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1. All Apollo Myths
2. Myths About Apollo
3. Short Myths About Apollo
4. Apolloall About Myths Meaning
5. Myths Involving Apollo

Apollo 18 is a 2011 American-Canadian alternate historyfound footagescience fictionhorror film written by Brian Miller, directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov and Michele Wolkoff. After various release date changes, the film was released in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada on September 2, 2011. However, the release dates for other territories vary.^[3] The film is López-Gallego's first English-language movie.

• Apollo was god of many things, making him one of the more important gods in Greek mythology. He was the god of poetry, art, archery, plague, sun, light, knowledge and music. He was born on the island of Delos and had a twin sister named Artemis. He was also an oracular god and a patron of Delphi.
• Myths about Apollo. Apollon or Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians, the 12 most important gods in Greek mythology. Because of this, there are many myths about him: The Birth of Apollo. Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were the children of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and the goddess Leto.When Leto became pregnant, Zeus already had a wife, the queen of the gods Hera.
• Apollo, the god of Light, Prophecy, Music, Poetry, and the Arts and Sciences, is by far the noblest conception within the whole range of Greek mythology, and his worship, which not only extended to all the states of Greece, but also to Asia Minor and to every Greek colony throughout the world, stands out among the most ancient and strongly-marked features of Grecian history, and exerted a more decided.

The film's premise is that the cancelled Apollo 18 mission actually landed on the Moon in December 1974, but never returned, and as a result the United States has never launched another expedition to the Moon. The film is shot in found-footage style, supposedly 'lost footage' of the Apollo 18 mission that was only recently discovered. The film received mostly negative reviews with most of them comparing it to Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project and Alien.

This charming myth talks about the platonic love of god Apollo for the beautiful nymph Daphne. It is said that Daphne was the first love of Apollo but unfortunately the girl never responded his love. It was not usual or possible for a nymph or a mortal woman in the Greek mythology to resist to the love of a god, but Daphne did so and in fact. History Ancient Greece Greek Mythology. God of: Music, poetry, light, prophecy, and medicine Symbols: Lyre, bow and arrow, raven, laurel Parents: Zeus and Leto Children: Asclepius, Troilus, Orpheus Spouse: none Abode: Mount Olympus Roman name: Apollo Apollo is the Greek god of music, poetry, light, prophecy, and medicine. He is one of the Twelve Olympian gods who live on Mount Olympus.

Plot[edit]

In December 1974, the crew of the cancelled Apollo 18 mission is informed that it will now proceed as a top secret Department of Defense (DoD) mission, disguised as a satellite launch. Commander Nathan Walker, Lieutenant Colonel John Grey, and Captain Ben Anderson are launched toward the Moon to place detectors to alert the United States of any impending ICBM attacks from the USSR.

Grey remains in orbit aboard the Apollo command moduleFreedom while Walker and Anderson land on the South Pole of the Moon in the Apollo Lunar ModuleLiberty, on Dec, 25. While planting one of the detectors, the pair take rock samples which Anderson describes as feeling 'strange'. In the background, the camera captures a rock moving into a nearby crater. After returning to Liberty, the pair hear noises outside and the motion sensor camera captures a small rock moving nearby. Houston claims the noises are interference from the ICBM detectors. The next day, Anderson finds a rock sample on the floor of Liberty despite having secured the samples. During their ICBM set-up, Anderson discovers footprints that lead them to a bloodstained and abandoned (but still functional) Soviet LK lander. Anderson explores a nearby crater, which he describes the ground as 'feeling softer'. Inside the crater, he finds a dead cosmonaut as well as a broken helmet. Walker queries Houston about the Soviet presence, but he is told only to continue with the mission. While they are sleeping, Walker is woken by strange noises and something bumping into the lander.

The following day, the pair find that the flag they had planted is missing. Having completed their mission, the crew prepares to leave, but the launch is aborted when Liberty suffers violent shaking. An inspection reveals extensive damage to Liberty. Walker finds their shredded flag nearby; the motion sensor camera is also missing, and the rover tipped on its side. He then finds non-human tracks outside Liberty, and cites them as evidence of extraterrestrial life. Walker feels something moving inside his spacesuit and is horrified as a spider-like creature crawls across the inside of his helmet; he disappears from view and Anderson finds him unconscious outside of Liberty. Walker later denies the events. A wound is discovered on Walker's chest, and Anderson removes a Moon rock embedded within him. After having removed the rock, Walker smashes it with a hammer. The pair find themselves unable to contact Houston or Grey due to increased levels of interference from an unknown source.

