So What Was The Point Of "Killing Kennedy" On NatGeo?

[stopbush]

It was like an abridged Cliff Notes version of the JFK presidency and that fatal day in Dallas. Totally lacking in depth and extremely superficial. History for those who can't sit still for over 2 hours.

At least it was fact based and didn't get into the idiotic CTs.

Is O'Leilly's book on which the TV show was based as bad?

[dflprincess]

1. O'Reilly was the executive producer

I assume the point was to make him some more money and to perpetuate the party line about what happened in Dallas.

[meanit]

2. Didn't bother to watch

Anything based on what O'Reilly has written is bullshit. Talk about idiotic CT's....

[Loudly]

3. There's a dramatic production too, starring Rob Lowe as JFK.

Also based on O'Leilly's book.

Don't expect to be treated to any new information about a subject so thoroughly picked over during the span of fifty years.

It's like the Gold Rush prospectors discovering that their claim isn't virgin ground.

[stopbush]

7. Er, this was the Rob Lowe version.

[Loudly]

12. Thank God that should be the end of it.

Except every other channel between now and the anniversary.

Oh how I hate to see drama run on NatGeo.

Seems quite unwholesome.

Except for any docu dramas based on the Life of Darwin.

[shraby]

4. The only things I want to see and read are the documents that were put under lock

and key for 75 years after his death. Those will tell us much that someone didn't want anyone living at the time to know.

[defacto7]

11. That's all I want to know. The rest is... subjective.

There will be no objective answer till 2038... if then.

[Loudly]

13. An Act of Congress To Release Earlier Delayed Release of Year 2038 JFK Disclosures.

Do you realize how useful an abbreviation JFK has become when referring to the Kennedy Presidency in all its particulars?

[frogmarch]

5. Just another "ing" movie to add to the

long list of movies with "ing" phrases for titles.

Examples:

Deconstructing Harry
Deconstructing Harold Hill
Driving Miss Daisy
Delivering Milo
Digging to China
Drowning Mona


More: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/please-add-to-my-list-of-ing-movies.168785/

I decided not to watch "Killing Kennedy" because (1) it's based on O'Reilly's book, and (2) "ing" movie titles piss me off.

[spanone]

6. in a nutshell....

National Geographic Channel (also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the National Geographic Television & Film and the Fox Cable Networks division of 21st Century Fox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Channel

[nyquil_man]

8. I guess if somebody knew jack squat about the assassination,

it might be instructive.

I found their documentary The Lost JFK Tapes far more interesting.

[tammywammy]

9. Killing Lincoln got high reviews.

So they decided to make this one too.

[JeffHead]

10. $$$$$$$$$$$ for Billo. n/t