{"id":39980,"date":"2012-09-06T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=39980"},"modified":"2018-03-21T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:55:45","slug":"shadow-of-moon-contest-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/shadow-of-moon-contest-results\/","title":{"rendered":"‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ Contest Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we continue to mourn the loss of a true American hero, we at The Bonus View<\/em> want to celebrate Neil Armstrong’s accomplishments by giving one of our readers a copy of the excellent space-race documentary ‘In the Shadow of the Moon<\/a>‘ on Blu-ray. The results of last week’s contest are in. Follow after the break to find out who won.
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As explained in the original post<\/a>, our challenge was to create a funny, clever, patriotic or respectful caption for the following image:<\/p>\n

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We received a lot of great responses. After going through the painful process of narrowing the results down to just a handful of the best entries, here are some of our favorites.<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/h5>\n

I normally limit Honorable Mentions to 10, but I had such a hard time with this one that I had to double that count. I’ll start with some of the respectful entries and then move onto the funny ones.<\/p>\n

Joe wrote:<\/p>\n

Someday those fifty stars should represent fifty worlds, not just fifty states on one world.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ryan S. wrote:<\/p>\n

That’s one giant leap into history..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim S. wrote:<\/p>\n

From hundreds of years as a dream, to eight years as a belief, to a day of reality.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fred W. wrote:<\/p>\n

No matter where you are, the american flag leaves you breathless\u2026.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, now for the funny ones.<\/p>\n

Alex wrote:<\/p>\n

You’d think they could’ve swept up a little before company came over.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CK wrote:<\/p>\n

I can’t believe there’s already a McDonalds and a Wal-Mart.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both of these from Barsoom Bob are pretty great:<\/p>\n

Wait, what is that large, black, rectangular, monolithic looking object over there ?<\/p>\n

So, this is where the GOP has been hiding Sarah Palin for the last few months !\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eric H. wrote:<\/p>\n

When are my MTV royalties going to show up?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jeff C. wrote:<\/p>\n

Alice, “Ralph, Ralph\u2026I’mmm Sorry”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

J.J. wrote:<\/p>\n

In the shadow of the moon? More like in the shadow of the earth, duh!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dan J. wrote:<\/p>\n

“they should make this into a movie someday with talking alien robots. There is no way a director could screw this up!”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dennis L. wrote:<\/p>\n

Good thing mom’s not here to see the footprints I left on the nice clean floor.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kyle W. wrote:<\/p>\n

Some day, someone is going to invent an *internet* and build a *Facebook* and this is going to make the BEST profile picture ever!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A different Eric H. wrote:<\/p>\n

That is one small step for man\u2026uhhh Shots! Shots! Shots! I’m on the moon biiiitch!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This Eric, however, did not pay attention to our rule about only ten entries per person.<\/p>\n

Iron Man wrote:<\/p>\n

Just think, in a few more years we’ll be walking on Mars\u2026..\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DemLo wrote:<\/p>\n

DAMN IT!! Did I forget to program the DVR?!!<\/p>\n

“I repeat, no oil found on the moon. I guess we brought democracy here for nothing.”<\/p>\n

“Hey Buzz, control say there’s supposed to be a third guy with us, but they forgot his name. Do you know anything about that?”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark L. wrote:<\/p>\n

Khaaaaaaaaaaan !!!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Matthew S. wrote:<\/p>\n

“That’s no moon. It’s a s\u2026.wait, wait, wait\u2026 that’s a moon.”<\/p>\n

“Come on Kubrick\u2026this backpack is getting heavy\u2026get the shot already!!!!”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MediumJon wrote:<\/p>\n

The gas prices here are ridiculous!!<\/p>\n

Hello NASA? We ain’t found shit!<\/p>\n

I better get a billion thumbs up on this FB check in!<\/p>\n

Yo, Michael Jackson\u2026. watch and learn\u2026<\/p>\n

One does not simply
\nwalk on the moon\u2026\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ryan wrote:<\/p>\n

Negative, Houston. No cheese in sight.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Winner!<\/h5>\n

As great as all of the funny entries were, this response from Dave T. brought a genuine tear to my eye:<\/p>\n

It is befitting that we won’t be flying that one at half-mast.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For that, Dave T. wins a copy of ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ on Blu-ray.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Dave T. for winning, and thanks to everyone else for participating!<\/p>\n

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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