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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 05:25 PM
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"The Hamburg Cell" on HBO.
A dramatization of the process leading up to 9/11.
It looks like a portrayal of evil muslims who hate us for our freedoms.
Gag!
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judy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 05:36 PM
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1. I actually have seen it...
It is exactly what you say, maveric, with on top of it the veneer of "we know what we are talking about".
I don't know that much about 9/11, but I found this film to be full of falsehoods - and I mean even if just compared to articles in MSM...
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 05:44 PM
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4. Care to elaborate?
What were the specific problems? The previews don't look too promising.
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judy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 06:34 PM
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6. Well, for example, the hijackers
especially Atta, are shown as hard liner Muslims...
However, I read around 9/11 in the MSM that they actually went to a night club with lap dancers and drank, etc.
Also they are shown as being on a crusade against Christianity, and not in any way connected to the Palestinian crisis, or any US policies abroad, or anything like that...
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 05:42 PM
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2. HBO movies are generally pretty fair
And are almost always well-made. I'll see if before I pass judgment.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 05:43 PM
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3. i'll wait and see as well
i loved Angles in america that was for sure bashing Reagan.
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Mika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 06:07 PM
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5. Name a few "fair" HBO/Showtime films relating to the Bushco Nazis.
?
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reorg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 07:44 PM
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7. the Sopranos?
Extremely well done, with quite a few references to present realities, including Bush malapropisms and exposure of the conservative mindset ("You don't listen to the president? We're gonna mop the floor with the whole fucking world. The whole world is gonna be under our control, so what're you worked up about?" says Christopher to his girlfriend).

Which is not to say that I expect any MSM programme, fiction or non-fiction, to portray the evil TERRISTS as something even remotely similar to what I think is real ...

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