{"id":634,"date":"2013-06-24T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/06\/24\/media-services-at-the-movies-white-house-down\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T21:12:00","slug":"media-services-at-the-movies-white-house-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/06\/24\/media-services-at-the-movies-white-house-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Services at the Movies: White House Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The summer blockbuster season is here! “Media Services at the Movies” will look at what big movie is coming out this week, then offer a few movies like it from our collection.<\/i><\/p>\n

Okay, hear us out on this one.<\/p>\n

There was once a time when summer blockbusters were not superhero movies. They were just loud and stupid. And for all their sins, they weren’t based on any pre-existing property. You would pay $5 (yes, $5) to see an action hero blow things up for a bit, sometimes with very little plot, and that was it. Most of these movies were made by Roland Emmerich, schlockmeister extraordinaire and one of the highest-grossing directors of all time.<\/p>\n

After a series of weird, boring misfires like 10,000 BC<\/i> and Anonymous<\/i>, Roland Emmerich has returned to his old wheelhouse for a Channing Tatum movie about the White House exploding. So, whatever, we’re okay with that.<\/p>\n

Given the insane\/stupid nature of most of Emmerich’s movies, we don’t have too many like them in our collection. But every explosion counts!<\/p>\n

The Patriot<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 347
Independence Day<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 3111
Lethal Weapon<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 3591
Point Break<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 6765
Face\/Off<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 10655
Speed<\/a> \u2013 HU DVD 10859\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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