December 17th, 2005 at 02:59pm
"Earth Orbiter 1 to CAPCOM Krimsk, I can see Rambo and the Fonz doing a high-five" - Space Cadet PaulI've always enjoyed British comedy and TV and the latest show I've been catching off the Internet is "Space Cadets". It is a reality TV show where a group of people are going to be tourists, at least that's what they think. When the went through and interviewed the people for selection, they used psychology tests to see who would be the most gullable and it turned out they are not so bright young people. The quote above is from them practicing radio transmission from the card the lecturer is holding. It takes a special kind of person to think they are going to be blasted into space and this how they would be prepared for it, I haven't seen anything on reality TV since Joe Millionaire. Survivor? Apprentice? Big Brother? Trading Spouses? Supernanny? Bah, fabricating such an elaborate facade is way more difficult and seeing them actually pull it off is very enjoyable even if it is at the expense of the dimwitted participants. They are eventually told there will be gravity in the "spaceship" because "gravity generators" in the floor that have only been developed in the past month, but they will never be leaving the ground. 3 episodes down so it should get a little more comical as the time for "blast off" approaches.
I'm a 24 year old self-proclaimed geek. I have a B.S. in Computer Science and I work with web technologies and databases on a daily basis. My geekiness extends into computers, photography, sound, video games, music, movies, politics and books.
