Wizards...in...spaaaaaaace
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As a special gift for the festive holiday season, American astronaut
Bill McArthur put in a single request to the people at Mission Control:
"Please, sir. Can we have some Harry Potter?" Because a) it's a time for
giving, and b )the residents of the International Space Station apparently have time
scheduled "to read, watch DVDs or listen to music," NASA acquiesced. With
the help of the ubiquitous Warner Brothers, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was beamed on Tuesday to the astronauts and single cosmonaut
(who surely would have rather been watching Day Watch) for their
viewing pleasure via mechanisms Cinematical doesn't even pretend to
understand.I like to think that Mr. McArthur may have recorded the thing on his laptop for both repeated viewings and illegal redistribution when he gets home. After all, even American heroes like to stick it to the man from time to time.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-24-2005 @ 4:08PM
Betta Dont said...
What a fun treat!
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11-24-2005 @ 4:43PM
mo said...
Ironical isn't it? Magic on a spaceship.
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11-24-2005 @ 5:57PM
LePa said...
"Ironical isn't it? Magic on a spaceship." Umm no... how is that ironic...
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11-25-2005 @ 1:37AM
osrevad said...
It's ironic because Magic and Science are opposites.
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11-25-2005 @ 1:34AM
James McGowan said...
Because Space was always considered Magical,
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11-26-2005 @ 8:55PM
jay said...
this is not really ironic. magic and science are not contrary, as a matter of fact what we consider science today would have been regarded as magic. flying machines!? bah! communication with someone across the planet? blasphemy!
all magic could be reasoned to be science that works according to rules that we may not be familiar with. that's the point of what was alchemy, to reconcile the unknown aspects of "magic" with some of the "science" of the day
anyways, watching a movie with aspect of magic, in space is NOT ironic, unless you are speaking of that Alanis Morrisette irony, which apparently doesnt have to be ironic
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11-29-2005 @ 4:56PM
Kit said...
Kaboose, "What I think would be ironic, if everyone were made of iron." ^_^
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