Flyboy,
You are likely right on both accounts. But the point is a good one. People really wouldn't want to see what it was "really" like. It wasn't pretty, glamorous, politically correct, or clean. I likely wouldn't like to see it "real" at a theater either.
We live in a world where photo and TV colors must be so saturated that they aren't realistic at all, a rollover car wreck must include and explosion with a 200 ft mushroom cloud, the cocking of a pistol must be louder than the blast when it discharges, the hero clicking his ammo belt must be even louder, people who are shot must fly 60ft backwards, and martial arts jumps last 8 seconds with lots of maneuvers and direction changes in mid air. Oh, and you can reload about any gun while doing a backflip. Add to this that their "reality TV" they love is actually quite staged. People wouldn't know reality if it walked up and slapped them!
Therefore, I conclude that most people are generally too stupid (call it busy, distracted with life, whatever) to identify with, much less recognize, reality.
Long live A-2s!
Dave