J. D. Schultz, Sr.

In order to truly appreciate this picture, one should not only watch the 1953 film version, nor even hear the Holloween,1939 Orson Welles Mercury Theater of the Air production, but by actually READING of the rapid crumbling of civilisation's thin veneer, as depicted in intimate detail of the original 1898 book by H.G. Wells. The introduction of the 1953 film sets the story with Wells' beautiful, almost poetic prose. Hollywood seldom shows Wells' societal tragedy among the graphic depiction of death and destruction, although this 2005 treatment, directed by Stephen Spielberg, produced by Kathleen Kennedy, starring Gene Berry (as in the 1954 production) and Tom Cruise (never one of my favourites, except for RAIN MAN) does show a great deal more of civilisation’s breakdown than prior attempts.

While I agree that the BLM movement has many, MANY legitimate complaints about police treating their communities as cash cows for petty (police-defined) infractions, the Michael Brown case is not the best place to attempt rectification. The officer said that Brown attempted to reach into the patrol vehicle and grab his weapon. Forensic evidence confirmed this, yet this "documentary" NEVER MENTIONED this fact. One sworn witness stated that "Michael was shot in the back while running away with hands in the air." Upon cross-examination she admitted that she "had not actually seen this, but had heard it frome someone else."