What movie failed to show is the human computer job was a mind-numbing brutal job. The human computer had to solve the same equations thousands of times a day. All day long with a 100% accuracy. She was so focus and so good at her job. The white engineers demanded she stayed and refused to allow her to return to the general pool of human computers.
Well before this movie was ever made, I heard about these human computers at NASA in an unexpected way. I'm an archivist and the woman who wrote the book Hidden Figures was doing research at the National Archives where I worked. I was on the research desk and she was the only researcher that day so, out of boredom, I asked her what she was working on. She told me all about her research into these Black women who worked at NASA. I was gobsmacked. Cut to several years later and the movie is being made. When I heard it was based off her book, my first thought was I MET HER!
One controversial part of this movie is the entirely invented scene where Kevin Costner (I'm not even bothering with the character name, because everyone just thinks of him as Kevin Costner anyway) knocks down the colored bathroom sign. In fact, Katherine simply started using the white bathroom without asking anyone's permission, and was never caught. The filmmakers apparently thought something more dramatic was needed, but it got several accusations of pointlessly giving a hero moment to a white character that no one at the time actually deserved.
But Ryan, the movie needs a white savior. Yeah, I loved this movie when it came out, then saw that part and was like ''Oh, of course Kevin Costner needs to save the black woman''. Thanks for pointing this out, it is much needed for clarity.
IIRC from the book - which is phenomenal - the coffee pot issue never happened either, and the car breakdown that starts the film is complete fiction, but otherwise it's amazingly faithful. The events actually took place over about 15 years, not the 3 - 4 shown in the film, but that's forgiveable.
I love this movie so much! all three leads (Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, and Janelle Monae) just knock it out of the park. I was so angry that I was never taught about these 3 extraordinary women in history class! thanks, as always, for another great reaction Sam ❤️
This was an inspirational film and one of my favorites. Btw, Pharrell Williams wrote most of the songs and produced the music for this movie. That's why it sounds so good and fits so well. It is interesting that the story of these very influential women was mostly unknown until this book and movie came out. Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson had already passed away when the book came out. In fact, these women had barely received any recognition until after the book came out after which Katherine Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson were all awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019. Katherine Johnson was the only one still alive at the time.
If anyone needs some clarity, here’s a rundown on the Mercury 7: -Alan Shepard became the first American in space (three weeks after Yuri Gargarin’s mission) in the Mercury-Redstone 3, a 15 minute suborbital flight which served as a simple proof of concept that the capsule could keep a person alive through the tremendous G-forces. He was eager for more missions, but was discovered to have the dizziness-causing ear condition Meniere’s Disease, which appeared to doom any chance of it (Kristin Chenoweth also has it, which is why you might notice her occasionally leaning on the piano during live performances). But after several years, he took a risky experimental surgery that could have left him permanently deaf, but successfully cured him, and he was able to step on the Moon as the commander of Apollo 14, best known for his demonstrating how far a golf ball can be hit in the lower gravity. At 47, he was the oldest person in space until John Glenn went back at age 77. He was played by Scott Glenn in The Right Stuff (movie), Ted Levine in From the Earth to the Moon, Desmond Harrington in The Astronaut Wives Club, and Jake McDorman in The Right Stuff (series). -Gus Grissom flew the Mercury-Redstone 4, a repeat of Shepard’s mission that also included a new explosive hatch to allow for a fast escape. Unfortunately, the hatch malfunctioned after his landing in the ocean and the capsule and its data were lost when the crew elected to instead save the quickly drowning Grissom. He was cleared of any fault in the incident and was made commander of the first Apollo mission, and likely would have been the first person on the Moon. But tragically, he and his crewmates Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a horrific accident during the plugs-out test for the rocket. He was played by Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (movie), Steve Bernie in Apollo 13, Mark Rolston in From the Earth to the Moon, Brian Cranston in That Thing You Do, Joel Johnstone in The Astronaut Wives Club, Shea Whiggam in First Man, and Michael Trotter in The Right Stuff (series). -John Glenn flew the Mercury-Atlas 6, which made three full orbits around the Earth. He resigned from NASA in 1964 and became a Senator for 24 years, before going into space again in 1998 at age 77, setting a new record for the oldest person in space which was broken just this year by the 90 year old William Shatner. He was played by Ed Harris in The Right Stuff (movie), Sam Reid in The Astronaut Wives Club, Matt Battaglia in For All Mankind, and Patrick J. Adams in The Right Stuff (series). -Scott Carpenter flew the Mercury-Atlas 7, a repeat of Glenn’s mission which landed far off course. He was blamed for the error and left NASA in 1964 for the Navy SEALAB, where he spent a month living on the ocean floor. He made a full retirement from the military in 1969. He was played by Charles Frank in The Right Stuff (film), Wilson Bethel in The Astronaut Wives Club, and James Lafferty in The Right Stuff (series). -Walter Schirra flew the Mercury-Atlas 8, a nine hour flight which proved the capsule could handle such an extended period in space. He went on to be part of the Gemini program where he performed the first rendezvous between spacecraft, and commanded Apollo 7, the program’s first crewed launch with a low orbit shakedown test. He was the only person to fly in all three programs (though Grissom would have done it too if not for his untimely death). He was played by Lance Henrikson in The Right Stuff (movie), Mark Harmon in From the Earth to the Moon, Aaron McClusker in The Astronaut Wives Club, and Aaron Staton in The Right Stuff (series). -Gordo Cooper few the Mercury-Atlas 9, the last of the Mercury program and the last solo space mission to date, which lasted so long that he became the first person to sleep in space. He also flew in the Gemini program and proved a person could survive a round trip to the Moon by spending eight days in space. He was played by Dennis Quaid in The Right Stuff (movie), Robert C. Treveiler in From the Earth to the Moon, Bret Harrison in The Astronaut Wives’ Club, and Colin O’Donoghue in The Right Stuff (series). The character Gordo Stevens in For All Mankind is also based on him, though the name change allows for more artistic leeway (he’s portrayed as part of the Apollo 10 crew, which Cooper was on the backup crew for). -Deke Slayton never got to go to space due to an irregular heart rhythm, and instead became NASA’s Flight Director, overseeing the entire Apollo program. He was played by Scott Paulin in The Right Stuff (movie), Chris Ellis in Apollo 13, Nick Searcy in From the Earth to the Moon, Kenneth Mitchel in The Astronaut Wives Club, Kyle Chandler in First Man, Chris Bauer in For All Mankind, and Micah Stock in The Right Stuff (series).
