CNN documentary Black Fish...sad
What Is The Last Movie/Show You Saw?
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michael rauls
Tech Sergeant
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- Jul 15, 2016
If its the same movie I'm thinking of I saw it years ago and I loved it.
Rugby World Cup...
The Dead Pool, cant beat a bit if Dirty Harry
Rugby World Cup...
Mayans M.C.
NFL...
Night of the Grizzlies - PBS documentary narrated by J K Simmons about dual bear maulings in the same night in Montana's Glacier National Park in the 1960's. Highly recommended and available on YouTube to watch for free.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
The Vicar of Dibley
I love British Comedies
I love British Comedies
Midway (2019) - I liked it but, random thoughts:
When will Hollywood stop making Japanese planes fly between ships moored together? They could instead include the zero that allegedly did a barrel roll down Midways main runway before being shot down if they needed something unbelievable.
The drama of the Yorktown is summed up in 3 very short scenes that seem like almost afterthoughts. I think there should have been more on this. I can understand no Avengers, Vindicators or any aerial defense of Midway at all because of time constraints, but Yorktown deserved more.
Why were Japanese torpedo planes attacking Midway with torpedos?
Not a Wildcat in site, Terry should be happy with that one. My question is why?
Why did the Dauntlesses all have 100 lb bombs on the wings...? Is that legit?
Good: "Awesome! They included the B-26's attacking the Japanese fleet!"
Bad: "Why are they BOMBING from altitude? Where are the torpedoes? Why are there so many of them?
(I think they combined the B-17 and B-26 attacks, using only B-26's which is weird considering they had a scene of a B-17 landing at Midway. I assume it was CGI and it was the wrong type having a manned ball turret.)
Doomed Douglas Dauntless torpedo attacks...wait I don't remember any crashing into the screening ships on the run in to the Japanese carriers.
I think they did the attack on Pearl Harbor better than the movie Pearl Harbor did, which is admittedly not saying much but they did it better by a long shot.
Did I see stars AND BARS on the wings in the overhead shot of the B-25's flying to Japan? Also the were the wrong version, with the dorsal turret towards the front, but I can totally for give that as they appeared to have used an actual Mitchel in one scene. Maybe they wanted to make all them appear the same, but even the real one had a battery of 50 cals poking through the nose glass.
Beautifully rendered Nell bomber attacking the Enterprise with one that was hit circling back and cutting the tail off a recently landed Dauntless, a scene I'm sure many will think is pure Hollywood, but actually happened.
Nautilus sub was a nice addition as was the murder of captured US Navy personnel. I think Midway, as it is now, would have been a good first draft and with a little tweaking could have been a much better movie. Maybe some of the "defects" will be ironed out on the inevitable director's cut DVD. One would hope. Fingers crossed.
Take all of this with a grain of salt as I am one of the silly people that liked Pearl Harbor.
When will Hollywood stop making Japanese planes fly between ships moored together? They could instead include the zero that allegedly did a barrel roll down Midways main runway before being shot down if they needed something unbelievable.
The drama of the Yorktown is summed up in 3 very short scenes that seem like almost afterthoughts. I think there should have been more on this. I can understand no Avengers, Vindicators or any aerial defense of Midway at all because of time constraints, but Yorktown deserved more.
Why were Japanese torpedo planes attacking Midway with torpedos?
Not a Wildcat in site, Terry should be happy with that one. My question is why?
Why did the Dauntlesses all have 100 lb bombs on the wings...? Is that legit?
Good: "Awesome! They included the B-26's attacking the Japanese fleet!"
Bad: "Why are they BOMBING from altitude? Where are the torpedoes? Why are there so many of them?
(I think they combined the B-17 and B-26 attacks, using only B-26's which is weird considering they had a scene of a B-17 landing at Midway. I assume it was CGI and it was the wrong type having a manned ball turret.)
Doomed Douglas Dauntless torpedo attacks...wait I don't remember any crashing into the screening ships on the run in to the Japanese carriers.
I think they did the attack on Pearl Harbor better than the movie Pearl Harbor did, which is admittedly not saying much but they did it better by a long shot.
Did I see stars AND BARS on the wings in the overhead shot of the B-25's flying to Japan? Also the were the wrong version, with the dorsal turret towards the front, but I can totally for give that as they appeared to have used an actual Mitchel in one scene. Maybe they wanted to make all them appear the same, but even the real one had a battery of 50 cals poking through the nose glass.
Beautifully rendered Nell bomber attacking the Enterprise with one that was hit circling back and cutting the tail off a recently landed Dauntless, a scene I'm sure many will think is pure Hollywood, but actually happened.
Nautilus sub was a nice addition as was the murder of captured US Navy personnel. I think Midway, as it is now, would have been a good first draft and with a little tweaking could have been a much better movie. Maybe some of the "defects" will be ironed out on the inevitable director's cut DVD. One would hope. Fingers crossed.
Take all of this with a grain of salt as I am one of the silly people that liked Pearl Harbor.
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303 squadron.
was ok, nice to see Hurricanes instead of the show pony Spitfires all the time
was ok, nice to see Hurricanes instead of the show pony Spitfires all the time
Doh - I've watched the new 'Midway' last night
My reactions are about the same. Plus - such a truble to include the mini Pearl Harbor, plus the Doolitle raid, while not mentioning the whole sad saga of Hornet's air group, Yorktown is merely a footnote here, there is no Val that I can recall, no (unsuccesful) night attack by PBYs. The last bomb hit right on the Hinomaru at the deck is over the top, so is the wholesale explosion of the ship as a result of the bomb. WHole squadron of B-26s attacking with bombs from mid altitudes vs. just 4 of them, attacking with torpedoes. Dick Best actually knew in December of 1941 that Mk 13s were faulty?
On the bright side, they included a lot of thigs that people are not commonly aware, like the Betty cutting off the tail of the SBD, role of Nautilus, sole survivor of the torpedo squadron, and so on.
That was no Betty, that was a Nell my friend.
English Premiership Rugby...
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"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Saw Midway today - I enjoyed it. Great graphics and historical content accurate. My only ding was the storyline centered around the dive bomber and torpedo squadrons, no mention of fighters. They could have added about 15 minutes and had Cmdr Thatch in there. Aside from that I recommend.
michael rauls
Tech Sergeant
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- Jul 15, 2016
Sounds like it's better than I thought it would be but then I thought it would be a total dumpster fire.
Did they really forget the f4fs or did I misunderstand that part?
That's kinda like pizza with no cheese.......I guess it's still pizza but it's really missing something.
No F4Fs whatsoever.
No Aichi Val's either. No Hornet and it's air group.
Japanese AA gives impression of US AA of 1944. Why twin 25mm guns, no triples at all?
