Aaron Swartz Documentary – The Internet's Own Boy

Re:Aaron Swartz Documentary – The Internet's Own Boy by taylorbuley on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @03:57PM (#5603584)

My armchair criticism is that a good documentary is both embracing of AND skeptical of its subject. Can this project, given its angle and backing, possibly resist canonization?

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Re:Aaron Swartz Documentary – The Internet's Own Boy by sliverstorm on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @04:38PM (#5603813)

I think the "avoiding canonization" ship has long since sailed.

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Re:Aaron Swartz Documentary – The Internet's Own Boy by ritchiea on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @07:45PM (#5604774)

Slate and the New Yorker both did a great job avoiding canonization in their Aaron Swartz profiles. But those two publications have been the exception.

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Re:Aaron Swartz Documentary – The Internet's Own Boy by evolve2k on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @07:35PM (#5604712)

I think there is still plenty of space to explore criisisms and weaknesses in character in a full length film but in a short promo like this you need to sell the story and answer 'why should I care enough to fund this'.

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Re:Aaron Swartz Documentary – The Internet's Own Boy by qu4z-2 on Thursday April 25, 2013 @11:04PM (#5611274)

Maybe we should just create an official internet register of Saints.

And no, Saint Ignucius is not allowed on it.

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