I got this movie as a gift years ago, from my music teacher in high school. I was a really good student in many subjects, and I'd done a project in music that he wanted to thank me for. He was a bit disappointed that I didn't intend to persue music, but he knew I wanted to be an astrophysicist. So he chose this film. I found it really sweet of him, and kind of inspiring. I've been at university for a while now, and like... I'm not some super genius like Katherine who is gonna make revolutionary breakthroughs. It's unlikely I'm gonna end up at NASA, given that I'm not even American. But still, sometimes it weighs you down being the only woman in a room full of men all the time, and those kinds of stories can help me to remain confident.
Shortly before this film's release, Katherine Johnson also appeared in the series Timeless, about a time-travelling trio fighting a guy who's trying to make a bunch of history worse. The episode also took a shot at the Apollo 13 film for not featuring her, despite her having played an important role in saving that crew. It was a pretty neat show that unfortunately way too few people watched, though the ones that did were actually vocal enough that the network quickly reversed its decision to cancel the show after its first season, and while it was cancelled for real after the second, we still got one final double-length episode to wrap the story up.
I like anything space related but I did not know about this movie when it came out. I first saw a trailer for it on a big screen TV while shopping. There was no sound but when I saw the Mercury capsule, I knew I would be interested in it and then the trailer also showed the first scene where they are stuck on the road with the cop giving them attitude. So space and racism in a single movie made it a must watch for me. I know so much about the early space program and never had I learned about this. I really enjoyed it. If you want another "true" space movie (not science fiction) check out "The Right Stuff" from 1983, it won 8 Oscars and it is about the beginnings of the space program. If you want to explore the other theme of this movie which was civil rights, check out "Mississippi Burning" from 1988 it also won a lot of Oscars, 7 actually.
I love the movie Hidden Figures and I don't know why until I stumbled across it on TV I had never heard of it. I have since bought it on DVD but my point is why is it that a movie this great showing real life strong black female characters of this story including the movie itself still seemingly hidden from public view? This is the first ever reaction I have seen of it too which is great OGB has done so, bavo! But also sad no one else has considering this movie has been around for some time now.
you are right, too few are doing reactions to this movie. however, SebScreen has also done a reaction to this movie. he's a great reactor as well and you should check him out.
I absolutely love this movie. As the mother of a daughter and the grandmother of 2 granddaughters, I hope every little girl on earth is able to watch this movie and know that they can live their dreams.
John Glen was a Marine they were the first military branch to stop segregation (their motto was if your a Marine your green) so that is why Glen gave them the respect they deserved
This was before computerized telemetry. When an experimental plane or space craft landed. They had to take the Black boxes which consisted of switches and flashing lights, write them down, transpose them to number, plug them into the equation and solve the equations. Going through the same steps for weeks or months at a time. Brutal, mind-numbing work. Hard work.
You know you should put The Right Stuff in your playlist for future reactions, it's essentially the exact same story but it's the point of view of the astronauts
Parsons character was totally intimidated by Catherine’s intelligence and a bit jealous of her abilities but I also think he secretly admired her to, but his male ego would not allow him to show that.
I'm french and when I saw this movie, I was shocked my history books never mentionned these women. I read on Internet that the real Katherine Johnson was the last of the three who was still alive when the movie came out. She died only three years ago
26:28 As an Aussie, I can wholeheartedly recommend _The Dish_ (2000), an Australian historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Someone requested that of me to watch but unfortunately it's not streaming anywhere at all so I can't watch it :( They did in fact send me the DVD just to have, but I just dont have a good productive way to watch and record from a DVD Streaming and recording that is just much easier
I am so glad you are watching this movie! You react to films others don’t . I hope more will. I know they added the white savior part but when I watch it or think about it I just think of these three incredible women.
One of the best films I've seen in a decade! Anyone who likes the history of the Space Program should check out the brilliant series, "For All Mankind", where a reimagined space race ends with the Russians landing on the Moon first! The USA is not happy about it, so one can only guess how intense the next space race to Mars will be! Great ensemble cast, excellent writing, believable special effects... It's created and written by Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek DS9)!
Good Morning, Good Evening, Good Afternoon!!!!!❣️❣️ One of the best movies ever!!!!!!! Idk how I missed this notification. But I'm soooo excited to be watching it now. I love this movie for all that it is. True story, excellent actors.... Thank u!!!!!
