Re: So, what about those Space Cadets then...?

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:51:46 GMT, "Schrodinger" <no@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Thanatos" <Thanatos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:58j6q19ojuknqger64b09ollelatto43ui@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Was it all a hoax on the viewers in the end?
>>
>> Come on. Those of us who couldn't be bothered to watch it need to
>> know! :-)
>>
>> --
>> "Recently is has come to my notice that my son has been threatened on this
>> newsgroup." - 'John'
>
>I felt really sorry for the 3 "astronauts". You could see, in their eyes,
>that they felt very foolish and very upset at the same time.

Yes. They certainly were upset and were clearly doing their best to
keep it together.

>
>It's the only big brother type thing I've ever watched every minute of and I
>would give it maybe 6/10 - up until the point where I realised just how much
>this could affect the contestants.
>
>Sure, they get £25k each and a trip to Russia and a flight in
>weightlessness, but that moment when they thought they were finally going to
>go on an EVA and instead ended up sitting in the middle of a TV studio in
>full space kit was awful.
>
>I thought Johnny Vaughan was quite good and he was certainly sensitive to
>them. I wonder if he regretted getting involved and certainly, posts from
>someone listening to the crew radios mentioned a couple of occasions where
>he said as much.

I got that impression as well. A lot of people seem to dislike the guy
but I thought he did quite well under the circumstances.

The most striking comment I thought was from one of them (the guy
sitting on the right during the interview, I forget their names) who
said when he saw the earth like that it really did effect him
emotionally.

Imagine having that feeling taken away and now made fun of for the
rest of your life? (among friends at least)

Anyone who's ever seen "The Dream is still alive" in an IMAX theater
probably knows what I mean. As a grown adult I was practically in
tears looking at the earth in such beauty, and *I* knew I was in a
theatre.

When I first saw the beginning of this series I just thought they were
all just so stupid, but after watching that last show I really felt
sorry for them.

Imagine when you die it goes black, a light comes on and someone says
"Thanks for playing humans - you scored 5 points. Secrets found 0"


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