Fury

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Off your face? British idiom I guess. Everything I use for enhancement is perfectly legal though sometimes requires a prescription, unless I import them from Gorn.

warspite1

Well I could use "off yer t*ts" if you prefer, though I thought that a tad vulgar.

still wouldn't make any sense to us yanks

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: SuluSea

I saw the movie today and felt it was well worth the admission price. I was hoping to see Unbroken in the previews. I read the book and watched the previews on youtube and if it's even close to the book it will be fantastic.

They did show a preview for Clint Eastwood directed American Sniper... Looks like I'll be seeing that in December

ETA: Saw the trailer for "American Sniper" as well. I'll have to see that too, SuluSea.

Just saw "Fury" myself today. It was good to very good, but not great. PM me for more details if interested, including spoilers. [:D]

My time on this forum (and off this forum) nitpicking has caused me to spot too many flaws in most any military film these days. Being cognizant of minutiae has its downside. This detracted from the film experience somewhat.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: Califvol

... Yes, it is a movie so the story gets a bit contrived, but very authentic look and feel. ...

Well that is about what I suspected.

It was filmed by a British film crew so it goes without saying that would have a very authentic look and feel. [:)]

It was the Hollywood plot we were a apprehensive about as it would totally undermine the opportunity of a great film accurately portraying an aspect of the war largely ignored before this.

Glad you liked it. Looks like there might be some hope!!!!

Actually, I found the cinematography, film work and special effects to be one of the picayune shortcomings of the movie. So much for your British crew= best possible equation! [:D]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Off your face? British idiom I guess. Everything I use for enhancement is perfectly legal though sometimes requires a prescription, unless I import them from Gorn.

warspite1

Well I could use "off yer t*ts" if you prefer, though I thought that a tad vulgar.

still wouldn't make any sense to us yanks

warspite1

Okay, what about:

stoned, strung out, arseholed, plastered, gone, wrecked, wankered, wasted, high, bolloxed, rat-arsed, loaded, s*** faced, trashed, battered, f***ed up, zonked, high as a kite, blitzed etc etc

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

ORIGINAL: warspite1


warspite1

Well I could use "off yer t*ts" if you prefer, though I thought that a tad vulgar.

still wouldn't make any sense to us yanks

warspite1

Okay, what about:

arseholed,

Huh?

wankered,

What?

bolloxed,

What language are you speaking? [&:]

rat-arsed,

That almost looks like a hyphenated word that I know, but not quite.

Honestly, Warspite1, you're not helping my confused Yank friend very much. Sorry to be gettin' all up in your grill 'n s***, but it is what it is, yo.

[warspite1]

S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!

[pws1225]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!

WTF?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: pws1225

ORIGINAL: warspite1

S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!

WTF?

Excuse me, stewardess? I speak Jive.

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: pws1225

ORIGINAL: warspite1

S'mofo butter layin' me to da' BONE! Jackin' me up... tight me!

WTF?

Excuse me, stewardess? I speak Jive.

Cut me some slack mama jack!

[Jorge_Stanbury]

I just saw it.

I was a good movie except for the last battle; I think they hired Indiana Jones' nazis for that one [8|]

The principle of evil markmanship got into new heights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_ ... rksmanship

[geofflambert]

I can't converse in that jive jargon but the M4 was ready for mass production and both the Soviets and the Brits got them and used them. They saw the weaknesses but made the best of them. Let's turn it around for a moment and talk about the Pz III. A nice little reliable piece of work whose chassis was used later for other useful things. The Germans were definitely on the right track, and the Sherman was kind of a leap (a successful one) forward (for US not the Reich).

I'd first complain about the US half tracks, their quality and numbers, and their lack of assault guns (short barrel self propelled howitzers without turrets) and the like. Despite my objections, they managed ok as far as offensive by maneuver goes. I think something that is telling is that Patton (to my knowledge) didn't complain about the Sherman, probably (in my view) because the complaints were based on outmoded thinking (from his point of view) of armored tactics. Mobility is what floated his boat. If a machine couldn't keep up with his maneuvers, it was worse than dead weight. The Sherman was unmatched by any other competitor in reliability, repairability, nimbleness on a real battlefield and possessing the anti-personnel capacity called for. Patton was about cavalry, not heavy tank battles over terrain that was being overrun by faster forces.

[geofflambert]

General Gavin (82nd Airborne) was of a similar mind, but executed with light infantry. We are very lucky to have had such leaders.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: pws1225




WTF?

Excuse me, stewardess? I speak Jive.

Cut me some slack mama jack!

Warspite1

Jive-ass dude don't got no brains anyhow! Shiiiiit.

[LoBaron]

And here I am realizing that those hours I spent learning proper English were all for nothing.

[warspite1]

So you don't dig my rap bro?

[Encircled]

Incidentally I read somewhere that the Tiger I used in the movie was an early type abandoned on the battlefield in North Africa and would not have been in service in 1945.

If its the Bovington one, that was captured in Tunisia in 1943

Here it is



W**nkered and s**tfaced are my favourite two ever expressions for being two sheets into the wind

[LeeChard]

ORIGINAL: Encircled

Incidentally I read somewhere that the Tiger I used in the movie was an early type abandoned on the battlefield in North Africa and would not have been in service in 1945.

If its the Bovington one, that was captured in Tunisia in 1943

Here it is



W**nkered and s**tfaced are my favourite two ever expressions for being two sheets into the wind

If the crewman is to scale, a Tiger is bigger than I thought!

[SuluSea]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: SuluSea

I saw the movie today and felt it was well worth the admission price. I was hoping to see Unbroken in the previews. I read the book and watched the previews on youtube and if it's even close to the book it will be fantastic.

They did show a preview for Clint Eastwood directed American Sniper... Looks like I'll be seeing that in December

ETA: Saw the trailer for "American Sniper" as well. I'll have to see that too, SuluSea.

Just saw "Fury" myself today. It was good to very good, but not great. PM me for more details if interested, including spoilers. [:D]

My time on this forum (and off this forum) nitpicking has caused me to spot too many flaws in most any military film these days. Being cognizant of minutiae has its downside. This detracted from the film experience somewhat.

Glad you enjoyed it, Andre. I had high hopes for 17 days of Winter but last I read one of the producers died and the project fell by the wayside. Here's hoping someone puts it back together.

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: Footslogger

Here is a clip of the Tiger vs Sherman tank scene in the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FymIXRr3HF0

I also found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV7TRLpCM48

50,000 Shermans to kill 1,500 Tigers it says in this other clip.[X(] Is that true?

The reality is more like 1350 Tiger I's (give or take 1 or 2). Tiger II's - 490 produced, again give or take a few.

[btd64]

The part with the M4's taking on the Tiger was pretty close to a encounter I read about a bunch of years ago. Charge the Tiger to (hopefully) get a ass shot by at least one M4. The one left anyway. "Ronco". Always lights the first time....GP