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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:15 pm

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http://deadline.com/2017/07/hbo-alt-civ ... 202131598/

There will be MANY protests.

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Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:52 pm

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Who does the "protesting " will be telling

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sjboyd0137

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:55 pm

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The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:03 pm

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

I remember reading the book "Fatherland" which they made into a movie imagining that the Krauts won WW2. Was pretty good.

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ToxicMasculinity

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:04 pm

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I enjoyed Man in the High Castle, and so I'll give this show a chance.

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Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:05 pm

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

Sorry for the gravity here.

I've had a couple of family members who shared second hand stories about slavery. I'll pass.

But I think it's needed and am hopeful an earnest story will follow.

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Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:06 pm

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badrogue17 wrote:

sjboyd0137 wrote:

The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

I remember reading the book "Fatherland" which they made into a movie imagining that the Krauts won WW2. Was pretty good.

Agreed

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Terry's Peeps

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:07 pm

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

Agreed.

There will be the Tim Baffoes of the world that will be upset by this and bemoan the optics.

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Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:12 pm

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Maybe it isn't appropriate here, but reading this thread reminded me of the saddness I felt (& Still feel)upon watching Vietnam vets coming home home to derision and indifference in 72 at Midway Airport

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W_Z

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 6:58 am

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except this concept has already been done in the 2004 "documentary" "CSA: Confederate States of America".

not just protesting, there may be a lawsuit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnwTWfFRM8

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sjboyd0137

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:40 am

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badrogue17 wrote:

sjboyd0137 wrote:

The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

I remember reading the book "Fatherland" which they made into a movie imagining that the Krauts won WW2. Was pretty good.

Was that the one with Rutger Hauer and had Joe Kennedy as the president? (the movie, not the book)

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:43 am

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I'd watch the show with those show runners.

I hope it's executed better than Man in the High Castle.

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:44 am

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W_Z wrote:

except this concept has already been done in the 2004 "documentary" "CSA: Confederate States of America".

not just protesting, there may be a lawsuit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnwTWfFRM8

That film was a satire.

This will be a drama.

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:44 am

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

badrogue17 wrote:

sjboyd0137 wrote:

The alt-history concept shows are usually pretty good.

I remember reading the book "Fatherland" which they made into a movie imagining that the Krauts won WW2. Was pretty good.

Was that the one with Rutger Hauer and had Joe Kennedy as the president? (the movie, not the book)

Yeah it was .

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W_Z

Post subject: Re: Confederate

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:15 pm

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

W_Z wrote:

except this concept has already been done in the 2004 "documentary" "CSA: Confederate States of America".

not just protesting, there may be a lawsuit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnwTWfFRM8

That film was a satire.

This will be a drama.

Not that i'm siding either way but "The Last Broadcast" was a satire, and "Blair Witch" was straight up horror. The former tried to file suit against the latter when it was released.

I think something similar may have happened with "Fables" (comic book) and "Once Upon a Time" and/or "Grimm".

I don't know what the filmmaker of "CSA" is up to these days but if they're aware, i wouldn't be surprised to see something like that.

personally, i think if they do it well, it could be a great series. it's just...already been done.

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