As the old commercials for the United Negro College Fund solemnly proclaimed, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." (And I've always appreciated the Anglo-American gift for _understatement._ ) 🤓
I get it that some extra drama was added but the baseline of the story is solid. I came across this movie about a month ago and it blessed my heat so much that I've watched it 4 times already. I was just waiting to for the reactors to get into it. Gr8 reaction...You're "the first" reaction that I've found so far!...Congratulations on being "the first".
@@OGBReacts See my note elsewhere regarding the History vs Hollywood article. This movie stirred up quite a bit of controversy among historians due to the fact that it took so many liberties with the truth in order to amp up the drama. ✌
@@OGBReacts it's understandable. If she went to the public courthouse. She couldn't drink from the same water fountains. Use the same bathrooms. Enter the court house through the front door. Or stop by the local dinner and eat with the white folks. At this point she had worked with NASA and other government agency for years. But the locals still viewed her as not fit to mingle with white people.
This movie is great, I remember seeing this movie in theaters, one of the best movies I've seen, also I hope you get to watch The World's Greatest Dad movie.
I love the History that somehow never made the History Books.... By the way, you can do what ever you put your mind and heart to; Don't sell yourself short!
I love this movie Sam. Thanks so much for doing this one. I miss being able to say hello on Twitch, but my computer’s mobo crapped out. Anyway, thanks from a fellow “space cadet.” PS, if that shirt were any lighter blue, you would be in danger of becoming invisible…lol, I’m kidding. Now back to making left turns until the next reaction.
I don’t know if you noticed but in Juno the sister’s name was Liberty Bell and in this movie the capsule was named Liberty Bell. That’s a fun little Coinkydink. This movie has so many wonderful things going for it. I love movies about fighting oppression and stereotypes and movies about genius and mathematics. There are so many wonderful actors and good performances. Yet…the movie was a miss for me. I can’t put my finger on why, but it was a disappointment.
I cut my teeth on Fortran (programming language) about 20 years after this happened ... tried and true tech. bad math in say architecture, actually gets people killed (Hyatt Regency walkway collapse 1981), thus the need for a third party check (since you can't see your own errors).
I wanted this to win best picture so much. But seeing Katherine Johnson being honored on that stage and finally getting the recognition she deserved was amazing. 🥲
Some good movies that I recommend in the realm of space: The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, From the Earth to The Moon (HBO series), etc. and some fun, fictional: The Martian, Arrival, Contact, etc.
Also For All Mankind, an alternate history story about the Soviets landing on the Moon first, resulting in NASA continuing to get strong government support as America tries to get its own win in the space race.
Janelle Monae came out as pansexual a while after doing this film, which of course adds a whole new edge to her line "I have the right to see fine in all colors."
Can not watch this story without a huge grin on my face. I'm a WASP WW2 historian, and the women back then went through the same crap. Although Black women arrived to be part of that program, the Army (not the other women) said no to hiring them, saying that if the military was to be segregated, they would not allow the women to be first to do it.
Good Morning Good Evening n Good Afternoon!!!! Thank u for reacting to these gems n reacting to rare movies not many r reacting to. 😘 How bout The Help!
Great movie, which was made even better because it was a true story. This is a classic case of why Critical Race Theory is the correct way to teach. Portraying the social inequities do not glorify them, but it is important to show the errors in the ways that were the norms. Teaching with sanitized subject matter is preaching, We cannot grow as a society or as individuals unless we learn how things happened before us.
Hi,sam loved u reaction,have seen the entire movie recommend by another youtuber,,,,it was worth it,waiting for you’re next movie reaction…saludos bye bye from SPAIN..🇪🇸👍🎞🍿🇺🇸
#OGB Hi, new subscriber here! I really enjoy your reactions and choice of films! Have you seen Bridge to Terabithia? Would love to see you react to that movie, it’s beautiful.
I don't remember how I heard about it, but this' one of few movies I went to see with my cousin & her husband. My request. We all enjoyed it! Back in the 70s, NASA was painted as this all-white, all-male agency! We were led to believe the female astronauts in the Space Shuttle were the first women in NASA (excluding secretaries); & ditto the Black astronauts. Looking back, it's sad to think how much a segment of America was waking up to the value of women & Blacks outside of traditional roles thru the 70s; & yet important Black people in NASA were invisible. (Take above with a grain of salt. I was a kid during the 70s, so probably have a different perspective from someone ten to twenty years older than me.) I have a weird memory concerning Friendship 7. No idea if I saw anything on TV; or comprehended what was aired. But there was a Casper the Friendly Ghost comic I got that told the problem in orbit in a kid-friendly way, & suggested that Casper helped! I held onto that comic until it finally fell apart.
How sad it is that I just spent all afternoon and night at SD Pride, been looking forward to it all year, hoping to feel accepted, but no one spoke to me other than a few "excuse me"'s after bumping into me, and I get home and feel a much better human connection watching a movie reaction video? Not a reflection on this video, just my failure as a person.
