100 Years of Sinking

Oy vey. So the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is next year and that means a lot of Titanic action coming from Hollywood including the re-release of the 3 hour James Cameron movie in 3D. Yup. 3 freaking D. I don’t know the point of this. I mean they could probably just have released the movie again and left it at that. Making the movie 3D seems very ridiculous in my mind. Didn’t they make enough money off of it the first time around? The movie will be re-released April 6, 2012. I stayed away from the theatres the first time around and I will do it again. I have no desire. I know how the story ends. The British TV channel, ITV1 will also release a mini series showing the events of the night. How many more ways can we interpret what happened on a sinking ship? It’s cool that we all want to celebrate the 100th anniversary, but this is a little much don’t you think?

Manic Monday

I was never really into history as much as I should have been considering both of my parents love history and received degrees in history. I guess I just had boring teachers in high school. I recently saw a commercial for a special on the History Channel about the history of America called "America The Story of Us." The commercial seemed like the special would be interesting because it didn’t seem like the typical history lesson. It seemed like it would touch upon events that wouldn’t otherwise be touched upon. When flipping the channels last night, I came across the special and I have to say that it was utterly fascinating. It talked about how steel came to be and how the extremely tall buildings in New York were made from this steel. It also discussed the lives of the workers who built these extremely tall buildings and the horrible working conditions. Another segment discussed how oil was discovered and drilled out of the grown and then how a big fire in a linen factory made it regulation to have fire exits. It was just awesome to see the ripple effect of events and why we do what we do now. It’s always been fascinating to me to know where something came from or why it came to be and this American history special definitely touches upon that subject. The special is being shown in segments and I highly recommend checking it out. There’s even a DVD of the entire special.