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ORIGINAL: Saburo Kurusu

In my very humble opinion the best movie about WW2 in the Pacific still remains "Tora Tora Tora"....... If they really could deliver something of that quality....  *sigh* But I doubt it! I still curse the day I went into a movie theater, watching The Movie That Shall Not Be Named! A horrible experience, absolutely scary and disgusting! I should have sued them for compensation because I couldn't recover from it up until today........  [8|] 

I would completely agree with this. You might catch the odd "modern" ship hull & mast in the attack sequence, but it was beautifully done. The presentation of the Japanese side was very sympathetic, something I was surprised at when I first saw the film as an under-10 on its release.

From a British PoV the comparable movie would be Battle of Britain, filmed with plenty of period aircraft (IIRC the Spanish Air Force still had loads of He111s & Me109s!), and they actually blew up a Great War vintage aircraft hangar. No CGI in the late 60s [;)] Only slight fault was a minor plot of husband & wife RAF officers Christopher Plummer & Susannah York.

Both films featured pretty heavyweight stars in cameo roles: BoB had three knights (Olivier, Richardson & Redgrave) and plenty of high-ranking actors (Michael Caine, Kenneth More, Robert Shaw, etc.). Very like The Longest Day. I suspect now you would not be able to obtain that number of high-billing stars for one file... except for The Expendables!

Also liked the fact that the Japanese and Germans both spoke their native language with English subtitles.

And I can completely agree with you!

Battle of Britain is a fantastic film. On a side note, George Lucas can be seen to borrowed a LOT of elements from BoB for the original Star Wars. Compare the battle scenes in BoB compared to when the rebels launch their fighters against the Death Star.

ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Battle of Britain is a fantastic film.

Warspite1

+1 (with a great soundtrack)

ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Battle of Britain is a fantastic film. On a side note, George Lucas can be seen to borrowed a LOT of elements from BoB for the original Star Wars. Compare the battle scenes in BoB compared to when the rebels launch their fighters against the Death Star.

Lucasarts made a Battle of Britain game.
BOB's depiction of fighter command and control center was cool.

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Battle of Britain is a fantastic film.

Warspite1

+1 (with a great soundtrack)

+2[:)]

On a side note, I re-watched Battle of Britain last night. While I was watching was reading through wikipedia about it, and one of my favorite actors, Ian McShane, was in there as well as James Cosmo.

Ian McShane Then


Ian McShane Now


If you haven't seen the HBO series Deadwood you should check it out, one of the smartest things I've been privileged to watch. McShane's portrayal was simply brilliant.

He was even better in this show. [:D]

Only slight fault was a minor plot of husband & wife RAF officers Christopher Plummer & Susannah York.

Susannah York in her underwear is never a mistake!

Ahhhhhhh...Space 1999...

I am having an allergic reaction!

ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Battle of Britain is a fantastic film. On a side note, George Lucas can be seen to borrowed a LOT of elements from BoB for the original Star Wars. Compare the battle scenes in BoB compared to when the rebels launch their fighters against the Death Star.

he did the same with The Dambusters

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Ahhhhhhh...Space 1999...

I am having an allergic reaction!

Probably from this space opera's dialogue:

John Koenig: We're all aliens, until we get to know one another.

Joe Rochefort will no doubt be played by Shia Labeouf, and will get all the cryptoanalysis help he needs from the Autobots.

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Ahhhhhhh...Space 1999...

I am having an allergic reaction!

Probably from this space opera's dialogue:

John Koenig: We're all aliens, until we get to know one another.

Space:1999 was another inspirational source for Lucas....the Bomber approach scene in the episode "War Games" inspired the first scene of a Star Destroyer overflying the camera viewpoint at the beginning of Episode IV.

Ian McShane's classic line: "RRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOUUUU" (just before he sucks out all your HEAT energy)

[:D]

Holy crap, never new McShane was in Space 1999. I knew of the series growing up, but it wasn't on tv much in my area. Was Martin Landau in that as well?

The first time I really noticed McShane was in Deadwood, which was just dense with astounding acting and writing. It is a fairly accurate period piece as well. The writing is like modern Shakespeare with a liberal dosage of the F-bomb.

ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Was Martin Landau in that as well?

Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, husband and wife. Both from Mission: Impossible.

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ORIGINAL: The Gnome

Holy crap, never new McShane was in Space 1999. I knew of the series growing up, but it wasn't on tv much in my area. Was Martin Landau in that as well?

The first time I really noticed McShane was in Deadwood, which was just dense with astounding acting and writing. It is a fairly accurate period piece as well. The writing is like modern Shakespeare with a liberal dosage of the F-bomb.

Yes...Martin Landau [Stud Commander John Koenig.] (but occasionally not that bright....)

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I actually didn't recognize McShane in Deadwood at first....such was his character immersion and appearance. (Then again the last time I'd seen him was in "Lovejoy")

It was after I got 1999 on DVD that i recognzied a much younger McShane in "Force of Life" too funny.