Monday, April 6, 2009

I thought this documentary was interesting but very long. I liked how informative it was and the details about clean war. I agree that the reports in Iraq are exaggerated and very excited about it and how calm people could be to be watching something so terrible in their living rooms just the same as they would watch any other show.  The pentagon in the united states was also encouraging war and in 2003 at the beginning of the war the war trailer was used to promote recruiting. It talked about a lot of movies that promote war and how top gun was used to recruit a lot of people. It changed many peoples views on war and encouraged them to join. When reports were reporting they would talk as if they were in Iraq. For example they would say " we are moving to the line of fire" instead of saying the troops are. I found that some of the reports had lots of fake emotions. There was more reality shows out about war and bootcamps and war games. Some of the reporters would go to boot camp so that they could go along with the soldiers. Technofetishism is frightening because it means worship or obsession of weapons. It can make people want to be around them more often and some people are dangerous and should not be exposed to things like that.

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  1. Yes, Steph, it was a long documentary! (you also had the opportunity to choose five segments to view). It's interesting to note that during World War 2, film companies also creating "war movies" to support the war effort. This practice is here today (and here to stay?), but now in the form of reality TV shows. What's worse is the realtime game called Kuma War. That's the most frightening of all, as it simulates what's happening in the news with regards to war. This kind of "militainment" certainly affects our collective mindset.

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