United 93

[HueyCobra8151]

Right, just like we all remember what happened on 22 November 1963 or 20 July 1969. (These are just random events I pulled out of my azz, as an example, there are hundreds more of course)

60's too long ago?

How about more recently, what happened on 7 August 1998, 12 October 2000, 26 February 1993 or one we should all know: 23 October 1983?

The point is that terrible, horrific, (or amazing) events happen and when they do people say "We will never forget!" then they proceed to promptly forget.

Just like my point earlier, go find a random kid on the street and ask him what happened 7 December, 1941 - A day that will live in infamy.

 

[A4sForever]

Right, just like we all remember what happened on 22 November 1963 or 20 July 1969. ...

The '60's ???
Kennedy??: I was in Mr. Albrecht's geometry class ...

Da' Moon??: I was sitting in a funky little restaurant in Honolulu ... :icon_rast

The rest? Probably too specific; too narrow --- most people don't give a damn about embassies in East Africa or Marines in Beirut. Sad, but true ...

 

[DanMa1156]

At the same time though, if you ask anyone what Pearl Harbor was they'll know... just because they don't know the date (I mean, Pearl Harbor was publicized as that - "Pearl Harbor" not "12/7") doesn't mean they don't know the event... 9/11 has been billed as "9/11" and will continue to be remembered and so will the date, just by our nomenclature of the event...

 

[sevenhelmet]

Plus most of us can remember where we were & what we were doing on 9/11... no doubt an event is more memorable when you can actually REMEMBER when it happened, rather than reading about it or watching tapes.

 

[MattWSU]

Right, just like we all remember what happened on 22 November 1963 or 20 July 1969. (These are just random events I pulled out of my azz, as an example, there are hundreds more of course)

60's too long ago?

How about more recently, what happened on 7 August 1998, 12 October 2000, 26 February 1993 or one we should all know: 23 October 1983?

The point is that terrible, horrific, (or amazing) events happen and when they do people say "We will never forget!" then they proceed to promptly forget.

Just like my point earlier, go find a random kid on the street and ask him what happened 7 December, 1941 - A day that will live in infamy.

I can see where you're coming from, but I don't have much faith in the average American kid anyway. I think an event like the December 26th Tsunami is more likely to be forgoteen; in the Western world at least. It may have had 100's of thousands of deaths but you don't hear anyone talking about it anymore. What people know, is what they see in the media.

 

[HAL Pilot]

I've been without internet a few days - one more reason to hate the French. Why can't their crappy hotels provide wireless???

Anyway...9/11 v Pearl Harbor. Different times. TV wasn't available and radio didn;t have CNN or Fox News. The only way poeple "saw" the news was via newsreals at the movie house. Plus, the government's use of movies was an accepted propoganda / motivation tactic. Many of the WWII and Korean movies were sponsored by the government and military. Movies also served as a reminder since there was about 1% of the news coverage we have today.

It's different today with a extremely more robust media. Plus there is a lot more commercialism then there used to be.

If they had just made the movie and released it, I would probably not be so cynical about it. The propoganda campaign that was waged to get public acceptance of this movie was a brilliant marketing movie. Give us your money because we made this movie for both you and the victims.

Anyway, it was a good movie and very powerful. But I still believe it was unnecessary and all about making Hollywood big bucks. Just my opinion.