'Heart Of Gold'
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We are watching Pearl Harbor tonight.
Hate hate HATED that movie. And it has the line that drives me in to complete fits every time I hear it -- Josh Hartnett shouting "I think world war two just started," into a phone. The number of ways in which that line is an utter affront are just too many to count.
Maidengurl, the only redeeming thing in that movie was being given the opportunity to call out "Lipstick of DEATH!" in a movie theater. Which really, isn't enough redemption.
Has PH aired on network TV yet? I remember someone saying that Americans' grasp of history was so abysmal that he wouldn't be surprised to see a "Pearl Harbor - brought to you by Mitsubishi!" credit on the network broadcast.
I wonder if the average American's terrible grasp of their own history is the reason for the "World War Two just started" line. So no one would be confused about what was happening.
When did it actually start being called "World War II"? Because World War I was obviously not called World War I until, well, World War II happened. Now, however, we are prepared to call anything World War III.
When did it actually start being called "World War II"?
I don't know for sure, but I'm almost certain it wasn't until after WW2, or at least well into its waging.Only then did we start to call The Great War "World War I."
I felt the same way about Yoda in Episode II saying, "Begun the Clone War has." I wanted to have popcorn, that I might toss it. It comes down to out-of-touch screenwriting, forgetting that characters do not say things like this in these situations. People don't do this, period.
I don't know for sure, but I'm almost certain it wasn't until after WW2, or at least well into its waging.
Time magazine was referring to "The World at War" as early as September 1939. Though I'm not sure when even they started referring to "WWII."
Before I gang aff a'googlin', can the hivemind tell me who was the woman who sang the song from/about Crash on the Academy Awards tonight? (for a friend)
It was all over Natter -- but I can't remember her name!