These ladies had two things against them, their colour and their gender but they were determined and incredibly intelligent. Whilst a very different film this has similarities with 'Red Tails' where black pilots were thought incapable of flying let alone combat missions. It ends up with white bomber crews asking for the Red Tails as their escorts. So many times black people where held back simply because of their colour but we must celebrate those that would not accept it and rose above it with pride,
Bigotry sexsim and racism is hard to watch from the outside looking in but living with and through it Is something you can not explain unless you go through it yourself
with your post movie comments about love for space and space movies,,,YOU HAVE TO REACT to interstellar,,,that movie blew my mind so hard im still trying to unblow it back to normal again,,,please consider reacting to that film
This was a great movie. Based on a true story Based, meaning that a lot I'd made up oe over exaggerated for dramatic effect. They make way too much of the bathroom issue, the rwal story was she went to yhe other building only once. Next day she looked for the women's bathroom bit it had a "whites only sign", she took it off and threw it in the trash, someone put it back up, she threw it back in the trash, and after a few more times, they stopped putting it back up. There was no heroic white guy smashing the sign. The racist Sheldon, character was made up, because the screen wrier wanted to show that there was racism in the 60s, but there was no racism at NASA at that time. Note the only segregation among the mathematicians was that the men worked in one room the women in another, race was not a factor. And the woman that wouldn't let her be a manager, was made up also for dramatic story telling, to show that she had to work hard to become the first black female manager at NASA. And the part about not being allowed to be in the meetings, the story is actually very different. In real life she asked if she could attend, the manager said no computers ever asked to attend, and she said is there any rule against it and he said no. She attend the meetings the very first time she asked.
Oh wow! I understand making things up for dramatic effect but I wish they kept the bathroom thing true to the story; it would’ve been nice to see HER do that instead of the him.
@@OGBReacts me too her actual story was far more interesting, when she got that scholarship at the beginning, her family moved 3 hrs away to get her to the svhool. Then her father commuted 3 hrs each way to work and home every day so that she could attend. And she got a PhD in math. She was a school teacher, who got recruited into the Department of the Army. To do ballistic trajectory calculations to improve artillery accuracy. Then when NASA was formed she moved there and went there with a solid reputation as a math wiz, by the engineers and other mathematicians.
I hadn't seen it until it came to Tv. I didn't know about these ladies but that's what's cool about some movies based on real ppl/ events, it opens up your awareness more. I really loved the movie, ever since I saw Taraji in Benjamin Button, I just really felt an affinity for, like she would make a cool bestie lol. Octavia- I've seen in various things over the years. And Janelle Monae, I knew firstly as a singer here and there before seeing her pop up in movies. (If I remember right she's Pansexual also.) Anyways, I really liked Kevin Costner in this. And Kirsten Dunst, she is best known for as a child, playing Claudia in- Interview with a Vampire, and in Jumanji along Robin Williams. Was good to watch your reactions to this one Sam. 😊📺🎬🛰📚
There's only one thing that ruins this movie for me, and that's Mary saying (and I'm nitpicking here) "Can you believe it's 1960 something and we're following a police car!" In order to say that, she would have to know that the future would be different and better, by comparison.
It makes me mad that almost no schools teach about these women during Black History Month! Or even just in general American History! Or do they even teach actual American History anymore? 🤔
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sadly Katherine was the only one of the group who lived long enough to see this movie come out. She passed away two years ago at the age of 101.
Wow! May they all rest easy
She also appeared at the Oscars that year and got a thundering standing ovation. Just look up the clip, you'll be happy you did.
What movie failed to show is the human computer job was a mind-numbing brutal job. The human computer had to solve the same equations thousands of times a day. All day long with a 100% accuracy. She was so focus and so good at her job. The white engineers demanded she stayed and refused to allow her to return to the general pool of human computers.
Well before this movie was ever made, I heard about these human computers at NASA in an unexpected way. I'm an archivist and the woman who wrote the book Hidden Figures was doing research at the National Archives where I worked. I was on the research desk and she was the only researcher that day so, out of boredom, I asked her what she was working on. She told me all about her research into these Black women who worked at NASA. I was gobsmacked. Cut to several years later and the movie is being made. When I heard it was based off her book, my first thought was I MET HER!
That’s amazing!!
Awesome! Women like these paved the way for all of us.
Katherine Johnson just died in 2020. She was 101 years old.
These women are legend. Not only their job was extremely complicated, but they had to fight rampant recism and mysoginy. Hats off.
No they didn’t. The movie was complete bullcrap.
One controversial part of this movie is the entirely invented scene where Kevin Costner (I'm not even bothering with the character name, because everyone just thinks of him as Kevin Costner anyway) knocks down the colored bathroom sign. In fact, Katherine simply started using the white bathroom without asking anyone's permission, and was never caught. The filmmakers apparently thought something more dramatic was needed, but it got several accusations of pointlessly giving a hero moment to a white character that no one at the time actually deserved.
oooo... this is true.
I had no idea bout that 👀
@@iKvetch558 thank you! I appreciate good sources.
But Ryan, the movie needs a white savior.
Yeah, I loved this movie when it came out, then saw that part and was like ''Oh, of course Kevin Costner needs to save the black woman''. Thanks for pointing this out, it is much needed for clarity.
IIRC from the book - which is phenomenal - the coffee pot issue never happened either, and the car breakdown that starts the film is complete fiction, but otherwise it's amazingly faithful. The events actually took place over about 15 years, not the 3 - 4 shown in the film, but that's forgiveable.
I love this movie so much! all three leads (Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, and Janelle Monae) just knock it out of the park. I was so angry that I was never taught about these 3 extraordinary women in history class! thanks, as always, for another great reaction Sam ❤️
So many women in history were not recognized for their work. Hopefully more movies and books bring them the recognition they deserve.
This was an inspirational film and one of my favorites. Btw, Pharrell Williams wrote most of the songs and produced the music for this movie. That's why it sounds so good and fits so well.
