<story><title>Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda</title><url>https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-pentagon-and-cia-have-shaped-thousands-of-hollywood-movies-into-super-effective-propaganda/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>MaxHoppersGhost</author><text>Americans love that stuff though, it’s not necessarily propaganda forced down our throats. We’d still want to see the badass, all American commando on a 100 kill streak.</text></item><item><author>heavyset_go</author><text>Once this was pointed out, I can&amp;#x27;t unsee it. It&amp;#x27;s kind of ruined movies that involves the military or military equipment for me, since it can be really obvious when creators toe the line for the military. When I see military equipment my gut reaction is to anticipate the other shoe dropping, and to look for shoehorned hero worship or some good-versus-evil plot point.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>panta</author><text>Couldn&amp;#x27;t that be a sign that the propaganda has been effective?</text></comment>
<story><title>Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda</title><url>https://worldbeyondwar.org/the-pentagon-and-cia-have-shaped-thousands-of-hollywood-movies-into-super-effective-propaganda/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>MaxHoppersGhost</author><text>Americans love that stuff though, it’s not necessarily propaganda forced down our throats. We’d still want to see the badass, all American commando on a 100 kill streak.</text></item><item><author>heavyset_go</author><text>Once this was pointed out, I can&amp;#x27;t unsee it. It&amp;#x27;s kind of ruined movies that involves the military or military equipment for me, since it can be really obvious when creators toe the line for the military. When I see military equipment my gut reaction is to anticipate the other shoe dropping, and to look for shoehorned hero worship or some good-versus-evil plot point.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>refurb</author><text>That’s my understanding.  The US military approach is basically “we’ll provide real gear and vehicles as long as your movie doesn’t put us in a negative light”.  It’s basically the military getting free advertising in return.&lt;p&gt;I get the sense most blockbuster Hollywood movies fit that bill quite well with minimal edits.  The more niche, gritty movies that talk about the unpleasant&amp;#x2F;controversial events&amp;#x2F;aspects probably don’t even ask for help.&lt;p&gt;As for the CIA??</text></comment>