Moon Conspiracy Theories

TruTV recently posted a piece about called 10 Conspiracies About the Moon (Not Including the Big One).  Here are some tidbits that I thought interesting:

  • Nostradamus… is believed to be telling of the moon landing… ‘He will come to go into the corner of Luna / Where he will be captured and put in a strange land / The unripe fruits will be the subject of great scandal / Great blame, to one great praise.'”
  • Late in the war, “the Nazis were developing high-tech weaponry and, some believe, space shuttle technology. Theories say that the Nazis could have been the actual winners of the space race in 1942… While there, they set up a base, which is said to have since been frequented by astronauts from other countries. Another rumor suggests that Hitler survived WWII, fled the planet using rocket technology and lived a long life on the Nazi moon base.” [I would love to see a Hellboy story set in the 1960’s based on  Hitler living on the moon with a Nazi army!]
  • There is “alleged Apollo 14 footage of a monkey or dog-like creature moving rapidly across the lunar surface while the astronauts are already back inside the spacecraft.”
  • Some folks “now believe that there are weapons of mass destruction locked and ready to blast off from the moon. But are they pointing at Earth or into space?”
  • The 2011 film Apollo 18 is a mockumentary-style horror flick with the basic concept that we did not return to the moon because of an alien presence the astronauts found there. Or is it a documentary?
  • “According to the UFO Casebook website, NASA has captured images of what are believed to be alien bases on the far side of the moon. In 1994, the US Navy sent a satellite called Clementine to take images of the moon, but found nothing unusual enough to share with the public.
  • “Though 1.8 million images were taken, only 170,000 images were made public. The rest have been classified, which leads many to believe that proof of alien life is being withheld from the public.”
  • Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who was the Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 14, claimed during a radio interview with Nick Margerrison of Kerrang Radio in 2008 that aliens had made contact with humans many times but that the government has been hiding the truth.”
  • “Another rumor: both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin saw and filmed an active alien moon base on the far side of the moon during their lunar jaunt. James Lovell of the Apollo 8 mission is also rumored to have seen evidence of alien life.”

i would love for friendly (big smile) intelligent  alien life to be discovered.  Until then, I’m going with the Hitler and Nazi army on a moonbase as my favorite moon conspiracy theory.

Dangerous Stunts from the Silent Era

Movie stunts today have never been bigger or more exciting, right?  Of course most movies use computer graphics and the actors are in no real danger… but back in the silent era of films, when movies were just getting started, stunt work could cost an actor his life.

Mental Floss takes a look at Six Dangerous Stunts from the Silent Movie Era.  You might want to as well.

Zodiac Killer Code Cracked?

That’s Corey Starliper.  Have you ever heard of him?  I hadn’t either until recently.  Corey claims to have broken a code that has stumped experts for over forty years.  Not only that, in breaking the code, Correy believes he has solved the mystery behind the identity of the Zodiac Killer.

If true, this is a major, major breakthrough.  Of course, if it was true, don’t you think you’d have heard of Corey Starliper somewhere other than here?

Drive: Crime Classic in the Making

Have you seen the trailer for “Drive”?  It is the best looking trailer I’ve seen in a long time and if the movie turns out to be as good as the teaser indicates, then we are in for a crime classic.  The source material is more than solid since it’s based on the crime novel Drive by James Sallis [that I reviewed here].

Ok.  Enough of my praise.  Check out the redband trailer and see for yourself.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

At ComicCon this past weekend, Robert Rodriguez announced that “Frank [Miller] has written a script for Sin City 2It could shoot as early as later this year.

The Sin City sequel will follow the same format as the original movie with three interconnected tales. “A Dame to Kill For” will be the main title and is based on the Frank Miller story of the same name. The Long Bad Night is the second yarn with no mention of the third’s title at this point.

The Package: I’m In

I learned about The Package by Elliot Blake and Alexis Ziritt, through Kickstarter.  I liked what I read and decided to become a backer.  Here’s what got me on board:

  • THE PACKAGE, an original 56-page crime graphic novel written by Elliot Blake and illustrated by Alexis Ziritt, is the story of Fred Cutler, a shallow mob gunman who survives an attempt on his life only to wake up and find there’s a small bomb in his chest. It was planted there by Paz Huerta, the beautiful young woman who saved his life, because she sees in him her one best chance to get something she’s wanted more than anything: revenge for the death of her father at the hands of Fred’s boss, Los Angeles gangster Rafi Vega. Like it or not, Fred’s going to have to help Paz, because she’s not taking no for an answer – and she’s the one with her finger on the detonator.