Rewriting history for big bucks at the box office

San Diego Union Tribune ^ | April 30, 2003 | Lionel Van Deerlin

[Gladwin]

Hard to believe they are changing the history of the Alamo to make the movie appeal to Mexican filmgoers.

[Grand Old Partisan]

"Gods & Generals" was just about the worst movie re-writing of history -- worse even than "The Alamo," "The Patriot," and "Pearl Harbor."

[LiteKeeper]

bump for history

[jdege]

but longs to live under a Mexican democratic constitution.

Then he should have been fighting Santa Ana, who had overthrown the Mexican democratic constitution.

Never let them forget - Texas wasn't the only province of Mexico that rebelled against Santa Ana's coup, it was simply the only one to win.

[Just another Joe]

Disney will give us a frightened wanderer in the person of one Billy Bob Thornton.

Billy Bob Thornton?
Someone in Disney has been hitting the juice awfully hard.

[Plutarch]

Others, hailed in their day, have fared less well with the passage of time...

Cases in point: U.S. Grant betrayed a weakness for whiskey...

This left wing idiot typically doesn't know any history. A case in point: Grant's supposed drinking problem was a much bigger issue initially during the Civil War, than it was in History. Grant's performance in the field put a stop to stories of drunkeness.

"Find out what whiskey he drinks and send all of my generals a case, if it will get the same results". - Lincoln in reply to comments about General Grant's drinking problems

[drjimmy]

Then he should have been fighting Santa Ana, who had overthrown the Mexican democratic constitution.

Read the story again. That's what this fictional character is doing: "Although no one by that name is listed among the real-life Alamo defenders, Juan Seguin in the Disney script doesn't give a darn for Texas independence (horrors!) but longs to live under a Mexican democratic constitution."

[Grut]

...Charles A. Lindbergh for the appeal of Naziism.

I doubt 'history' has discovered that the Nazis held any appeal for Lindbergh; the worst that can be said of him is that he didn't see anything in them worth going to war over (few did, isolationism was the majority position almost up to Pearl Harbor), and that he was profoundly bothered by the spiritual damage he feared a needless war would do to America.

[SwinneySwitch]

¡Los bastardos de Hollywood!

[SwinneySwitch]

¡Los bastardos de Hollywood!

[Ancesthntr]

This Texan, and his family, WON'T be seeing this revisionist piece of trash. Ditto for other Disney movies. Walt must be rolling in his grave (or freezer, if you believe that stuff).

[Plutarch]

Gee, its funny that only patriotic heroes ever seem to get debunked. You'd think that heroes of the left would see something other than continued lionization from studios such as Disney.

Lets all hold our breath for the candid Disney movie about MLK's communist connections and womanizing.

[nathanbedford]

Rubbish

[stainlessbanner]

Thanks for calling him on the carpet on post 2.

[unixfox]

The Alamo remains hallowed ground, the shrine of Texas liberty.

If it was so hallowed why have so many forgotten about it by letting every ILLEGAL mexican cross the border and trash our country?

[Grand Old Partisan]

Calling "Gods & Generals" "rubbish" is a bit much -- "bad" will do.

[cars for sale]

know what is missing in this crapola piece, the Texicans were over 56 % of the Texas fighting force at the Alamo
and made the choice to stay to defend the Alamo.

To this day,Mexico mexicans hate Texicans for that
history. We blue eyed Texans ,to this day, revere
and respect the Texicans .

Santa Ana killed,dismembered and set fire to the dead

Texans will never forget.

[paddles]

Maybe 5,000 patriotic Texicans ought to re-enact the battle by laying-siege to the set.

[Ancesthntr]

Those interested in a truer account of who Davey Crockett was will be interested in this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/904478/posts

I wish that more of our current Congresscritters would behave this way.

[GovGirl]

Oh, my history teacher has to be fuming about now. It's sad to think that for a few extra bucks, Disney is going to sell out the Alamo and it's brave fighters.

Disney is just rewriting History, because they haven't any creative juice left in them. Hacks.