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NASA Parodies Reach New Level of Awkwardness

Posted by samzenpus on from the go-back-to-film-school dept.

MMBK writes "NASA TV recently produced six movie-trailer parodies about current projects for a 'themed exhibit at an international conference.' But for the most part, the attempt remains pretty corny, far, far away from the imaginative, inspiring work of space artists like Bruce McCall."

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  1. Re:Sure, Give NASA a Shoestring Budget and Then La by openfrog · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Eldavojohn, I agree with you: the videos are not that terrible.

    I would add that the first one is about the first humanoid robot in space, to be launched soon. If this proves popular, this may help to direct funds to more scientifically oriented missions, instead of this obsession with sending people in space.

    This is a touchy topic of course; that might explain the rather slanted tone of the story. Oh, and I checked McCall's work. A bit too corny for me, except the poster he did for 2001 Space Odyssee.