Anderson speculates that the true purpose of the 'ICBM warning devices' is to monitor the aliens, and that they are the source of the interference. Anderson and Walker attempt to switch the devices off, only to discover they have been destroyed, with the same non-human tracks surrounding them. Walker shows signs of a developing infection, such as vein discoloration (possibly caused by necrosis) and blood-shot eyes, and he becomes contentious and paranoid. The mission cameras capture the rock samples moving around in the interior of Liberty, revealing that the aliens are camouflaged as Moon rocks. Increasingly delusional, Walker attempts to destroy the cameras within Liberty with a hammer, but he accidentally damages other controls, causing Liberty to depressurize. Realizing the Soviet LK lander is their only source of oxygen, the pair travel to the LK lander in their Lunar rover. Walker becomes agitated, believing he should not leave the Moon because of the risk of spreading the infection to Earth, and causes the rover to crash. As the rover crashes, the camera catches glimpses of the large space rocks, which begin to grow legs similar to that of spiders.

Anderson awakens and tracks Walker to the crater where they found the cosmonaut. Walker is pulled into the crater by the creatures. Anderson gives chase, but he is confronted by the aliens, and flees to the Soviet LK. Anderson uses its radio to contact USSR Mission Control, who connect him to the Department of Defense. The deputy secretary informs Anderson that they cannot allow him to return to Earth, admitting they are aware of the situation and believe he is also infected. Anderson manages to contact Grey and they make arrangements for Anderson to return to Freedom. Anderson prepares the lander for launch, but Walker arrives, revealing he survived the alien encounter and demanding to be let in. However, he is now completely psychotic and when Anderson refuses to let him in, he tries to break the lander's window with a hammer. Before Walker can enter the vehicle, he is swarmed with rock aliens which break his helmet open and kill him; his body is dragged away by a much larger alien rock.

Anderson launches, but the DoD tells Grey that Anderson is infected, and orders him to abort the rescue or ground communication (without which the CSM will be unable to return to Earth) will be cut off. The lander's engines shut off as it enters orbit; while it is in free fall, small rocks within the craft float in the air, some of which reveal themselves to be rock aliens. Anderson is attacked and infected by the rock aliens, preventing him from controlling the vehicle. Grey warns Anderson that he is approaching too fast, and the footage ends abruptly, implying that the LK and Freedom collided.

The film concludes with a statement giving the 'official' fate of the astronauts, describing them as having been killed in various accidents that left their bodies unrecoverable. An epilogue notes that many of the rock samples returned from the previous Apollo missions are now missing.

Cast[edit]

• Warren Christie as Lunar Module Pilot Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Anderson
• Lloyd Owen as Commander Nathan 'Nate' Walker
• Ryan Robbins as Command Module Pilot Lieutenant Colonel John Grey
• Andrew Airlie as CAPCOM (Thomas Young)
• Michael Kopsa as Deputy Secretary of Defense

Production[edit]

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Apollo 18 was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[4] However, it has been promoted as a 'found footage' film that does not use actors. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dimension Films head Bob Weinstein 'balk[ed] at the idea' that the film was a work of fiction, stating that 'We didn't shoot anything; we found it. Found, baby!'^[5][6]

The Science & Entertainment Exchange provided a science consultation to the film's production team.^[7] NASA was also 'minimally involved with this picture,' but declined to go further with the project.^[8]

The film concludes with a statement that the Nixon Administration gave away hundreds of Moon rocks to foreign dignitaries around the world, and that many of these Moon rocks have been lost or stolen. This is actually true; both the Nixon and Ford Administrations gave away 135 Apollo 11 Moon rocks and 135 Apollo 17 goodwill Moon rocks. The Moon Rock Project, a joint effort of over 1,000 graduate students started at the University of Phoenix in 2002, has helped track down, recover or locate many Moon rocks and found that 160 are unaccounted for, lost or destroyed.^[9] In 1998, a sting operation, called Operation Lunar Eclipse, made up of personnel from NASA's Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Customs recovered the Honduras Apollo 17 goodwill Moon rock, valued at $5 million.^{[citation needed]}

The film is distributed by Dimension Films.^[10]

Alternate endings and deleted scenes[edit]

Four alternate endings and one deleted scene are included in the DVD releases. Other deleted scenes have also surfaced that were included in some of the trailers.

