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originally posted by: Psynic
It's bad enough that 'Imitation Game' slaughtered history and gave credit to Turing for things he never did, but to take a man who was a patriot and turn him into a traitor, to me, is unforgivable.
In the movie he is "outed" by a Russian spy in British Intelligence, but instead of reporting him, he became complicit in the crime by concealing the Russian's activities.
That some people don't think this matters is a sad statement on the movie going public and the times we live in.
originally posted by: Helious
originally posted by: Psynic
It's bad enough that 'Imitation Game' slaughtered history and gave credit to Turing for things he never did, but to take a man who was a patriot and turn him into a traitor, to me, is unforgivable.
In the movie he is "outed" by a Russian spy in British Intelligence, but instead of reporting him, he became complicit in the crime by concealing the Russian's activities.
That some people don't think this matters is a sad statement on the movie going public and the times we live in.
The depiction of what Turing actually accomplished was skewed and embellished and in my opinion didn't even need to be done to make the movie interesting but the heart of the thread is what he was subjected to afterword solely because of his sexual orientation.
originally posted by: Psynic
originally posted by: Helious
originally posted by: Psynic
It's bad enough that 'Imitation Game' slaughtered history and gave credit to Turing for things he never did, but to take a man who was a patriot and turn him into a traitor, to me, is unforgivable.
In the movie he is "outed" by a Russian spy in British Intelligence, but instead of reporting him, he became complicit in the crime by concealing the Russian's activities.
That some people don't think this matters is a sad statement on the movie going public and the times we live in.
The depiction of what Turing actually accomplished was skewed and embellished and in my opinion didn't even need to be done to make the movie interesting but the heart of the thread is what he was subjected to afterword solely because of his sexual orientation.
It's amazing to me that something as pivotal to allied victory as the breaking of the Enigma codes gets hijacked to further the agenda of a gay screenwriter.
There was absolutely no need to fabricate a treasonous chapter into Turing's life story and to think that the man's contributions should be overshadowed by his fetishes is really quite sad.
originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
boymonkey74 is absolutely correct, there are many posters on ATS who feel that way.