Space Cadets

Russ · 07-12-2005, 11:03

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/default.stm

Anyone else looking forward to this? On one hand I feel it's slightly cruel and more scraping of the barrel as it comes down to simply making fun of someone's suggestibility - on the other hand it will be interesting to see how some people will believe anything if the conditions are right.

liamboyle06 · 07-12-2005, 11:09

Been waiting for it to start, gonna love the reactions when they find out its a hoax.
With them all believing in ALiens and are all very suggestible, it should make for an entertaining program

**Chris** · 07-12-2005, 11:11

I knew nothing about it apart from the trailers until I read an item in the paper this morning. I thought it was going to be a comedy in the vein of Red Dwarf!

I don't know what to make of it now, I have grown more and more ambivalent towards the whole genre of Reality TV, but at least with something like Big Brother, you know that the people getting humiliated are the authors of their own downfall.

I am far from certain about the morality of doing this to people who have not courted publicity or TV stardom. If someone goes on Big Brother and is then tarred for the next five years as 'that self-important moron from that show' then that's their own fault. But what of these unwitting 'contestants'? None of them will have asked for it if they get labelled 'that stupid mug who didn't realise he was in the middle of a big TV stunt'.

Besides, Rome is on BBC2 at the same time and I'll be watching that. It's been rather good.

Nugget · 07-12-2005, 11:29

Isn't this the one where they thought they'd blown it right at the start? One of the 'contestants' (or whatever they are) apparently opened the blind on the plane they were travelling in, just as they were going over Canary Wharf?

zovat · 07-12-2005, 16:02

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Originally Posted by Nugget

Isn't this the one where they thought they'd blown it right at the start? One of the 'contestants' (or whatever they are) apparently opened the blind on the plane they were travelling in, just as they were going over Canary Wharf?

So I heard, I'd like to know how they explained that....

gazzae · 07-12-2005, 16:07

According to this the route has been planned to avoid anything like that happening.

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In order to convince them that they are going to Russia for a fortnight’s training, they will be taken on a helicopter night flight.

But in reality they will fly for hours around the UK, on a carefully mapped flightpath over the sea and unpopulated areas so that they do not recognise anything.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertain...80&p=y337xz76x

Saaf_laandon_mo · 07-12-2005, 16:12

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Originally Posted by Nugget

Isn't this the one where they thought they'd blown it right at the start? One of the 'contestants' (or whatever they are) apparently opened the blind on the plane they were travelling in, just as they were going over Canary Wharf?

i read it was to do with a window/blind near or on route to their 'training camp' opening to reveal white cliffs of dover. They were distracted by something else so didnt notice. Apparently some of the 'recruits' are plants/actors to go along with it.

handyman · 07-12-2005, 16:22

looking forward to this, have it series linked already

daz300 · 07-12-2005, 17:37

i am looking forward to it as well as i would like to see how they hope to pull it all off ,

dilli-theclaw · 07-12-2005, 17:38

Well - the missus just asked me to add it to the sky+ list so I guess I'll watch the 1st episode and see what I think

Halcyon · 07-12-2005, 19:18

Lots on tonight with Space Cadets, LOST, and Late night hollyoaks.

Russ · 07-12-2005, 21:24

I really hope the Scottish guy with the ginger mega-afro doesn't make it.....

daz300 · 07-12-2005, 21:27

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Originally Posted by Russ D

I really hope the Scottish guy with the ginger mega-afro doesn't make it.....

lol

Russ · 07-12-2005, 21:44

The afro is in

Looks like we've also got a token camp bloke (an essential in reality tv) who seems to be a cross between Graham Norton and Herr Lipp from League of Gentlemen....

daz300 · 07-12-2005, 21:45

send stev home .