Interesting details about the production of ABC's 9/11 mockumentary (minority, grace)

[Feathers in Hair]

I think, for me, it's an issue of how much they knew.

Jonny, I sympathize with what you're saying (or at least I hope I do) but I would look to the Republicans' reaction to movies such as "Farienheit" in order to gauge what an appropriate one would be for the Democrats. I wouldn't expect either political party to cheer on a movie that casts them in a bad light, nor frown on one that casts them in a good one. Then again, my opinion of the members of various political parties (on all 'sides') has sharply risen since meeting some of the posters here on RF, so maybe my hopes for such political parties will rise in the future!

[doppelgänger]

Originally Posted by FeathersinHair

I think, for me, it's an issue of how much they knew.

Jonny, I sympathize with what you're saying (or at least I hope I do) but I would look to the Republicans' reaction to movies such as "Farienheit" in order to gauge what an appropriate one would be for the Democrats. I wouldn't expect either political party to cheer on a movie that casts them in a bad light, nor frown on one that casts them in a good one. Then again, my opinion of the members of various political parties (on all 'sides') has sharply risen since meeting some of the posters here on RF, so maybe my hopes for such political parties will rise in the future!

Hear! Hear! Propaganda is propaganda regardless of which "side" it's on and should be clearly labeled as such if it uses the public airwaves.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by MaddLlama

Oh, I didn't mean to say I believed they were right and it's some whole conspiracy to keep us from knowing "the truth". I say all this "the government knew and didn't do anything about it" is a crock of crap.

Oh, I didn't think you did believe that, MaddLlama. Not to worry.

My comments were aimed solely at the makers of the film.

[GeneCosta]

They were going to use this for schools. How terrible.

It shouldn't air as a "docu-drama", unless they're going to take out every fictional scene- which is basically the jist of the movie.

[YmirGF]

Actually they could fix the "Schlock-U-Drama" easily.

You see...

They could take each scene they have taken creative license with and insert a CGI effect over the existing image. A Pinocchio type scenario would be appropriate. Say a character is chatting... and his nose suddenly grows to a foot long. Viewers would understand quickly and quite humorously that this was one of the fabled, fictional scenes.

Who knows? They just might get an Emmy for Best Comedy. No doubt, they are already in the running for Fastest Editing.

[jonny]

Originally Posted by Booko

There's one scene in particular where the CIA has bin Laden in their sights and Sandy Berger calls it off at the last minute.

I'm sorry, but that's not dramatic license, that's just plain ridiculous. Even Kane, the Republican head of the 911 Commission, has an issue with it. This is not just a political ploy. Apparently one of the actors made a complaint about it at the time, because it wasn't even close to historical.

And you know very well what would happen if ABC put this mockumentary out like that. People would be going around saying "Wow dude...did you know Clinton could've killed Bin Laden but he called it off?" It doesn't matter how many disclaimers you put on it, people would believe it just like 57% of Americans *still* think Saddam Hussein had something to do with 911.

ABC should be ashamed of itself for trying to defend this.

I know of someone who this happened to. They had the opportunity to kill bin laden (had him in their sights) and were told not to by the gov't back in the 90s... It isn't false just because the politicians deny it.

[jonny]

Originally Posted by FeathersinHair

I think, for me, it's an issue of how much they knew.

Jonny, I sympathize with what you're saying (or at least I hope I do) but I would look to the Republicans' reaction to movies such as "Farienheit" in order to gauge what an appropriate one would be for the Democrats. I wouldn't expect either political party to cheer on a movie that casts them in a bad light, nor frown on one that casts them in a good one. Then again, my opinion of the members of various political parties (on all 'sides') has sharply risen since meeting some of the posters here on RF, so maybe my hopes for such political parties will rise in the future!

Good point. Like it has been said...propoganda is propoganda. Unfortunately, this movie has been labeled as such before anyone has even seen it.