I'm new here, but as an 'ad consumer', I have to say I like the idea (now, of course, the end result depends on the execution).
Unfortunately I think that the only useful skill I have for this is actually market research :). However, I'm afraid that while trying to picture your description, I just wasn't able to picture that documentary stereotype (probably because I haven't watched many of those). Is the example you have in mind listed here: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=egypt+pyramids+conspiracy&page=&utm_source=opensearch Cheers, João Antunes On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if this kind of thing exists in other countries as well, > but in the U.S. we have a bunch of these documentaries on T.V. that > propose various historical conspiracies. > > A typical one will look at the Egyptian pyramids, or the Easter Island > statues, and talk about the primitive level of technology available at > the time, marvel at the accomplishment and inevitably suggest that > this is the work of "ancient astronauts" or something like that. The > style of the documentary is mainly still photographs, space age music, > field interviews with "experts", and a somber voice over, preferably > someone who sounds like Leonard Nimoy. > > I'm thinking, what if we did something like that for OpenOffice? Here > we have a seemingly impossible feat of technology, a complex > application, but no giant corporation. How can such a thing exist? > Isn't this far beyond the capabilities of a bunch of volunteers? > Certainly secret forces are at work. Aliens? > > It would require some work, but I think we could pull it off. > > Thoughts? > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- João Antunes http://web.ist.utl.pt/~joao.a.p.antunes/<http://web.ist.utl.pt/~joao.a.p.antunes/?reference=emailSig>
