"The truth can set you free""The truth can set you free""The truth can set you free"
Ronald Reagan
- Self - U.S. President
- (archive footage)
Michio Kaku
- Self - Professor of Theoretical Physics
- (archive footage)
Cady Coleman
- Self - American NASA astronaut
- (archive footage)
- (as Catherine Grace Coleman)
Carol Rosin
- Self - speaker, author, educator
- (archive footage)
Judith A. Resnik
- Self - Challenger Astronaut
- (archive footage)
Michael J. Smith
- Self - Challenger Astronaut
- (archive footage)
Ellison Onizuka
- Self - Challenger Astronaut
- (archive footage)
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While this one is an improvement for not having a droning narrator spout baseless assertions for an hour, it's only a slight improvement in that it has a variety of speakers choppily cut together spouting baseless assertions and accusations for an hour. It closes with another appeal to conspiracy and some weak fear-mongering.
As a factual "documentary" it fails on every front, and is more reminescent of 1980's public-access infomercials from various cults (look up the Heaven's Gate VHS tapes for an example).
You could argue that this entire series is a successful record of the wide-ranging baseless conspiracy theories of the early-21st century's flat earth cult. It is fascinating how these ideas find something to resonate with in the vast echo-chambers of social media and the way the resulting mishmash of vague untested ideas, factually incorrect memes, and conspiracy theories tie together for the "true believers" (who are, ironically, urging other people to questions the liars). In that sense, this film and the others in the series might be worthwhile for current and future social scientists who are researching the way online cults form.
For everyone else, this is a bad-faith attempt at a "documentary" that's nearly unwatchable. Believe the bad reviews, save your time, and watch anything else.
As a factual "documentary" it fails on every front, and is more reminescent of 1980's public-access infomercials from various cults (look up the Heaven's Gate VHS tapes for an example).
You could argue that this entire series is a successful record of the wide-ranging baseless conspiracy theories of the early-21st century's flat earth cult. It is fascinating how these ideas find something to resonate with in the vast echo-chambers of social media and the way the resulting mishmash of vague untested ideas, factually incorrect memes, and conspiracy theories tie together for the "true believers" (who are, ironically, urging other people to questions the liars). In that sense, this film and the others in the series might be worthwhile for current and future social scientists who are researching the way online cults form.
For everyone else, this is a bad-faith attempt at a "documentary" that's nearly unwatchable. Believe the bad reviews, save your time, and watch anything else.
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- May 28, 2023
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