Unabomber: In His Own Words

It would be too generous to the perp to give this film high marks. That is because it veers into a kind of sympathy that a kernel of truth must be heard at any cost. I say kernel because it may be truth that the technological revolution threatens humanity in many ways, but the wholesale destruction of it would be even more destructive. Thus there is little rational reason to the "manifesto's" call for the elimination of all technical and industrial progress. And, of course, there is no humanity in killing and maiming the innocent. TK was a very warped serial killer and it negates any small truths he claims to stand for. If he wasn't so pathologically unfeeling perhaps he could have been balanced in both his thinking and approach. That was not the case and this stands out here. I rate this a 6 because it is simply humanizing a monster too much yet if viewed with that caveat it is not without some value. By the linear chronological reviewing of Kaciynski's long rein of terror it is both fascinating yet harrowing however.

Dare I say too in depth? Some of the aspects were given a lot of backstory that didn't really need to be told. But overall a good documentary with relevant interviews. The documenters for the most part just stuck to the facts and didn't get caught in the weeds of people's opinions. It came across well.

This is supposed to be a documentary that goes into depth talking about a serial bomber, but every 5 minutes his annoying neighbor (the youngest one) has to tell us about how SHE "feels" and how SHE "knew all along" and how SHE "feared him" growing up! NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU!!!!!! Oh my lord she's annoying!!!!! I'm watching this documentary to understand why he did what he did and how he got caught NOT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT! Honestly half of her clips is about how she can't imagine growing up next to a serial killer and the other half is about how she feels about him.. useless input that nobody asked for!

I enjoyed hearing from his family members, and all of the people that were involved with the case one way or the other. However, there was a key member that missing in this documentary, which I think is a shame. James R. Fitzgerald was the profiler in the Unabomber case, and he did play a huge role in solving this crime using forensic linguistics. He did analyze Ted's letters and manifesto, and did came up with a profile that was nowhere near what the FBI had at that point. His language analysis was too valuable to this case to be left out of this documentary, and pretend like someone else was responsible for the good work that Fitz did. He is who pioneered the field of forensic linguistics and that sure does deserve credit.

I mean if I wanted to listen to his neighbours i would watch "Unabomber:Interview with his neighbours" .

I mean i liked when Ted talked but it was too little , and i would liked to listen more closely the association with the test he partake in college and to what extent it modified its personality.