4.9: Jack Reacher Not Postponed

Two days ago I said that Jack Reacher was being pushed back for massacre-related reasons. That was mostly wrong. It’s the premiere that was postponed, and I had interpreted “premiere” as “release”. I’m sorry.

Read, re-read, and read again (or at least skim) should be my new motto. To be fair this is one of the first times I’ve tackled “news”, and I’m still learning, but misreading stories and reporting misreads is something that can’t happen again.

2.8: The Terrorists Won

The LA Times is reporting that the movie Jack Reacher is being postponed because it features gun violence, and something of that nature might offend people because of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

I understand that national tragedies pull at people’s heart strings, but the fact that we’re affected to the point that movie releases are postponed should be more offensive than the content of any given movie.