March 26, 20187 yr Good stuff. Based on Lawrence Wright’s book about the hunt for Al-Qaeda in the years leading up to 9-11.
March 26, 20187 yr Just got caught up, really impressed so far. I haven't gotten into any Hulu originals previously, this feels like their best work to date.
April 23, 20187 yr Yeah the GF (no pics) and I just finished this last week. I thought it was excellent. Loved Micheal Stulberg as Richard Clarke. He was uncanny.
April 24, 20187 yr Well told story. So many "WTF" moments when you realize what we could've avoided had we not been dealing with pissing contests. Agrees about Michael Stulberg. He was born to that role. Anyone seen the Frontline about O'Neal? I know it's out there, I just haven't seen it yet. Worth the effort?
April 28, 20187 yr I've never been more frustrated watching a TV show. It did make me wish I spoke Arabic. Edited April 28, 20187 yr by SimonBolivar
April 28, 20187 yr Frustrated because of the subtitles, or because of the cross-agency pissing contests that got a bunch of people killed?
April 28, 20187 yr 46 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said: Frustrated because of the subtitles, or because of the cross-agency pissing contests that got a bunch of people killed? Cross agency bullshitery
April 29, 20187 yr 22 hours ago, SimonBolivar said: Cross agency bullshitery Yeah, that was pretty galling. The scene where Condi tells Gates to tie it all to Iraq was pretty astounding as well. Not sure if it went down exactly like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had.
July 16, 20187 yr Bump. Binge watched Looming Tower over the past few days. I know there are two sides to every story but interesting contrast between Maya (Zero Dark Thirty) and Diane (Looming Tower) even though they are based on the person(s). One story's hero is another's potential villain. Also the two stories basically took place years apart. Hard to comment without turning this in to a CR thread but its nuts that in hindsight we didn't lock down the country or make this our # 1 priority after: '98 African embassy bombings '00 USS Cole bombing '00 Millennium bombing attempts Aug '01 arrest of Moussaoui (and refusal to get a court order to search his laptop.) Aug '01 identification that perhaps other AQ operatives were taking flying lessons in the US Admittedly I haven't read the book or criticism of it, but I know that certain aspects were made up, like the young boy participating in the USS Cole bombing. I'm not sure I've ever seen such a negative portrayal of Condi like the miniseries presented.
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