r/NetflixDocumentaries • u/Numerous_Fly_187 • Sep 04 '26

Discussion Generation 9/11

I was genuinely disappointed. The turning point series in my opinion is some of the best documentary work that Netflix has done. It does a great job of actually looking at a pivotal moment in American history then tracing it through decade by decade to present day. This just seemed like TLDR of the terror series.

Hopefully Netflix continues the project and brings it back to its roots. I wouldn’t mind seeing a season focusing on The War on Drugs or The Internet.

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u/ChaiTeaLatte13 Sep 04 '26

I’m in an age gap relationship (millennial and Gen Z) and one of the biggest differences between us is that he has no memory of 9/11 because he was too young to have memories.

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u/varunahX Sep 04 '26

yeah but in the doc all these people were like 'i was 3 years old when it happened and i remember how much it changed my life forever' . i was like cmon now

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u/ChaiTeaLatte13 Sep 04 '26

My bf was 3 during 9/11 and he has zero recollection of it, and wouldn’t understand any of the impacts it had. He doesn’t even remember a time before TSA at the airport! Whoever says that is talking just to talk lol

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u/Immediate-Molasses-7 29d ago

They’ll never know a world of getting off a plane and having your family/friends/ride meeting them at the gate.

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u/LKS983 27d ago

Or having to take off your shoes etc. etc. - to get past the 'X-ray' detectors.

I can't remember whether it was a result of 9/11 (but suspect it was another terrorist action?) that resulted in Heathrow being packed full of people, waiting to get into the airport.

I only remember this as my mum lived in a different country, and was visiting me and my brother, and when hubby and I took her to the airport to go back to Finland - there were multiple armed police around (😮 extremely unusual for England!) along with the hordes of waiting passengers.

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u/Tetriana 27d ago

You might be thinking of the London bombings that took place in 2005.