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You may have noticed the recent lack of any movies about terrorists around at the moment. This is obviously due to the unsettling nature of some of the life-like situations featured in the films. Planes and bombs being involved and all, itís a bit like waiting for Jesus to come back from the dead and then showing him a cross (cheers Bill Hicks) But are we afraid of what these films can do, or are they simply fictional tales that would do us no harm? The TV execs are still cautious of the state of play on British tv and must believe that we need protecting.
I guess it all comes down to how involved you feel in the whole situation. I say this because while I was in Spain, I noticed a certain trend in all the recent movies. A week after the bombing they were showing Airplane and Die Hard 2, last week it was any film about terrorists harbouring deadly bacteria and plague, with the good guys risking life and limb to save the planet (well, America) A completely different angle on the whole thing, I think youíll agree. And I thought I could never get culture shock from Spain!
But is this idea detrimental to the psyche of the people watching, or does it actually help us to come to terms with events and help strengthen our ideals of right winning out over wrong (morality issues aside, thatís something for a much larger post) and Terrorists being caught and put away. Would it cause mass panic if we showed Stephen Kingís The Stand, a story about a chemical weapon wiping out most of the planet, at a point where many people are afraid to even open their post? Well, I have mixed feelings about this.
Nearly everyone I know couldnít wait to get back home and watch the news. As shocking as events were, we are all curious creatures at heart. Watching the scenes unfold in front of us was both horrifying and morbidly fascinating at the same time, but could we really separate fact from fiction at this point? Okay, so some people canít even tell the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. These people are pretty much beyond hope, anyway, and are as bad as the Terrorists themselves, but most of us over a certain age can tell the difference between what is real and what is fake, but taste prevents us from making light of a deeply disturbing topic for at least a few days after the event.
As you may know, the repercussions of the events in America on September 11th have affected films in America and the UK and production has been either halted on some movies or scenes completely reshot, such as those in Spiderman. Makes you wonder if the film producer hadnít spotted a lucrative way of advertising their film, doesnít it? But perhaps I just have my cynical hat on and weíre all quite happy to be protecting from this obvious fiction, while watching Wizard of Oz instead of Swordfish. Makes you wonder just how powerful the media really is at manipulating our feelings. In the meantime, Spain continues to impress the audiences by rooting out all the terrorist movies they can find and showing them back to back. Perhaps thatís what they need, perhaps not, but it sure feels different coming back to far more cautious television.
I guess it all comes down to how involved you feel in the whole situation. I say this because while I was in Spain, I noticed a certain trend in all the recent movies. A week after the bombing they were showing Airplane and Die Hard 2, last week it was any film about terrorists harbouring deadly bacteria and plague, with the good guys risking life and limb to save the planet (well, America) A completely different angle on the whole thing, I think youíll agree. And I thought I could never get culture shock from Spain!
But is this idea detrimental to the psyche of the people watching, or does it actually help us to come to terms with events and help strengthen our ideals of right winning out over wrong (morality issues aside, thatís something for a much larger post) and Terrorists being caught and put away. Would it cause mass panic if we showed Stephen Kingís The Stand, a story about a chemical weapon wiping out most of the planet, at a point where many people are afraid to even open their post? Well, I have mixed feelings about this.
Nearly everyone I know couldnít wait to get back home and watch the news. As shocking as events were, we are all curious creatures at heart. Watching the scenes unfold in front of us was both horrifying and morbidly fascinating at the same time, but could we really separate fact from fiction at this point? Okay, so some people canít even tell the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. These people are pretty much beyond hope, anyway, and are as bad as the Terrorists themselves, but most of us over a certain age can tell the difference between what is real and what is fake, but taste prevents us from making light of a deeply disturbing topic for at least a few days after the event.
As you may know, the repercussions of the events in America on September 11th have affected films in America and the UK and production has been either halted on some movies or scenes completely reshot, such as those in Spiderman. Makes you wonder if the film producer hadnít spotted a lucrative way of advertising their film, doesnít it? But perhaps I just have my cynical hat on and weíre all quite happy to be protecting from this obvious fiction, while watching Wizard of Oz instead of Swordfish. Makes you wonder just how powerful the media really is at manipulating our feelings. In the meantime, Spain continues to impress the audiences by rooting out all the terrorist movies they can find and showing them back to back. Perhaps thatís what they need, perhaps not, but it sure feels different coming back to far more cautious television.
I read in sfx that the x-files spin off the lone gunmen probably would never be shown in the UK because the seasons pilot involves the hijacking of a plane and a plot to crash it into you know where.
Have you see Arlington Rd? All about terrorism in the US. The terrorists being Michigan Militia types. It was made in 1998 and I was trying to remember when the bombing at Oaklahoma happened. Any ideas? If it was prior to Oaklahoma then it was spooky given the following events. If it was post Oaklahoma then good on Hollywood for having the guts to make it. Strangely I suspect its the former and no the latter.
Beetlejuice wrote:
> On
> the subject of The Stand I'd like to raise an interesting point: When they're on
> there way to face the evil Gary Sinise hurts his leg, and can't go. In Apollo 13
> he get's a cold, and can't go on the space mission.
Is he always destined to
> be the man left behind?
Yes, I noticed that as well, there's another film where this happens as well, but I can't quite remember what it is at the moment.
> On
> the subject of The Stand I'd like to raise an interesting point: When they're on
> there way to face the evil Gary Sinise hurts his leg, and can't go. In Apollo 13
> he get's a cold, and can't go on the space mission.
Is he always destined to
> be the man left behind?
