What did it really achieve? I mean there was like no point or resolution or meaning. It would have really helped this doc if they could have spoken to the two girls and not captured solely outside views and opinions.
shareIt achieved conversations and debates.
shareIt achieved an attempt to poison a jury pool.
shareI'm sure HBO thought they had the next "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" for the internet age when this went into production. But Paradise Lost followed the case through two trials and post conviction. This one seemed rushed into release hoping the viral internet angle would be enough expose' to keep it interesting...I think the consensus is that it wasn't. The only actual insight this film had was the interrogations, and very little of that.
The biggest difference between this doc and the WM3 doc is that the WM3 happened in 1993 when instant internet coverage wasn't available. Nowadays they have to play beat the clock trying to get things out there before it's old news because of internet coverage. I can only speak for myself but the only reason I watched this was because I thought it would be in-depth investigation of a case I've followed since it broke. I think anyone interested enough in this case to watch the film is probably already well aware of viral videos, chain emails, memes and everything else internet. It could only be enlightening to the very few people left in the world who aren't online regularly.