Space Cadets - Page 3

Halcyon · 08-12-2005, 13:04

Its quite interesting all that they are doing to convert it into a russian base.
I'l be watching it tonight too to see how it progresses.

Apparently the actor who wasnt doing anything and was ill has now left the show.

Salu · 08-12-2005, 13:19

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Originally Posted by Russ D

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

SO. You're ginger afro-ist are you?

handyman · 08-12-2005, 13:25

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Originally Posted by Chris T

The Victorian freak show is back with a vengeance. Channel 4 has hit a new low. This is a sad day for civilised TV.

How anyone can watch and enjoy this with a clear conscience is totally beyond me.

Dont watch it then

Watched it with a clear conscience and enjoyed it.

Maybe all this moderating has eroded away your sense of humour.

Nugget · 08-12-2005, 13:28

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Originally Posted by Salu

SO. You're ginger afro-ist are you?

Nah, it's just 'cos the guy's Scottish - you know these Celtic types aren't happy unless they're moaning

handyman · 08-12-2005, 13:29

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Originally Posted by Chris T

Has nobody got anything to say about the way these people are being exploited, or has this become such a normal part of British TV that everyone thinks it's ok, or worse, has failed to notice?

exploited? They signed up for a reality show, they have been well treated and getting paid well for it.

I'm sure they will be big people and will be fine with it.

If it offends you then i think the issue is yours alone.

Saaf_laandon_mo · 08-12-2005, 13:30

Anyway Channel 4 promised them an "experience of a lifetime". Isn't this what they are delivering? I still dont know how they will recreate the g forces tho. Any ideas?

Nugget · 08-12-2005, 13:37

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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

Anyway Channel 4 promised them an "experience of a lifetime". Isn't this what they are delivering? I still dont know how they will recreate the g forces tho. Any ideas?

Not sure, but they've apparently got 7-Zark-7 in to help

Aragorn · 08-12-2005, 14:06

From the C4 pages:

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Hollywood visual effects specialists, Wonderworks, whose credits include The Day After Tomorrow and Apollo 13, have created the space shuttle itself from a NASA blueprint.
Sound effects have been created to simulate the incredible noise generated by blasting off from the earth. Hydraulics and 'air biscuits' will pull, jolt, and vibrate the craft around for authenticity.

Nugget · 08-12-2005, 14:08

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

From the C4 pages:

'Air biscuits'? Too right there'll be air biscuits if they think something's gone wrong - there'll be a right hum

Saaf_laandon_mo · 08-12-2005, 14:15

Still doesnt explain how they will recreate the G Forces! thats the main thing im watching the programme for

handyman · 08-12-2005, 14:24

In florida there's a ride at universal studios based on spiderman.

You go round in a large car type thing anf there are projections on the walls and light effects etc. Near the end the car tilts to give the impression you are dangling off the edge of a skyscraper and wobbles. you are lent forward so there is force pulling on your harness. In front of you is a screen with a projection on. It then gives you the impression that you have fallen off the top and are dropping down some way before 'spiderman' comes to save you. It totally gives you the impression of falling and force when if you look to the side you can make out the walls etc and that you are not moving.

I guess it will be something like that, once you absorbed into things anyting is belivable.

**Chris** · 08-12-2005, 14:29

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Originally Posted by handyman

exploited? They signed up for a reality show, they have been well treated and getting paid well for it.

I'm sure they will be big people and will be fine with it.

If it offends you then i think the issue is yours alone.

Nice attempt to personalise it, yeah, thanks for that.

Thankfully it's not my issue alone. The principle of standards in TV is still something that interests a lot of people and I note several of the papers complaining of 'exploitation' following last night's broadcast.

Did it ever occur to you that demanding the 'victim' of a practical joke be 'big enough' and have a 'sense of humour' are the usual bully tactics of people who pull pranks on others and then insist it's the victim's fault if they don't appreciate the joke?

Halcyon · 08-12-2005, 14:33

I am hoping not, but there is the possibility that all of them are in fact actor's and we are the ones being conned.

Saaf_laandon_mo · 08-12-2005, 14:36

Can i eat air biscuits while on the atkins diet? Anyway back to topic..... thats a good point halcyon .... this series is sure to get the ratings up, whether they are all actors or "innocent" victims. it would be easier to make if they were all actors tho.

MovedGoalPosts · 08-12-2005, 14:40

For all those claiming of exploitation, the "satellite show" thing that folowed on E4 showed 3 of the failure. They were all sorry to have missed out, even when they were let in on the joke.