Wednesday, December 10, 2008

quicko: the dish

Maybe you knew already knew this, but despite practically being Neil Armstrong's next door neighbor, I just recently learned something: the Australians broadcasted the moon landing. They even made a movie about it.

The movie is aptly called The Dish and evidently more or less follows the true story of a small town's efforts to get live video feed around the world.

I wouldn't recommend watching this movie when you're sleepy, but if you're feeling educational on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I'm sure there're worse things you could do with your time. It might even give a chuckle or two -- if you can make out what they're saying.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The Dish is on my list of favourite movies. Tom Long's character (the nervous astronomer guy) is gold, and there's something just so perfectly Aussie about a high tech communication dish in the middle of a sheep paddock.