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passengerpigeon20 t1_jeazf24 wrote

Reply to comment by robertmdh in A group of college students are sending a rover the size of a shoebox to the moon by speckz

Why bother? They can actually render the fake footage in a very reasonable time with post-1969 CGI! /s

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link2edition t1_jebqa5d wrote

They don't want to hire Kubrick again. He only films on location and is a perfectionist. Apollo 11 landed on the moon 157 times before he was happy with it.

also /s

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passengerpigeon20 t1_jebr6dr wrote

"If we'll need to actually build the rocket to stop people from asking questions, maybe we could just... pop to the moon and fake the footage over there."

- Mitchell and Webb

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amitym t1_jecsycx wrote

But... what if people found out??

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Available-Camera8691 t1_jedacyb wrote

Kubrick died, and it is the only reason they wouldn't hire him again.

I know he is dead. I was at his funeral, where Belgian techno anthem Pump Up the Jam was played five times, back to back.

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