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What is wrong with you people. Get a grip.
They should have included the flag planting, since it was a core reason why we went, and would have removed all of the right-wing media chastising it.
To be fair, Aldrin wasn't portrayed well in A Man on the Moon, and by extension, "From the Earth to the Moon," either. He's always had a large personality and never been afraid to share his opinions, and that's rubbed a lot of his fellow astronauts the wrong way. The space enthusiast community has also long had a conflicted relationship with Buzz.Now that all said, finally, what I don't like about it ...
Buzz Aldrin is going to be treated as the antagonist. This really pisses me off. Dr. Aldrin was critical in both Gemini and Apollo, and they are going to make him out to be a jerk. That's anything but the truth.
Here is Armstrong's son on the film:
Buzz always said Armstrong was the best pilot among the two of them. But Buzz was the astrophysicist, PhD from MIT no less.
Indeed, Armstrong only held a Master's Degree, and humbly took a job at the University of Cincinatti -- avoiding other academic offers -- because he didn't have a doctorate.
Meanwhile, Buzz -- like Armstrong (and Collins) -- was "tossed aside" as a "PR piece" and no longer allowed to do jack. Buzz returned to the USAF's space training program, only to see it shutdown, and left with no work where his PhD in Astrophysics could be utilized.
I really hate how Buzz is portrayed, especially those years "doing nothing" until his "revival" in the DC socialite medium in the 21st century.
And in Buzz's defense, they really 'threw him away' as a 'PR piece' after 11. That was stupid. I don't want to take away from Armstrong, who Buzz always said was 'the best pilot' (calm, cool -- Buzz always talks fondly of Armstrong, despite what people say), but Armstrong has his marks in his career, and was humble enough to choose a lower profile professorship -- of so many high-profile offerings -- at Cincy, because he only had a Masters.I also wouldn't feel too bad about Buzz. More so than any other astronaut, he's capitalized on his fame to the tune if millions in endorsements, licensing agreements, speaking appearances and autograph fees.
Buzz Aldrin is really NASA's version of John McCain.