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Originally posted by Kyle Fenton
...I disagree with you however on that a movie/tv/other media is bad for FIRST. I believe it is good for FIRST, and if it was watched by a good majority of people, it would expose them to what FIRST is. You have to remember that the average guy doesn't know much outside of what he sees on TV.
Everytime I do a demonstration of FIRST with my team, I always get some reference to Battlebots by a person who wants to know more information about it. Even when I try to explain it to a couple of strangers briefly, they still think it is some kind of Battlebots. Know why, because that is what they see on TV....I also disagree with you that a feature film movie on FIRST would be boring. There have been many movies about sports/clubs in a one person narrative that have been successful. I am sure you can recall a few. Most directors usually know how to make even the most dry subject, worth while for people to see. And since we all experienced that FIRST is very exciting for us personally, it would probably wouldn't be that hard for a director to produce a decent movie.
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It's not really bad...but do a documentary kinda thing. I remember when I was our Houston hotel, I turned on some local channel or some sort, and watched an hour of 1999's Disney's Nats of FIRST (this was during the team party thing...I didn't go). Like I said before, Simpsons would just do a spoof of FIRST, and not really FIRST.
Having a movie on FIRST would be great...especially when a FIRST team is at a LEGO League comp. and that could inspire the kids to become more involved. If they did something on a movie-sort...do a clip-show (which isn't a "movie", but it's worth-while).