SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
A slip wing Corsair. Calling fastmongrel!
F4U in Europe
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Thumpalumpacus
Major
And you thought forward visibility was bad before this subtype!
BlackSheep
Banned
- 443
- May 31, 2018
I'm pretty sure the evil German uttered something like "show no mercy!" before diving on and peppering the brave American with what looks like a handful of pebbles from his 4x 30mm cannons
Edit: Yep.
Like hail on a tin roof….
Those Germans and their wonder weapons! How do their 30mm shells know to rip apart a bomber but leave a Mustang flyable after a dozen hits? Some kind of advanced fuse no doubt…
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Wasn't Werner Voss' DR 1 painted silver or a silvery light green? I know at least is wasn't red.
Also, "Red Tails" was too stupid for words.
Also, "Red Tails" was too stupid for words.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
His was olive green, iirc.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Voss' DR.I was a green color, but his Pfalz and Albatros were very colorful.
Loerzer's DR.I had black and white bands on the fuselage with black and white stripes running length-wise on the wings and horizontal stabilizer.
Of interest, Goering's D.VII was all white.
BlackSheep
Banned
- 443
- May 31, 2018
Red Tails sounds like me and my hunting buddies after a HOT AF early season elk hunt in Az! Talk about pass the Gold Bond…
33k in the air
Staff Sergeant
- 1,355
- Jan 31, 2021
What an awful movie that was. It's especially galling since the underlying real story is so compelling.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'd like to remember who said there's no reason to embellish the story. This person was talking about the movie Pearl Harbor. Red Tails, Pearl Harbor and Midway really diminish those who were there and make the films about a few actors. Using CGI to augment what really happened and keep the audience's attention is just lazy writing.
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Thumpalumpacus
Major
I've said that before, and perhaps in this thread, though I can't remember. Titanic was another movie gussied up with some gloppy love story, because a liner sinking with 1500+ killed just wasn't dramatic enough, I suppose.
ETA: It was here.
fubar57
General
I remember reading an article about Pearl Harbour and the audience's reaction to the movie. One person said at the theatre they were in, about halfway through the movie, someone screamed out, "For God's sake, start the war already"
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
If you ever want to see a WWI movie with gorgeous (and fairly accurate) aircraft, then check out "Blue Max".
It does have the ever-present "love angle", however it's not thick enough to spoil the movie.
It does have the ever-present "love angle", however it's not thick enough to spoil the movie.
I watched that as a kid, George Peppard (A Team) was in it. I need to watch it again. I think that was my first initiation into fighter pilots & babes (Ursula Andress)!
Howard Gibson
Senior Airman
Hell's Angles has accurate aircraft. Wings, by far and away the better movie, features contemporary USAAF aircraft. It also features Clara Bow!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Hell's Angels also has a really great song. So fly them wing to wing.
BlackSheep
Banned
- 443
- May 31, 2018
I was really young, watching the Saturday morning "Action Theater" which followed "The World Beyond" (damn I'm getting old) which were double features of movies already old in the early '80s… "Toro Toro Toro" got me into WW2 and "The Dawn Patrol" opened my eyes to WW1.
Howard Gibson
Senior Airman
Which Dawn Patrol, the 1931 version, or 1937?
special ed
2nd Lieutenant
- 5,741
- May 13, 2018
There was a movie featuring excellent Stearman flying with actor Walter Mathaw (sp).
Tora,Tora,Tora and Strategic Air Command and Dive Bomber are are well worth your time and no GCI.
An interesting, to me, bit about the Tora movie was learned in a program of how it was made. It seems the set of the Nevada moving out into the Harbor could only be filmed once, so every one was well rehearsed but when the director called "ready", the set was launched and everyone reacted as rehearsed and the scene was perfect.
Tora,Tora,Tora and Strategic Air Command and Dive Bomber are are well worth your time and no GCI.
An interesting, to me, bit about the Tora movie was learned in a program of how it was made. It seems the set of the Nevada moving out into the Harbor could only be filmed once, so every one was well rehearsed but when the director called "ready", the set was launched and everyone reacted as rehearsed and the scene was perfect.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
I highly recommend "Strategic Air Command" and "Airforce" as aviation movies.
