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Many contemporary reviews were colored by the disaster. More recent reviews don't treat it much better. But some saw past the disaster and were moved by it: in [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/lea-thompson,69639/ a 2012 interview]], Lea Thompson said many fans told her they were inspired by the film.
Many contemporary reviews were colored by the disaster. More recent reviews don't treat it much better. But some saw past the disaster and were moved by it: in [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/lea-thompson,69639/ a 2012 interview]], Lea Thompson said many fans told her they were inspired by the film.
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-->'''Jinx:''' C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L, Max in Code!
-->'''Zac:''' They're Talking To Us!! Jinx, I treating you to a can of oil!
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-->'''Zac:''' They're Talking To Us!! Jinx, I treating you to a can of oil!
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-->'''Jinx:''' C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L, C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L Come in, Control! Max in Code!
-->'''Zac:''' They're Talking To Us!! Jinx, I treating youcode!\\
'''Zac:''' Morse code?\\
'''Jinx:''' Max in code!\\
'''Zac:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Damn it]], they're talking toa can of oil!
-->'''Jinx:''' ("satisfied" bleep)us!
-->'''Zac:''' They're Talking To Us!! Jinx, I treating you
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'''Jinx:''' Max in code!\\
'''Zac:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Damn it]], they're talking to
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The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 ''[[TooSoon Challenger]]'' [[TooSoon shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]]. life]].
Many contemporary reviews were colored by the disaster. More recent reviews don't treat it much better. But some saw past the disaster and were moved by it: in [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/lea-thompson,69639/ a 2012 interview]], Lea Thompson said many fans told her they were inspired by the film.
Many contemporary reviews were colored by the disaster. More recent reviews don't treat it much better. But some saw past the disaster and were moved by it: in [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/lea-thompson,69639/ a 2012 interview]], Lea Thompson said many fans told her they were inspired by the film.
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* BigOMG: Max floats off into space behind a rogue oxygen tank, but this happens when he breaks off a satellite dish panel he grabbed to stop himself.
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** Kevin even plays the part of Obi-wan Kenobi to help Max get the courage to help Andie.
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-->'''Jinx:''' C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L, Max in Code!
-->'''Zac:''' They're Talking To Us!! Jinx, I treating you to a can of oil!
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-->'''Jinx:''' C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-C-O-M-E-I-N-C-O-N-T-R-O-L, Max in Code!
-->'''Zac:''' They're Talking To Us!! Jinx, I treating you to a can of oil!
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* HarsherInHindsight: It's bad enough this was released after the ''Challenger'' disaster. One of the Blue Team's mission simulations ends with them burning up on re-entry. Think about that for a second.
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* NobodyPoops: {{Averted}}. Max has to figure out the shuttle's space toilet.
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''[=SpaceCamp=]'' is a family adventure movie from 1986 about a group of kids at a space camp who unexpectedly get launched up into space for real. However thesShuttle was still in pre-flight prepping and thus wasn't prepared for any kind of full mission. With only a limited air supply and virtually no communication with Earth, the kids and their instructor (played by Kate Capshaw) must [[PowerOfFriendship work together]] to get home safe and sound.
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''[=SpaceCamp=]'' is a family adventure movie from 1986 about a group of kids at a space camp who unexpectedly get launched up into space for real. However the Shuttle thesShuttle was still in pre-flight prepping and thus wasn't prepared for any kind of full mission. With only a limited air supply and virtually no communication with Earth, the kids and their instructor (played by Kate Capshaw) must [[PowerOfFriendship work together]] to get home safe and sound.
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* LikeRealityUnlessOtherwiseNoted: In some ways the tech and abilities of the Space Camp NASA are ahead of us - there's a sentient robot, there's a space station already up in orbit with the necessary oxygen tanks - but when the plot demands it everything was at the level it is when the film was released.
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* LikeRealityUnlessOtherwiseNoted: LikeRealityUnlessNoted: In some ways the tech and abilities of the Space Camp NASA are ahead of us - there's a sentient robot, there's a space station already up in orbit with the necessary oxygen tanks - but when the plot demands it everything was at the level it is when the film was released.
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* {{Ascended Fan Boy}}: Max is an avid fan of {{Franchise/Star Wars}} and will make numerous references to the franchise in nearly every scene he appears in.
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* {{Ascended Fan Boy}}: Max is an avid fan of {{Star Wars}} and will make numerous references to the franchise in nearly every scene he appears in.
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* FreakyFashionMildMind: Tish, full stop. Under the EightiesHair and ValleyGirl look is a genius with PhotographicMemory and a perfect SAT score.
