-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: "RevCOAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Boycott Mel Gibson's "We Were Soldiers
> -Caveat Lector- > > >Why did they do this? Randall (Pearl Harbor) Wallace--producer, director > >and screen writer--could have easily ended the movie as he began it. The > >movie began with a short segment of a deadly ambush on a French column in > >the same > >valley ten years earlier; it should have ended with at least a passing > >reference to the dying that happened after Mel Gibson's character left the > >battlefield. The audience would have perhaps left the theater with a much > >different taste in their mouths, and a much more accurate understanding of > >the historical truth. However, apparently Mr. Wallace was more > >interested in a little flag waving, and wanted to send the audience home > >with a patriotic buzz. > > Doesn't anyone else find the timing of the release of all of these > jingoistic flag-wavers a tad suspicious, considering that it takes at least > 3 years to produce a movie? > > One wonders how/why Hollywood decided back in 1997/98 that 'patriotic' > movies would suddenly become money-makers starting in late 2001... > > > Jun It sure seems that way. But they have always done this. It may take a year to write a script, but they have vaults full of all types of scripts. It probably doesn't take much for a movie factory to swing into action producing crappy jingoistic war movies to empty the pockets of brainless robots who respond to " patriotism " the way that Pavlov's dogs responded to the dinner bell. Joshua2 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
