Regarding your blog post about Man of Steel,
check out this article from a couple of months ago: .
It details the creepy relationship between Hollywood and the Pentagon. Also, he
references a great book by David Robb (used to be Hollywood reporter) called
Operation Hollywood. .
A passage I found striking in the article: “In the 1961 Lassie episode “Timmy
and the Martians,” Lassie howls to alert Timmy of a plane crash. In the original
episode, once the military has re-assembled the plane they discover that a
faulty wing had caused a high-pitched vibration which Lassie had detected. When
the producers requested military assistance, the Pentagon declined, on the basis
that children should not be exposed to the idea that the military makes faulty
equipment.” Unbelievable. The Pentagon got them when they were young, and
America turned from being the nation that reluctantly entered World War II to
the most militaristic Empire in history all supported by its jingoistic
population". (thanks Saad)