Andrew RoachAlright Cybre.space, are you all down for talking about weird early science fiction?
Because that's what I want to do.
Like, 1902 scifi. Can we talk about scifi from 1902?
Specifically, I want to talk about A Trip to the Moon.
Have you seen A Trip to the Moon? If not, it's right here: http://ajroach42.github.io/a-trip-to-the-moon-science-fiction-film-from-1902/
Takes about 15 minutes, worth the time.
So A Trip to the Moon has some things happen in it:
1) Wizards shoot a missile at the moon.
2) The Moon is alive.
3) The wizards hit it in the eye with a cannon
4) The moon is inhabited.
5) The wizards murder a bunch of the inhabitants of the moon.
6) The wizards head back home like nothing is happening, and they get a parade.
But, like, Then what happens?
What do wizards do with the knowledge that they have assaulted, if not a deity, then at least the biggest fauna ever discovered?
Are the creatures sentient? Do they have technology (or magic?) Can they come back to earth and stomp some people?
Did we murder the moon? Is the moon dead now? Is it going to fall to earth?
Seriously, though, this film leaves me with many questions.
Why did the wizards attack the moon? Did they know it was alive?
Is this revenge for the events depicted in the 1898 film The Astronomer's Dream? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyMTiNbhEDU)
In that film, someone dressed very much like the wizards from A Trip to the Moon gets in a fight with the moon, or a demon pretending to be the moon, or maybe he's dreaming?
gabby kar
Rexford G. Tugwell [old]@ajr I watched it recently with my kids.
13-year old: "That was...interesting."
9-year old: "Let's never watch that again."
@RexfordGTugwell Okay, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyMTiNbhEDU
Melies made some unhinged films.