It is interesting that the story of these very influential women was mostly unknown until this book and movie came out. Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson had already passed away when the book came out. In fact, these women had barely received any recognition until after the book came out after which Katherine Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson were all awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2019. Katherine Johnson was the only one still alive at the time.
If anyone needs some clarity, here’s a rundown on the Mercury 7:
-Alan Shepard became the first American in space (three weeks after Yuri Gargarin’s mission) in the Mercury-Redstone 3, a 15 minute suborbital flight which served as a simple proof of concept that the capsule could keep a person alive through the tremendous G-forces. He was eager for more missions, but was discovered to have the dizziness-causing ear condition Meniere’s Disease, which appeared to doom any chance of it (Kristin Chenoweth also has it, which is why you might notice her occasionally leaning on the piano during live performances). But after several years, he took a risky experimental surgery that could have left him permanently deaf, but successfully cured him, and he was able to step on the Moon as the commander of Apollo 14, best known for his demonstrating how far a golf ball can be hit in the lower gravity. At 47, he was the oldest person in space until John Glenn went back at age 77. He was played by Scott Glenn in The Right Stuff (movie), Ted Levine in From the Earth to the Moon, Desmond Harrington in The Astronaut Wives Club, and Jake McDorman in The Right Stuff (series).
-Gus Grissom flew the Mercury-Redstone 4, a repeat of Shepard’s mission that also included a new explosive hatch to allow for a fast escape. Unfortunately, the hatch malfunctioned after his landing in the ocean and the capsule and its data were lost when the crew elected to instead save the quickly drowning Grissom. He was cleared of any fault in the incident and was made commander of the first Apollo mission, and likely would have been the first person on the Moon. But tragically, he and his crewmates Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a horrific accident during the plugs-out test for the rocket. He was played by Fred Ward in The Right Stuff (movie), Steve Bernie in Apollo 13, Mark Rolston in From the Earth to the Moon, Brian Cranston in That Thing You Do, Joel Johnstone in The Astronaut Wives Club, Shea Whiggam in First Man, and Michael Trotter in The Right Stuff (series).
-John Glenn flew the Mercury-Atlas 6, which made three full orbits around the Earth. He resigned from NASA in 1964 and became a Senator for 24 years, before going into space again in 1998 at age 77, setting a new record for the oldest person in space which was broken just this year by the 90 year old William Shatner. He was played by Ed Harris in The Right Stuff (movie), Sam Reid in The Astronaut Wives Club, Matt Battaglia in For All Mankind, and Patrick J. Adams in The Right Stuff (series).
-Scott Carpenter flew the Mercury-Atlas 7, a repeat of Glenn’s mission which landed far off course. He was blamed for the error and left NASA in 1964 for the Navy SEALAB, where he spent a month living on the ocean floor. He made a full retirement from the military in 1969. He was played by Charles Frank in The Right Stuff (film), Wilson Bethel in The Astronaut Wives Club, and James Lafferty in The Right Stuff (series).
-Walter Schirra flew the Mercury-Atlas 8, a nine hour flight which proved the capsule could handle such an extended period in space. He went on to be part of the Gemini program where he performed the first rendezvous between spacecraft, and commanded Apollo 7, the program’s first crewed launch with a low orbit shakedown test. He was the only person to fly in all three programs (though Grissom would have done it too if not for his untimely death). He was played by Lance Henrikson in The Right Stuff (movie), Mark Harmon in From the Earth to the Moon, Aaron McClusker in The Astronaut Wives Club, and Aaron Staton in The Right Stuff (series).
-Gordo Cooper few the Mercury-Atlas 9, the last of the Mercury program and the last solo space mission to date, which lasted so long that he became the first person to sleep in space. He also flew in the Gemini program and proved a person could survive a round trip to the Moon by spending eight days in space. He was played by Dennis Quaid in The Right Stuff (movie), Robert C. Treveiler in From the Earth to the Moon, Bret Harrison in The Astronaut Wives’ Club, and Colin O’Donoghue in The Right Stuff (series). The character Gordo Stevens in For All Mankind is also based on him, though the name change allows for more artistic leeway (he’s portrayed as part of the Apollo 10 crew, which Cooper was on the backup crew for).
-Deke Slayton never got to go to space due to an irregular heart rhythm, and instead became NASA’s Flight Director, overseeing the entire Apollo program. He was played by Scott Paulin in The Right Stuff (movie), Chris Ellis in Apollo 13, Nick Searcy in From the Earth to the Moon, Kenneth Mitchel in The Astronaut Wives Club, Kyle Chandler in First Man, Chris Bauer in For All Mankind, and Micah Stock in The Right Stuff (series).
Thanks for the info 👀
I got this movie as a gift years ago, from my music teacher in high school. I was a really good student in many subjects, and I'd done a project in music that he wanted to thank me for. He was a bit disappointed that I didn't intend to persue music, but he knew I wanted to be an astrophysicist. So he chose this film.
I found it really sweet of him, and kind of inspiring. I've been at university for a while now, and like... I'm not some super genius like Katherine who is gonna make revolutionary breakthroughs. It's unlikely I'm gonna end up at NASA, given that I'm not even American. But still, sometimes it weighs you down being the only woman in a room full of men all the time, and those kinds of stories can help me to remain confident.
When I tell you my mom and I took at least 5 other people to see this movie after we watched it....just beautiful
All the ladies were real and so smart. Mahershala Ali is so dreamy, he plays Col. Jim Johnson.
