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

Silver wrote:
> 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"

Even worse - you find out you're really Duane Dibbley.
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"


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