# Can someone please debunk this video suggesting that SpaceX is using fx? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 21, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751 "2016-01-21T03:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751/22 "2016-01-21T20:20:45Z")
> [@LightOnThe Path](#): > > Can someone please explain these layered fade outs? No. Because: > [@](#): > > Comments are disabled for this video. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751/23 "2016-01-21T21:35:55Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I don’t know if this is some kind of attempt at a “whoosh” or you are being serious. Well, I’m sure you’re aware that to achieve complete accuracy, the moon landing footage was faked _on the moon_. Of course, it wasn’t cheap to build a giant rocket and lander, but nothing beats having your film set on location. Same principle here, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751/24 "2016-01-22T08:01:50Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I don’t know if this is some kind of attempt at a “whoosh” or you are being serious. Oh **Stranger** , I expected better from you. Surely you knew that that massive whooshing sound was not purely from SpaceX’s very real and wholly legitimate booster system! 🙂 Poe’s Law applies here people. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751/25 "2016-01-22T17:31:01Z")
It’s like the tale of [The Buffoon and the Countryman](http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/80.html): People are so used to seeing explosions in movies (generated by Hollywood special effects) that when they see an explosion that doesn’t look like what they’re used to, they assume that it must be faked. ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751/26 "2016-01-22T18:37:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It’s like the tale of [The Buffoon and the Countryman](http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/80.html): People are so used to seeing explosions in movies (generated by Hollywood special effects) that when they see an explosion that doesn’t look like what they’re used to, they assume that it must be faked. > **[Reality Is Unrealistic - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityIsUnrealistic)** > > When exposed to an exaggeration or fabrication about certain real-life occurrences or facts, some people will perceive the fictional account as being more true than any factual account. This might lead to people acting on preconceptions about … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-this-video-suggesting-that-spacex-is-using-fx/743751.md?page=1)