PSA Series Unveiled At Guilds’ ‘Joining Forces’ Event With Michelle Obama

COMMENTS (16)

• Hateful, teabagging, right-wing, vaguely-racist bashing of our beautiful First Lady in 5…4…3…2…

  Comment by SickOfConservatives — Monday June 13, 2011 @ 6:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

• $he i$ out in Lo$ Angele$ for one rea$on!

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday June 13, 2011 @ 6:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Producers, writers, directors, if you’re interested in joining the “Joining Forces” Campaign, contact us. We can help. We are former Soldiers and military entertainment consultants (not just tech advisors). Our partners used to work in the U.S. Army’s Entertainment office and we have several credits on film, television, video game, and commercial projects. We’re ready to help you “Join Forces” to support Military Families and the heros they love. (www.musaconsulting.com)

  Comment by Musa Military Entertainment Consultin — Monday June 13, 2011 @ 6:52pm PDT  Reply to this post

• LOL look at the EXEC PRODUCER credit

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday June 13, 2011 @ 10:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • BUY me a house MORGAN ))))
    i’ll be your producer baby

    Comment by Anonymous — Monday February 27, 2012 @ 9:59pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m a WGA member, former military. I would have liked to have gone to this. I looked on the website, thinking maybe I’d missed some kind of announcement about it, and found nothing.

  Did I miss something?

  Who was invited to this? How were they chosen? Or was this just another of those “A List only” events? Does anybody know?

  Comment by A WGA member — Monday June 13, 2011 @ 10:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Don’t worry, you’re not alone. The top two military themed shows on TV (NCIS and NCIS Los Angeles) weren’t represented on the panel. Those two shows combined reach 35 million viewers a week… Army Wives gets a tenth of that. Doesn’t make either the event or the organizers particularly credible, now does it?

    Comment by Jaded — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 5:49am PDT  Reply to this post

    • There weren’t any writers (except moderator JJ Abrams) on the panel – just Mrs. Obama and three members of military families. Read the story or at the very least look at the pictures of the panel before criticizing.

      Comment by Richard Plantagenent — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 9:27am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Many of the attendees were servicemen and women, their families, and people involved with the Joining Forces campaign.

    NCIS and NCIS LA are crime-solving procedurals. And while they are good shows, they are not primarily concerned with the lives of the families of armed service members stationed overseas.

    Comment by Recliner — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 1:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I find this event very interesting.

  How is “Army Wives” supposed to be showing a pro-military lives viewpoint? It is a soap opera based on the premise that being an Army wife is hard, pressure filled, and full of temptations.

  This would be akin to having Kubrick appear before a Vietnam-era confab touting the credit of “Dr Strangelove”.

  I would love for there to be some movies at least that show what the endgame of all this military interventionism is in the “war on terror”, since our political & military leaders cannot seem to articulate it well.

  Comment by santa — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 5:48am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Clearly, you’ve never actually seen an episode of “Army Wives.”

    Comment by 508 — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 9:47am PDT  Reply to this post

    • I have, and the above poster is right. Army Wives is downright insulting to military families. “Over There” offered a much more credible and realistic look at the lives of those who are left behind when soldiers go to war, and what happens when they come back. It’s a shame that show was canceled, while Army Wives has been on for many seasons now.

      While it’s true that being a military spouse is exceptionally stressful at times (heck, it’s a long running joke that if the Army wanted it’s soldiers to have wives, they’d have been issued at basic) their portrayal as weak, overly dramatic hysterics is about as insulting as it gets. For a show supposedly about military wives, I find it very telling that none of the several I know have anything good to say about the show.

      Comment by Cash — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 2:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Hey, Cash -

        Interesting that you say that “Army Wives” is “downright insulting” to military families as one of the panelists, and herself a mother of four who’s husband – a SSGT in the USMC – mentioned on the panel that she quite liked the show.

        Still, your opinion is just that… an opinion. You don’t have to like the show, you don’t need to watch it.

        Hey, Graham – I agree that our government is all f*cked up and that Congress does horrible things like giving themselves lifetime payment and full healthcare after one term, while giving wounded soldiers 50% pay and limited healthcare… but at the same time, there should be a focus on this and if shining a light on these people will open an avenue through which they can talk about how they’re getting the shaft, then who cares who paved the road.

        Regarding the VA hospital in Westwood. The property isn’t going anywhere. The Fisher House (a place for displaced and wounded vets) just opened on the campus and is, in fact, expanding there soon.

        As for the rest of the angry, political-minded people commenting on this event, it’s purpose was genuine, the emotion in the room was overwhelming. If you didn’t get to attend and that makes you upset, maybe you ought to channel that bitterness into something positive… try going to joiningforces.gov and find a way to help a family in need or how you (as a creative person) can integrate storylines about those who serve (and those who support them) into your projects.

        What IS insulting to military families and those who came out in support of them is that people can turn an event created for that purpose into a discussion about who’s show is better.

        Stop all the cynicism, people. Don’t make it about politics or ratings or anything else. Find a way to change it all. DO SOMETHING. Wonder how many of you I’ll see at the Operation Gratitude event this weekend…

        Comment by OB — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 4:50pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • One of the panelists – whose husband is currently serving in Iraq – was asked which shows or movies portrayed military life accurately, and she replied, “Army Wives. I like that show.”

        Comment by Recliner — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 6:31pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Interesting that the actual army wife who was on the panel said it’s the one show that consistently gets things right and another person commented later army posts are like ghost towns when it’s on because everyone is watching.

        Comment by Richard Plantagenent — Wednesday June 15, 2011 @ 3:06pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Right, left, Obama, Bush… it’s all the same powerful elite running everything. We’re in perpetual war. War has always been about profit and this is the latest PR gimmick to keep selling it.

  Why doesn’t the first lady hang out at the local VA hospital and see the result of all the flag waving and perverted patriotism. By comparison our military earned a lot more in WWII than anything they get now. The treasonous politicians are always calling our military “heroes”. They all support the troops -and yet most vote against them receiving the care and help they fought and died for.
  Like the VA hospital in Westwood -yes in Hollywood’s own backyard, deeded to the government for the needs of our veterans by the Janss family, the politicial whores think its now ripe for commercial development and exploitation.

  And that unfortunately is the utter contempt and loathing the ruling elite have always had for the cannon fodder they keep sending off to die in war!

  Comment by Graham Hill — Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 8:39am PDT  Reply to this post