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posted 13 years ago by Spyderfan007
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Even with a limited release, mainstream documentaries shouldn't use youtube clips of newscasts when better footage is readily available. To see a choppy standard definition video embed in a documentary is beyond bad. Not only does it take away from the viewing experience, it cheapens the entire film. I know people love final cut and imovie, but please, simply ask the media outlet (NBC, Viacom) for clips. I'm sure they'd be glad to give you at least something better than an internet conversion.

As far as the film itself, it was great propaganda for the New York Times to prove that they are still relevant. Personally, I think they SHOULD start to print high quality pornography (glossy magazine paper would be best) to stay in business. You could put it in the Men's Health section along with masturbatory tips.

[–] Eightythreeyearoldguy 13 years ago

Naturally as a dignified senior citizen, I am horrified at the idea of porno, but if the New York Times does start printing it, who do I contact to take out a subscription?

Life, every now and then, behaves as though it had seen too many bad movies

[–] FourFiveEight 13 years ago

It's easy for you to say that you aren't the one that has to track down all this content in high quality HD, in some cases the original video may not even exist anymore and isn't always that easy to get a hold of and it's not like the owner is going to just hand over an HD copy to a documentary producer.
The film is by no means propaganda.