9/11 When do you think a 9/11 movie will be made? ala Titanic or
Pearl Harbor?
\_ Collateral Damage (Arnold) is already on DVD.
within 3 years: ...
\_ It will be a made for TV movie first,
(probably NBC or CBS) before it hits
the big screen with famous name actors.
(I predict Kevin Costner will play a
fireman or police man)
within 5 years: .
within 10 years:
more than 10 years: .
never:
\_ It'll be a long time before they can make bucks off 9/11 without
getting utterly smashed for it (which costs money). I think it'll
be at least 10 years. M*A*S*H was a long time after Korea, the
Vietnam movies weren't until many years after, etc. The Titanic
was an act of stupidity, not terrorism. WWII movies were being
produced as propo-tainment throughout the whole war so that's
different.
\_ MASH was definitely about Vietnam, they just got away with
it by basing it in Korea.
\- mash was a comedy. most ofthe 'nam movies were critical.
to make heroic/human interest stories i dont think will take
that long. i bet there will be human interest stuff within
18mos. mopw a movie with actors playing OBL and the terrorists
might be a while. a question is will they use the real footage
from the explosions or fake. --psb
\_ mash was a comedy? Sort of. It was very dark comedy and had
plenty of drama as well. Try some reruns. We both agree
some sort of movie will happen, only time will tell.
\- i think it is pretty hard not to characterize the TV show
as a comedy. i suppose it's a harder call if you are
talking about the movie. if you are talking about the
books, then they vary a lot ... there are some that are
pretty silly. the timing in the case of the mash books
was probably partly motivated by the vietnam war. see
also the greek play "persians". ok tnx.
\_ Yes, it was a comedy but nothing like the sitcoms of
today. There were plenty of episodes that were pure
drama with some real heart wrenching stuff you won't
see today in an ER clone. I was going to mention the
movie as different from the tv show but I think I'll
stick to my 'dark comedy+drama' line.
\_ The first Vietnam movie was pro-military and came out during
the war. See "The Green Berets."
\_ I love how in the opening seen, the various green berets
are introduced by saying what languages they speak, which
is supposed to be impressive, even though the languages
they speak are all random northern european languages,
not vietnamiese, french, or some onther useful language.
then there are the vilages in what is very obviously
southern california in which JW is always talking to
some "chief " or another. finally, there's the
sun setting over the south china sea at the end...yep,
a real classic. right up there with Red Dawn.
\_ What was wrong with Red Dawn? You're just down on white
kids.
\_ Ah yes, the invasion by private plane. Hilarious.
\_ I love how you spell 'scene'
\_ It's a John Wayne movie. Need I say more?
\_ "Bin Laden Lookalikes Audition on 9/11" http://csua.org/u/25c --yuen |