The FReeper Foxhole Revisits The Fall of the Alamo - April 10th, 2004

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/858143/posts ^

[SAMWolf]

Morning Aeronaut.

[SAMWolf]

Good morning Radu.

[Aeronaut]

Hey Sam. The GBs kinda define putting wings on an engine, don't they?

[SAMWolf]

Morning Snopercod. Welcome back.

Snippy and I went to see "The Alamo" yesterday. It's not as bad as I was expecting it to be. My biggest problem is that they went with the Davy Crockett survived the assault and was executed version. IMHO, there isn't enough proof of this. I also think they make Crockett look too much like a man who doubted himself. Nothing I read about him suggests that.

They throw in some "PC" comments and lines to bring out the point that Bowie was a slave holder, Travis abandoned his family, and that Houston and a lot of the men in Texas at that time where drunks, adventurers and opportunists. That part I don't really have a problem with, the men who settled the West and expanded the boundries where a rough lot, the citified dandies of back East where not the men who took the risks and pushed our Country West. They were the kind of men we needed, rough tough, adventurers and hard living, it in no way reduces the accomplishments of these men.

On the whole, I actually enjoyed most of the movie, the Battle scences are more historically accurate than the John Wayne version and I also went into the movie knowing that the men of the Alamo and Texas were not saints and had human faults.

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Feather. I hope you get some nice Easter weather.

[SAMWolf]

Morning PE. I was almost expecting a NASA photo of the San Antonio area. :-)

[SAMWolf]

You got that right, it almost looks like they remembered about leaving room for a pilot as an afterthought.

[The Mayor]

God . . . has given us the ministry of reconciliation. —2 Corinthians 5:18

When we experience peace with God, we can share His peace with others.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning Sam, I think it's going to be cold again.

Well, I have always been a New Yorker so what do I know about warm???? LOL

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning snippy and Sam!!

What happened to little Hagar to lead us to the past threads???
I miss Hagar!! He is Helga's man!! LOL

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Aeronaut. LOL, it is cute.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning radu. How's things in your neck of the woods?

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning EGC.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning feather.

[Aeronaut]

...it almost looks like they remembered about leaving room for a pilot as an afterthought.

Actually the pilot had to be set that far back to balance the weight of the big engine ahead of the center of lift. It was a very tricky airplane to fly, and uncontrollable if it got slow.

[snippy_about_it]

Howdy PE.

[snippy_about_it]

Well said Sam, you would do well writing movie reviews!

I agree with what Sam says about the movie and will add my two cents about it here. ;-)

You still come away knowing the wickedness of Santa Ana, and the pride of the "Texians" in fighting for their country. You also see that even the local Mexicans were on our side and fought against Santa Ana.

It still jerked tears and made you proud of the men who held their ground at the Alamo. I thought that by the time Houston engaged Santa Ana in battle it was clear to the viewer why we were able to put them down in so short a time and why they "let" Santa Ana live.


It is also good to see history being told and hopefully it encourages folks to learn more for themselves.

[Professional Engineer]

Morning PE. I was almost expecting a NASA photo of the San Antonio area. :-)

How about Johnson Space Center just before the Moonshots.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. We're going to the Mooooooon.