The Alamo

[Wing Nut]

I just saw on TV they're making a new movie about the Alamo.

[Paz]

 Hopefully they won't turn it into a mushy Hollywood love story like they did with Pearl Harbor.

[Wing Nut]

It doesn't look like they will.  Check out the website and look at the trailer.  Awesome!

http://www.thealamofilm.com/

[BFMF]

Isn't there a movie about the alamo with John Wayne???

[Paz]

 Looks like it's going to be a good one, these types of movies are awesome when they stick closely to the actual history of the event, instead of being watered down with a bunch of fluff and macho man stars to try and attract a female audience.

[Paz]

Isn't there a movie about the alamo with John Wayne???

 Yeah, I think it was called "The Alamo", from the 50's or 60's.

[ozzy72]

Best let Oso know, thats his corner of the world

[Rifleman]

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[Travis]

This new rendition was filmed in my home town, a little truck stop just outside Austin, TX called Dripping Springs.

[Oso]

Thanks Ozzy, but one cannot help but be aware of it around here. The word on the streets is that it is a PC version that will invoke Mexican sympathies rather than Texan.

I hope not.

I am sick and tired of Hollywood rewriting history to suit their ideas of what should have been.

We shall see.

[Polynomial]

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[Bucky-Katt]

There is going to be a big red carpet premiere here in San Antonio in December.  They are going to hold it the Majestic theater on the River Walk.   Those familar with San Antonio will know what kind of theater the Majestic is...one of the most most beautiful facilites I have ever seen.  I've lived in San Antonio for 16 years and I had never been to the Majestic until I went to see Phantom of the Opera there...I was blown away.

As a side note, the John Wayne version of the Alamo also premiered in San Antonio.

I hope they do a good job on this film...

BK...out

[Felix/FFDS]

Without invoking ethnic sympathies, a historically accurate retelling of the "Alamo" is possible.

Remember - Tejas was a province of Mexico, sparsley populated, with a strong immigrant population of Anglos.  The facts of Santa Anna's presidency aside, once these immigrants started making noises for separation and independence from Mexico, of course, the Mexicans had to try to put the insurrection down.

Also, these immigrants wanted to establish and import slaves, and slavery had already been abolished.  

Faced with the possibility of fighting against the Mexican regular army, these Texan immigrants started bringing in mercenaries - "freedom fighters" such as Davy Crockett.

These are just general issues/points, not to take away from the actual valor and bravery of all the participants.  In attacking a fortification, the defenders generally have the upper hand until there is a breach.

Strategically, it can be argued that the stand at the Alamo could have been avoided, and the decisive victory for the Texans would come later.

As with England and its rebellious colonies, other preocupations also had their toll in the Mexicans pursuing the Texans - finally, pursuing a campaign in the vast region of Texas became undesirable, and the Mexicans cut the cord.

In history, there are two sides to every story, and a historically correct account may not necessarily be "politically correct".  The 1960 John Wayne movie was not exactly a highlight of historical accuracy.


(Note:  I have no professed "sympathy" for one side or the other in this issue - which c an be emotional.)

Thanks Ozzy, but one cannot help but be aware of it around here. The word on the streets is that it is a PC version that will invoke Mexican sympathies rather than Texan.

I hope not.

I am sick and tired of Hollywood rewriting history to suit their ideas of what should have been.

We shall see.

[Smoke2much]

[quote]189 Texas volunteers against something like 4000 Mexican soldiers.

[Wing Nut]

Even though I'm about as Irish as they come (Kevin Ryan?) I've always been fascinated by the story of Masada and the stand there.  It didn't have much of a happy ending, but they did take the moral high ground in their decision to commit suicide rather than surrender...