I politely disagree. For this topic, there is always room for more.
:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
:facepalm:I figured that would get a response.
I actually
was joking; I saw all the facepalms and suddenly had a vision of Graham Chapman from the old Monty Pythons Flying Circus standing there in uniform saying, "This is far too silly...".
Seriously, It bothers me too, that these conspiracy theories persist, but what are you going to do, they're part of the culture now. And from a filmmakers perspective, you need at least three things for a good story; drama, uncertainty, and conflict. And nowadays, of course, you also need eye-candy, AKA special effects. Now there certainly was drama in the Apollo missions, although, because of the nature of the job, and the backgrounds of those involved, the drama wasn't all that 'dramatic'. And it was the goal of everyone involved to reduce uncertainty and conflict as much as possible. My point being that successful missions to the moon just don't contain a large amount of good, story-making material, at least for large budget movies. Now I could sit and watch, "From the Earth to the Moon" all day and love it, but I always remember that that series was made
by people like us, for people like us. And by 'us', I mean those who believe that our reach into space already contains sufficient drama, uncertainty, and conflict.
Hollywood learned long ago that if they want to make money on a film, ie; generate large, word of mouth publicity, most everything should be exaggerated; the drama, the suspense, the conflict, and the truth.
Like I said before, it disturbs me that this film is based on a conspiracy theory, and it bothers me more that the producers decided to go with the, 'Blair Witch' approach of, 'recently discovered footage', rather than a, 'What if the conspiracy theories were true?' approach. But I don't refuse to watch Avatar because of the 'floating mountains', or 2001: a Space Odyssey because a
computer has a nervous breakdown, or Star Trek because warp drive doesn't exist(and even if it did, stars are
still going by on the viewscreen even at sublight speeds!). To refuse to watch this movie because it never really happened would, by logical extension, require me to refuse to watch nearly
all science fiction.
Perhaps the best thing would be for Apollo 18 to become a runaway summer blockbuster which would generate more discussion on the subject. Not to mention possibly inspiring more science fiction films.
Keatah: Those people who are swayed by YouTube conspiracy videos were never really critical thinkers anyway. They'll believe whatever feels right at that moment.