Good stuff...been to Alamo and Texas State History Museum twice, remember running around in a Crockett coonskin cap as a kid. Though the movie portrayals turn out to be inaccurate (you mean Richard Widmark didn't shoot all those nasty Mexicans from his deathbed?) the generalities are the same? (brave men fighting to the death against tyranny?) Like the movie "300", it becomes kind of a "who cares? It's cool", and gets kids interested in real history follow-up. I have wondered since why Sam Houston didn't send help, but I guess it worked out for him in the end. That Texas was to become part of the US (and later California, etc) was perhaps a fait accompli as many Tejanos/Californios knew they'd be in a better position than with the mismanaged (and distant) Mexican government (BTW our "Alamo" was the staged capture of Sonoma and Olompali battles, both about 15 miles from my house...no Disney movies yet about these shameful provocations). Santa Ana led an incredible life, kind of all over the place with his military adventurism, mostly styling/losing (but he was involved in separation from Spain and did keep Polk from taking more Mexican territory). As Mexican President, he even had some quasi-Liberal policies (and was an anti-slaver). That he was succeeded by Benito Juarez (a Zapotec Indian and the beloved "Lincoln" of Mexico) is fascinating stuff and with Santa Ana the material for some kind of movie. Another great movie would be the "real story of Davy Crockett", as beyond the Disney “king of wild frontier” (entertaining, fair enough) there is an interesting counterbalance to the maniacal Native American genocidist Andrew Jackson. Actually, Disney did a pretty good job of portraying Jackson as an arrogant prick (condescending to Fess Parker/Jed Clampett whoops! Buddy Ebsen) in their Davy Crockett episodes. Ultimately a weird compromise for Tejanos/Californios, you get marginalized by boastful Americans but your property values go way up!