Ridley Scott To Direct A Battle of Britain Movie

[IslandInland]

https://deadline.com/2017/04/ridley-sco ... 202059136/


Hopefully it will be good. [:)]

[E]

It'll be a CGI fest at best. *sigh*

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: E

It'll be a CGI fest at best. *sigh*

That's cool. As long as it's good. Generally, the aircraft in the original movie weren't correct. Most of the Spitfires were later marks that didn't participate in the Battle of Britain and the German aircraft were actually Merlin engined Spanish ones. I'd like to see historically accurate aircraft and all the spectacular stuff possible with CGI.

Cheers, Neilster

[RFalvo69]

ORIGINAL: E

It'll be a CGI fest at best. *sigh*

Damn [:(] I hoped for hordes of real, historically accurate British and German airplanes...

[E]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

ORIGINAL: E
It'll be a CGI fest at best. *sigh*

That's cool. As long as it's good.

I disagree vehemently, because I don't think CGI can yet replace miniatures, much less reality.
quote]ORIGINAL: Neilster
I'd like to see historically accurate aircraft and all the spectacular stuff possible with CGI.
[/quote]
You have far greater aspirations for CGI, than I see possible. My best case scenario is that the CGI doesn't make me retch, while the story could put more focus on an actual historical Squadron. (Rather than the generic representative squadron using fictitious squadron code "AI")

ORIGINAL: Neilster
Generally, the aircraft in the original movie weren't correct.

Of that I am keenly aware. When I saw the original in the theater in 1969, I became a Battle of Britain fan. Needless to say, I did some studying in the 70s.

ORIGINAL: Neilster
Most of the Spitfires were later marks that didn't participate in the Battle of Britain and the

As I recall there was one Mk V that could pass as a Mk I (the radiators were "wrong" on ever other Mark).

ORIGINAL: Neilster
German aircraft were actually Merlin engined Spanish ones.

You of course refer to the Buchon 109s...

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

ORIGINAL: E

It'll be a CGI fest at best. *sigh*

Damn [:(] I hoped for hordes of real, historically accurate British and German airplanes...

warspite1

[:D]

[Neilster]

I disagree vehemently, because I don't think CGI can yet replace miniatures, much less reality.

Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree on that. CGI is incredible now and the other stuff you can do with it, like massed formations, any camera angle you want and realistic explosions make it ideal for this movie.

Anyway, a combination of CGI and practical effects should be superior to any one technique by itself.

Cheers, Neilster

[Zap]

Set designers/carpenters can work marvels with paint and balsa wood. For shots of planes parked on the airfield I bet they could make accurate/realistic looking replicas. No computer generation needed there.

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: Zap

Set designers/carpenters can work marvels with paint and balsa wood. For shots of planes parked on the airfield I bet they could make accurate/realistic looking replicas. No computer generation needed there.

Peter Jackson is making (at some point...it's been delayed a lot) a remake of The Dambusters. He has had several Lancaster replicas made. They're highly detailed.

Cheers, Neilster

[Mobius]

How many Battle of Britain movies does there need to be? Off you go Mr. Scott.
(Is Russell Crowe going to have a cameo as Churchill?)

Now it he was going to make a Bismarck movie in color then I might go see it.

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Mobius

How many Battle of Britain movies does there need to be? Off you go Mr. Scott.
(Is Russell Crowe going to have a cameo as Churchill?)

Now it he was going to make a Bismarck movie in color then I might go see it.

warspite1

If they make this, doesn't that make two? Isn't this the same number as Pearl Harbor - and would be the same number as Bismarck if they made another of that film.....

A new Sink the Bismarck would be good too though [:)]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

ORIGINAL: Zap

Set designers/carpenters can work marvels with paint and balsa wood. For shots of planes parked on the airfield I bet they could make accurate/realistic looking replicas. No computer generation needed there.

Peter Jackson is making (at some point...it's been delayed a lot) a remake of The Dambusters. He has had several Lancaster replicas made. They're highly detailed.

Cheers, Neilster

warspite1

Good news!

It seems WWII has become popular once more [:)]

[Neilster]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: Mobius

How many Battle of Britain movies does there need to be? Off you go Mr. Scott.
(Is Russell Crowe going to have a cameo as Churchill?)

Now it he was going to make a Bismarck movie in color then I might go see it.

warspite1

If they make this, doesn't that make two? Isn't this the same number as Pearl Harbor - and would be the same number as Bismarck if they made another of that film.....

A new Sink the Bismarck would be good too though [:)]

Of course the less said about the latter Pearl Harbor movie the better. With modern special effects, there's potential for plenty of spectacular new WW2 movies. One on the St Nazaire raid would be an excellent story to explore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid

Here's a Jeremy Clarkson documentary about it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXusKM5uX0s&t=21s

Cheers, Neilster

[TulliusDetritus]

Ridley Scott -like Spielberg and few others- is synonymous with very high quallity. A movie I won't be missing.

[Rising-Sun]

That would be interesting, Ridley does make good movies though. Looking forward to this.

[Redmarkus5]

Let's hope Ridley doesn't read this thread! He'll probably just give up and go home and we'll be left with no movie at all...

[wings7]

A must see for me...bring it on! [:)]

[Mobius]

While there is a running Tiger I he or someone should do a Michael Wittmann movie.

[ncc1701e]

ORIGINAL: Neilster
That's cool. As long as it's good. Generally, the aircraft in the original movie weren't correct. Most of the Spitfires were later marks that didn't participate in the Battle of Britain and the German aircraft were actually Merlin engined Spanish ones. I'd like to see historically accurate aircraft and all the spectacular stuff possible with CGI.

Cheers, Neilster

I am also looking at all those details. But, at least, in the first movie, this was indeed me109 and spitfire.
There are plenty of war movies out there where planes (or tanks) are not even the good ones.

[JReb]

There is a lot of room to explore with this movie besides just the air combat alone. The psychological effects on the pilots, the bombing effects on the citizens taking cover in the subway tunnels, the fatigue of mission after mission after mission, what happened to pilots shot down over land and water, volunteers from other countries, fire fighting after the raids, role radar played. Lots to explore here.

If there is to be a heavy focus on the air to air battles, lets hope Scott has some new, innovative ideas on how to film the scene where the action is comprehensible to the watching audience. Its hard to follow the action in a dog fight scene for too long and 90-120 minute movie is a lot of time to fill.