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Forget al Qaeda, the real terrorists are Hispanic assassins and European terrorists who want to destroy the world. Muslims are never seen as bad guys, there are no beheadings, stonings or anti-Semitic rants, at least that's the way NBC sees modern day terrorism as depicted on their show called Chuck. The series ran from 2007 to 2012.
In spite of this oversight, I really like the show--I've been watching it on Netflix and I'm hooked.
The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and starred Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, and Adam Baldwin (no relation to the brothers Baldwin). Baldwin plays John Casey, a tough NSA agent who, along with agent Sarah Walker (Strahovski), are assigned to protect Chuck Bartowski (Levi), who is the "intersect"--a guy with a computer imprinted in his brain. The computer is a merge of the CIA`s entire database, which the bad guys try to obtain by capturing Chuck.
While the episodes are predictable, they're still fun to watch. Most people don't get killed, but there is a lot of gun-pointing and threats of death. It's nothing like real terrorism where American ambassadors can get killed by a group of YouTube critics with RPGs and mortars, or when Israeli children are murdered by Palestinian Muslims with an axe to grind with the Jews. No, Chuck is nothing like real life, but like I said, it is fun and worth seeing if you enjoy predictable suspense (which I do).
In this age of political correctness, even when people scream "Allahu Akbar" and begin shooting their co-workers, we must call it "workplace violence," lest we be called a racist. We've even bought into the idea that religion is the same thing as race.
If you'd like to learn more about Islamic terrorism, television is not the way to go. Join the military or become a real CIA agent.
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In spite of this oversight, I really like the show--I've been watching it on Netflix and I'm hooked.
The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and starred Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, and Adam Baldwin (no relation to the brothers Baldwin). Baldwin plays John Casey, a tough NSA agent who, along with agent Sarah Walker (Strahovski), are assigned to protect Chuck Bartowski (Levi), who is the "intersect"--a guy with a computer imprinted in his brain. The computer is a merge of the CIA`s entire database, which the bad guys try to obtain by capturing Chuck.
While the episodes are predictable, they're still fun to watch. Most people don't get killed, but there is a lot of gun-pointing and threats of death. It's nothing like real terrorism where American ambassadors can get killed by a group of YouTube critics with RPGs and mortars, or when Israeli children are murdered by Palestinian Muslims with an axe to grind with the Jews. No, Chuck is nothing like real life, but like I said, it is fun and worth seeing if you enjoy predictable suspense (which I do).
In this age of political correctness, even when people scream "Allahu Akbar" and begin shooting their co-workers, we must call it "workplace violence," lest we be called a racist. We've even bought into the idea that religion is the same thing as race.
If you'd like to learn more about Islamic terrorism, television is not the way to go. Join the military or become a real CIA agent.
My latest novel, Jihad
Joe, is about Islamic
terrorism and suspense. In it I challenge the precepts of the religion
through my protagonist, Zed Nill, a journalist, captured by terrorists and destined
to be killed if the American President refuses to release three Gitmo
prisoners. Of course, American policy demands we never give in to terrorists,
and for Zed, the clock is ticking.
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