Talk:Rocketship X-M

References to use

Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.

• Tibbetts, John C. (2010). "Rocketship X-M: The Sounds of a Martian Breeze". In Bartkowiak, Mathew J (ed.). Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film. McFarland. pp. 194–209. ISBN 0786444800.

Corrections and Trivia

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1. I think the plot description is wrong: they crash, but DO transmit a warning back to Earth.
2. The DVD features 1970s restoration by film enthusiast Wade Williams, which involved replacing some of the original FX shots and reshooting exterior long shots with spacesuited stand-ins. As I understand it the reshoots were shot in color and transferred to black and white just so the grain would match the original footage. Lee M 01:40, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
3. Isn't A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès the screens first science fiction film? It say so in the Wikipedia page, but also the page of Rocketship X-M, 1950. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.93.193.31 (talk) 17:53, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Separate the plot from the review

Comments about hitting the eye of a mosquito and Newtonian Law should probably be reserved for the Notes section after the Plot section. If the editor didn't like the movie, it shouldn't pepper his/her recounting of the plot.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 138.162.5.10 (talk • contribs) 13:43, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree. In this instance, I'd particularly like to see a source cited for the probability on "hitting the left eye of a mosquito at a range of several miles." Editorializing is inappropriate content for an encyclopedic tone. Too often there's a tendency for wikipedia contributors to write reviews (rather than encyclopedia articles) when it comes to movies, novels, music, etc. Remember: you're not here to express your opinion or make witty comments about plot holes -- do that on your 'blog. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. 66.17.118.195 16:12, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Genuine vs Pride

Re: The MST3K episode. The owner of this film says that this film is a genuine classic and should never be allowed to be lampooned. I say the 1966 Batman movie (yes, the one based on the TV show with Adam West and Burt Ward) is even more of a classic -- yet it showed up on a episode of "Svengoolie". You may draw your own conclusions.

XM: Moon or Mars?

According to an article in the first issue of Cinemagic Magazine, XM originally stood for “Expedition Moon”, but because of the film “Destination Moon”, it was decided to change locations, so XM could stand now for “Expedition Mars”. - R.G. (talk) 22:29, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Whatever Cinemagic may have said, it remains that in the story their planned destination is the Moon (which is stated explicitly), and they only inadvertently end up on Mars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.102.146.203 (talk) 01:16, 5 January 2022 (UTC)