Nominated for 3 Oscars including Best Picture.
Shortly before this film's release, Katherine Johnson also appeared in the series Timeless, about a time-travelling trio fighting a guy who's trying to make a bunch of history worse. The episode also took a shot at the Apollo 13 film for not featuring her, despite her having played an important role in saving that crew. It was a pretty neat show that unfortunately way too few people watched, though the ones that did were actually vocal enough that the network quickly reversed its decision to cancel the show after its first season, and while it was cancelled for real after the second, we still got one final double-length episode to wrap the story up.
Yeah, that was a fun show. I watched the whole thing on Netflix
Once you get past watching Sheldon you see he is pretty good at playing other characters.
Is there any human on earth as adorable as Janelle Monae?
No.
I like anything space related but I did not know about this movie when it came out. I first saw a trailer for it on a big screen TV while shopping. There was no sound but when I saw the Mercury capsule, I knew I would be interested in it and then the trailer also showed the first scene where they are stuck on the road with the cop giving them attitude. So space and racism in a single movie made it a must watch for me. I know so much about the early space program and never had I learned about this. I really enjoyed it. If you want another "true" space movie (not science fiction) check out "The Right Stuff" from 1983, it won 8 Oscars and it is about the beginnings of the space program. If you want to explore the other theme of this movie which was civil rights, check out "Mississippi Burning" from 1988 it also won a lot of Oscars, 7 actually.
I love the movie Hidden Figures and I don't know why until I stumbled across it on TV I had never heard of it. I have since bought it on DVD but my point is why is it that a movie this great showing real life strong black female characters of this story including the movie itself still seemingly hidden from public view? This is the first ever reaction I have seen of it too which is great OGB has done so, bavo! But also sad no one else has considering this movie has been around for some time now.
you are right, too few are doing reactions to this movie. however, SebScreen has also done a reaction to this movie. he's a great reactor as well and you should check him out.
I absolutely love this movie. As the mother of a daughter and the grandmother of 2 granddaughters, I hope every little girl on earth is able to watch this movie and know that they can live their dreams.
I cheered and clapped all through this picture. A well deserved addition to our film folklore. Great acting too.
John Glen was a Marine they were the first military branch to stop segregation (their motto was if your a Marine your green) so that is why Glen gave them the respect they deserved
This was before computerized telemetry. When an experimental plane or space craft landed. They had to take the Black boxes which consisted of switches and flashing lights, write them down, transpose them to number, plug them into the equation and solve the equations. Going through the same steps for weeks or months at a time. Brutal, mind-numbing work. Hard work.
My brother in law worked for John Glenn. He signed my daughter's space history book.
That’s amazing!
You know you should put The Right Stuff in your playlist for future reactions, it's essentially the exact same story but it's the point of view of the astronauts
One of my favorite quotes:
"Science is just mathematics dressed up as dinosaurs and outer space to look interesting."
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I have not seen a portrale of John Glenn where he is isn't an All American great guy.
I never got a chance to see this. Thanks. There are some superstar talents in this movie.
Parsons character was totally intimidated by Catherine’s intelligence and a bit jealous of her abilities but I also think he secretly admired her to, but his male ego would not allow him to show that.
I need to rewatch this film again, even though I cry every time.
Those were some powerful women, no matter their race.
A decent movie about some amazing women with an excellent cast.
I'm french and when I saw this movie, I was shocked my history books never mentionned these women.
I read on Internet that the real Katherine Johnson was the last of the three who was still alive when the movie came out. She died only three years ago
26:28 As an Aussie, I can wholeheartedly recommend _The Dish_ (2000), an Australian historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Someone requested that of me to watch but unfortunately it's not streaming anywhere at all so I can't watch it :(
They did in fact send me the DVD just to have, but I just dont have a good productive way to watch and record from a DVD
Streaming and recording that is just much easier
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“ I pay Taxes!”🤣
It’s such a wholesome film. I love sitting with Girl Scouts and watching it.
Great reaction to this Sam! Unless you've seen it, I would recommend 2011's _The Help_ as well, also starring Octavia Spencer.
I loved the Help!
I loved this movie SO MUCH. So glad you loved it too!
I am so glad you are watching this movie! You react to films others don’t . I hope more will.
I know they added the white savior part but when I watch it or think about it I just think of these three incredible women.
Yeah, and he also knocked down the wrong sign!
Nasa was never segregated according to my research.
One of the best films I've seen in a decade!
Anyone who likes the history of the Space Program should check out the brilliant series, "For All Mankind", where a reimagined space race ends with the Russians landing on the Moon first! The USA is not happy about it, so one can only guess how intense the next space race to Mars will be! Great ensemble cast, excellent writing, believable special effects...
It's created and written by Ronald D. Moore (Outlander, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek DS9)!
Good Morning, Good Evening, Good Afternoon!!!!!❣️❣️
One of the best movies ever!!!!!!!
Idk how I missed this notification.
But I'm soooo excited to be watching it now.
I love this movie for all that it is.
True story, excellent actors.... Thank u!!!!!
Enjoy!!
As the old commercials for the United Negro College Fund solemnly proclaimed, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
(And I've always appreciated the Anglo-American gift for _understatement._ ) 🤓
I get it that some extra drama was added but the baseline of the story is solid. I came across this movie about a month ago and it blessed my heat so much that I've watched it 4 times already. I was just waiting to for the reactors to get into it. Gr8 reaction...You're "the first" reaction that I've found so far!...Congratulations on being "the first".
