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ORIGINAL: crsutton
A guy standing on the deck of a tank mowing down huns with the 50 caliber is something out of my old Sargent Rock comic books.

I know. So unrealistic, idn't it? [;)]





ETA: You may recognize Audie Murphy in the artist's drawing. He won the Medal of Honor for just such a feat.

[quote]ORIGINAL: geofflambert
I had to go to Jurassic park three or four times before I heard the music, really.

Sure,sure Gorn,the music...are you sure you didn't go four times because you thought you saw some lost relatives??

ORIGINAL: brian brian

ORIGINAL: Ormbane

2) I was surprised at the amount of religious discussion, particularly at the end. Not quite sure what to make of it.

I think the point of that was all of a sudden Pitt's character knew his Bible quotes, chapter and verse, and this was suddenly new to the crew and a key part of his relationship with the religious crew member. And the general public of all nations was more involved in religion in the 1940s. I thought it gave the movie a boost in the authenticity department. It is also telling who smokes and drinks in the movie, and when.


Someone else mentioned the Celtic mythology. I caught the two appearances of the white horse, yes…I'll check the opening scene again someday to see if that horse had a red ear...

I heard an interesting story which illustrates the not uncommmon knowledge of the Bible in those days: The CO of the British forces surrounded at Dunkirk communicated his intentions to his superiors by sending just 3 words: "but if not". Someone not familiar with the book of Daniel (KJV) would probably not understand the reference and the intention.

While I have to agree with your observations about the sudden Bible quotes from Pitt's character I think the authors had more in mind than just that. Still, can't quite verbalize it myself.

I'm not familiar with the use of white horses in Celtic mythology but white horses as a symbol were fairly common in early times and were used to signify conquerors. They do show up in various Bible prophecies as well.

well, as they say, there are no atheists in foxholes.

ORIGINAL: brian brian

well, as they say, there are no atheists in foxholes.

Apparently, No Atheists in Foxholes originated in 1942 at the Battle of Bataan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_ ... n_foxholes

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: crsutton
Quite frankly 200 SS infantry equipped with panzerfausts are going to make simple work out of a lone disabled tank and probably would not take a single casualty in the process.

Uh...no. You're forgetting that these 200 supermen were in echelon march formation and surprised by the 'disabled' tank. IRL, an assumed harmless tank astride a line of echelon march that opened fire with its main gun and 4 MGs would have cut that column to pieces.

Well, a high school marching band might have been fooled like that but well trained troops would not let it happen. Besides they (the superman) seemed to spend the better part of the evening charging the bow MG. Even my dog knows to stay clear of my walking stick when I am mad....[;)]

Well, a high school marching band might have been fooled like that but well trained troops would not let it happen.

I assumed they were a scratch formation formed from Hitler Youth, cooks, etc. and not an experienced combat unit. Probably led by an officer with no combat experience and with inexperienced NCOs. That allowed me to suspend disbelief enough...

The youth of the German in the penultimate scene was supportive of this.

ORIGINAL: Ormbane

I heard an interesting story which illustrates the not uncommmon knowledge of the Bible in those days: The CO of the British forces surrounded at Dunkirk communicated his intentions to his superiors by sending just 3 words: "but if not". Someone not familiar with the book of Daniel (KJV) would probably not understand the reference and the intention.

Not entirely related but just an interesting fact is that in 1920 during the war against the Soviets the Polish military intelligence was jamming Soviet radio communications and filling their radio bands with quotes of large fragments from the Bible Not because of religion of course but it was an easy source of large parts of text suitable for the purpose and also because someone had a sense of humour to use it against the communists

I saw Fury the other day. I was pretty good only thing that I really hated was that the tracer fire looked more like a laser bolt fire from Star Wars rather than tracer fire.

ORIGINAL: Zigurat666

ORIGINAL: geofflambert
I had to go to Jurassic park three or four times before I heard the music, really.

Sure,sure Gorn,the music...are you sure you didn't go four times because you thought you saw some lost relatives??

Hey Gorn, is that a selfie?

ORIGINAL: rustysi

Hey Gorn, is that a selfie?

No, but watch for a photobomb in a location near you.

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: rustysi

Hey Gorn, is that a selfie?

No, but watch for a photobomb in a location near you.

[:D]