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* RedWireBlueWire: Yep, to connect the oxygen tank.
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* RedWireBlueWire: Yep, A modified version, to connect the oxygen tank.
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** It was produced in 1985. They decided to release it despite the disaster. It became a ruinous decision for ABC Motion Pictures, but didn't affect the careers of the actors much.
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** The {{novelization}} only made matters worse by {{invok|ed}}ing the ''Challenger'' disaster.
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The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 [[TooSoon ''Challenger'']] [[TooSoon shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]].
The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 [[TooSoon ''Challenger'']] [[TooSoon shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]].
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The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 [[TooSoon Challenger shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]].
The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 [[TooSoon Challenger shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]].
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* DawsonCasting: Larry B. Scott and Lea Thompson were 24 during filming. Kelly Preston was 23. Tate Donovan was 22. All are supposed to be teenagers. For reference: Kate Capshaw was only 32.
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** It was produced in 1985. They decided to release it despite the disaster. It became a ruinous decision for ABC Motion Pictures, but didn't affect the careers of the actors much.
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* NewRulesAsThePlotDemands: No one seems to question Kevin for swapping his credentials with a Japanese kid just to get on the same team as Kathryn.
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** Actually handled relatively accurately. [[spoiler:She is heard wearily on the radio shortly after she was knocked out, suggesting she wasn't out for long. When she is rescued, she is treated for a shoulder injury, explaining why she couldn't assist in her own rescue.]]
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* EntendreFailure: Jinx the robot.
* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:After they miss the re-entry window, Kathryn realizes an alternative landing site: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_Space_Harbor White Sands, New Mexico]]]].
* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:After they miss the re-entry window, Kathryn realizes an alternative landing site: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_Space_Harbor White Sands, New Mexico]]]].
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** {{The Lancer}}: Kathryn
** {{The Big Guy}}: Kevin
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** {{The Chick}} / {{The Heart}}: Tish
** {{Tagalong Kid}}: Max
** {{Team Pet}}: Jinx
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** {{The Lancer}}: Kathryn
** {{The Big Guy}}: Kevin
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** {{The Chick}} / {{The Heart}}: Tish
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The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 [[TooSoon Challenger shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]].
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!!''Space Camp'' provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: Although in this case it's more ArtificialStupidity rather than Artificial Malevolence.
* AlmostOutOfOxygen: A major plot point. [[spoiler:Twice.]]
* {{Ascended Fan Boy}}: Max is an avid fan of {{Star Wars}} and will make numerous references to the franchise in nearly every scene he appears in.
* BatmanGambit: Jinx the robot tries to get Max into space while he's on the space shuttle "to fulfill his wish". He hacks into NASA's network and figures out how to fire up one of the shuttle's booster rockets, which on its own will cause the shuttle to shoot up briefly, then crash. However, his gambit is the operators at the control room will see the one booster firing up and choose to fire up the second booster to avoid killing everyone on board. Sure enough, it works.
* ConvenientlyClosePlanet: The shuttle is launched outside of its launch window into an unplanned orbit -- but they still manage to make it to the unoccupied space station for supplies.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: There are a number of instances regarding flight procedure and technical aspects of the space shuttle.
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: One of the campers thinks to use a telemetry switch to send Morse code in place of the nonfunctional radio. But it takes quite a while for anyone in the control room to notice that one of their console lights is rapidly blinking in an irregular pattern...
** [[FridgeBrilliance For one, she has a photographic memory. For two, nobody on the ground even notices until Jinx arrives.]]
* EntendreFailure: Jinx the robot.
* {{Five Man Band}}:
** {{The Hero}} / {{The Leader}}: Andie
** {{The Lancer}}: Kathryn
** {{The Big Guy}}: Kevin
** {{The Smart Guy}}: Rudy
** {{The Chick}} / {{The Heart}}: Tish
** {{Tagalong Kid}}: Max
** {{Team Pet}}: Jinx
* GoneHorriblyRight / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: "I wish I could go up into space."
* InstantAIJustAddWater: See ReedRichardsIsUseless.
* {{Jerkass}}: Kevin. At the beginning of the film, he switches his credentials with those of another attendee, just so he could get to be with Kathryn. Also, in another scene, after he and Kathryn were discovered to be making out at the launchpad, he yells at Max for Jinx spilling everything.
* LikeRealityUnlessOtherwiseNoted: In some ways the tech and abilities of the Space Camp NASA are ahead of us - there's a sentient robot, there's a space station already up in orbit with the necessary oxygen tanks - but when the plot demands it everything was at the level it is when the film was released.
