Day: June 18, 2009

Review of The Bounty

Like most people, my introduction to the story of the Mutiny on the Bounty is from film, specifically the one with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins (which by the way I have added to my Blockbuster que). I vaguely remember seeing the one with Marlon Brando. The Mel Gibson film is a fair re-enactment that gives equal treatment to both sides of the story. One version is that Bligh was a tyrant who had it coming and that Fletcher Christian had simply had enough. The other version is that Fletcher had overreacted and the mutiny was a spur of the moment decision made under the influence of alcohol. The truth lies somewhere in between.

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Continental Flight 61 and the media

There’s nothing more irritating than when the media tries to report on a story and distorts the facts because of ignorance. I’ve listened to a number of respected news agencies try to turn this flight into a major emergency. One reporter even stated that the first officer is on board just in cast the Captain can’t land. Are you kidding me?

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