Everyone on every meme template has something to thank us for. Except that we'll be using them to mock people forever.

Just an opinion. But wouldn't he be remembered in his movies?

Yeah, but nobody watches movies from several decades ago (many more were made than we see of them today) so it's likely that all copies of his movies might be decaying in a cellar or on some long abandoned pirating website. The only records would be on pages on the internet, which at some point in the future would be looked upon, and pondered by internet historians.