What's notable watching this is how much story there is and how much seems to get glossed over. There's definitely way too much story here and this sometimes creates jarring tone shifts, particularly when the story shifts into the space mission to defect the comet.
There's also the strangely clipped story of the astronomer Wolf panicking and wrecking his car when he learns of the comet... this actually doesn't seem relevant to the story at all and could actually be cut. (And Wolf would NOT have shared credit for discovering the comet, Leo unambiguously discovered it. )
Anyway, there's pretty strong drama here that could be greatly expanded throughout the film. There's definitely enough real meat here to flesh out a full five or ten episode show.
There's some false notes. I can't believe the younger astronauts would be so disrespectful to the older Fish, even if they harbored suspicions Fish was put on the mission for his fame. Sorry, no, that man was still one of very few that went into space and landed on the moon, a VERY dangerous and prestigious accomplishment.
There's also the strangely clipped story of the astronomer Wolf panicking and wrecking his car when he learns of the comet... this actually doesn't seem relevant to the story at all and could actually be cut. (And Wolf would NOT have shared credit for discovering the comet, Leo unambiguously discovered it. )
Anyway, there's pretty strong drama here that could be greatly expanded throughout the film. There's definitely enough real meat here to flesh out a full five or ten episode show.
There's some false notes. I can't believe the younger astronauts would be so disrespectful to the older Fish, even if they harbored suspicions Fish was put on the mission for his fame. Sorry, no, that man was still one of very few that went into space and landed on the moon, a VERY dangerous and prestigious accomplishment.