The bathroom scene never happened. NASA was never like that. Now that was true for the local town. But NASA was not like that.
Unfortunate :(
I figured there were parts of this that were exaggerated but I assumed the majority was true
@@OGBReacts See my note elsewhere regarding the History vs Hollywood article. This movie stirred up quite a bit of controversy among historians due to the fact that it took so many liberties with the truth in order to amp up the drama. ✌
Damn :(
@@OGBReacts it's understandable. If she went to the public courthouse. She couldn't drink from the same water fountains. Use the same bathrooms. Enter the court house through the front door. Or stop by the local dinner and eat with the white folks. At this point she had worked with NASA and other government agency for years. But the locals still viewed her as not fit to mingle with white people.
This movie is great, I remember seeing this movie in theaters, one of the best movies I've seen, also I hope you get to watch The World's Greatest Dad movie.
Great choice! Anyone who loves this movie will really love The Help.
Awesome movie. And important. Thanks for your reaction.
I love the History that somehow never made the History Books....
By the way, you can do what ever you put your mind and heart to; Don't sell yourself short!
I love this movie Sam. Thanks so much for doing this one. I miss being able to say hello on Twitch, but my computer’s mobo crapped out. Anyway, thanks from a fellow “space cadet.” PS, if that shirt were any lighter blue, you would be in danger of becoming invisible…lol, I’m kidding. Now back to making left turns until the next reaction.
Thanks for the reaction to this bit of space history!!!
Such a great flick, looking forward to your reaction.
Hope you enjoyed!
Math is the same everywhere. I dont understand more than algebra but damn it! I trust people with slide rules.
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Great film. Great reaction. Thanks, Sam!
I don’t know if you noticed but in Juno the sister’s name was Liberty Bell and in this movie the capsule was named Liberty Bell. That’s a fun little Coinkydink.
This movie has so many wonderful things going for it. I love movies about fighting oppression and stereotypes and movies about genius and mathematics. There are so many wonderful actors and good performances. Yet…the movie was a miss for me. I can’t put my finger on why, but it was a disappointment.
OMG YOURE RIGHT 😳
Wow
I swear I’m not doing this on purpose 🤣
That capsule even had a "crack" painted on as a joke.
I cut my teeth on Fortran (programming language) about 20 years after this happened ... tried and true tech. bad math in say architecture, actually gets people killed (Hyatt Regency walkway collapse 1981), thus the need for a third party check (since you can't see your own errors).
Very wonderful movie indeed!
Timeless
I wanted this to win best picture so much. But seeing Katherine Johnson being honored on that stage and finally getting the recognition she deserved was amazing. 🥲
Some good movies that I recommend in the realm of space: The Right Stuff, Apollo 13, From the Earth to The Moon (HBO series), etc. and some fun, fictional: The Martian, Arrival, Contact, etc.
Also For All Mankind, an alternate history story about the Soviets landing on the Moon first, resulting in NASA continuing to get strong government support as America tries to get its own win in the space race.
Great movie. Great reaction.
Janelle Monae came out as pansexual a while after doing this film, which of course adds a whole new edge to her line "I have the right to see fine in all colors."
So she had to add her sexual depravity to this movie, that’s a lie itself because it FALSELY claims "racism"at NASA when there wasn’t any.
Can not watch this story without a huge grin on my face. I'm a WASP WW2 historian, and the women back then went through the same crap. Although Black women arrived to be part of that program, the Army (not the other women) said no to hiring them, saying that if the military was to be segregated, they would not allow the women to be first to do it.
I understand the choice of title, but I still think "Significant Figures" would have worked well too.
Good Morning Good Evening n Good Afternoon!!!! Thank u for reacting to these gems n reacting to rare movies not many r reacting to. 😘 How bout The Help!
This is a good movie.
Great movie, which was made even better because it was a true story. This is a classic case of why Critical Race Theory is the correct way to teach. Portraying the social inequities do not glorify them, but it is important to show the errors in the ways that were the norms. Teaching with sanitized subject matter is preaching, We cannot grow as a society or as individuals unless we learn how things happened before us.
I've been pushing this movie on many RUclips reactor channels...
I believe you are The 1st 😉 ....of all them that's reacted, so thank-you 🙂
Hi,sam loved u reaction,have seen the entire movie recommend by another youtuber,,,,it was worth it,waiting for you’re next movie reaction…saludos bye bye from SPAIN..🇪🇸👍🎞🍿🇺🇸
I love this movie!
"I cant do math..."..girl, i dont count changes when i buy things...it doesnt make any sense in my head. hahaha...greetings from São Paulo, Brazil
You should react to "A River Runs Through It"
Great movie based on Norman McLeans novel
#OGB Hi, new subscriber here! I really enjoy your reactions and choice of films!
Have you seen Bridge to Terabithia? Would love to see you react to that movie, it’s beautiful.
Thanks so much!! So glad you're enjoying. I haven't seen that! Hopefully some day!
They are disciples of Princess Nori Sayako
I love this movie.
I don't remember how I heard about it, but this' one of few movies I went to see with my cousin & her husband. My request. We all enjoyed it!
Back in the 70s, NASA was painted as this all-white, all-male agency! We were led to believe the female astronauts in the Space Shuttle were the first women in NASA (excluding secretaries); & ditto the Black astronauts. Looking back, it's sad to think how much a segment of America was waking up to the value of women & Blacks outside of traditional roles thru the 70s; & yet important Black people in NASA were invisible.