Alternate endings[edit]

In the first ending, Anderson is in the LK after being attacked by Walker. Anderson is surrounded by the aliens as the LK loses oxygen, and he dies. The alien then leaves the shot.

In the second ending, Anderson is in the LK, with the aliens trying to break in. Suddenly, an alien breaks the window of the LK and kills Anderson with a pincer.

In the third ending, Anderson is talking with DoD in the LK and sees the veins in his arms turning black, showing he is infected. The infection overtakes him and he begins to smash the control panel in rage before breaking the camera, leaving his fate unknown.

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In the fourth ending, an infected Anderson is in the LK. An alarm begins to sound as the lander plummets back to the Moon. The LK impacts with the surface of the Moon.

In the final ending, Grey survives the ordeal and argues with a DoD official back on Earth, who reveals that the astronauts were sent to the Moon to get infected and return to Earth so the United States could use the alien venom as a bio-weapon against the Soviet Union, which is conducting human experiments with the venom.

Deleted scenes[edit]

A single deleted scene details the fate of the Russian cosmonaut. He is killed when an alien breaks his helmet visor.

Other deleted scenes show two alternate versions of the dead cosmonaut.Version 1: Nate and Anderson find the cosmonaut's helmet but no Soviet ship. They then find the cosmonaut's body dragged many meters away. Version 2: The same as the first but the cosmonaut is partially buried.

Another alternate scene shows Anderson leaving a picture of his family on the surface as he swears that he will get home. As he does, the rocks aliens begin to stalk him. Anderson spots the Soviet lander in the distance and narrowly makes it inside as the aliens chase after him.

Release[edit]

Apollo 18 was released on September 2, 2011 in multiple countries. Originally scheduled for February 5, 2010, the film's release date was moved ten times between 2010 and 2011.^{[3][11][12][13][14][15]}

Home media[edit]

The film was released December 27, 2011 on DVD, Blu-ray, and online. Special features include an audio commentary with director López-Gallego and editor Patrick Lussier, deleted and alternate scenes and endings, including footage of how the Russian cosmonaut died and 4 alternate deaths of Ben Anderson.

Reception[edit]

Apollo 18 has received mostly negative reviews from critics. On the online reviews site Rotten Tomatoes, the film was given a 23% 'rotten' score based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 3.67/10 and the consensus: 'A boring, suspense-free Paranormal Activity rip-off that feels long even at just 90 minutes'.^[16]Metacritic, which gives an aggregate score between 0 and 100, gives the film a 24 based on 19 critic reviews, which indicates 'generally unfavorable reviews'.^[17]

Conversely, Fred Topel of CraveOnline gave the film a positive review, saying that the film 'will shock you to your core' and that the last 10 minutes 'are the most exciting of any summer movie, and without motion capture effects.'^[18]

Box office[edit]

At the end of its run in 2011, Apollo 18 had earned $17,687,709 domestically, plus $8,548,444 overseas for a worldwide gross of $26,236,153 against a $5 million budget, becoming a financial success.^[2] In its opening weekend, Apollo 18 screened in 3,328 theaters and opened in number 3, earning $8,704,271, with an average of $2,615 per theater. In its second weekend, the film earned $2,851,349, dropping 62.7%, with an average of $856 per theater, dropping to number 8, but still had a higher total gross at that point over Shark Night 3D, another horror film opening the same weekend as Apollo 18.^{[citation needed]}

