Oh come on, Every sci-fi series has had it's dig at the Kennedy Assassination from Doctor Who to Red Dwarf, Star Trek almost did a movie with Spock as the second gunman. 

I think there is a big difference between putting Michael Fassbender in historic photographs then say using genuine 9/11 emergency calls in Zero Dark Thirty or using riot footage for the opening of 28 Days Later

Yeah, it's slightly bad timing. If it wasn't this particular week, nobody would give a shite.

On second look and consideration, I hadn't realized so many other franchizes had put a twist on the assassination. But I agree with you guys, the timing is what is suspect.

Why it's apparently ok to exploit an anniversary to sell your documentary/channel and not your movie, I don't know.

The very concept of an anniversary is exploitative in nature.

I don't want to speak for Trey but I think we have a similar objections to the use of real footage: using real images of atrocities and violence to propel your fictional story is inappropriate. If you're going to view those images they should, ideally, be in their proper context. Not your story about water aliens or super mutants. It falls somewhere between exploitative and flat-out wrong.

Using JFK's assassination in stories or marketing is a different conversation. It boils down to whether you're okay appropriating history for fictional ends. A lot of great stories have, so I don't care. Yeah, in this instance it's stupid and appeals to the inner conspiracy theorist. But meh.

Acting like this week somehow makes the use of the material more inappropriate is inconsistent. Either it's okay to use or it's not. I think stuff like Titanic and JFK are safe in 2013. I wasn't alive for either of those events. But it will be a long time (if ever) before I'm comfortable with anything 9-11 related.

50 years is so long ago that it doesn't matter.  I have a bigger problem with Stone's JFK and all the conspiracy theory stuff that gets passed off as facts.  That's doing more damage than a fake X-men promo.

Fair enough. I don't care enough about it to continue.