Editing something innocuous but associated with trauma just feels... wrong.
History happened. No need to create a past and future-projected vacuum as a consequence of past events.
History happened. No need to create a past and future-projected vacuum as a consequence of past events.
Obviously that was never the intention of the producers but it ends up being a huge distraction from the rest of the story of the special.
I’m guessing this along with the other changes to the film post 9/11 but pre release were the creators wishes and reflections after the attack. You have to remember it was less than a ~6 months after the attacks. This wasn’t history. This was the here and now and it was a massive trauma on a lot of people at the time.
There are other, older movies with the towers in them, and yes, seeing them certainly stirs up emotions unexpected by the directors at the time.
But the World Trade Center existed as a structure. And something terrible happened to it.
Avoiding it now, even by omission, feels like avoiding an important part of history.
Are you saying that the movies/trailers/TV shows should be retroactively edited to re-include the towers? Isn't retroactive editing a bad thing that we want to avoid. That's what this entire post thread is about.
I didn't get that from their post at all. In fact I think you are in agreement.
If your movie is set before 9/11 it should include the towers.
If your movie was released before 9/11, it shouldn't be edited to remove the towers.