I've seen this movie before. In terms of moon hoax documentaries, it's actually one of the better ones. But I still think we went to the moon. It's all confirmation bias -- going over pictures with a fine tooth comb, and picking out ones that look anomalous, and rejecting alternative explanations.
I'll give one example. At 3:00:27, they claim that it was impossible that objects in shadow could be seen in photographs. Eventually, they talk about a Mythbusters investigation into the issue:
3:05:59: "But the Mythbusters had made a gross mistake again. After removing every possible source of reflection by using black paper all around the set, they forgot to remove the one of the two who was wearing a bright white shirt. Obviously this white shirt acts as a large reflector towards the dark area of the LEM."
Then they own themselves. It takes them TEN MINUTES to finally make the connection, when at 3:16:17, they talk about the Nvidia simulation of this photograph. Nvidia couldn't match the NASA photograph until they accounted for the astronaut taking the picture as a light source. You know, the guy wearing a bright, white suit?
You're a smart guy. Spend some time reading what some legit experts have to say on the moon landing.
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Men didn't go to the moon.
You're a smart guy. Spend some time reading what some legit experts have to say on the moon landing.
I've been through these debates countless times. Going to another site that catalogs the same arguments I've already been through isn't gong to change my mind.
How very open minded of you. You've no idea what the "debates" are at that site.
There's a hell of a lot more in depth scientific analysis there than you'll find on your average Internet conspiracy site. I'd go as far as to say it's irrefutable proof that we never went.
I love how this topic triggers some people.
Someone wasted a down vote on me. I guess when you're already tagged suspicious, what difference does it make?
I'll admit I still occasionally down vote idiots out of habit but so far not to the extent I've gotten tagged.
You're . . . surprised?! So, you're completely unaware that opposing the official story on this is verboten?
You got it exactly right. The other thing that is missing here: If you can go over photos with a fine tooth comb and ask questions, then, we can go over the critiques and analysis of skeptics with the same level of detail and see if any of that holds up.
What usually happens is that, while we find the official stories either totally or partially a set of lies, when you examine the skeptics claims you get nothing but utter garbage.
With that being said, it is VERY IMPORTANT that we have people with this kind of obsessive compulsive predisposition looking into all the nooks and crannies because the corollary to confirmation bias is lazyness bias. Normal people simply don't have the kind of mental framework necessary to go over this stuff at the excruciating levels of detail to really get at the truth and so normal people always fall for the lazyness bias.
Without these people we would not have found out about the gulf of tonkin or operation northwoods. Hell, we only recently started to get hints that Bob Woodward was working for the CIA when he exposed Nixon in the Watergate scandal ... he was the waterboy for the CIA that setup Nixon.
Oh wow that makes so much sense now.
There were a few moments in there where I thought the argument they were using to debunk something was weak, but there were more than enough solid arguments to convince me that the manned Apollo landings were faked. I only actually made it about 2 hours in before I was convinced enough so I don't think I made it to the part you mentioned.
This is how they describe this section:
"Let's now tackle the most important issue in the entire discussion on the lunar pictures: backlight photography."
So the "most important issue" is a fail for them. And it highlights the problem with the entire documentary: it sounds convincing, until you dig deeper. The film consists of photographers spitballing, saying, "Doesn't look right to me", while ignoring alternative explanations.
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