Yes, I ended up becoming a reporter.
Funny thing is, there are a number of movies and TV shows I enjoyed in my childhood that featured a reporter (or some other figure of journalism) as a main character. And I never realized until sometime last year just how many there were. A partial list for your perusal:
P.S. Was there a reporter in "Independence Day" too? I haven't seen that in years but I feel like one part was shot in a newsroom... I don't think any main characters were reporters, though.
Funny thing is, there are a number of movies and TV shows I enjoyed in my childhood that featured a reporter (or some other figure of journalism) as a main character. And I never realized until sometime last year just how many there were. A partial list for your perusal:
- Roman Holiday
- Early Edition (TV show)
- It Happened One Night (sidenote: the plot is practically identical to Roman Holiday!)
- Assassination Bureau (Diana Rigg is splendid as the investigative journalist, if completely unethical)
- Superman (comics/movies)
- Crocodile Dundee
- Godzilla (the U.S. one with Matthew Broderick)
- Twister (the lead guy was a weather reporter - and on an irrelevant note, Cary Elwes is a fantastic villain here)
- Hoodwinked
- 27 Dresses
- Hitch (well, she's a gossip columnist)
- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
P.S. Was there a reporter in "Independence Day" too? I haven't seen that in years but I feel like one part was shot in a newsroom... I don't think any main characters were reporters, though.
Comments
Dave was a cable repair worker with a degree from MIT.
His Dad was not, seemed to be retired.
His ex-wife was PR for the president, does that count?
Will Smith's character was in the Air Force.
His girl was a stripper.
Her kid was too young for a job, other than "shooting da aliens". :-D
The president, self explanatory.
His wife, ditto.
Associated peoples, not reporters, mostly military (did you realize Adam Baldwin [Jayne] was the super-serious military guy at Area 51?), or the ex-CIA jerk.
Drunk father/alien abductee, crop duster.
Kids, not reporters.
Data, a scientist.
Aliens, not reporters.
How's that for a commentary? Can you tell we just watched this with Makayla at her house Friday? :-D