to see a bizarre adaptation of _The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask._ ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/20 "2021-12-29T02:11:54Z")
Wow, I thought the plot of the book was silly. > **[Moonfall (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfall_(novel))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > Moonfall is a 1998 hard science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt. The book depicts the impact of an interstellar comet on the Moon and how the catastrophic effects are handled. The novel was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1998. > In 2024, Charlie Haskell, the vice president of the United States, is on the Moon to inaugurate the first moonbase. An interstellar comet is discovered to be on course to impact the Moon and ... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804.md?page=2)