* LiteralMinded: Jinx the robot, who obeys any words to him that sound vaguely like a command. His ruthlessness to fulfill them makes him a...
** LiteralGenie: Who sends the kids into space.
* NoOSHACompliance: NASA straps seven kids on the space shuttle unsupervised by a NASA employee, and seals the door. This is negligent even without being accidentally launched, no matter how good their grades at Space Camp were.
* RedWireBlueWire: Yep, to connect the oxygen tank.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Space Camp has a sentient, AI robot which is capable of bypassing failsafes to launch a shuttle, but NASA is still counting on the shuttle and mindless computers.
* {{Robot Buddy}}: Take a guess.
* ShoutOut: Count all the ''Franchise/StarWars'' references.
* TapOnTheHead / HardHead: [[spoiler:Andie.]]
* TheEighties
* ThingsGetReal
* TooSoon: The film was released just months after the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disintegrated after takeoff.
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The movie is largely forgotten today and was critically panned upon its first release, due to the marketing nightmare that came about from the 1986 [[TooSoon Challenger shuttle disaster]] that claimed the lives of seven American astronauts and grounded the shuttle program indefinitely until the cause could be determined and rectified. It didn't help, either, that the malfunction in the film [[HarsherInHindsight partly resembled the malfunction in life]].
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!!''Space Camp'' provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: Although in this case it's more ArtificialStupidity rather than Artificial Malevolence.
* AlmostOutOfOxygen: A major plot point. [[spoiler:Twice.]]
* {{Ascended Fan Boy}}: Max is an avid fan of {{Star Wars}} and will make numerous references to the franchise in nearly every scene he appears in.
* BatmanGambit: Jinx the robot tries to get Max into space while he's on the space shuttle "to fulfill his wish". He hacks into NASA's network and figures out how to fire up one of the shuttle's booster rockets, which on its own will cause the shuttle to shoot up briefly, then crash. However, his gambit is the operators at the control room will see the one booster firing up and choose to fire up the second booster to avoid killing everyone on board. Sure enough, it works.
* ConvenientlyClosePlanet: The shuttle is launched outside of its launch window into an unplanned orbit -- but they still manage to make it to the unoccupied space station for supplies.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: There are a number of instances regarding flight procedure and technical aspects of the space shuttle.
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: One of the campers thinks to use a telemetry switch to send Morse code in place of the nonfunctional radio. But it takes quite a while for anyone in the control room to notice that one of their console lights is rapidly blinking in an irregular pattern...
** [[FridgeBrilliance For one, she has a photographic memory. For two, nobody on the ground even notices until Jinx arrives.]]
* EntendreFailure: Jinx the robot.
* {{Five Man Band}}:
** {{The Hero}} / {{The Leader}}: Andie
** {{The Lancer}}: Kathryn
** {{The Big Guy}}: Kevin
** {{The Smart Guy}}: Rudy
** {{The Chick}} / {{The Heart}}: Tish
** {{Tagalong Kid}}: Max
** {{Team Pet}}: Jinx
* GoneHorriblyRight / BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: "I wish I could go up into space."
* InstantAIJustAddWater: See ReedRichardsIsUseless.
* {{Jerkass}}: Kevin. At the beginning of the film, he switches his credentials with those of another attendee, just so he could get to be with Kathryn. Also, in another scene, after he and Kathryn were discovered to be making out at the launchpad, he yells at Max for Jinx spilling everything.
* LikeRealityUnlessOtherwiseNoted: In some ways the tech and abilities of the Space Camp NASA are ahead of us - there's a sentient robot, there's a space station already up in orbit with the necessary oxygen tanks - but when the plot demands it everything was at the level it is when the film was released.
* LiteralMinded: Jinx the robot, who obeys any words to him that sound vaguely like a command. His ruthlessness to fulfill them makes him a...
** LiteralGenie: Who sends the kids into space.
* NoOSHACompliance: NASA straps seven kids on the space shuttle unsupervised by a NASA employee, and seals the door. This is negligent even without being accidentally launched, no matter how good their grades at Space Camp were.
* RedWireBlueWire: Yep, to connect the oxygen tank.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Space Camp has a sentient, AI robot which is capable of bypassing failsafes to launch a shuttle, but NASA is still counting on the shuttle and mindless computers.
* {{Robot Buddy}}: Take a guess.
* ShoutOut: Count all the ''Franchise/StarWars'' references.
* TapOnTheHead / HardHead: [[spoiler:Andie.]]
* TheEighties
* ThingsGetReal
* TooSoon: The film was released just months after the space shuttle ''Challenger'' disintegrated after takeoff.
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