(Take above with a grain of salt. I was a kid during the 70s, so probably have a different perspective from someone ten to twenty years older than me.)
I have a weird memory concerning Friendship 7. No idea if I saw anything on TV; or comprehended what was aired. But there was a Casper the Friendly Ghost comic I got that told the problem in orbit in a kid-friendly way, & suggested that Casper helped!
I held onto that comic until it finally fell apart.
Check out Kevin Costner in A Perfect World!!! Totally over looked. Excellent movie. Buzz n Butch.
And The Help!!!!!
How sad it is that I just spent all afternoon and night at SD Pride, been looking forward to it all year, hoping to feel accepted, but no one spoke to me other than a few "excuse me"'s after bumping into me, and I get home and feel a much better human connection watching a movie reaction video? Not a reflection on this video, just my failure as a person.
Salute to you for watching this. Truly an unsung story in our history (or herstory).
🌟❤👏🏾
Has anyone suggested watching another movie based on a true story around the space race- OCTOBER SKY.
You might enjoy The Martian with Matt Damon.
Its on my list!
If you haven’t seen t, you need to see TheHelp!
I have! It’s a great movie
14:06 Bear something in mind when you watch this scene. Well behaved women _seldom_ make history.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😀
These ladies had two things against them, their colour and their gender but they were determined and incredibly intelligent. Whilst a very different film this has similarities with 'Red Tails' where black pilots were thought incapable of flying let alone combat missions. It ends up with white bomber crews asking for the Red Tails as their escorts. So many times black people where held back simply because of their colour but we must celebrate those that would not accept it and rose above it with pride,
You should react to October Sky, another true story!
You said you guess it's the times hell is still the time.
You’re very much correct, unfortunately 💀
Bigotry sexsim and racism is hard to watch from the outside looking in but living with and through it
Is something you can not explain unless you go through it yourself
If you have not seen Apollo 13 I think you will really enjoy it!
I have and I've reacted to it if you were interested!!
ruclips.net/video/oB5CODwms50/видео.html
@@OGBReacts thank you, I will!
Great reaction
with your post movie comments about love for space and space movies,,,YOU HAVE TO REACT to interstellar,,,that movie blew my mind so hard im still trying to unblow it back to normal again,,,please consider reacting to that film
I’ve been wanting to react to it! It’s been on the poll for a bit and hasn’t won quite yet. Hopefully soon!
Review a Perfect World!!!! React to A Perfect World!!!!!!!
not a HIM thing,,,,its a TIME thing,,,,this is how things were in the 60s/70s,,pretty much everywhere on the planet
Apply for a Lower Decks position. Rockets would need that. That's a way to get into space.
Please react to The Three Stooges (2012)! Hilarious! Trust me!
This was a great movie. Based on a true story
Based, meaning that a lot I'd made up oe over exaggerated for dramatic effect.
They make way too much of the bathroom issue, the rwal story was she went to yhe other building only once. Next day she looked for the women's bathroom bit it had a "whites only sign", she took it off and threw it in the trash, someone put it back up, she threw it back in the trash, and after a few more times, they stopped putting it back up. There was no heroic white guy smashing the sign. The racist Sheldon, character was made up, because the screen wrier wanted to show that there was racism in the 60s, but there was no racism at NASA at that time. Note the only segregation among the mathematicians was that the men worked in one room the women in another, race was not a factor. And the woman that wouldn't let her be a manager, was made up also for dramatic story telling, to show that she had to work hard to become the first black female manager at NASA.
And the part about not being allowed to be in the meetings, the story is actually very different. In real life she asked if she could attend, the manager said no computers ever asked to attend, and she said is there any rule against it and he said no. She attend the meetings the very first time she asked.
Oh wow! I understand making things up for dramatic effect but I wish they kept the bathroom thing true to the story; it would’ve been nice to see HER do that instead of the him.
@@OGBReacts me too her actual story was far more interesting, when she got that scholarship at the beginning, her family moved 3 hrs away to get her to the svhool. Then her father commuted 3 hrs each way to work and home every day so that she could attend. And she got a PhD in math. She was a school teacher, who got recruited into the Department of the Army. To do ballistic trajectory calculations to improve artillery accuracy. Then when NASA was formed she moved there and went there with a solid reputation as a math wiz, by the engineers and other mathematicians.
I hadn't seen it until it came to Tv. I didn't know about these ladies but that's what's cool about some movies based on real ppl/ events, it opens up your awareness more. I really loved the movie, ever since I saw Taraji in Benjamin Button, I just really felt an affinity for, like she would make a cool bestie lol. Octavia- I've seen in various things over the years. And Janelle Monae, I knew firstly as a singer here and there before seeing her pop up in movies. (If I remember right she's Pansexual also.) Anyways, I really liked Kevin Costner in this. And Kirsten Dunst, she is best known for as a child, playing Claudia in- Interview with a Vampire, and in Jumanji along Robin Williams. Was good to watch your reactions to this one Sam. 😊📺🎬🛰📚
There's only one thing that ruins this movie for me, and that's Mary saying (and I'm nitpicking here) "Can you believe it's 1960 something and we're following a police car!"
In order to say that, she would have to know that the future would be different and better, by comparison.
And to think, these women had to do all that they did while wearing a girdle!
It makes me mad that almost no schools teach about these women during Black History Month! Or even just in general American History! Or do they even teach actual American History anymore? 🤔