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Originally posted by Knavey
If anyone posts that POS called Pearl Harbor, they will be run out on the yardarm with a noose around their neck and after that is done, keel hauled until the rope breaks.

Hehe,

I got the DVD for Christmas from my inlaws. They knew I liked military history and well you know.

The extra features on the DVD are generally very good and I must say the actual attack scenes are at times awesome. the good thing about seeing this on DVD means I don't have to watch the "story" just the fight

Terence Malik's the Thin Red Line is the best war movie I have ever seen. Having been in Infantry Combat units it captures the feel of combat and the mentality of the soldiers involved better than anything I have seen. Soldiers in combat are concerned about a couple of things:
1-not being a coward
2-staying alive
3-not letting buddies down
In the whole time I was in the infantry I never heard one patriotic sentiment voiced, Unlike John Wayne movies.

For everything you need to know about WWII naval combat in the South Pacific.

I would highly recommend the movie "McHales Navy". It gives you a great feel for conditions in the South Pacific Theatre. It covers in accurate detai,l both allied and Japanese combat tactics.

Until I saw it, I was not aware of just how much difficulty allied base commanders faced in day to day operations, especially in command control.

The movie particularly highlights just how inventive the allies were by showing how a Japanese Fleet could be thrown into chaos by the ingenius use of a C-47, a jeep and a long cable. You don't realise just how stupid the Japs were historically. Matrix, take note.

A must see.

Originally posted by Grumbling Grogn
"Bah Bah Black Sheep"?



How in the world did that show ever make it?! And it was a freakin hour long too! I used to hang with a guy that loved that show...when it came on we went our separate ways.

ya, that show make me cringe. In all my 21 years in the navy I never had a bunch of drop-dead gorgeous nurses stationed with me at a forward deployment site. I love the History Channel but I can understand their supporting this show.

Rick

As a kid, it was the flying scenes that looked good. As an adult, its the nurses...and the flying scenes.

Who cares about the acting. Those Corsairs sure are pretty.

Hi all,

Originally posted by zed
Terence Malik's the Thin Red Line is the best war movie I have ever seen. Having been in Infantry Combat units it captures the feel of combat and the mentality of the soldiers involved better than anything I have seen. Soldiers in combat are concerned about a couple of things:
1-not being a coward
2-staying alive
3-not letting buddies down
In the whole time I was in the infantry I never heard one patriotic sentiment voiced, Unlike John Wayne movies.

I agree 100%.

This is why I posted this movie as "must see" yesterday in this thread.

Shame that such good move is so underrated (it went out same year as "Saving Private Ryan" and it mostly went unnoticed.

IMHO, the combat scene in "Thin Red Line" is the best combat scene I have ever seen in a movie (the landing in "Saving Private Ryan" comes 2nd).


Leo "Apollo11"

Originally posted by Drongo
For everything you need to know about WWII naval combat in the South Pacific.

I would highly recommend the movie "McHales Navy". It gives you a great feel for conditions in the South Pacific Theatre. It covers in accurate detai,l both allied and Japanese combat tactics.

Until I saw it, I was not aware of just how much difficulty allied base commanders faced in day to day operations, especially in command control.

The movie particularly highlights just how inventive the allies were by showing how a Japanese Fleet could be thrown into chaos by the ingenius use of a C-47, a jeep and a long cable. You don't realise just how stupid the Japs were historically. Matrix, take note.

A must see.

Drongo...that's hilarious. Any Navy that could design a shallow draft vessel like a PT boat that would NOT capsize with Ernest Borgnine at the helm deserves credit. Can you imagine a TV exec trying to "pitch" the show...."see..there is this small torpedo boat called a PT boat, which was used in the war to go up against more potent Japanese warships, often at night, at great risk to the crews....so wouldn't it be hilarious if we did a show about an incompetent crew and a pencil-neck base command.....and the funny part is the Japanese are even more incompetent...hey the 50 cal. machine Gun would be good for a thousand gags...and the production costs would be low..all we need is a couple of banana trees, a Quonset hut and for the "at-sea" shots we just project the same ocean shot behind a little wooden mock-up of the bridge"



Of course you know the adults were trying to have a serious discussion about art

Posted by Cap Mandrake

and the production costs would be low..all we need is a couple of banana trees, a Quonset hut and for the "at-sea" shots we just project the same ocean shot behind a little wooden mock-up of the bridge

It was simply based on an idea for a TV show? It wasn't shot on location?:eek:

I wonder if Mdiehl knows of this.

I'll never feel the same playing UV now. Should I also delete my post to Matrix telling them that Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale has been wrongly left out of the OOB?

Originally posted by Drongo
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I'll never feel the same playing UV now. Should I also delete my post to Matrix telling them that Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale has been wrongly left out of the OOB?

LOLOL...I can't believe you knew his name and rank (I assume you are right) Maybe the forum could put their head's together and come up with a rating for him...Inspiration 39, Laugh/ morale factor 11 ...or something like that.

Yep gang, could not agree with you more about having movies to make more people aware of the Pacific war. I think Tora3 is good but Battle of Midway was average. I just bought the Band of Brother VCDs and book : even the best 101st AB sweat & bled and I cried. Just read about the 442d Regiment over the website - another fine fighting unit and made me cry when reading it - www.homeofheroes.com/moh/nisei/index.html. I remember Cliff Robertson & Micheal Caine in one movie but just could not remember the title - a good one there. My favourite TV war show is Combat - Vic Morrow & Rick Jason. RIP Vic.

Now what was it? Some 40's-50's film?
Pink Submarine it was called (I think)
Now, I have only one recollection of this film, and that was when Gary Grant (was it him?) torpedoes a truck. Propably the only working Mk-14 too!

Was that "Operation Petticoat" Gun?

Wasn't that a silly movie called "Operation Petticoat"?

That's it! Thanks Cap. Really don't remember anything else, but one scene....

One of the best lines in the movie was when the skipper looked at the Chief of the Boat and asked "Will this boat dive, Chief?" And the chief responded, "Like a rock, Sir"

"The Gallant Hours", with James Cagney as Halsey. Deals directly
with the Guadalcanal campaign. Also, "They Were Expendable",
although that deals with the fall of the Phillipines in '41-'42.