| Date: | Thursday May 22, @11:11AM |
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| Author: | ewing2001 |
| Topic: | News |
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HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA
May 22, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
"...Is President Bush equated with Adolf Hitler in the science-fiction flick "The Matrix Reloaded"?
The question is being asked in connection with a scene in the new movie where images of Bush and the German dictator are displayed during a discussion of evil in the world...
..."The Matrix Reloaded" continues the story of mankind's struggle against machines which use artificial intelligence to enslave the human race in a dream world.
...During the scene in question, actor Keanu Reeves – who portrays the hero "Neo" – is standing in front of a large bank of video screens as he discusses mankind's history with the designer of the computer-simulated world which is called "the Matrix."
...A spokesperson for the Warner Bros. studio told WorldNetDaily the company was reviewing the sequence in question to be "accurate" for any comment regarding the alleged Bush-Hitler connection..."
Messageboard threads on Yahoo and Free Republic.com include a host of reactions which span the political spectrum:
* "[Bush is] appropriately just to the right of Hitler."
* "This flick is off my list! I'm not even interested anymore!
* "Although it was not up long, it was safe to say that over half the audience recognized the dig at the president as well as the context that it was in – that President Bush was a negative part of human history."
* "I saw it. The TV monitors show Nazis, Hitler, and an atomic explosion, and somewhere in the midst of all that the face of George W. Bush can be seen for a second or so. Why would such a peace-loving president so emotionally engaged with the struggle of the common man ever be included alongside such dark images? What could the filmmakers have been thinking? Is it too late to start a boycott of this film? ... Maybe if enough pressure can be exerted, they can have the offensive image removed before they press the DVD!"
Contributors to Free Republic have even posted the images of Hitler and the Bushes from the movie in at least one discussion thread.
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printed from Bush-Hitler Equation in new Matrix Movie on 2004-04-30 13:25:30