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Apollo 18 (15)'. British Board of Film Classification. August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
2. ^ ^abc'Apollo 18 (2011)'. Box Office Mojo. September 2, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
3. ^ ^ab'Apollo 18 has its release date moved for the fifth time'.
4. ^'British Columbia Film Commission Film List: January 11, 2011'(PDF). British Columbia Film Commission. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 28, 2011.
5. ^Tim Stack. ''Apollo 18': Details on the super-secret new sci-fi flick'. Entertainment Weekly.
6. ^'We're ... not saying that mockumentary films should be banned. Or viral marketing, for that matter—Apollo 18 has a fairly great Russian cosmonaut viral happening right now. And we're sluts for a good internet puzzle. We just don't need the head of a studio to try and convince us that they found mysterious alien footage on the Moon'. From 'Are audiences sick of being lied to?', by Meredith Woerner, in io9, March 4, 2011
7. ^'Project'. National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
8. ^Keegan, Rebecca (September 1, 2011). 'NASA reaches its outer limit'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
9. ^In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks: A Personal Account Geotimes Magazine. November 2004.
10. ^'New Apollo 18 Viral Examines Why We Haven't Been Back to the Moon'.
11. ^McWeeny, Drew (January 7, 2011). ''Apollo 18' game revealing new clues about SF conspiracy thriller'. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
12. ^Yamato, Jen (March 25, 2011). 'Weinstein Co. Pushes Apollo 18 Release Back to January 2012'. Movie Line. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
13. ^'Apollo 18 Lands On Another Release Date'.
14. ^'Release Date News: 'Apollo 18,' 'Piranha 3DD,' 'Our Idiot Brother' and 'I Don't Know How She Does It''.
15. ^'A Nice Change Of. Pace: 'Apollo 18' And 'Final Destination 5' Move Up'.
16. ^'Apollo 18 (2011)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
17. ^'Apollo 18 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic'. Metacritic.com. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
18. ^'Review: 'Apollo 18′', CraveOnline, September 2, 2011

External links[edit]

• Apollo 18 on IMDb
• Apollo 18 at Box Office Mojo
• Apollo 18 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Apollo 18 at Metacritic

Apollo is a god in Greek mythology, and one of the Twelve Olympians. He is the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis. He is the god of healing, medicine, archery, music, poetry and the sun. He is the leader of the Muses. He also is a god of prophecy, and his Oracle at Delphi is very important. He also is the god of justice. During the 5th century BC, Apollo became also known as the god of Sun, becoming one with the god Helios, and getting the name Phoebus. He is shown as a young man, wearing a laurel wreath and playing the kithara (lyre). It is known as his symbol. His other symbols include the raven.

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Apollon or Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians, the 12 most important gods in Greek mythology. Because of this, there are many myths about him:

Short Myths About Apollo

The Birth of Apollo[change | change source]

Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were the children of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and the goddess Leto. When Leto became pregnant, Zeus already had a wife, the queen of the gods Hera. Hera was angry that Zeus was having children with Leto, and cursed Leto so that she could not ever give birth to her children anywhere on the earth where the sun shone. Hera then sent a serpent called Python to eat her. Python chased Leto to the edge of the sea, where Leto swam to the island of Delos. Python could not swim, however, and had to leave her alone. The island of Delos was at that time just a big rock floating on the sea, not an island yet, so it wasn't 'on the earth'. So Leto climbed under the shade of a palm tree and gave birth to her daughter Artemis, and then her son Apollo. Delos then became Apollo's and Artemis' sacred land. It varies from myth to myth what twin was born first.

Apollo and Delphi[change | change source]

When Apollo grew up, he went to his father Zeus and asked for a golden bow with arrows as bright and sharp as the sunshine. Then he went looking for a place to build his temple. He came to a spring that belonged to a nymph called Telephusa and tried to build his temple there, but Telephusa suggested he build his temple at Delphi instead, since there was already a shrine there to Themis, the goddess of telling the future. Apollo went to Delphi but found out it was taken over by Python, the dragon who had tried to eat his mother. He killed the Python with a hundred arrows and claimed Delphi as his temple. He got two sailors to be his priests and then gave a girl the power of telling the future. The girl became his priestess or oracle. The little god Eros, the son of the love goddess Aphrodite, had watched Apollo kill Python and worshiped Apollo as his idol. Apollo, however, was annoyed by Eros and insulted him. Eros got angry and shot Apollo with his magic arrow, making him fall in love with a nymph named Daphne. Daphne didn't love Apollo and shunned him. Apollo chased her, and she turned herself into a laurel tree to escape him. Apollo still loved her and made the laurel one of his symbols.

