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Old December 23rd 19, 01:54 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default The Aeronauts - movie on Amazon Prime

On 12/22/19 5:38 PM, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 7:24:17 PM UTC-5, kinsell wrote:

Read the comments on Amazon before wasting your time on this. A very
substantial rewrite of history, in order to push a political agenda.


The very capable and athletic young WOMAN in the movie is a fictional character. Once the balloon is aloft, the male scientist help her remove her corset and then she gets into her rain gear right before they fly into a cloud.


Damn. You said you weren't going to post spoilers, and here you gave
away the whole plot.

I suppose this isn't any worse than the Titanic movie, but most people
know that Kate Winslett and Leonardo DeCrapio weren't really on the
ship. The balloon story is much less well known, and weak-minded
individuals may think this is real.

It's a pity, the actual story was fascinating in its own right, just
didn't have the correct political message to make Bezos and company
happy. What an inspiring story for young girls, teaching them how easy
it is to fabricate phoney role models.

I'll skip watching this one, plenty of other phoney news stories
saturate the media these days. Now, back to soaring.