THE THREAD!!!

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ORIGINAL: Nikademus

OMG. Midway (2019)

I didn't think Pearl Harbor could be exceeded...and I was wrong......they even managed it without a silly shallow romance sub-plot complete with best friend vying for the same {insert preferred Pronouns} target. [:'(]

the CGI sucked. but sadly, that was the least of the carnage and I had no expectations there. how hard is it to simulate a ship....vs. a "boat?"

Getting my Vaccine shot now.......and Septuple Masking against future war movie "remakes".

I disagree, nothing beats The Movie Which Won’t Be Named on the Despicable Scale. You can’t beat their rate of historical inaccuracies per minute of screen time.

Plus, well, that whole plot derailment. What do those Japanese aviators have to do with a lackluster love story ?

[btd64]

[:D][:D][:D][:D]....GP

[Ambassador]

All that being said, I’ve watched Dunkirk a few days ago. Not bad for Hollywood, albeit a couple of errors too.

Notably the opening scene. Sure, one week before the end of the pocket, the Germans were hardly two streets away from the beach...[:-]

But the casting of nobodies for the Tommies (and naming the primary POV for the beach scenes « Tommy » was a nice touch), and the senior actors were spot on, especially Mark Rylance.

The speech-light scenes were brilliantly directed. So many movie directors feel the need to add useless speech, to fill in the blanks, but this movie shows how the silence (or the music) may replace most of the words. Those words that are spoken have meaning.

And, last but not least, how refreshing it is to see a movie without an American hero saving the day, just to appeal to US audiences.[:D]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

All that being said, I’ve watched Dunkirk a few days ago. Not bad for Hollywood, albeit a couple of errors too.
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And, last but not least, how refreshing it is to see a movie without an American hero saving the day, just to appeal to US audiences.[:D]

That was because it was an Allied DEFEAT! [;)]

Unlike the Battle of Britain which had a Polish unit whose leader became an American after the war . . . [:D]

[Ambassador]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

All that being said, I’ve watched Dunkirk a few days ago. Not bad for Hollywood, albeit a couple of errors too.
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And, last but not least, how refreshing it is to see a movie without an American hero saving the day, just to appeal to US audiences.[:D]

That was because it was an Allied DEFEAT! [;)]

Unlike the Battle of Britain which had a Polish unit whose leader became an American after the war . . . [:D]

An Allied defeat, but a Royal Navy victory.[8D]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

All that being said, I’ve watched Dunkirk a few days ago. Not bad for Hollywood, albeit a couple of errors too.
.
.
.
And, last but not least, how refreshing it is to see a movie without an American hero saving the day, just to appeal to US audiences.[:D]

That was because it was an Allied DEFEAT! [;)]

Unlike the Battle of Britain which had a Polish unit whose leader became an American after the war . . . [:D]

An Allied defeat, but a Royal Navy victory.[8D]

A land defeat, but neither air nor naval. And not just the Royal Navy but also the cockleshell navy manned by the civilians with all sorts of craft as well. I think that there was some help from someone with the nice weather as well.

[USSAmerica]

OK, you lot! It's time to get this mess cleaned up! [:D]

[USSAmerica]

It's really not that much effort....

[USSAmerica]

... to remove the heresy and restore the honor of THE THREAD!!!

[USSAmerica]

Now, some of you "newer" guys can see how easily us old timers have such high post counts. [:D]

[USSAmerica]

All Hail THE THREAD!!! [&o][&o][&o]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

All Hail THE THREAD!!! [&o][&o][&o]

All Hail THE THREAD!!!

As far as post count goes, consider how long you have been a member and your post count then see when I joined and my post count.

But then again, I do not work nor do I have a wife.

[Ambassador]

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

Now, some of you "newer" guys can see how easily us old timers have such high post counts. [:D]

I had started, but the road was still a bit long, and I got derailed by RL.[:D]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

war movie off the air

RE: THE THREAD!!!

Blast from the past! [8D]

How are you old friend?


Leo "Apollo11"

Solid.

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

I am Inevitable

And ... I ... am ... Threadman !

*snap*

Bah...your SNAP is a MCU snap. a true comic SNAP sneers at your pitiful SNAP.

so SNAP

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

I see a few of us haven't been minding our subject lines again. [:-] [:D]

Someone has been rampaging...

Run.

Run to your Safe Spaces

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Okay,let us keep The Thread!!!"

That said, someone find him and force him to watch Midway and Pearl Harbor back to back for days . . . [X(]

Finishing up the classic 70s Midway. much better. Even if they reused footage from Tora Tora Tora

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

Brothers, let's pitch in and keep THE THREAD!!! free from log heresy at the top of the page. This page needs to be relegated to history. [:D]

I have to go and get my corned beef brisket started in the slow cooker and do some actual work today. I'd like to see a new page, properly titled when I check back later. [;)]

Abandon all Hope.

Its like Game of Thrones last episode. you are doomed

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

OMG. Midway (2019)

I didn't think Pearl Harbor could be exceeded...and I was wrong......they even managed it without a silly shallow romance sub-plot complete with best friend vying for the same {insert preferred Pronouns} target. [:'(]

the CGI sucked. but sadly, that was the least of the carnage and I had no expectations there. how hard is it to simulate a ship....vs. a "boat?"

Getting my Vaccine shot now.......and Septuple Masking against future war movie "remakes".

I disagree, nothing beats The Movie Which Won’t Be Named on the Despicable Scale. You can’t beat their rate of historical inaccuracies per minute of screen time.

Plus, well, that whole plot derailment. What do those Japanese aviators have to do with a lackluster love story ?

oh yes they can. That bogus landing scene at 8:00 made me throw up

and I figured us being all enlightened in 2021 the Japanese side would get more screen time. wrong.

so many scene swaps I got whiplash. suddenly a B-26 is kamakazi'ing the Aka

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

All that being said, I’ve watched Dunkirk a few days ago. Not bad for Hollywood, albeit a couple of errors too.
.
.
.
And, last but not least, how refreshing it is to see a movie without an American hero saving the day, just to appeal to US audiences.[:D]

That was because it was an Allied DEFEAT! [;)]

Unlike the Battle of Britain which had a Polish unit whose leader became an American after the war . . . [:D]

wrong.

They were lulling the enemy into a false sense of security.