That may be because of the tight control over the media's coverage war. This is the first war where the media hasn't really been allowed to travel to the front with the soldiers. Totally different than Viet Nam. Desert Storm was like watching a video game or movie. This one feels like we are watching a crime scene. We see the damage of an exploded tank or Hummer but not the bodies or the combatants.
I remembered just now that a movie about Iraq came out a few months back about a guy that was on the bomb squad. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > That's true about WWII. I don't know that Hollywood execs have had a summit > like that. The general wisdom has been that war movies based on Iraq and > Iran don't pull in the audiences. Reasons given are that they're hugely > divisive, so there's no assurance people will pay to see films about them. > At the same time, the "wars" themselves aren't as engaging in our everyday > lives as WWII was. Many of us can go about our daily lives and honestly not > think of the people fighting and dying over there. WWII was universal in its > effect on all Americans, whether it was those fighting, relatives of > soldiers, the women who had to work in the factories, the need for people to > conserve rubber, gas, etc. Iraq and Iran just don't tough our lives in that > way. And finally, these "wars" aren't as "exciting". They take place in > dessert countries with one enemy, and the campaigns are more about > hide-and-seek, skirmishes, and roadside bombs. There's not of the spectacle > of a world war, with battles on several fronts, wars in trenches, beaches > stormed, skies filled with fighters and bombers raining death, seas covered > with ships, debris, and battles. They're too "boring" for Hollywood's > tastes. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:51:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] ARK II has not aged well > > > > This reminded me of something. I read that during WW2 the government had a > sit down with the heads of the studios in Hollywood about making films that > encourage the troops and to keep people's minds off of the war. So Hollywood > made propaganda films, musicals, and other types of films that softened the > reality of the war. > > Could it be that the same thing may be going on now? The war has been going > on for years in Iraq and we have only seen 3 films about it. How many films > have we seen about other issues that are important? > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> You know, we joke about some of the failures, but the period from the late >> '60s to late '70s saw some of the best scifi movies, either at the theatre >> or made for TV. Demon Seed, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Planet of the >> Apes, Soylent Green, 2001: A Space Odyssey. As Worf said, at least back then >> scifi was often dealing with social issues, questions of how will humanity >> survive our own aggressions, etc. >> >> It's why, although I hated the bigotry shown toward Nigerians in "District >> 9", I loved the realistic take on other types of racism depicted in the >> film. And, perhaps, another reason why I wasn't as taken with the Star Trek >> film as some, as it was more of an action/FX romp designed to bring in mass >> audiences. >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Daryle Lockhart" <dar...@darylelockhart.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:43:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada >> Eastern >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] ARK II has not aged well >> >> >> >> Ha! You'd have been better off with "The Questor Tapes" >> >> Daryle >> >> On Sep 22, 2009, at 8:31 PM, George Arterberry < >> brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> noir, >> >> Feeling sort of nostalgic and Netflix (ing) those 70's sci-fi shows of my >> youth. UFO,Space 1999,Logan's Run and several others. ARK was as horrid as a >> remember. >> >> Stay away >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
