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Could anyone be that dense?
Published: 9/1/2011 3:58 PM
Last Modified: 9/1/2011 3:58 PM

"Apollo 18" is a movie. It's not real.

The science-fiction thriller opening this Friday is one of those "found-footage" movies, purporting to contain footage of a mission to the moon that NASA doesn't want people to know about because it went very, very wrong.

The idea is that the box-office for a picture like this depends on some people believing that the story is real. That the footage is real. If somebody believes that, they've been drinking spiked Tang.

Consider this from one so-called reputable movie info site: "The first official "Apollo 18" trailer takes viewers back to the moon, using "real" documented footage from the 1970s to explain why Apollo 18 was our last adventure there."

"Real" means real fake. Does anyone need to be told that?

Consider this from Bob Weinstein, studio co-head of the Weinstein Company, who says the footage you will see is not fiction: "We didn't shoot anything," he said. "We found it. Found baby!"

These are the words of a man selling a movie, and not those of an employee of NASA, which has not embraced "Apollo 18." Why? Because the idea of a government cover-up of a secret mission to the moon isn't real, and it's not in their best interests.

I'm wondering: could the crowd for this movie largely consist of those who believe we've never been to the moon and think that "Capricorn One" was real?

That was a fun film. Attend "Apollo 18" to have fun, and remember that it's only a movie. Check out the trailers for both "Apollo 18" and the 1978 thriller "Capricorn One" here.

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Thunder196 (last year)

This is one of those that some people will swear it is real. They just can't bring themselves to think someone would lie about the authenticity.

JCD1978 (last year)

I'll just have to wait and see what Senator Enough thinks about it before I can say if it is real or not.

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