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    We have a literal propaganda division that helps with movies like transformers as long as they have a say in how the military is portrayed in them.

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      8 months ago

      And rarely you get to see gems like this from the movie Sgt. Bilko (1996):

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        8 months ago

        Generation Kill also didn’t have support from the US Army. All the US military gear show was either Jordanian or CGI.

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          8 months ago

          Thanks for the reminder to watch that series. I liked The Wire and We Own This City by David Simon so I’m assuming it is a more thoughtful show than the title and imagery suggests.

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            It’s real good and let’s just say there is a reason the Pentagon isn’t sponsoring this one.

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              I actually just finished it, wish there were more episodes. There was a lot more humor than I was expecting which really helped to offset the depressing aspects. Yeah, I really can’t imagine the government supporting the show aside from it portraying the US as an absolutely dominating force.

              From a casting angle I think it’s kinda funny Jarhead had a Sarsgaard and Generation Kill had a Skarsgård. I also kept thinking the Rolling Stone writer (Lee Tergesen) looked like a relative of John Michael Higgins.

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          Maybe if the US Army had cooperated it wouldn’t have been so terrible! At least it provides a chance to see Phil Hartman.

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            The only way to make that film not terrible would be to not make it at all.

            Or, I suppose, blow up every copy before it was distributed. The Army could definitely have helped with that.