Apollo and Hermes[change | change source]

Apollo looked after the cattle of the sun-god Helios while Helios was driving the sun through the sky. While Apollo was chasing Daphne, the mischievous baby god Hermes stole the cattle and confused Apollo by making the cattle walk backward as they left their pen. When Apollo went looking for them, it looked like they had walked into the ranch instead of out. Hermes also told a nearby man that he would make him rich if he told no one about what he saw Hermes do. The man, Battos, told Apollo anyway and was later turned into stone by Hermes as punishment. Apollo took Hermes in front of all the gods to be judged. Hermes acted innocent, though, and finally convinced Apollo to forgive him by giving him the lyre. Apollo loved this lyre so much that he not only let Hermes keep the cattle but also gave him the caduceus, a magic wand that could heal wounds and cause sleep. Hermes tried the caduceus out on two dying snakes, who came back to life and curled around the wand for the rest of eternity. Apollo, meanwhile, used his lyre to become the god of music and became the leader of the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.

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References[change | change source]

1. All Apollo Myths
2. Myths About Apollo
3. Short Myths About Apollo
4. Apolloall About Myths Meaning
5. Myths Involving Apollo

Apollo 18 is a 2011 American-Canadian alternate historyfound footagescience fictionhorror film written by Brian Miller, directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov and Michele Wolkoff. After various release date changes, the film was released in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada on September 2, 2011. However, the release dates for other territories vary.^[3] The film is López-Gallego's first English-language movie.

• Apollo was god of many things, making him one of the more important gods in Greek mythology. He was the god of poetry, art, archery, plague, sun, light, knowledge and music. He was born on the island of Delos and had a twin sister named Artemis. He was also an oracular god and a patron of Delphi.
• Myths about Apollo. Apollon or Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians, the 12 most important gods in Greek mythology. Because of this, there are many myths about him: The Birth of Apollo. Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were the children of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and the goddess Leto.When Leto became pregnant, Zeus already had a wife, the queen of the gods Hera.
• Apollo, the god of Light, Prophecy, Music, Poetry, and the Arts and Sciences, is by far the noblest conception within the whole range of Greek mythology, and his worship, which not only extended to all the states of Greece, but also to Asia Minor and to every Greek colony throughout the world, stands out among the most ancient and strongly-marked features of Grecian history, and exerted a more decided.

The film's premise is that the cancelled Apollo 18 mission actually landed on the Moon in December 1974, but never returned, and as a result the United States has never launched another expedition to the Moon. The film is shot in found-footage style, supposedly 'lost footage' of the Apollo 18 mission that was only recently discovered. The film received mostly negative reviews with most of them comparing it to Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Project and Alien.

This charming myth talks about the platonic love of god Apollo for the beautiful nymph Daphne. It is said that Daphne was the first love of Apollo but unfortunately the girl never responded his love. It was not usual or possible for a nymph or a mortal woman in the Greek mythology to resist to the love of a god, but Daphne did so and in fact. History Ancient Greece Greek Mythology. God of: Music, poetry, light, prophecy, and medicine Symbols: Lyre, bow and arrow, raven, laurel Parents: Zeus and Leto Children: Asclepius, Troilus, Orpheus Spouse: none Abode: Mount Olympus Roman name: Apollo Apollo is the Greek god of music, poetry, light, prophecy, and medicine. He is one of the Twelve Olympian gods who live on Mount Olympus.

Plot[edit]

In December 1974, the crew of the cancelled Apollo 18 mission is informed that it will now proceed as a top secret Department of Defense (DoD) mission, disguised as a satellite launch. Commander Nathan Walker, Lieutenant Colonel John Grey, and Captain Ben Anderson are launched toward the Moon to place detectors to alert the United States of any impending ICBM attacks from the USSR.

Grey remains in orbit aboard the Apollo command moduleFreedom while Walker and Anderson land on the South Pole of the Moon in the Apollo Lunar ModuleLiberty, on Dec, 25. While planting one of the detectors, the pair take rock samples which Anderson describes as feeling 'strange'. In the background, the camera captures a rock moving into a nearby crater. After returning to Liberty, the pair hear noises outside and the motion sensor camera captures a small rock moving nearby. Houston claims the noises are interference from the ICBM detectors. The next day, Anderson finds a rock sample on the floor of Liberty despite having secured the samples. During their ICBM set-up, Anderson discovers footprints that lead them to a bloodstained and abandoned (but still functional) Soviet LK lander. Anderson explores a nearby crater, which he describes the ground as 'feeling softer'. Inside the crater, he finds a dead cosmonaut as well as a broken helmet. Walker queries Houston about the Soviet presence, but he is told only to continue with the mission. While they are sleeping, Walker is woken by strange noises and something bumping into the lander.

