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Kubrick used his film The Shining to vent about his hand in faking the moon landing??

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  1. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    You'd think the Soviet Union may have at some point caught on to our cunning little scheme and you know called the moon landings fake... but it never happened.

    Amazing that the technology used to fake the landings has so withstood the test of time. I mean Kubrick made better shots of the moon with 60's tech than the movie Moon had with 21st century tech in 2009.

    Millions of people would have been in on the hoax, but I guess if they could pull off 9/11 then they could do the moon.

    Now that I think of it... A/11 = 9/11

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    Eyes Wide Shut is full of similar hidden messages, but I won't get into those here.
     
    #61 KingCheetah, Aug 14, 2012
  2. TdashDUB

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    Exactly
    I feel like you're inside me........ err HEAD.. my HEAD.. I feel like you're inside my HEAD! :eek:


    Lol! EXACTLY. I felt the same way during the sweater/launch pad part and this guy had to crap on it all next with: "....As you can all clearly see - MOON ROOM"

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    I'm not sold on or saying they did fake the landing. BUT - I do believe it's no tall order for them to fake and lie to us about ANYTHING. They've (our govt) already had several of their dirty lies come to light that turned to be a bold faced lie simply just to get and do what they want. And they've proved that they will lie at the expense of anyone (ie: Gulf of Tonkin incident).

    But mainly because - compared to today - due to less technology and the information age being a generation or two away, the people running the country could so easily pull any wool over any americans eyes. I firmly believe they could have faked anything they possibly wanted with nothing more than a selfish decision for their "greater good".

    That falls into 9/11.. I'm not saying that we installed bombs in the 3rd building specifically. I'm saying the more time goes on, the more warranted questions pop up that gives the initial horror story we were told more and more holes. The only difference between now and the moon landing is now a days, technology has lowered a chunk of the populations naivety and the information age is making it increasingly difficult to get away with anything under the table (ex: wikileaks)

    I'm not saying you're silly if you don't believe that the government had their hand in all of this (at all), but your silly to think it'd be impossible or they wouldn't condone it. Especially with more and more of their dirty laundry popping up as time moves on. I mean to this day, the average citizen back then and now has no SOLID clue of what our government is capable of, what information they hold or what their true intentions are. It's a dirty world outside of an even dirtier system.

    With that said, I don't always believe these crazy theory videos.. but I always listen and take it from there.
     
    #62 TdashDUB, Aug 14, 2012
  3. TdashDUB

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    Oooooh why not???
    I'm interested.
     
    #63 TdashDUB, Aug 14, 2012
  4. juicystream

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    I like conspiracies, and I see the NASA as plausible, but it would depend on how many were in the know. I'm a Roswell guy. I'm somewhat a Pearl Harbor guy.

    Do not buy the 9/11 crap one bit.
     
    #64 juicystream, Aug 14, 2012
  5. KingCheetah

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    I grew up in Clear Lake 5 minutes from Nasa -- way too many people would have to been in on the secret and had the ability to keep that secret. B-Bob, updawg, Mr. Meowgi, would have certainly had parents that would have had to keep the secret from them. My father who had so many friends that worked on the project would have had to keep the secret from him... not happening.

    People can't keep secrets -- my girlfriend in the early 90's father flew secret DOD missions on the shuttle for SDI experiments. He told his family and they told people they trusted -- it just kind of leaked out after a few years. There is no way in hell a fake moon landing could be pulled off no f'ing way. Hell Buzz Aldrin just divorced his wife of like 40+ years -- you don't think she would tell all if the money was right?
     
    #65 KingCheetah, Aug 14, 2012
  6. Bandwagoner

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    If you knew all of these astronauts, how come you don't know that less engines on a rocket is better for reliability?
     
    #66 Bandwagoner, Aug 14, 2012
  7. KingCheetah

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    Well, you're wrong, but it doesn't matter because i'm not saying I knew the astronauts personally involved with the moon landing. However, I know that many of my friends fathers worked on the Apollo project.

    I did know many astronauts of the space shuttle generation, but just through typical casual contact -- soccer/ baseball coaches, church, dating smoking hot girls, etc...
     
    #67 KingCheetah, Aug 14, 2012
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    You must know more than von braun. I wonder why Spacex wants to make the Merlin 2 and replace the "superior" cluster of small engines on the Falcon Heavy? You should give them a ring bro.
     
    #68 Bandwagoner, Aug 14, 2012
  9. KingCheetah

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    NASA already has their number -- i'll let the 21st century experts work it out.
     
    #69 KingCheetah, Aug 14, 2012
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    you probably have to give him the password first.
     
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  11. likestohypeguy

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    Fidelio?
     
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    r****ded
     
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  13. percicles

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    Room 237

    It hasn't been released. Distribution is nearly non existent. But it is available online in 1080p via our friends in Sweden. Will Comcast get all pissy if I secure a viewing?

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  14. I am a Donut

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    I read a good article years back discussing underlying stories about the extermination of the Native Americans and escaping the sins of our fathers (personal and generational) in The Shining.
     
    #74 I am a Donut, Mar 10, 2013
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    Elia Kazan, Martin Scorsese, Ethan and Joel Coen?
     
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    Didn't Kubrick use that to film Barry Lyndon, because he wanted to use the same lighting that was used in that historical time period, mostly candles? It's one of the reasons that flick is stunning to look at. I don't know if he used it during production of The Shining, but I'm pretty sure about Barry Lyndon.
     
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  17. Manny Ramirez

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    That is what I always thought...it was used for Barry Lyndon. This is mentioned specifically in the documentary on Kubrick's life.
     
    #77 Manny Ramirez, Mar 10, 2013
  18. percicles

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    The NASA lens was indeed used for Lyndon and used for shooting in low light. The use of the Steadicam was what The Shinning pioneered. Until then it was used in three movies. It was the Shinning that pushed the boundaries of its use.

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    Before the Shinning you could only shoot from the waste up. Garret Brown, the inventor, along with Kubrick invented a way do use it for low angle shots.

    Best use of steadicam tracking shot until 1990
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    Best use of steadicam in history of film.

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  19. Harrisment

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    I've never seen The Shining. Have always wanted to but it just hasn't happened. Guessing that's something people recommend I do?
     
    #79 Harrisment, Mar 10, 2013
  20. Jontro

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    Dude obviously don't know what he's talking about.

    The moon is fake. The biggest lie on humanity for millenniums.
     
    #80 Jontro, Mar 11, 2013
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