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In reply to the discussion: The real reason a very loud few are posting hostility toward Glenn Greenwald at DU: [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... for next seasons TV blockbuster series.
The storyline has a dark, brooding quality the True Liberals fighting for truth and justice on a political message board, consistently thwarted in their efforts by the Reality-Based Community.
Youve GOT to get the guy from V for Vendetta to do the voice-over narration for the episode opener: Those who build surveillance machines also build propaganda machines. That is some killer stuff right there!
If you need mock-ups for the costumes, I know a guy who does absolutely awesome work with tinfoil hats he can make them so unobtrusive, even the people wearing them dont know theyre parading around with three rolls of Reynolds Wrap on their head. Really.
The Greenwald character can stay the smarmy, self-serving opportunist is always a love-to-hate-him hit with the audience. Im thinking William Atherton you know, the guy who played the sleazy journalist in the first two Die Hard flicks. I dont know about his availability, but Im sure you can call his agent and work out the details.
It's no accident that the very small group of the loudest smearers of Greenwald are also overwhelmingly the most reliable attackers of liberals
Good start youre going to want to develop this a bit more. How about a scene where people who think GG is a pompous ass are hauled into the public square and burned at the stake because they used a homophobic slur by identifying him by his initials? My tinfoil hat guy knows a guy who knows a guy who does special effects with fire no real Liberals need be harmed in the making of this series. Just PM me, and Ill give you the guy who knows a guys number.
I realize that pilot episodes are on a strict budget. Id suggest using stock footage of Christians talking about being persecuted you can just overdub statements like because they wished me Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas to sound like because they told me to STFU on a website instead of agreeing with my paranoia or some such. The outraged facial expressions will be exactly the same, so you wont have to waste any time/effort/money trying to alter the visuals.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the whole DU overwhelmingly supports the actions of Greenwald and Snowden, as shown in virtually every poll posted here tack but youre going to have to get a really good number cruncher to make that even remotely believable along with convincing the audience that what gets said on DU has any relevance to the real world. BIG challenge but Im sure you can deal with it in the same way you always do by ignoring reality.
Yeah, okay a few flaws in your premise, but nothing that cant be overcome with the right sets, costumes and props.
Id add in some references to Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Loch Ness Monster just to capture the attention of your target demographic right off the top. And maybe some cool marketing gadgets like an if-you-act-NOW! Limited time ONLY! decoder ring that spells out secret messages to the people who dont know theyre being monitored 24/7 by the NSA, but so desperately want to believe it.
This baby has a LOT of potential. It appeals to the hunger of those who can only be satiated by the idea that they arent alone in their paranoia, and that certain people on a certain website are out to get them, right along with Agent Mike - who, as we all know, has devoted every waking moment of his life to monitoring DUer's thoughts as they type them, and will round them up for the re-education camps secretly funded by FEMA.
As one response here so precisely put it: I know this is happening, and that the general populous is unaware of. THIS is your target audience those who want - no, NEED - to believe they are part of an elite group who see things others dont.
Youve got a winner here, Woo and dont let the Reality-Based Community tell you any different.