Bird Flu

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▫ May 1 2006, 18:45 Post #1

I just saw a trailer for a made for TV movie about the bird flu coming to the states. What in the world are they trying to accomplish by producing a movie like this? I'm guessing there are millions on uneducated people that will see this and go into a near panic. What happens when the flu really does hit the US? People will panic all over the place because they've seen a horror flick designed to scare the crap out of the viewer. I think it would have been a better idea for Hollywood to produce and educational documentry so that people will be better able to cope when it does happen. The only plus I can see is that it may cause the government to take some kind of pro-active measures.
What do you think?

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▫ May 1 2006, 18:51 Post #2

QUOTE(Lynette)

I just saw a trailer for a made for TV movie about the bird flu coming to the states. What in the world are they trying to accomplish by producing a movie like this? I'm guessing there are millions on uneducated people that will see this and go into a near panic. What happens when the flu really does hit the US? People will panic all over the place because they've seen a horror flick designed to scare the crap out of the viewer. I think it would have been a better idea for Hollywood to produce and educational documentry so that people will be better able to cope when it does happen. The only plus I can see is that it may cause the government to take some kind of pro-active measures.
What do you think?

Lynette, you could write a book on things that Hollywood "should" make movies about. Of course that book would stand no chance to ever being made into a movie, but... Hollywood cares only about $$$. A good scare movie has an ounce of truth in it. So this scare tactic will work to some extent. The bird flu is a curious subject to me, the American media focusses on it every so often and then you hear that the number of human deaths is remote when compared to the genocide we ignore in the nations of Africa...

<Stepping down off of my soapbox>

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Double D's

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▫ May 1 2006, 18:56 Post #3

I am gonna watch it I love movies :2thumbsup:

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▫ May 1 2006, 21:02 Post #4

QUOTE(jokermuss)

Lynette, you could write a book on things that Hollywood "should" make movies about. Of course that book would stand no chance to ever being made into a movie, but... Hollywood cares only about $$$. A good scare movie has an ounce of truth in it. So this scare tactic will work to some extent. The bird flu is a curious subject to me, the American media focusses on it every so often and then you hear that the number of human deaths is remote when compared to the genocide we ignore in the nations of Africa...

<Stepping down off of my soapbox>

Do you think Hollywood would make a movie based off of that book??? :unsure:

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Double D's

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▫ May 1 2006, 21:04 Post #5

QUOTE(Bobaloo)

Do you think Hollywood would make a movie based off of that book??? :unsure:

Probably but the books are always better:D

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▫ May 1 2006, 21:12 Post #6

QUOTE(Lynette)

I just saw a trailer for a made for TV movie about the bird flu coming to the states. What in the world are they trying to accomplish by producing a movie like this? I'm guessing there are millions on uneducated people that will see this and go into a near panic. What happens when the flu really does hit the US? People will panic all over the place because they've seen a horror flick designed to scare the crap out of the viewer. I think it would have been a better idea for Hollywood to produce and educational documentry so that people will be better able to cope when it does happen. The only plus I can see is that it may cause the government to take some kind of pro-active measures.
What do you think?

Nobody ever talks about the Larry Bird flu, which wipes out all your melanin and reduces your vertical leap to about 3 inches....

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Melon Master

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▫ May 1 2006, 21:19 Post #7

I don't know why everyone is so concerned about the Bird Flu. Anyone worht his weight in tin knows that the real killer is the Osaka Flu. Panic....Panic now!

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▫ May 2 2006, 21:14 Post #8

QUOTE(Gnappster)

I don't know why everyone is so concerned about the Bird Flu. Anyone worht his weight in tin knows that the real killer is the Osaka Flu. Panic....Panic now!