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I'm not sure why you draw a distinction between biographies, documentaries and entertainment. The Social Network was not true. I'm pretty sure we would've been
by sarvinc 14y ago
I'm not sure why you draw a distinction between biographies, documentaries and entertainment.
The Social Network was not true. I'm pretty sure we would've been just as entertained by the truth.
The best we can hope for is that we learn something from the truth while simultaneously being entertained by it.
I'm not sure when we decided that we must sacrifice everything but the names, of those involved, at the altar of entertainment
- pygy_ 14y agoRegarding Jobs, the transition from the kid avid to make a quick buck to the perfectionist product designer, then tech guru/trend setter would have been interesting. From the preview, it looks like they portray Jobs as the latter from the get go. Edit: dsr_: It seems that most users here have failed to learn the meaning of up and downvotes.
- tolmasky 14y agoI think you can make an even stronger argument in the case of The Social Network that what we got was a less entertaining story because of it. I think the story that was told was a much lazier one, forced to fit old prototypes and thus was simultaneously less entertaining and had less to teach. The story behind Facebook, and the people that participated in it, is probably pretty interesting, but instead we got the tired trope of "ostracized nerd channels social frustration to super ambition - only to find himself alone". The characters were flat and one sided, the lessons were obvious. The story has been told countless times already, it is boring, unrealistic, and doesn't leave much to learn from.