From the Cold War to COVID, the secret history of the government's Doomsday plans. Based on the book by Garrett M. Graff, the six-part series exposes the U.S. government's flawed plans to protect its citizens. The show unpacks America's national security spending on hidden underground cities, a secret air force and a plan to suspend democracy in order to serve the interests of the elite class. The series features interviews with political figures including former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure, Protection and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke, and national security experts Malcolm Nance, Elizabeth Goitien and Paul Rieckhoff. It will be narrated by "Westworld" star Jeffrey Wright. |
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Ratings: | TVMaze: 7.0/10 | |
Released: | November 16, 2020 | |
Runtime: | 60 min | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | Vice TV | |
Cast: | Jeffrey Wright | |
Worth watching. It is not simply a Republican hit piece as many have said. It is about the elite, out of control government (comprised of both Democrats and Republicans) and it militarization of a large segment of the populace against other large segments of the populace. This is much bigger than one named faction of government. This is about dark, powerful government that ignores the constitution and the freedom, well being, and will of the people.
Worth watching. Put your labels aside for once and see what’s actually happening.
This had so much potential, the subject matter is incredibly interesting. But what we get is a Republican hit piece. The first episode was okay until the final third turned into a Trump hit-piece. Which isn’t unusual in this day and age, but is out of place here. Then the entire second episode is basically a condemnation of the younger Bush. Had they simply concentrated on the factual aspects, this could have been enjoyable.
Bottom line, if you hate conservatives, watch this. If you’re looking for what the description of the series says, don’t waste your time.
Yeah. I didn’t bother, when I saw it was by Vice.
That was my thought exactly, everything that’s made by vice is the same…
I am very open minded, which is why I can’t stand Vice, as they come from one angle and one angle only. Everything has the exact same slant. Like it was pressed from the same cookie cutter.
It’s not even a republican hit piece. It’s just millennial economic conspiracy theories.
Imperfect but worth watching
Aspects of the dark side of American history which may be new and interesting to you. It takes the position that the rich and powerful rig the system to aggrandise themselves at your expense. It fails, however, to explore the class aspects of power and domination, an important failure.
The American far right are disinterested in documentaies like this as they don’t contain the familiar and comfortable conspiracy theories; the Illuminati, surveillance microchips in COVID-19 vaccine, Benghazi, dead congressional staffers, millions of illegal votes, the blood libel about leftist, elite, paedophile, cannibals. Oh, and adenochrome, there’s got to be adenochrome.
I found this documentary series to be imperfect but worth watching.
This has the highest rating I’ve ever seen on IMDb. 9.5 looks good until you see the two reviews on this show’s IMDb page. Not very charitable.
So, I don’t know where the rating came from.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13950332/reviews?ref_=tt_urv