How would they have handled 9/11?
Would they have not touched upon it, tried to save the Twin Towers/Pentagon?
What are your thought or opinions?
I'd never even heard of this show before tonight, but my first thought when seeing it was, "Dang. I wonder what they'd have done with 9/11?" As cool as some of these ideas were y'all had, I think it's best to be left alone. It's such a sad subject now, and was even worse at the time. I mean, look at Pearl Harbor. That used to be viewed with such emotion, fear, hatred, and overall reverence. Now, we use it as a backdrop for a romantic summer blockbuster. Don't get me wrong, the film did a great job of capturing the true emotions of the time and a good patriotic sense, but it wasn't a pure war film or patriotic film. Then you look at WTC, a movie that was all about the 9/11, and it was just a brutal attack on the senses bringing to mind all the emotions and fears we had that day. It's not the kind of subject you can touch with an almost campy sort of, low-budget tv show. Not yet. Now, if there's ever a Seven Days Remake in, say, 10 or 15 years, that might be a great topic to start off with. But it's not time yet. I'm not ready for it. And I don't think this country's ready for it.
shareI think that question falls into the category of "Why didn't James Bond go after the IRA, or Osama Bin Laden?" and "Why is it that Dr. Who can't go back in time to save people or the Time Lords, yet he goes about and messes around with the timeline constantly in less important events?"
That is, it becomes incredibly problematic for the writers to make a logical framework for time travel and still have it have any sort of dramatic effect in an on going fictional narrative.