The following day, the pair find that the flag they had planted is missing. Having completed their mission, the crew prepares to leave, but the launch is aborted when Liberty suffers violent shaking. An inspection reveals extensive damage to Liberty. Walker finds their shredded flag nearby; the motion sensor camera is also missing, and the rover tipped on its side. He then finds non-human tracks outside Liberty, and cites them as evidence of extraterrestrial life. Walker feels something moving inside his spacesuit and is horrified as a spider-like creature crawls across the inside of his helmet; he disappears from view and Anderson finds him unconscious outside of Liberty. Walker later denies the events. A wound is discovered on Walker's chest, and Anderson removes a Moon rock embedded within him. After having removed the rock, Walker smashes it with a hammer. The pair find themselves unable to contact Houston or Grey due to increased levels of interference from an unknown source.

Anderson speculates that the true purpose of the 'ICBM warning devices' is to monitor the aliens, and that they are the source of the interference. Anderson and Walker attempt to switch the devices off, only to discover they have been destroyed, with the same non-human tracks surrounding them. Walker shows signs of a developing infection, such as vein discoloration (possibly caused by necrosis) and blood-shot eyes, and he becomes contentious and paranoid. The mission cameras capture the rock samples moving around in the interior of Liberty, revealing that the aliens are camouflaged as Moon rocks. Increasingly delusional, Walker attempts to destroy the cameras within Liberty with a hammer, but he accidentally damages other controls, causing Liberty to depressurize. Realizing the Soviet LK lander is their only source of oxygen, the pair travel to the LK lander in their Lunar rover. Walker becomes agitated, believing he should not leave the Moon because of the risk of spreading the infection to Earth, and causes the rover to crash. As the rover crashes, the camera catches glimpses of the large space rocks, which begin to grow legs similar to that of spiders.

Anderson awakens and tracks Walker to the crater where they found the cosmonaut. Walker is pulled into the crater by the creatures. Anderson gives chase, but he is confronted by the aliens, and flees to the Soviet LK. Anderson uses its radio to contact USSR Mission Control, who connect him to the Department of Defense. The deputy secretary informs Anderson that they cannot allow him to return to Earth, admitting they are aware of the situation and believe he is also infected. Anderson manages to contact Grey and they make arrangements for Anderson to return to Freedom. Anderson prepares the lander for launch, but Walker arrives, revealing he survived the alien encounter and demanding to be let in. However, he is now completely psychotic and when Anderson refuses to let him in, he tries to break the lander's window with a hammer. Before Walker can enter the vehicle, he is swarmed with rock aliens which break his helmet open and kill him; his body is dragged away by a much larger alien rock.

Anderson launches, but the DoD tells Grey that Anderson is infected, and orders him to abort the rescue or ground communication (without which the CSM will be unable to return to Earth) will be cut off. The lander's engines shut off as it enters orbit; while it is in free fall, small rocks within the craft float in the air, some of which reveal themselves to be rock aliens. Anderson is attacked and infected by the rock aliens, preventing him from controlling the vehicle. Grey warns Anderson that he is approaching too fast, and the footage ends abruptly, implying that the LK and Freedom collided.

The film concludes with a statement giving the 'official' fate of the astronauts, describing them as having been killed in various accidents that left their bodies unrecoverable. An epilogue notes that many of the rock samples returned from the previous Apollo missions are now missing.

Cast[edit]

• Warren Christie as Lunar Module Pilot Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Anderson
• Lloyd Owen as Commander Nathan 'Nate' Walker
• Ryan Robbins as Command Module Pilot Lieutenant Colonel John Grey
• Andrew Airlie as CAPCOM (Thomas Young)
• Michael Kopsa as Deputy Secretary of Defense

Production[edit]

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Apollo 18 was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[4] However, it has been promoted as a 'found footage' film that does not use actors. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dimension Films head Bob Weinstein 'balk[ed] at the idea' that the film was a work of fiction, stating that 'We didn't shoot anything; we found it. Found, baby!'^[5][6]

The Science & Entertainment Exchange provided a science consultation to the film's production team.^[7] NASA was also 'minimally involved with this picture,' but declined to go further with the project.^[8]

