Sci-Fi – Prattling Before the Pratfall

Destination: Moon Mission

Small video outfits have been restoring old movies that have fallen into the public domain. These are titles for niche audiences that are devoted to physical media.

Ignite Films did a splendid job with its restoration of Invaders From Mars for a Blu-ray release. Now, Film Masters has restored George Pal’s Destination Moon.

https://www.filmmasters.com/destination-moon

The notable names associated with this production include author Robert Heinlein and artist Chesley Bonestell, with animation by the Walter Lantz studio. Here’s the restored trailer.

For the more casual viewer, you can save thirty bucks and watch the movie here in decent enough quality.

I love the way Moon missions were depicted in the golden age of Sci-Fi. Everybody had the same quaint vision of not only the surface of the Moon, but of the rockets and space suits.

Tintin in, ‘Destination Moon’ 1950-53, by Georges Remi, aka Hergé

https://ia600505.us.archive.org/31/items/eFilingComics/16_Tintin_and_the_Destination_Moon.pdf

Superman in, ‘A Game of Moonball’ – Kenner Give-a-Show slide, 1962

The Small Assassins

Viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Nature’s triple threat.

The PBS Newshour covers critical research into a new generation of antibiotics. Boston’s home team includes the Broad (pronounced “Brode”) Institute, MIT, and Mass General Hospital. I have a niece who works in one of the labs at the Broad.