# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/21 "2021-12-29T03:02:20Z")
Why are they igniting a gopher? ---
**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 29, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/22 "2021-12-29T03:05:46Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Why are they igniting a gopher? - Caddyshack:Moonbase Alpha ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/23 "2021-12-29T03:32:32Z")
Beware the _Santovasku!_ ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/24 "2021-12-29T03:39:15Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > A space shuttle flying over the surface of the moon, really? Never saw _Capricorn One_, did you. That had James Brolin, Sam Waterston, and OJ Simpson travel to Mars – with a Saturn V. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/25 "2021-12-29T04:24:59Z")
To be fair, they _faked_ going to Mars in a Saturn V. That’s actually the least implausible thing about the film. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/26 "2021-12-29T10:06:59Z")
God, I am so tired of that stupid “swarm” special effect. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/27 "2021-12-29T11:25:38Z")
Do you know how much it cost to develop that swarm plugin? They have like another decade of films to pay it off! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/28 "2021-12-29T12:49:35Z")
You want a decent Moon-based horror film? Go watch Apollo 18. This just looks awful. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/29 "2022-02-05T00:55:51Z")
_Slate_ fact-checks _Moonfall_. Unsurprisingly, it’s not entirely accurate. Surprisingly, there are actually a few points that aren’t completely wrong. I can’t quite imagine anyone here caring about spoilers such as _why_ is the moon falling, but if you do for some reason, be warned that this contains spoilers. > **[Fact-Checking Moonfall: Could the Moon Really Fall?](https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/fact-checking-moonfall-movie-science-astronomy.html)** > > The new disaster movie is more scientifically accurate than you’d think. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/30 "2022-02-05T02:01:17Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Surprisingly, there are actually a few points that aren’t completely wrong. No, that article is utter crap. Here is is rephrased: “A sparrow can fly at 20 miles per hour. So a sparrow flying at 20 thousand miles per hour isn’t completely wrong!” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/31 "2022-02-05T02:27:30Z")
Sure, the stayed “accurate” about all the destructive stuff. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/32 "2022-06-22T22:51:07Z")
For a buck and change at the local Redbox, it was a fine crank the subwoofers to 11, pass the popcorn, and turn off the brain distraction for a couple of hours kind of movie. Almost the only thing they got right is that the Space Shuttles are in museums. Pretty sure the Shuttles don’t run on Windows, and even if they did, would NASA really use Russian antivirus? Those Kaspersky placements were just odd. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804/33 "2022-06-22T23:46:39Z")
I started watching this movie on a flight two weeks ago. I bailed out (of the film; not the plane) after 20 minutes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-roland-emmerich-film-battles-the-f-in-moon/956804.md?page=1)