The film concludes with a statement that the Nixon Administration gave away hundreds of Moon rocks to foreign dignitaries around the world, and that many of these Moon rocks have been lost or stolen. This is actually true; both the Nixon and Ford Administrations gave away 135 Apollo 11 Moon rocks and 135 Apollo 17 goodwill Moon rocks. The Moon Rock Project, a joint effort of over 1,000 graduate students started at the University of Phoenix in 2002, has helped track down, recover or locate many Moon rocks and found that 160 are unaccounted for, lost or destroyed.^[9] In 1998, a sting operation, called Operation Lunar Eclipse, made up of personnel from NASA's Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Customs recovered the Honduras Apollo 17 goodwill Moon rock, valued at $5 million.^{[citation needed]}

The film is distributed by Dimension Films.^[10]

Alternate endings and deleted scenes[edit]

Four alternate endings and one deleted scene are included in the DVD releases. Other deleted scenes have also surfaced that were included in some of the trailers.

Alternate endings[edit]

In the first ending, Anderson is in the LK after being attacked by Walker. Anderson is surrounded by the aliens as the LK loses oxygen, and he dies. The alien then leaves the shot.

In the second ending, Anderson is in the LK, with the aliens trying to break in. Suddenly, an alien breaks the window of the LK and kills Anderson with a pincer.

In the third ending, Anderson is talking with DoD in the LK and sees the veins in his arms turning black, showing he is infected. The infection overtakes him and he begins to smash the control panel in rage before breaking the camera, leaving his fate unknown.

Myths About Apollo

In the fourth ending, an infected Anderson is in the LK. An alarm begins to sound as the lander plummets back to the Moon. The LK impacts with the surface of the Moon.

In the final ending, Grey survives the ordeal and argues with a DoD official back on Earth, who reveals that the astronauts were sent to the Moon to get infected and return to Earth so the United States could use the alien venom as a bio-weapon against the Soviet Union, which is conducting human experiments with the venom.

Deleted scenes[edit]

A single deleted scene details the fate of the Russian cosmonaut. He is killed when an alien breaks his helmet visor.

Other deleted scenes show two alternate versions of the dead cosmonaut.Version 1: Nate and Anderson find the cosmonaut's helmet but no Soviet ship. They then find the cosmonaut's body dragged many meters away. Version 2: The same as the first but the cosmonaut is partially buried.

Another alternate scene shows Anderson leaving a picture of his family on the surface as he swears that he will get home. As he does, the rocks aliens begin to stalk him. Anderson spots the Soviet lander in the distance and narrowly makes it inside as the aliens chase after him.

Release[edit]

Apollo 18 was released on September 2, 2011 in multiple countries. Originally scheduled for February 5, 2010, the film's release date was moved ten times between 2010 and 2011.^{[3][11][12][13][14][15]}

Home media[edit]

The film was released December 27, 2011 on DVD, Blu-ray, and online. Special features include an audio commentary with director López-Gallego and editor Patrick Lussier, deleted and alternate scenes and endings, including footage of how the Russian cosmonaut died and 4 alternate deaths of Ben Anderson.

Reception[edit]

Apollo 18 has received mostly negative reviews from critics. On the online reviews site Rotten Tomatoes, the film was given a 23% 'rotten' score based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 3.67/10 and the consensus: 'A boring, suspense-free Paranormal Activity rip-off that feels long even at just 90 minutes'.^[16]Metacritic, which gives an aggregate score between 0 and 100, gives the film a 24 based on 19 critic reviews, which indicates 'generally unfavorable reviews'.^[17]

Conversely, Fred Topel of CraveOnline gave the film a positive review, saying that the film 'will shock you to your core' and that the last 10 minutes 'are the most exciting of any summer movie, and without motion capture effects.'^[18]

Box office[edit]

At the end of its run in 2011, Apollo 18 had earned $17,687,709 domestically, plus $8,548,444 overseas for a worldwide gross of $26,236,153 against a $5 million budget, becoming a financial success.^[2] In its opening weekend, Apollo 18 screened in 3,328 theaters and opened in number 3, earning $8,704,271, with an average of $2,615 per theater. In its second weekend, the film earned $2,851,349, dropping 62.7%, with an average of $856 per theater, dropping to number 8, but still had a higher total gross at that point over Shark Night 3D, another horror film opening the same weekend as Apollo 18.^{[citation needed]}

