Movie, Homeland Security, on NBC tonight

[Lisa0825]

8pm here in Houston... don't know if it varies other than time zones elsewhere.

Info from TVGuide.com

Homeland Security

Disturbing take on the tumultuous events in the wake of Sept. 11 centers on intelligence operations targeting terrorists at home and abroad. McKee: Tom Skerritt. Johnson: Scott Glenn. Brand: Grant Show. Binder: Leland Orser. Heinhoff: Ross Gibby.

Cast: Tom Skerritt, Grant Show, Scott Glenn, Leland Orser, Marisol Nichols, Stephanie Lineburg, Ben Youcef, Kal Penn, Chuma Hunter Gault

[dmr]

1. I turned it on to see how it spins

thanks, Lisa

[Reciprocity]

2. It's good so far.

[Tactical Progressive]

3. Not bad so far for a TV movie.

They always get lousier as they go along, though.

I missed the very start but caught the tail end of the script-intro as it scrolled off the screen. It looked to be saying something about the Homeland Security study being ignored. That's not particularly approving of the Bush administration, but I doubt the movie will take a political position. In a climate as polarized as we've become I imagine even a centrist political slant would piss off both sides.

So far it's been about flight-school training, FBI informants, etc, but now it looks like they're going to boarding the 9/11 planes right before the first break. If so, this is the first movie about 9/11 to come out, and I didn't hear a single word of it advertised in advance. That's pretty amazing.

[thebigidea]

4. "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis" was far funnier, an instant badfilm classic

[Lisa0825]

5. The station had been advertising it here inthe Houston area for a week

or more.

It's bring back so many memories already.

[ikojo]

6. You mean the two hour Bush campaign commerical? nt

[Wonk]

7. Repeating the big lies

"Why couldn't we see this coming?"
Ask Gary Hart and Warren Rudman.

"Nobody could have anticipated hijacked commercial jets being used as missiles"
The pilot episode of The Lone Gunmen comes to mind.

[thebigidea]

9. watching the 9/11 sequence... all I can think of...

is the PDB title, Bush's vacation, and his trifecta gag.

GAG!

[Lisa0825]

10. yeah, I noticed the "missiles" line.

But I'll keep watching anyway... for curiosity's sake.

[aquart]

12. Oh, look! the rationale for detaining American citizens

without arrest, trial, lawyer, or habeas corpus.

Isn't that sweet.

[aquart]

8. Well, now we know. It's the CIA's fault.

Surprise!

Anyone chronicaling the outright lies? I like the one where the CIA guy was just blown away by the idea that anyone would use a plane as a weapon.

[AlCzervik]

11. Please tell me

this isnt another homage to Bush???

[Earth_First]

13. RNC Propaganda

nothing more. nothing less.

[Reciprocity]

14. Well the first five minutes were good.

[aquart]

15. "Structural problems"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The movie isn't touting BushCo. Condi was obviously touting the movie.

God, what a load of horse hockey pucks.

[AlCzervik]

16. Thankfully

The simpsons are on tonight followed by the sopranos.

[Reciprocity]

17. OMG how awful.

The only program I watch on regular TV is CSI. I couldn't make it to the end. I sincerely hope the that Sony does a better job of Richard Clarke's book.

[Lisa]

18. I found it rather creepy ...

They're mixing up fact and fiction to the extent that a lot of people might assume that there WAS a post-9/11 "dirty bomb" plot in Seattle, involving terrorists coming in from Canada -- it's as if they've mixed up elements from several different cases.

And the ending, where the Muslim-American guy was shown to be the villain after all -- tacky.

It would be like doing a remake of "Bad Day At Black Rock" where, surprise surprise, the Japanese-American character was a deep-cover kamikaze.