Hollywood Rule #1
in the early evening on Saturday, the 2nd of June 2007 by Chad
Is it possible for any TV show or movie, that in any way shows the mid to late 60’s not give some stupid Vietnam flashback?
Flipping channels:
- From the Earth to the Moon. The first 15 minutes seemed to be all about Vietnam. Then they suddenly cut to showing work on the Saturn rockets? When they cut back to another Kennedy dying I couldn’t take anymore.
- Twilight Zone the Movie. As soon as I cut to the channel they had the guy in the water get cut down by a bunch of drugged up US soldiers who simply start shooting in all directions like.. well, drunk rednecks know more about guns than a Hollywood liberal, so the soldiers start shooting like Hollywood liberals.
- At this point I gave up and flipped to Mythbusters. Who fortunately were doing their Pirate shows.
So for you movie buffs: Can you name a movie or TV show, set in that time period, that ignores both stinking filthy hippies and Vietnam?
Because back then hippies were a small minority, and Vietnam affected the day to day lives of people about as much as Iraq does now. 8.7 million deployments though the total of Vietnam with only 1/7th of them ever in combat positions. So maybe one million total troops ever in combat in Vietnam. That’s one out of every 200 people in the US were affected. That tells me that most people did not even know someone in combat. Probably the same percentage of hippies.
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June 3rd, 2007 at 8:08 am
Sean Connery is still in the Bond series in the late 60’s - would that count? For family films, a film called Yours, Mine, and Ours is good. The origenal version, not the recent version. This is the movie that the Brady Bunch is based on. The father of the family is a military man, and the oldest son enlists, but the military is honorably treated. Filmed in 1968. I also like a mild thriller called Wait Until Dark. I like Audrey Hepburn in just about everything. For camp there is the Poseidon Adventure. The Exorcist was also from the early 70’s.
But you are right, it was tough to find a movie made in that time, based in that time, without hippies or Vietnam.
Loved that Mythbusters show. Pirates will get me every time.
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:11 am
Bond I’m not sure is the best example, as that is a British not an American genre. The other examples are good. So it is possible, but seriously, it seems Hollywood cannot stop trying to remind everyone about a war started by JFK.
June 4th, 2007 at 3:05 am
TV - again, going back to the “family” genre - The Wonder Years. There is the hippie older sister, but the show is focused on the family, and specifically, the young boy growing up.