It isn't the infamous one that people are thinking, but the upcoming movie about the Nat Turner rebellion.
Link here
So it looks like the creators decided to get a sick burn on the original.
With today's kids, I wonder how many of them will get the name reference much less understand the relation of it to the movie.
I think the naming could be quite thought provoking considering what the original Birth of a Nation was about and the results of Nat Turner Rebellion was.
It is a way to give reflection, and in that reflection, consider how much we have changed today, and yet how much we still have not.
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With today's kids, I wonder how many of them will get the name reference much less understand the relation of it to the movie.
I think the naming could be quite thought provoking considering what the original Birth of a Nation was about and the results of Nat Turner Rebellion was.
It is a way to give reflection, and in that reflection, consider how much we have changed today, and yet how much we still have not.
"Today's kids"?
As likely to recognize the name as the Baby Boomers or anyone born after them. Possibly MORE likely, given that the internet exists.
Freehold will enjoy this movie in all lieklihood.
With today's kids, I wonder how many of them will get the name reference much less understand the relation of it to the movie.
I think the naming could be quite thought provoking considering what the original Birth of a Nation was about and the results of Nat Turner Rebellion was.
It is a way to give reflection, and in that reflection, consider how much we have changed today, and yet how much we still have not.
"Today's kids"?
As likely to recognize the name as the Baby Boomers or anyone born after them. Possibly MORE likely, given that the internet exists.
Kids today, the world has gone mad today and good's bad today and black's white today and day's night today! I wonder how many of today's kids will even recognize the song I'm referencing, much less understand its place in the show it is a part of. Probably not many, given that the show opened in 1934 and today's booming babies were all born between 1943 and 1960.
And Anything Goes is still more recent than Birth of a Nation.
Freehold will enjoy this movie in all lieklihood.
As will I.
With today's kids, I wonder how many of them will get the name reference much less understand the relation of it to the movie.
I think the naming could be quite thought provoking considering what the original Birth of a Nation was about and the results of Nat Turner Rebellion was.
It is a way to give reflection, and in that reflection, consider how much we have changed today, and yet how much we still have not.
"Today's kids"?
As likely to recognize the name as the Baby Boomers or anyone born after them. Possibly MORE likely, given that the internet exists.
Kids today, the world has gone mad today and good's bad today and black's white today and day's night today! I wonder how many of today's kids will even recognize the song I'm referencing, much less understand its place in the show it is a part of. Probably not many, given that the show opened in 1934 and today's booming babies were all born between 1943 and 1960.
And Anything Goes is still more recent than Birth of a Nation.
Okay, but you're mixing the lyrics of "Kids" from Bye Bye Birdie with "Anything Goes" by Cole Porter.
I can't imagine there will be much media discussion of this movie without a reference to the first.
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Kids today, the world has gone mad today and good's bad today and black's white today and day's night today! I wonder how many of today's kids will even recognize the song I'm referencing, much less understand its place in the show it is a part of. Probably not many, given that the show opened in 1934 and today's booming babies were all born between 1943 and 1960.
Quite a few, considering a lot of the "kids today" have played Fallout 3. Not the significance, mind you, but they'll recognize the song.
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Yup.
So not here for dumping on younger generations.
I haven't been to the movies in quite a while.
Anyone see Free State of Jones?
I haven't been to the movies in quite a while.
Anyone see Free State of Jones?
Been wanting to, or am I confusing it with another movie?
Matthew McConaughey leads a revolt of runaway slaves and anti-slavery whites in Jones County, MS that, according to some (there seems to be some disagreement), seceded from the Confederacy.
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Waitaminute.
You two aren't the same person?!
I'm the prettier of the two.
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Matthew McConnaghey (sp?) leads a revolt of runaway slaves and anti-slavery whites in Jones County, MI that, according to some (there seems to be some disagreement), seceded from the Confederacy.
Just because it caused me some confusion, I think that's supposed to be Jones County, MS. I would question a historian who told me about a county in Michigan that seceded from the Confederacy.
[Facepalm]
I always do that.
This is why I'm against unnecessary abbreviation.
Huh.
1983 Britflick by Mike Newell starring Jim Broadbent, with the same title.
With today's kids, I wonder how many of them will get the name reference much less understand the relation of it to the movie.
Ah, yes, I remember when this movie came out, back in 1915. Good times. Dang millennials probably didn't watch it in the original release, though.
Here is another hip meme: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." Only true #seventeeners will remember this one.
Matthew McConaughey leads a revolt of runaway slaves and anti-slavery whites in Jones County, MS that, according to some (there seems to be some disagreement), seceded from the Confederacy.
EDITED
From what I've read, the "disagreement" is mainly just from the Confederates who want to paint the leader as a petty bandit. I was reading about it in (I think) High Country News a couple months back.
I'm the prettier of the two.
I'm of course the smarter.
I'm the prettier of the two.I'm, of course, the smarter.
Fify, bro.
Matthew McConaughey leads a revolt of runaway slaves and anti-slavery whites in Jones County, MS that, according to some (there seems to be some disagreement), seceded from the Confederacy.
EDITED
From what I've read, the "disagreement" is mainly just from the Confederates who want to paint the leader as a petty bandit. I was reading about it in (I think) High Country News a couple months back.
Yeah, I've read a bit more about him since that post.
[Clenched fist salute]
Fify, bro.I'm the prettier of the two.I'm, of course, the smarter.
It's only what is true.
I know, bro. Just helping you with the punctuation.
(Indulge him, fellow Paizonians. Mom dropped him on his head when we were young. More than once.)
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I know, bro. Just helping you with the punctuation.
(Indulge him, fellow Paizonians. Mom dropped him on his head when we were young. More than once.)
Trust me, my sibling troubles are way worse. And I know how you feel—my mom tried to drop me on my head all the time as a hatchling. She also tries to hit me in the head with a sledgehammer sometimes. And dunk my head in battery acid. And feed me to Ward.