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Home Front: Culture Wars
AFP sez the latest casualty of the war is...
2007-11-09
...Hollywood! AFP wrings its hands. Fortunately the commentors are having none of it.
The wave of recent films set against the backdrop of war in Iraq and post-9/11 security has failed to win over film-goers keen to escape grim news headlines when they go to the movies, analysts say. In a break with past convention, when films based on real conflicts were made only years after the last shots were fired, several politically-charged films have gone on release while America remains embroiled in Iraq. Almost without exception, however, the crop of movies have struggled to turn a profit at the box-office and in many cases have received a mauling from unimpressed critics as well.
Posted by:Seafarious

#12  My thought exactly, ed, about The Unit.

And, lest we forget the brew-ha-ha over Jack Bauer at 24. Obviously realizing that it's fictional drama, it does cover a LOT of the so-called "torture" issues. And, it's got a HUGE following.
Posted by: BA   2007-11-09 21:52  

#11  heh heh....
Posted by: Frank G   2007-11-09 21:00  

#10  These should put a few more miles of bad road on Redford's face...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lions_for_lambs/

Ouch...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-11-09 20:46  

#9  Blaming the audience is the first defense of the hack entertainer.
Posted by: Mark E.   2007-11-09 19:31  

#8  The Unit is doing very well. But then it isn't the usual leftist swill shoved down unwilling American throats.
Posted by: ed   2007-11-09 19:19  

#7  (and from what I've read, a fitting one as well)
Posted by: lotp   2007-11-09 18:41  

#6  That was a ... memorable ... image, Deacon.
Posted by: lotp   2007-11-09 18:40  

#5  I watched one episode of "Over There". It blew dead bears.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2007-11-09 17:41  

#4  Wanna make one people will watch?

Just show ALL of the things they do - and get it in the right ratio - 99% good 1% bad.


Posted by: OldSpook   2007-11-09 17:36  

#3  Hollywood will make up their profit shortfall from overseas sales to Iran, Pakistan, Syria, et al.
Posted by: danking70   2007-11-09 14:05  

#2  Veteran television producer Steven Bochco, whose 2005 television series "Over There" about a platoon of soldiers fighting in Iraq ended after just one season, said it was hard to engage audiences in a "hugely unpopular war."

"TV is fully saturated with this war and I don't know if you can do a serious drama about this war and locate any angle that would overcome the negativity about it," he told the New York daily Newsday.

Bullshit. I watched it. He had a track record of shows I liked, "Hill Street Blues", "NYPD Blue", I was hoping it would be great. But it wasn't. I stopped watching it was a lefty cliched piece of shit.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-11-09 12:49  

#1  Quagmire!
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-11-09 12:28  

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