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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: videoholic on March 09, 2002, 04:43:31 AM
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Are you going to watch?
This is the footage from the French press that were following around a rookie cop the day of the terrorist attack. They were the first and only camera to capture the event at ground zero.
Supposedly you will not see a lot of gore. They will still not show the bodies falling, but you apparently will hear them land. It is suppose to be rather chilling and to the point.
This is pretty important to be seen because it seems that our country already is getting lax. We just need something to remind us what in the heck is going on and why we are over there taking care of business.
So what do you think of CBS airing this? Will you watch?
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nah, i rarely watch TV
and i dont wanna watch the WTC footage only to be berated with frickin commercials
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Hey, I think this is a good idea for them to air the report. I for one will be watching it. I hope that America wakes up and stays allert to what we are doing over in the Middle East. God forbid if we let our guard down again and allow some Ahab the Arab to come over and give us another lashing.:mad:
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:rolleyes:
arab?
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Originally posted by mm
nah, i rarely watch TV
and i dont wanna watch the WTC footage only to be berated with frickin commercials
The whole thing is sponsored so I don\'t think there will be any commercials. Well maybe one break, but I know this will be very free of advertising.
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oh, no ads
bah still doesnt interest me
i know the inside was horrific, i dont need CBS to bastadize it
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you\'ll watch. If not for the importance of it, you will watch just like you always look at a traffic accident as you drive by slowly holding up the traffic behind you where I am sitting there late for work.
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Originally posted by mm
:rolleyes:
arab?
Sorry man. For those that have no clue as to what Ahab the Arab was, it used to be an old song from way back oh about 30 years ago. My dad used to listen to the stuff.
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i know who ahab the arab is, im an old head
i was questioning yer ethocentricity, not who he was
at any rate, im not gonna watch it
my time is precious, and i feel bad for the families of WTC victims that will watch this and help CBS profit
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Well, I suggest you tape it then because in 20 years you may want to show your kids what our Pearl Harbor was like. I wish I would have roled tape on the first 6 hours of the event to show my son what all this was about.
I do have video of Logan trying to learn how to crawl with video of it behind him. "Not a care in the world, you just want to crawl and look at what is going on."
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Originally posted by mm
i know who ahab the arab is, im an old head
i was questioning yer ethocentricity, not who he was
at any rate, im not gonna watch it
my time is precious, and i feel bad for the families of WTC victims that will watch this and help CBS profit
You’re too fast for me MM. I wondered what you meant originally (before you edited your post) about my ignorance.
As for the ethocentricity topic, "Arab" is a term used for Arabic people. The middle east is full of them. I\'m sure that with your infinite wisdome though, you knew this. Thanks for making me think this morning man. Not to mention that "ethocentricity" is not a word. I assume you ment Ethnocentricity? Which of course means "characterized by or based on the attitude that one\'s own group is superior". But again, I\'m sure you knew this.
;)
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i skipped the \'n\', BFD
anyways, it seems to me you are against the "arabs" as a whole
you dont see this as wrong?
i edited it from ignorance to ethNocentricity cause it seemed less harsh [which is strange for me to do]
afghanistan [home of taliban] is NOT an arab county, but im sure you knew this
;)
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Originally posted by mm
i forgot the \'n\', BFD
anyways, it seems to me you are against the "arabs" as a whole
you dont see this as wrong?
i edited it from ignorance to ethNocentricity cause it seemed less harsh [which is strange for me to do]
Okay, so maybe I was being a bit racist in my comment, I\'m sorry.:(
No I don\'t hate them. I just used the term as an innocent way to describe those that committed the heinous act on 9/11. And just so you know, I did appreciate the fact that you edited your previous post.;)
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i tend to edit alot of my posts right after posting them [like the one above this one]
i type too fast for my thoughts, and go back after re-reading them
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Originally posted by mm
i type too fast for my thoughts
oS I do.
There\'s two WTC shows coming up I believe. I probably won\'t catch either despite being interested. One, I probably won\'t be home. And two, I\'d rather not be apart of "CBS Exploits the Crisis."
I\'ve seen it once (many, many times); I\'m good.
-Eik
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Did I miss something, there\'s bastardizing going on?
j/k
On a more serious note, this might be worth watching, since it was an event that changed our lives.
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Originally posted by mm
i know the inside was horrific, i dont need CBS to bastardize it
It\'s my understanding that the French company that shot this film was at first uninteresting in selling it or broadcasting it on the US networks. They agreed only after making a deal for heaps of cash (naturally) and securing an agreement that they would be able to produce the show entirely themselves. The review I read indicated that the final show is very low-key, more like a PBS documentary than a typical exploitative network news show. For example, the French producers supposedly had video of people running out of the building on fire. They chose not to include any of that.
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There will be 2 similar events, one for CBS, possible commercials, and one for HBO. I\'m not sure what the HBO one will have, but I already heard about the CBS rumors. It\'s my understanding that allow footage was shot of certain gory scenes, those scenes will not make it to the public. There\'s a strong debate about whether or not this should be shown thanks mostly in part to about half the loved ones of the people who died do not want to relive it. However, the other half is saying exactly what vid said, people need to be reminded and those who died need to be remembered. It\'s the sole reason why we are in Afghanistan at all losing troops day by day.
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They hyped it wrong. They made it seem more like 2 hours of footage from ground zero when really it was more of a story. I really think they turned some people off with their promotion that should have watched it.
It turned out well concidering the two camera guys weren\'t prepared for what they fell in to.
The bodies falling were so incredibly chilling. Every time you heard a crash you knew someone jumped because they wanted to die on their terms. Very sad.
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yeah that was the thing that got me the most too, heard the crashes for like 10 minutes before they explaned that it was bodies falling. freaky as hell.
even after seeing it, i still cant begin to imagine what it was like to be there.
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I think it was done well, and it showed how horrid the day was, even if the french wanted loads of money thats how people are, they did it tastefully.
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Thanks for the heads up Vid. I\'m so glad I got a chance to record it, who knows- it might end up on DVD.
I loved the way the French put it together. No sweetening of the audio like FOX does on ALL of their "world\'s worst" shows. The crashes and screams were genuine, and the edits were sequential, didn\'t switch from one time period to another. It was so real and I thought these three shots were gripping:
- plane crashing into tower 1
- lights out on the escelator
- debris storm in front of the van when tower 1 collapses
I\'m glad CBS got the French company to air their documentary on national TV, free to anyone that has a set. I just wish I had a copy of that Letterman special with Dan Rather. Anyone have it?
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It was really good. I\'m glad I watched it.
And I have to agree that the "falling bodies" aspect was disturbing. I can hardly imagine the mentality of the victims who went through all that.
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Muther^#$@%^#!!!:mad:
I thought they were showing it ON the 6 Month anniversary (Monday)... So I missed it. I really wanted to see it:sleepy:
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I watched it from beginning to end, it was very interesting and horrifying at times. Hearing the bodies land and seeing the planes hit with all the people watching was terrible. Like the one guy said a million times, you can\'t believe it happend. You think you\'ll just shut your eyes and when you open them back up everything will be back to normal.
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Originally posted by CygnusXI
Muther^#$@%^#!!!:mad:
I thought they were showing it ON the 6 Month anniversary (Monday)... So I missed it. I really wanted to see it:sleepy:
There will be a way for you to see this again I am sure.
I taped it. Figured in 10 years or so Logan may need to know what life was like the year he was born.
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Yeah, I found out that a co-worker of my wife\'s taped it too, so hopefully we can borrow (and copy) the tape.
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I\'m sure you\'ll probably be able to find it on some file sharer like morpheus or grokster.