{"id":42731,"date":"2011-02-23T11:49:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=42731"},"modified":"2011-02-23T11:49:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T18:49:56","slug":"apollo-18-trailer-who-needs-originality-when-youve-got-found-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2011\/02\/23\/apollo-18-trailer-who-needs-originality-when-youve-got-found-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 18 Trailer: Who Needs Originality When You&#39;ve Got Found Footage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Who&#8217;s ready for another found footage movie? Well, whether you&#8217;re itching for one or not, Dimension Films is sending <em>Apollo 18<\/em> our way on April 22<sup>nd<\/sup>. The film claims to reveal the reason why &#8220;we never went back,&#8221;purporting that Apollo 17 was not the final manned mission to the moon and the government arranged a top-secret mission just a year later, Apollo 18. Upon arriving, everything goes to plan, but soon the pair of astronauts discovers they have company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At this point, the whole found footage technique feels a little overdone, however, most folks, including myself, just can&#8217;t get enough. Most recently, <em>Paranormal Activity 2<\/em> made a killing, earning $173.5 million worldwide on a measly $3 million budget. 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