Hopefully I’m not duplicating here.
The camera work sucks s-o bad. Hand held in the hands of amateurs. And they appear to me to really, really go out of their way to stretch to make it seem like almost ANYONE should have been able to stop this, but almost conspired to prevent it. Shabby, so far.
Ted Kopple is on The Discovery Channel, FWIW.
I got bored with it about 15 minutes in and have switched to CBS, even though I’ve seen this documentary before. Right now the scene is two firefighters talking at night with the absolutely beautiful Twin Towers all lit up behind them.
Not a fan of the intentionally shaky camera work to make it more “real.” 9/11 was real enough, thanks anyway.
Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy. You have my proxy for revulsion and outrage.
Hey. It’s a tough, shitty, job but someone has to do it. Maybe Scylla will chime in… 
Nah. Forgot. He’s out running.
And now, an early prediction. You heard it hear first.
The ratings for this movie will suck. It’s almost boring. Certainly it will be to the average American.
I just have to do this as my patriotic duty.
One thing to note, if it occurs…
I’ve heard rumors to the effect that the most egregious scene…Sandy Berger hanging up on a change to nail ObL… occurs as the climactic moment of the first offering. May check in to see what they do with that…
Anything make you want to puke yet?
If I watch TV at all tonight, it’ll be Giants-Colts, the Battle of the Mannings.
All I can say is Thank God I Hate America!
The Simpson’s season opener sucked too.
I just switched over for 5 mins to the CBS one. Made me cry.
According to someone in New Zealand who saw it earlier [
](US Politics | AMERICAblog News: BREAKING NEWS: "Path to 9/11" airs in New Zealand with defamatory scenes about Sandy Berger and Madeleine Albright, report says) Like you, I also will not watch this piece of crap. But not only that, I’ve blocked all the ABC and Disney-owned channels* I get through my satellite provider with parental controls – mostly so I don’t forget which channels those are and accidentally find myself patronizing them. They can go fuck themselves as far as I’m concerned.
*ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, SOAPnet, ABC Family Channel, A&E Television Networks (A&E, The History Channel, The Biography Channel), Lifetime Entertainment Services (Lifetime Television, Lifetime Movie Network), E! Networks (E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network)
And, again, the hand-held camera work is possible the worst I’ve ever seen.
Just read on one of the blogs that the announced running time seems to be short a half hour from what was previously announced.
Just heard the rumor that the movie was funded with Katrina money diverted to Disney.
(Well, didn’t actually hear the rumor…just trying to start the rumor…)
A New York Times article (requires login/registration, I think) about the series referred to it as five hours long, where previously I’d heard six. They also say that the disclaimer before the movie has been modified.
I wanted to watch this film so that I could bitch about it intelligently. I lasted an hour and fifteen minutes. Deadly dull.
It did remind me of where I was when the WTC was attacked for the first time – driving up the East Coast in a snow storm to my step-son’s wedding. Did they show any snow falling in this film? It shows up in news videos.
How recently was this shot? The mention of multiple planes exploding at one time got my attention. That was about it for me.
As entertainment goes, it’s ok tv. The whole Donnie Wahlberg “we’ve got Osama Bin Laden in our cites” while Clinton says he didn’t have sex with Lewinsky makes me cringe.
Sandy Berger the Puss, Albright the clueless bitch, Clinton the distracted philanderer is all a bit of a cartoonish caricature. The lady playing Albright though is excellent. She really makes us hate her (I mean excellent in terms of being a good actor not in terms of approving.)
The first bit about the bomber was done well, and I was gonna post and say “what are you guys complaining about? This is a balanced and reasonable portrayal.”
I’m glad I waited.
I’m a little bit angry, because I think this material is serious enough that it deserves to be dealt with faithfully.
Came in late, haven’t seen much. Only thing impressive so far is the most positive take on George Tenet I’ve seen to date, and that includes his Medal of Freedim ceremony.
Oh, and if anyone passes you a sandwhich tray, ask who made them. Word to the wise.
Wait a sec! Did we just jump-cut from New Years to Sept. 2001! WTF? Who’s on continuity, Pinky? (Narf!)
Whoa! Its over! Looks like the Berger bit got the scissors.