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References[edit]

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2. ^ ^abc'Apollo 18 (2011)'. Box Office Mojo. September 2, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
3. ^ ^ab'Apollo 18 has its release date moved for the fifth time'.
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6. ^'We're ... not saying that mockumentary films should be banned. Or viral marketing, for that matter—Apollo 18 has a fairly great Russian cosmonaut viral happening right now. And we're sluts for a good internet puzzle. We just don't need the head of a studio to try and convince us that they found mysterious alien footage on the Moon'. From 'Are audiences sick of being lied to?', by Meredith Woerner, in io9, March 4, 2011
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• Apollo 18 at Rotten Tomatoes
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Apollo is a god in Greek mythology, and one of the Twelve Olympians. He is the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis. He is the god of healing, medicine, archery, music, poetry and the sun. He is the leader of the Muses. He also is a god of prophecy, and his Oracle at Delphi is very important. He also is the god of justice. During the 5th century BC, Apollo became also known as the god of Sun, becoming one with the god Helios, and getting the name Phoebus. He is shown as a young man, wearing a laurel wreath and playing the kithara (lyre). It is known as his symbol. His other symbols include the raven.

Myths about Apollo[change | change source]

Apollon or Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympians, the 12 most important gods in Greek mythology. Because of this, there are many myths about him:

Short Myths About Apollo

The Birth of Apollo[change | change source]

Apollo and his twin sister Artemis were the children of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and the goddess Leto. When Leto became pregnant, Zeus already had a wife, the queen of the gods Hera. Hera was angry that Zeus was having children with Leto, and cursed Leto so that she could not ever give birth to her children anywhere on the earth where the sun shone. Hera then sent a serpent called Python to eat her. Python chased Leto to the edge of the sea, where Leto swam to the island of Delos. Python could not swim, however, and had to leave her alone. The island of Delos was at that time just a big rock floating on the sea, not an island yet, so it wasn't 'on the earth'. So Leto climbed under the shade of a palm tree and gave birth to her daughter Artemis, and then her son Apollo. Delos then became Apollo's and Artemis' sacred land. It varies from myth to myth what twin was born first.

Apollo and Delphi[change | change source]

When Apollo grew up, he went to his father Zeus and asked for a golden bow with arrows as bright and sharp as the sunshine. Then he went looking for a place to build his temple. He came to a spring that belonged to a nymph called Telephusa and tried to build his temple there, but Telephusa suggested he build his temple at Delphi instead, since there was already a shrine there to Themis, the goddess of telling the future. Apollo went to Delphi but found out it was taken over by Python, the dragon who had tried to eat his mother. He killed the Python with a hundred arrows and claimed Delphi as his temple. He got two sailors to be his priests and then gave a girl the power of telling the future. The girl became his priestess or oracle. The little god Eros, the son of the love goddess Aphrodite, had watched Apollo kill Python and worshiped Apollo as his idol. Apollo, however, was annoyed by Eros and insulted him. Eros got angry and shot Apollo with his magic arrow, making him fall in love with a nymph named Daphne. Daphne didn't love Apollo and shunned him. Apollo chased her, and she turned herself into a laurel tree to escape him. Apollo still loved her and made the laurel one of his symbols.

Apollo and Hermes[change | change source]

Apollo looked after the cattle of the sun-god Helios while Helios was driving the sun through the sky. While Apollo was chasing Daphne, the mischievous baby god Hermes stole the cattle and confused Apollo by making the cattle walk backward as they left their pen. When Apollo went looking for them, it looked like they had walked into the ranch instead of out. Hermes also told a nearby man that he would make him rich if he told no one about what he saw Hermes do. The man, Battos, told Apollo anyway and was later turned into stone by Hermes as punishment. Apollo took Hermes in front of all the gods to be judged. Hermes acted innocent, though, and finally convinced Apollo to forgive him by giving him the lyre. Apollo loved this lyre so much that he not only let Hermes keep the cattle but also gave him the caduceus, a magic wand that could heal wounds and cause sleep. Hermes tried the caduceus out on two dying snakes, who came back to life and curled around the wand for the rest of eternity. Apollo, meanwhile, used his lyre to become the god of music and became the leader of the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.

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Myths Involving Apollo