I asked myself the perfectly reasonable question “what the hell is a crackpot movie like Armageddon doing in the Critereon Collection?”, googled it, and came across this interesting and amusing article:
http://criterioncollection.blogspot.com/2005/09/40-armageddon.html
It addresses some concepts of propaganda, taxes and film, what Hollywood execs think of us who live in “flyover country”, etc. Maybe a bit off topic for Mises, but I found it interesting.
The Critereon Collection? Got a good explanation anywhere?
“Which is to say that Jerry Bruckheimer is able to get the Air Force to risk national security to indulge his director’s whims”.
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“There’s an entire commentary track with the “science advisors,” a NASA employee and a former astronaut, who tried to make the movie as scientifically accurate as possible. Listening to these guys talk about their constant battles to get Michael Bay and company to make the film at all relate to the world of science (for example, when Mir explodes, it explodes, like it’s in an atmosphere) is a case study in cognitive dissonance.”
Haha!
Good read. Thanks.