As I’m oft to remind y’all – the future is now. The future is now, indeed. In our latest reminder that we are advancing our technology at a more rapid pace than ever before, and/or we are living inside of a simulation, Variety is reporting that there is a company out there that is aiming to start commercializing a space station, and part of the vision is to build a damn movie studio up in space.
S.E.E. has unveiled plans to build a space station module that contains a sports and entertainment arena as well as a content studio by December 2024.
Damn! Somebody somewhere is having to physically restrain Roland Emmerich right now.
My blood pressure is starting to spike just thinking about this. I mean, don’t get me wrong – this is an absolutely awe-inspiring feat of human ambition. But, holy shit does it make me feel old. I used to always laugh at the old people in my life for their astonishment at technological advances such as the internet and cell phones. Now, I’m the one that is sitting here with my jaw dropped, saying “holy shit.” I read stories like this and they make me think about my own mortality. One foot in the grave, Stoney. One foot in the grave.
How expensive is this, though? What accountant is going to approve this kind of budget for a movie? You know it’s not going to be like renting a back lot somewhere in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This is going to cost millions, and for what? So, that you can say you filmed a movie in space? Newsflash, pal: we’ve been doing a fine job of filming space without actually being in outer space for decades now. Just ask George Clooney and Sandra Bullock! It just doesn’t seem prudent for studios to approve this kind of job. So, I think it’s much more likely that we’re going to see some Jackson Mahomes bullshit Tik Tok dancing in the space station, and it’s only going to further our societal hate towards rich kid influencers.
“Space tourism” as a whole is something I never really spent a lot of time thinking about. I mean, I always thought we’d eventually go to space for important reasons like to colonize Mars and preserve the human race. I didn’t really stop to think about us hopping on a rocket to go see a basketball game on a space station. I’m not saying I hate the idea – I’m just thinking this is actually probably some dystopian level bullshit that is going to further divide the wealthy from the working class. None of us are going to be able to afford to go see the Harlem Globetrotters in space.
Didn’t Matt Damon make a movie about something like this?
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