"within an established totalitarian regime the purpose of propaganda is not to persuade, much less to inform, but rather to humiliate. From this point of view, propaganda should not approximate to the truth as closely as possible: on the contrary, it should do as much violence to it as possible. For by endlessly asserting what is patently untrue, by making such untruth ubiquitous and unavoidable, and finally by insisting that everyone publicly acquiesce in it, the regime displays its power and reduces individuals to nullities."
"Apart from the massacres, deaths and famines for which communism was responsible, the worst thing about the system was the official lying: that is to say the lying in which everyone was forced to take part, by repetition, by assent or failure to contradict. I came to the conclusion that the purpose of propaganda in communist countries was not to persuade, much less to inform, but to humiliate and emasculate. In this sense, the less true it was, the less it corresponded in any way to reality, the better; the more it contradicted the experience of the persons to whom it was directed, the more docile, self-despising for their failure to protest, and impotent they became."
- "The Wilder Shores of Marx" by Theodore Dalrymple

It's a "visualization of the lander module"

https://youtu.be/92sDjg8OGhg?feature=shared&t=68

FE Dave jumped the gun...

Ok, I'll bite --

Why not show SOMETHING REAL -- I don't know, an image taken by the lander, etc.? Why not take pictures of the moon as they approach it?
And you know, back in the day, they used to include disclaimers on-screen when they were broadcasting something non-real. "Dramatization", "Artist's Visualization", "Artist's Concept". Anyone remember that?

This kind of cheesy 1950's quality special effects just makes the WHOLE OPERATION even more suspect. They UNIRONICALLY put this forward without any embarrassment -- so we have to be embarrassed for them.

If they were sarcastic/ironic about it, some would have given them a pass. But when someone is sincere, but embarrassing, THAT is the stuff cringe is made of.

Even if this turns out to be "on purpose fake footage", the shoddiness shows how incompetent they are, and the idea they were able to land a craft on the Moon is a huge joke.

I mean, come on! It's 2023. I know Apollo 13 was more expensive, but you know what's happened with computer technology during the past 54 years.

Put simply, the iPhone 6's clock is 32,600 times faster than the best Apollo era computers and could perform instructions 120,000,000 times faster. You wouldn't be wrong in saying an iPhone could be used to guide 120,000,000 Apollo-era spacecraft to the moon, all at the same time.