He looks to the future!

[sabotabby]

I took the kittums up to the roof for the first time this year. I'd post pictures of that, but wouldn't you just rather see my cat Photoshopped into a socialist realist painting? Yeah, I thought so too.


Heh.

Today's game, following up on a comment exchange with cpxbrex in my last post, is to name as many movies as you can that end with hackers hijacking the airwaves to broadcast The Truth What Will Lead to Revolution. I'll get you started *SPOILER WARNING*: They Live!, Serenity, V for Vendetta, and This Revolution.

And why is this such a common fictional fantasy?

Go!

Comments

[hopita.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly taking over the airwaves = revolution, but Jimmy Stewart did the whole I'm-gonna-keep-talking-until-someboday-FINALLY-listens thing in both Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and 12 Angry Men.

I'll have to ponder the taking over the airwaves thing, because I know I know some others.

[hopita.livejournal.com]

Crap. That was Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men, wasn't it?

[sabotabby]

The mistake is perfectly understandable, as Jimmy Stewart made a career out of playing the same character as Fonda played in that movie.

[hopita.livejournal.com]

Also, the TV series Studio 60 began with a character taking over the airwaves, though, in his case, it was to say the TV sucked, rather than start a revolution. Or maybe that would be considered starting a revolution ... I dunno.

Also, in Wag The Dog, Dustin Hoffman was going to go on TV and tell the truth, but Robert De Niro had him killed before he could make good on his threats.