So, watching Elizabeth Smart or Jessica Lynch movies tonite?

[Faygo Kid]

NO WAY here. Yecch. Widescreen version of "The Caine Mutiny" at this household after "The Simpsons" (guilty pleasure). Great flick, haven't seen in years. It was the strawberries, you know. Those two made for sweeps month movies will no doubt deserve the raspberries. Disagree?

[soothsayer]

1. nope

me neither

[Maddy McCall]

2. I'll be watching HBO's Carnivale in about an hour.

Have no desire to see the other two.

[stanwyck]

10. I've missed too much

of Carnivale. What I saw was good. I imagine they'll be a chance to catchup. HBO is pretty good about repeating their shows.

[Deja Q]

3. Simple answer to both:

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

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[DuctapeFatwa]

4. I like stupid trashy movies. I'll watch Exploiting Private Lynch tonight

and part 2 of America's Blondteen Obsession tomorrow.

I have no expectation or idea that either has doodle to do with reality, but I expect them both to be howlingly bad.

[Cleita]

5. No.

I have some driver problems to solve on the ole 'puter.

[pinkpops]

6. I like more realistic stuff so

I'll watch Alias

[MoonAndSun]

7. I'll be watching Alias, I think Michael Vartan is a hottie!!

eom

[stanwyck]

8. No. Will watch "The Office"

watching King of the Hill and The Simpsons, then The Office. What stupid TV movies. Who watches this junk? I did laugh at The Daily Show's analysis of the "Elizabeth Smart" and "Jessica Lynch" movies. I'm curious to see what the ratings will be.

[MaineDem]

9. Nope

I'll either watch the new episode of the Simpsons or update a web page.

[Melsky]

11. Nope

Don't have cable (I think these are cable movies, but not sure). Anyway, we are taking my aunt and uncle out to dinner. After we get home, time for spongebob squarepants on dvd, which is probably more realistic.

[MissMarple]

12. Absolutely not.

Unless there is a valid reason for obscure research, like counting instances of inaccuracy.

[ikojo]

13. Nope, I have a few new DVDs to watch...

Grateful Dead at Winterland
Finding Nemo
Ed Sullivan with the Beatles
Scarface


Anything is better than the latest story of an aryan in harms way.

[Shrek]

14. Gotta watch "Alias"

I've always liked it but this season has me really intrigued.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

18. Can't get by every week without my "Alias" fix.

It's the only television I really watch.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15. NOT EVEN! Just finished Magnificent Seven (Saw Seven Samuri

last night) and will tune in for Carnivale in a half an hour.

[Grassrooter]

16. I think I'll be watching anything but these two.

I read a review in some magazine that basically bashed both movies for pretty much utilizing everything but the facts.

[elfin]

17. Actually watching Fox

Simpsons, Malcolm, Arrested Development (to check it out), K Street

[Wickerman]

19. Ron Howard

doing TV show - yeah, I'll be watching Arrested Development, too.

[BuckeFushe]

20. I'd rather have a tooth pulled

n/t

[Ellen Forradalom]

21. The despoliation of the fair white woman

still has a death-grip on our national psyche, obviously.

[Astarho]

22. Watching the Real Jason and the Argonauts

on Discovery. Although when I was flipping past it, I caught a scene of Lori Piestewa looking at pictures of her kids. It don't get any more cliche than that!

[Sean Reynolds]

23. Watching the Elizabeth Smart story to see how well they portray SLC

So far it's not much like Salt Lake.

[VeniceBeat]

24. Long Haired, Bearded Alleged Kidnapper: Hippie? Jew? Arab? Democrat?

Nope: Mormon.

And not a mention of Mormonism throughout the whole film as I understand it, though it's key to why Elizabeth Smart wound up cooperating with her alleged kidnapper.

So-- the viewer is left to figure out who the weirdo alleged kidnapper is: Hippie? Jew? Arab? Bum? Leftist?

I'm curious to know how the religious ambiguity of the backstory might affect the casual viewer. Is the bearded guy a cipher that the casual viewer could project their particular prejudices and fears on?

The fact that the Mormonism is ignored is probably not news to any regular reader of this forum.

It's also interesting that they cast an actor in the role of Mr. Smart who's best known for his portrayal of a pedophile in Todd Solondz's "Happiness." What's up with that?

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Reading over the above, I'm not quite sure what I'm getting at. Are you?

[DuctapeFatwa]

25. Yes. It's better if it is left open so people can assume he's a Muslim

and not get confused about Mormons, because the family are Mormon and there are people with some mixed feelings about Mormons, but if you just keep it focused on dark hair beard, women with cloth on heads, the subliminal message gets out and it can help maintain support for the Crusade.

[VeniceBeat]

27. Exactly!

Some might think our tinfoil hats a bit too tight but you express my point much more clearly:

"...if you just keep it focused on dark hair beard, women with cloth on heads, the subliminal message gets out and it can help maintain support for the Crusade."

Creepy how the writers and producers and editors work that stuff out.

Would this qualify as a McCluhanesque critical analysis?

[DuctapeFatwa]

28. Why, yes, I believe it would

We should reward ourselves with a yummy snack :)

[VeniceBeat]

30. Indeed.

I will now proceed with the ingestion of a yummy snack of my choice.

I recommend that you do the same.

Enjoy it with gusto.

[kayleybeth]

26. We watched the Jessica Lynch movie

and taped Elizabeth Smart.

[Piperay]

29. Same here...

I'm just a sucker for tear jerker movies. :shrug::cry: :)

[RebelOne]

31. Nope, watched Iron Chief

where they cut up live crayfish. Much more interesting than Lynch or Smart.