Watched the movie "Red Baron"

[Airframes]

As Pearl harbour was the biggest load of rubbish ever to waste computer time, it sounds like this one (Red Barron) is a close second, or maybe beats it!
BTW, the bullet which (eventualy) killed von Richtofen, entered the side of his buttock, travelled upwards, and exited, IIRC, through his upper chest, near the shoulder. He was still alive when ground forces reached the wreckage, dying soon after. So it has to have been one of the gunners on the ground, and not Brown, who brought down the Red Barron.

Accordng to the History Channel, who did a study using lasers from the ground. The Canadian Pilot, Brown, could not have shot him down, even tho he got
the credit for it. Brown made a diving pass, then scooted for home. They finally decided a ground pounder named Evans probaby shot him down.

Charles

 

[RabidAlien]

Heh. I can just imagine a script with Jan involved.....120 minutes of love-making, with a brief glimpse of a Fokker Dr1 flying past the foggy window in the distance.

 

[Capt. Vick]

I heard this movie was so bad it can give you herpes.

 

[Torch]

Whoa s**t

 

[vikingBerserker]

WW1 Ace of Aces show in the arse - what a way to go!

 

[Lucky13]

Hope that the Richthofen family sue the company that made the movie.....

 

[Maestro]

Hope that the Richthofen family sue the company that made the movie.....

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I doubt they had any decendence... Manfred died in 1917 and Lothar (his younger brother) in 1922.

 

[Bernhart]

wasn't it 1918 Manfred died?

 

[Airframes]

I believe there are still family members around, or there were until not long ago anyway.

 

[seesul]

Personally I like Flyboys
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zXKaNuXQMI

 

[Lucky13]

Yup, still family around....

 

[Torch]

Yup agree Flyboys was much better.........

 

[Maestro]

wasn't it 1918 Manfred died?

Uh... You're right, April 21st, 1918.

Thanks, mate.

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmm....if it eventually gets on the idiot box...might have to pass on it ...

 

[Negative Creep]

Yup agree Flyboys was much better.........

Aciton scenes were good but the story was still cliche ridden

 

[Lucky13]

Wonder for how long we'll have to wait for another MAN war movie and not another chick flick where a wee skirmish happen to break out?

 

[RabidAlien]

Just watched it....too much focus on his relationship with the nurse, not enough air-to-air sequences. Acting was....pretty poor, I thought, too much angst overall. I wanted more about his life, about his accomplishments, and was left feeling disappointed. Bleah.

The flying scenes were good, though.

 

[Lucky13]

Leave someone that did Saving Private Ryan to it maybe....?

 

[Maximowitz]

Leave someone that did Saving Private Ryan to it maybe....?

Spielberg? The first half hour is astonishing, the rest trite Hollywood goo.

You want a great WWI movie?

Dawn Patrol

Flynn and Niven at their best.

 

[Airframes]

Or even Hell's Angels.