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Space Cadets

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For those of you that don't know, a new reality TV series starts tonight in which a group of people are told that they will become Britain's frist space tourists. In fact, it's all a hoax, and instead of being in Russia as they've been told, they are in fact at an old airforce base in Suffolk, England.

I was reading the profiles of the people chosen for this show (in that quality free paper 'The Metro') and most of them say they believe in ghosts and UFOs. It seems like the producers have deliberately chosen people without critical thinking skills to help the hoax be more successful. I think it will be fun to watch!
 
Could be. I'm caught between my intense loathing for 'reality' TV shows, and my deep need to see the stars of such shows universally laughed at and derided.

They'll have to be pretty dim though, to buy the show's absurd explanations for things like the gravity on the "spaceship" - something like "well we're in space, but we're close enough to the Earth to experience gravity of 1G" or something. Fortunately, that requirement is where selection bias comes in: it's a reality TV show.
 
I was going to recommend tonight's Satellite Show because of the appearance of Marcus 'Nexus' Allen who seems to think the show is a small scale reproducton of what really happened in 1969 but I'm now going to recommend it because the first call-in caller asked a very interesting question. Perhaps things aren't as straight forward as they don't appear to be ;) E4+1 (freeview 32), 11pm.
 
Nucular said:
They'll have to be pretty dim though
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Yeah, they filtered out anyone who knew anything about anything, I think. So they didn't realise the significance of a Russian helicopter having a UK registration, for instance. I must admit I have quite enjoyed the first couple of episodes. It's been interesting to see the lengths they've gone to to set it up (which is why I was surprised by the helicopter). I don't know whether they can sustain that interest. Soon find out I suppose.
 
richardm said:
Yeah, they filtered out anyone who knew anything about anything, I think. So they didn't realise the significance of a Russian helicopter having a UK registration, for instance. I must admit I have quite enjoyed the first couple of episodes. It's been interesting to see the lengths they've gone to to set it up (which is why I was surprised by the helicopter). I don't know whether they can sustain that interest. Soon find out I suppose.
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I suspect that the FAA wouldn't have been too happy with an old MiL bumbling around in UK airspace.

What was genius was providing proper Russian litter around the place.

For those who missed an episode, it's repeated on E4 the next afternoon at 13.50
 
I Have recently been attempting to debate a group of homeopaths on a forum. You can find it here;

http://www.tanasen.com/Forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=&TOPIC_ID=962

as you will see all of my posts have been removed by the administrator, I presume this is because they don't wish to be embarassed. One thing that I couldn't understand is why these people, and the entire homeopathic community believe that homeopathy works even in the face of a complete lack of evidence. Then I watched Space Cadets on Channel 4 and realised just how credulous some people are. I know that the programme makers have gone to great lengths to find the most stupid people but to believe that the space craft takes off horizontally and is fitted with gravity machines which is why they wont feel weightless just shows that people will buy any old crap.

I must admit that if it is that easy to fool people into believing they are going to space then it is too easy to make some people believe that homeopathy works.
 
Is the location supposed to be secret? I got an e-mail from a friend in England who knows where they are filming. I wish I could see an episode now just to confirm it. Were there outside shots at all, in the beginning perhaps?
 
There's another level of conspiracy theorists out there on TV forums, who've come to the conclusion that they're all actors (one of them looks a lot like someone who was in an advert once) and Derren Brown's behind the whole thing.

the first call-in caller asked a very interesting question. Perhaps things aren't as straight forward as they don't appear to be
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I don't get E4 - what was the question?

David
 
The Don said:
I think they named the base, RAF Bentwaters.

http://www.ghostbase.org/bentwaters/
http://bentwaters.org/spacecadets.htm
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I see. My friend made it sound like it was a hush-hush secret. I loved working at Bentwaters as I could make up UFO stories and see how long it took for them to get back to me with different details. We all did it. When I see a Bentwaters-UFO account on the internet now I can almost tell who made it up or at least what section of the base they worked at.
 
From what I understand, some of the "crew" will be actors.

I would friggin LOVE to see one of the actors get blown out the air lock and float by the windows.
 
Or how about a flash of light outside, and simultaneously make all the clocks on the ship leap forward eight hours. How long before people start removing their fillings and complaining of sore bottoms?
 
Good ideas so far, but everything is better with monkeys. While they sleep, replace one of the crewmembers with a monkey or ape, preferable a chimpanzee. Make sure to dress the chimp exactly like the missing crewmember, and have him discovered in that crewmember's bunk.

Hilarity ensues.

--- G.
 
Morrison's Lament said:
Good ideas so far, but everything is better with monkeys. While they sleep, replace one of the crewmembers with a monkey or ape, preferable a chimpanzee. Make sure to dress the chimp exactly like the missing crewmember, and have him discovered in that crewmember's bunk.

Hilarity ensues.

--- G.
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I doubt if they would notice, they would probably think he / she had been reading a book or something. The worst thing about this lame brain show is that as a practical joke it fails dismally- practical jokes are supposed to be a quick `ah gotcha!` thing really aren`t they? Taking the piss out of a group of demented exciteable mugs week after week is just boring I think.
Is this what I don`t pay my T.V. licence for?
I`m thinking about not paying it again next year at this rate.
If any of you are T.V. licencing officers, I was just joking then by the way.....
 
To end the show..

Have them look out the front and see a UFO flying past. It stops and takes a good long look at them. Then it comes right up to the side of their ship.

Banging and shaking noises through the hull ensue. The airlock door opens and a blinding shaft of light pours in. The show's actors on board order the cadets through and they walk off their ship... into the hangar where their parents and such are waiting with the cameras and a big "GOTCHA!" sign.
 
Have someone in a Geiger Alien costume burst in,during lights out or a stacatto UV lighting!
Fist reality TV contestant to drop dead with fear! ;)
 
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