Yes, I noticed that as well, there's another film where this happens as well, but I can't quite remember what it is at the moment.
The trouble with the real world is that Arnold can't take them all out alone, he's just an ugly bloke with a pigs heart.
I think it's a bit daft to hide the terrorist movies, after all we know what happened, we accept films of this nature are all about a bit of fun, and the terrorists always get their come-upance.
But still, if it gets people thinking about what could hapen to them, it might upset them, and TV companies don't like to upset people.
On the subject of The Stand I'd like to raise an interesting point: When they're on there way to face the evil Gary Sinise hurts his leg, and can't go. In Apollo 13 he get's a cold, and can't go on the space mission.
Is he always destined to be the man left behind?
I think it's a bit daft to hide the terrorist movies, after all we know what happened, we accept films of this nature are all about a bit of fun, and the terrorists always get their come-upance.
But still, if it gets people thinking about what could hapen to them, it might upset them, and TV companies don't like to upset people.
On the subject of The Stand I'd like to raise an interesting point: When they're on there way to face the evil Gary Sinise hurts his leg, and can't go. In Apollo 13 he get's a cold, and can't go on the space mission.
Is he always destined to be the man left behind?
You may have noticed the recent lack of any movies about terrorists around at the moment. This is obviously due to the unsettling nature of some of the life-like situations featured in the films. Planes and bombs being involved and all, itís a bit like waiting for Jesus to come back from the dead and then showing him a cross (cheers Bill Hicks) But are we afraid of what these films can do, or are they simply fictional tales that would do us no harm? The TV execs are still cautious of the state of play on British tv and must believe that we need protecting.
I guess it all comes down to how involved you feel in the whole situation. I say this because while I was in Spain, I noticed a certain trend in all the recent movies. A week after the bombing they were showing Airplane and Die Hard 2, last week it was any film about terrorists harbouring deadly bacteria and plague, with the good guys risking life and limb to save the planet (well, America) A completely different angle on the whole thing, I think youíll agree. And I thought I could never get culture shock from Spain!
But is this idea detrimental to the psyche of the people watching, or does it actually help us to come to terms with events and help strengthen our ideals of right winning out over wrong (morality issues aside, thatís something for a much larger post) and Terrorists being caught and put away. Would it cause mass panic if we showed Stephen Kingís The Stand, a story about a chemical weapon wiping out most of the planet, at a point where many people are afraid to even open their post? Well, I have mixed feelings about this.
Nearly everyone I know couldnít wait to get back home and watch the news. As shocking as events were, we are all curious creatures at heart. Watching the scenes unfold in front of us was both horrifying and morbidly fascinating at the same time, but could we really separate fact from fiction at this point? Okay, so some people canít even tell the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. These people are pretty much beyond hope, anyway, and are as bad as the Terrorists themselves, but most of us over a certain age can tell the difference between what is real and what is fake, but taste prevents us from making light of a deeply disturbing topic for at least a few days after the event.
As you may know, the repercussions of the events in America on September 11th have affected films in America and the UK and production has been either halted on some movies or scenes completely reshot, such as those in Spiderman. Makes you wonder if the film producer hadnít spotted a lucrative way of advertising their film, doesnít it? But perhaps I just have my cynical hat on and weíre all quite happy to be protecting from this obvious fiction, while watching Wizard of Oz instead of Swordfish. Makes you wonder just how powerful the media really is at manipulating our feelings. In the meantime, Spain continues to impress the audiences by rooting out all the terrorist movies they can find and showing them back to back. Perhaps thatís what they need, perhaps not, but it sure feels different coming back to far more cautious television.
I guess it all comes down to how involved you feel in the whole situation. I say this because while I was in Spain, I noticed a certain trend in all the recent movies. A week after the bombing they were showing Airplane and Die Hard 2, last week it was any film about terrorists harbouring deadly bacteria and plague, with the good guys risking life and limb to save the planet (well, America) A completely different angle on the whole thing, I think youíll agree. And I thought I could never get culture shock from Spain!
But is this idea detrimental to the psyche of the people watching, or does it actually help us to come to terms with events and help strengthen our ideals of right winning out over wrong (morality issues aside, thatís something for a much larger post) and Terrorists being caught and put away. Would it cause mass panic if we showed Stephen Kingís The Stand, a story about a chemical weapon wiping out most of the planet, at a point where many people are afraid to even open their post? Well, I have mixed feelings about this.
Nearly everyone I know couldnít wait to get back home and watch the news. As shocking as events were, we are all curious creatures at heart. Watching the scenes unfold in front of us was both horrifying and morbidly fascinating at the same time, but could we really separate fact from fiction at this point? Okay, so some people canít even tell the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. These people are pretty much beyond hope, anyway, and are as bad as the Terrorists themselves, but most of us over a certain age can tell the difference between what is real and what is fake, but taste prevents us from making light of a deeply disturbing topic for at least a few days after the event.
As you may know, the repercussions of the events in America on September 11th have affected films in America and the UK and production has been either halted on some movies or scenes completely reshot, such as those in Spiderman. Makes you wonder if the film producer hadnít spotted a lucrative way of advertising their film, doesnít it? But perhaps I just have my cynical hat on and weíre all quite happy to be protecting from this obvious fiction, while watching Wizard of Oz instead of Swordfish. Makes you wonder just how powerful the media really is at manipulating our feelings. In the meantime, Spain continues to impress the audiences by rooting out all the terrorist movies they can find and showing them back to back. Perhaps thatís what they need, perhaps not, but it sure feels different coming back to far more cautious television.