Movies that inspire you to play KSP?

[Pixel of Life]

Europa Report and Space Cowboys, and various documentaries. Although it's not as simple as "something inspired me to play KSP" - I started playing KSP, it inspired me to watch space themed movies and tv shows, which in turn inspired me to play more KSP, and it just goes on and on and on.

[Novamarine]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/

Sunshine

Very unique movie.

I think also under appreciated.

I tried building Icarus in 0.18.

I'll have to post it another time.

[Colmath]

The latest one to do so was Europa Report. It is an awesome movie with a somewhat misleading trailer.

The other one is "From the Earth to the Moon", a TV series aired on HBO about the Apollo program.

[iDan122]

Agree with everything mentioned here except Firefly and Star Trek and Mission to Mars. Hate that fake rendezvous scene, soo many goofs around those 20 minutes. Agree very much with Europa Report, I made a ship called Eeloo-1, look it up.

Want to also add the James Bond movies "You only live twice" and "Moonraker".

[Whackjob]

Wild Wild West.

[notfruit]

I'd have to say europa report. Their faces were just like the kerbals! >

But srs, the space squids were cool and the science was awsum.

[lajoswinkler]

I've just finished watching Europa Report. It's a very interesting movie. I'm sure it would be boring to an average viewer because there isn't any typical Hollywood crap. It's not a great movie, but it's very realistic. You can clearly see how their low budget affected everything.

I'm not sure about the continuity. One second they're in orbit, the next one they're on Europa.

notfruit, you shouldn't had spoiled the movie for everyone, for god sake.

[Joe Shmoe]

The movie Apollo 13.

[tmanrules97]

I'm surprised nobody said October Sky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/)

That

Star Trek

Apollo 13

[loknar]

After watching America's got talent I have an irresistible urge to play KSP.

[fcdrifter13]

I'm surprised nobody said October Sky (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/)

That

Star Trek

Apollo 13

I live maybe 30 mins from where the events in October Skys, happened.

[SkyRender]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, oddly enough. Both the old TV serial and the new(er) film adaptation. Space + absurdity + blunt British humor = pure delight. I can very easily see the Kerbals fitting into the HHGttG mythos; they're not even close to the strangest species compared to those introduced in it, even with their reputation for self-destructing rockets and insane stunts.

[iBeej]

Apollo 13 for me definitely. Loved watching the docking procedure.

[AceofPengwins]

I watched Europa Report after reading this thread, very good movie. And pretty Kerbally, except they all get so sad when... well, you'll see if you haven't yet.

[roosterr]

My Little Pony on Blue Ray, Oh yeaah!

....

...just kidding. Check out this series called Moon Machines. It inspired me to build an anatomically correct Saturn V Apollo mission, which is 95% mission complete. (I just need to pilot a little better, keep having mishaps, time-warp hickups, etc)

Moon Machines: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=moon+machines&oq=moon+machines&gs_l=youtube.3..0l10.7591.9305.0.10432.13.10.0.2.2.3.446.1691.4j3j1j1j1.10.0...0.0...1ac.1.11.youtube.eS8aC3bm8lo

[thereaverofdarkness]

Moontrap with Walter Koenig

it's not that great a movie, but it has semi-realistic moon gravity and space travel

[softweir]

One TV extravaganza, and one movie. The TV was the moon landings - I saw it live on TV, late at night, when I was 7. That feeling never left me!

And the movie was

. (And

.)

[Animal Mother]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sunshine.

I was going to mention that, I just came in late

[Frankiebolo]

I wasn't telling this for first, but I watched it recently and it kinda fascinated me: Sunshine is such a film that can inspire you. Even Europa report is valid, both ends up in a horror creepy manner but that's acceptable (spoilering? ooopsss)

2001 and 2010 are both good, even mission to mars is absolutely inspiring.

[MarkusA380]

Mission to Mars.

A great movie, really.

[khalidibn]

Not a movie, but the anime series Planetes makes me want to KSP so hard. Check it out!

[llamatoes]

Armageddon. I wanted to make a better film.

[Crashonaut]

Apollo 13, October Sky and 2001. But also when I was 15 seeing the launch of a Space Shuttle at Kennedy.

[Kerbal01]

Europa Report, even though I haven't seen it yet.

[Hodo]

The Right Stuff.