This is wrong - flt 93 movie

I'm not ready either. I just don't have an interest to be really honest.

In a lot of weird ways, at least for me, it'd be like someone I don't know handing me a tape of my father's funeral and saying "Dood, you gotta watch this!"
 
yep i see what you guys are saying......lets just hope they dont blow it out of proportion, or try to make it more "exciting" or "entertaining". hopefully it will be a true historical drama, based on facts, with the only interest being to remember and honor those that died
 
IndianaPilot said:
yep i see what you guys are saying......lets just hope they dont blow it out of proportion, or try to make it more "exciting" or "entertaining". hopefully it will be a true historical drama, based on facts, with the only interest being to remember and honor those that died
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You think they could get any facts out of it though? Besides the amount of passengers, who were on it, and the plane itself, i dont know what else could be facts?
 
well maybe not 100% obviously....but if they base it on the evidence that they do have, then maybe pretty close. i mean no matter what subject, it would be hard to nail it 100%. even all the war movies.....if you talk to some of the vets that were there....they will say...yep its pretty close, but thats slightly off....and that didnt happen....and that was more like this...etc etc etc. my dad had a friend from his boating club that was a WWII vet that was on the beach at normandy. when he seen Saving Private Ryan, that first scene....he said it pretty much nailed it, with some slight differences. but i think it would be impossible to get it 100%
 
IndianaPilot said:
well maybe not 100% obviously....but if they base it on the evidence that they do have, then maybe pretty close. i mean no matter what subject, it would be hard to nail it 100%. even all the war movies.....if you talk to some of the vets that were there....they will say...yep its pretty close, but thats slightly off....and that didnt happen....and that was more like this...etc etc etc. my dad had a friend from his boating club that was a WWII vet that was on the beach at normandy. when he seen Saving Private Ryan, that first scene....he said it pretty much nailed it, with some slight differences. but i think it would be impossible to get it 100%
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Got'cha
 
I think they will focus on the phone calls that were made from the plane and perhaps the black boxes gave some info? Didn't the terrorists have the mic keyed for a good portion of the flight once they took over?

I don't think they will be able to screw it up too much though, I mean we all know what happened to end the flight.
 
Eventhough one has the right to do something, it doesn't mean it is the correct thing to do.

I, for one, have no desire to see this movie. IMO this is just someone trying to get rich off of tragedy.
 
Yeah, I was under the impression the movie was being done for the charity and most of the profits were going to help the families and so on.

That is why it upsets me a bit.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
Eventhough one has the right to do something, it doesn't mean it is the correct thing to do.

I, for one, have no desire to see this movie. IMO this is just someone trying to get rich off of tragedy.
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It's true that yes, somebody will make money off of the movie...now where the money goes remains to be seen.....but bottom line....the story will be told....and i think thats important for the victims, to have the story told and in a way, they arent just a forgoten event in history
 
Timbuff10 said:
"The Flight 93 National Memorial is going to receive a portion of the North American box office revenue during the opening weekend of a new movie about the hijacked airliner that crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.
The film, "United 93," will open nationwide on April 28 and Universal Pictures says it will donate 10 percent of the first three days' grosses to the memorial.
Chris Sullivan, the chairman of the $30 million fund-raising campaign for the Flight 93 National Memorial, hopes the film will increase awareness and result in worldwide support for the proposed monument near Shanksville, Pa.
"United 93" makes its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month."

http://www.news4jax.com/entertainmen...25/detail.html


They are only donating 10% of the first three days gross?!?! Gimmie a break! They are going to make a ton of money off of this. Minus production costs, every penny should go toward the victims/famlies/memorials.

At least they are hoping to "increase awareness"... Not like those planes crashing into buildings and knocking them down didn't do that.
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I could care less about another movie about FLT 93, but this one did/does have the approval and sign off of every family member. If they wanted more they should have withheld the signatures.
 
pilot602 said:
I could care less about another movie about FLT 93, but this one did/does have the approval and sign off of every family member. If they wanted more they should have withheld the signatures.
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:yeahthat:

Ding ding ding ding!

You can always protest by not seeing the movie. That's what I plan on doing.
 
You couldn't drag me to the movie. 90% of what went on during that flight is a combination of folklore or questionable information.
 
Timbuff10 said:
Yeah, I was under the impression the movie was being done for the charity and most of the profits were going to help the families and so on.

That is why it upsets me a bit.
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Pardon me if I come across as crass, but.....

IMHO - the families of the victims of 9/11 do not deserve - nor should they expect - one red cent from this movie...or from any other charity.

The way some of the family members behaved after 9/11 was appauling. They acted like it was payday. That was dispicable!!

THEIR loved ones - those who died needlessly - should have provided for them through their OWN means - be it life insurance, savings, etc. Yet, in the months/years that followed the attack, we saw some family members actually go to great ends to b*tch that the millions they were getting from different charities.....was not enough.

Pathetic display of greed.

They've gotten enough. They don't deserve another cent.

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R2F
 
ready2fly said:
Pardon me if I come across as crass, but.....

IMHO - the families of the victims of 9/11 do not deserve - nor should they expect - one red cent from this movie...or from any other charity.

The way some of the family members behaved after 9/11 was appauling. They acted like it was payday. That was dispicable!!

THEIR loved ones - those who died needlessly - should have provided for them through their OWN means - be it life insurance, savings, etc. Yet, in the months/years that followed the attack, we saw some family members actually go to great ends to b*tch that the millions they were getting from different charities.....was not enough.

Pathetic display of greed.

They've gotten enough. They don't deserve another cent.

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R2F
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Wow and this is from an ex-para legal!

I'm impressed :D
 
Amen, Stan. Amen.

September 11 was a horrible event, but that is what life insurance is for. You do not know when you're going to die, whether it's in a terrorist attack, a car accident, a heart attack, or a tragic blimp accident.

That's why you buy life insurance.

And if you're a well compensated broker working in the WTC who didn't buy life insurance, I don't feel particularly compelled to pay your survivors millions of dollars.

This also sets a horrible precedent. There will be another terrorist attack. Do we want to pay the survivors of those who die in it money, too?
 
Here's my deal about movies and this one: future generations of Americans, AND especially foreigners who do not necessarily have a reason to investigate American history, are going to see this film and take what is portrayed as what ACTUALLY happened.

Case in point: Who is William Wallace and what did he do? Practically every person on this board can tell me who he is and what he did for his country. And you know the funny thing, 75% of that movie, if not more, is based on folklore and hearsay passed from generations. So how do we REALLY know?

So, to make a film about this flight that we don't have all the info about just doesn't seem right because, as some of yall have said, the memory needs to live on...but is it the right memory? See it or don't see it, but I hope they get it right and classy. I won't see it now but maybe someday if its on the tube I'll sit down and watch it and try to get through it...
 
ready2fly said:
We live and grow, John....live and grow. :bandit: ;)
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You grow my young padawan, but you are not yet a Jedi.

You will be placed on the council once you pass your checkride :D
 
Goldmember said:
Here's my deal about movies and this one: future generations of Americans, AND especially foreigners who do not necessarily have a reason to investigate American history, are going to see this film and take what is portrayed as what ACTUALLY happened.
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Well that leaves out about any movie based on history.

I would say they have a lot of information to work with. Several phone calls describing what was happening and what was planned. The transcript of the cockpit voice recorder released today seems to confirm an heroic attempt by the passengers to gain access to the cockpit and take control.

As long as it paints the passengers of this flight as the heroes they clearly were, and the murderers as murderers, that's good enough for me. Not some twisted fiction like Spielberg's Munich.

As for seeing it. Probably opt for Scary Movie 4 instead.
 
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