"The Truth behind the Moon Landings"

Just thought I'd warn everyone - according to Radio Times, "a
documentary on Five, The Truth behind the Moon Landings [their capitals]
will look at how they could have been faked".
I thought Five was supposed to be going up-market, but judging by their
recently showing a film in the wrong aspect ratio, that was as true as
this programme :-)
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Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Just thought I'd warn everyone - according to Radio Times, "a
documentary on Five, The Truth behind the Moon Landings [their capitals]
will look at how they could have been faked".
I thought Five was supposed to be going up-market, but judging by their
recently showing a film in the wrong aspect ratio, that was as true as
this programme :-)

I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon? I ask because I think it's not so much
that Ch5 is going down-market - I think it's a generational thing. I was
a teenager and the mood of the times was to accept everything without
question and with wonderment - thankfully I haven't lost a lot of that
wonderment factor - but the new generation just don't get it imho.

Kay

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Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Just thought I'd warn everyone - according to Radio Times, "a
documentary on Five, The Truth behind the Moon Landings [their capitals]
will look at how they could have been faked".
I thought Five was supposed to be going up-market, but judging by their
recently showing a film in the wrong aspect ratio, that was as true as
this programme :-)

I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon?

I was a teenager watching every minute of it, and I have fond memories
of watching Apollo 12 actually going to the Moon.
A few weeks ago I found a map my brother and I made showing Apollo 13's
journey.
Star Trek on its first run in the UK; "2001: A Space Odyssey" in the
cinema - and Concorde not yet in service :-) Times have changed indeed.
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Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Just thought I'd warn everyone - according to Radio Times, "a
documentary on Five, The Truth behind the Moon Landings [their capitals]
will look at how they could have been faked".
I thought Five was supposed to be going up-market, but judging by their
recently showing a film in the wrong aspect ratio, that was as true as
this programme :-)

I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon? I ask because I think it's not so much
that Ch5 is going down-market - I think it's a generational thing. I was
a teenager and the mood of the times was to accept everything without
question and with wonderment - thankfully I haven't lost a lot of that
wonderment factor - but the new generation just don't get it imho.

Kay

A lot has to do with the rather sneering anti American attitude the media
has in general which they think is really kool for the young uns. It will
be the same bunch of discredited loonies that have had airtime before (far
too much airtime)

I think our media is populated by the greatest dickhead minds in the world.
Remember that bunch of loonies that claimed to have cloned a kid? No proof
but the media lapped it up. If the ****s that run the media bothered to
actually listen to the people who know for one minute we would have less of
this crap pumped out. But I guess a degree in media studies from Stockport
University doesn't equip the media luvvies for anything useful (rant now
ends)

Martin

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I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon? I ask because I think it's not so much
that Ch5 is going down-market - I think it's a generational thing. I was
a teenager and the mood of the times was to accept everything without
question and with wonderment - thankfully I haven't lost a lot of that
wonderment factor - but the new generation just don't get it imho.

Kay

I was 11 years old and sat up watching it with my Dad, I still remember
what he said to me. He said it was too important an event in human
history to miss just because it happened after my bed time! I was
allowed to stay up all night and watch it all happen.

I will never forget how exciting it was.
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Nick

plutonic at wrote on 26/10/03 10:21:

I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.


We can't receive Channel 5 down here on the south coast, so I won't be able
to watch this dross even I wanted to. I wish British terrestrial TV would
repeat the excellent 'From the Earth to the Moon' drama documentary * which
was based on Andrew Chaikin's 'A Man on the Moon' book * as a counter to all
the brain-dead conspiracy cack doing the rounds. This mini series about the
Apollo program was broadcast (IIRC) on Channel 4 in 1999 to mark the 30th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.


Marcus O'Neill

When is it on? I couldnt see it in the schedules.

Martin wrote:


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Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

Just thought I'd warn everyone - according to Radio Times, "a
documentary on Five, The Truth behind the Moon Landings [their capitals]
will look at how they could have been faked".
I thought Five was supposed to be going up-market, but judging by their
recently showing a film in the wrong aspect ratio, that was as true as
this programme :-)

I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon? I ask because I think it's not so much
that Ch5 is going down-market - I think it's a generational thing. I was
a teenager and the mood of the times was to accept everything without
question and with wonderment - thankfully I haven't lost a lot of that
wonderment factor - but the new generation just don't get it imho.

Kay

A lot has to do with the rather sneering anti American attitude the media
has in general which they think is really kool for the young uns. It will
be the same bunch of discredited loonies that have had airtime before (far
too much airtime)

I think our media is populated by the greatest dickhead minds in the world.

I tend to agree - the only channels I find comfortable with are
Discovery and the History channel. It seems reportage is based on
nothing more than debunking - nobody can be bothered to do the research
themselves and so take the 'idiot box' portraying 'The Truth about...'
as gospel. Ah well - it's good to have a rant.

Kay

"plutonic" wrote in message
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I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon?

I was exactly 3 months old, so I was probably asleep.

:-)

John Honan wrote:

"plutonic" wrote in message
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I'm so tempted to give this one a miss - but it takes all sorts to make
the world - so I'll force myself to watch and cringe.
Incidentally - and a bit off-topic - what was everyone doing when the
men were walking on the moon?

I was exactly 3 months old, so I was probably asleep.

:-)
Bless! :-)

Kay