It’s pretty much just a bunch of white guys in suits (space and business) getting tense while talking on headsets, doing math, and flipping switches, but it’s directed to plain procedural perfection; the swirling technical banter envelops you in the world (and out of it) and the methodical problem to solution plot points create suspense and release very effectively. To this formula are added nice touches of humour and emotion (“You never know what events are to transpire to get you home”).
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We now know that the white guys in suits in “Apollo 13” could not have done anything without black women in dresses in “Hidden Figures” [2016].
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I still need to watch that one!!
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