'Lion King' Brought Back for the Public

     On roflhusky's blog (http://klengineering.blogspot.com/) he talked about Disney rereleasing 'The Lion King' into theaters in 3D. He talks about the background of the story and how the plot was based off the classic, "Hamlet." Like him, I saw the Lion King when I was a few years old and I loved it instantly. I committed all the songs to memory and even find myself humming Hakuna Matata every so often.
     Although I never saw the other two movies, I only consider the Lion King to be a single, stand alone movie. The first movie was so captivating and emotional that any other sequel could not possibly be that good. Besides, the references made to the Lion King are usually towards the first movie because that is the most popular one and the most touching one of the series.
     The original Lion King was a movie my generation grow up with, and with it being rereleased into theaters, a lot of us would go back and see it, and if it was not for being away at school and lack of money, I most likely would have gone to see it to reconnect with some childhood memories. In my opinion, Lion King was one of their best choices to rerelease due to its massive following, it was probably one of their best animated movies, ever. In an attempt to gain new fans through the rerelease was a good idea because some parents will take their kids to the movie due to its affect on them. Then releasing it on DVD and BluRay will also help spread the distribution of the movie through the public and hopefully give another generation a movie they can connect with and help related the older generations.

Remembering 9/11

     Yesterday was the 10 year anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers, everyone knows that. Most people know exactly what they were doing and where they were, I am one of those people.

     I was in third grade back on Long Island, and I remember my teacher was sitting on a stool in the front center of the class, either telling us a story or teaching us a lesson (I can't remember exactly, I was 8), when another teacher walked into the class room and walked across the front of the room and leaned over and whispered something into my teacher's ear... We all knew it was something bad since each student in the room could see her always smiling face flooded with tears as she stood up and followed the other teacher out of the room. My classmates and I sat in our seats looking to each other for answers as to what could make our teacher break down in front of us.

     After about five minutes, she returned and told us we were going into another classroom to watch a movie; the entire way to the classroom my teacher was bombarded by basically the same question, "What happened? What's going on?" because as we walked students were being called for early dismissal. My teacher said, "I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to tell you."

     The rest of the school day, students were continuously called out for early dismissal, with us children thinking of it as a good thing since we could go home instead of staying in school. My older sister, my twin sister, and I were all kept in school because my mom thought it would be worse and pointless to take us out of school since we were as safe there as we would be at home at that time.

     Finally school ended and I finally arrived home after a long bus ride. After being let off at my bus stop, my mom waited for my sisters and I at the end of our drive way repeatedly saying, "Don't worry, your father is ok." I had no idea what that meant but after we were taken inside I walked past my living room tv, on the screen were two tall building surrounded in smoke. My dad then called the house and my mom put him on speaker. My dad told us, "I'm alright guys, don't worry. They evacuated us out of our building and I'm safe, I'll see you guys tonight, I love you." After we left, my mom and dad talked on the phone for a bit longer. After their talk concluded, she hung up and came into the living room with the four of us sitting there (my older brother, my two sisters, and I), and she told us that terrorists took control of two air plains and flew them into the Twin Towers.

     Me being eight years old, this did not really mean that much to me since I didn't know the extremity of the situation and I was too young to truly understand the situation, but as I've grown I've come to know what this meant to the world, my country, and each individual person. Throughout my life I have met people ranging from people who were actually evacuated from the building as this all occurred, and people who have had family, friends, or coworkers who lost their life in this horrific incident. Because of this tragedy, the world has become a much darker place, a world a never thought that people would fear what would happened next. My hopes and prayers go out to all those affected and effected by this tragedy, but I would also like to say thank you to all the first responders that were there and proudly served not only for their local station, but the entire country as well. It is a day that will live in infamy, but nonetheless a day we will never forget and forever remember.