Flyboys movie trailer

[FLYBOYJ]

I think someone should make a movie where the Botswana Defense Force wins a war..........

[Wildcat]

LOL! Does anyone else think the planes are flying way too fast for WWI aircraft? or is it just me?

[Smokey]

In the air there are often no frames of reference. WW1 fighters could manage about 100 - 140 mph in level flight, so the combined closing speed would be in the order of 200 - 280 mph, which is pretty fast.
In dives they may have been able to get near 200 mph, and obviously at low altitude the sense of speed is massively increased.

[pbfoot]

looks pretty bogus I still like the Blue Max Tiger Moths and all

[chris mcmillin]

I just saw a Camel flying with a rotary engine this weekend. They are incredibly loud engines. The airplane seemed to have way more performance than the Fokker Triplane with a flat modern engine, that was flying with it. The rotary is an engine with a sound charateristic that seemed absent in that trailer.
I'll see the movie, but I am less concerned about the "American's save the day" aspect, than the just plain lousy history. If anyone has noticed that the language that one speaks today is filled with all kinds of slang and reference that were in no way used in the early 1900's, you know waddam talkin' bout, ah'ight!
Chris...

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'm always concerned about "here comes america to save the day", because most people over here believe films to be gospel and so will believe it all, prime example, the time you american captured the enigma machine in U-571, apparently that's exactily what happened ........

[Wildcat]

You'll be glad to know Lanc that Tom Cruise is looking at making a movie about an American pilot in the Battle Of Britain, It's apparently going to be called "The Few" of all things.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

as yes don't tell me, the proud and celebrated RAF are loosing the Battle by a long way, and there's even a scene where Churchill begins drafting out a ceasfire agreement with Hitler, but then, out of the kindness of their hearts, 3 americans arrive on our tiny island and join up with the RAF, they've seen planes flying back home and this seems to accelerate their training to one flight, in which Cruise looses engine power, and as if that wasn't enough he'd bounced by two -109s! so he glides around, and using his 20 training rpg manages to take them both down, before gliding the 50 miles back home for a perfect landing, as luck would have it he's a natural pilot!

but anyway, after he's given the Victoria Cross for his efforts, he meets a quite and reserved British postmaster's daughter, and they exchange lots of drawn out kisses and numerous lame lines, and she has to constantly remind him how greatful she is for his coming over here to save the day..........

but i digress, this is a war film after all, so onto the fighting, well it goes without saying that cruise becomes and ace in two sorties, single handedly fights back the luftwaffe after introducing his big wing and finger four formations, and is responsible for the change in tactics to the city bombing, he is so notorius amounst the jerries there's a price on his head, but alas, no one can ever shoot him down it also turns out that when Churchill and others refer to the few they don't mean all the British and other European forces that flew in the battle, he just means Tom Cruise... who'd have guessed it?

incidentally he later goes on to come up with the idea for a bouncing bomb, before telling his idea to Wallis, but that's for annother American re-make of a film....

i think they should do it about some Polish or Free French flyiers or some of the other groups that flew, as opposed to the 7 (i believe) american pilots, i mean we're all greatful to them, but let's not take it too far, there were other nationalities in the battle..........

[chris mcmillin]

Nice rants.
It would have been nice if the ruling class of misfit cousin's could've kept it together so there wouldn't have been WWI.
Oh, and the US was only involved in WWII for the PR aspects.
And... not everyone in the US likes Tom Cruise, even if he does have a P-51.
Chris...

[FLYBOYJ]

Just remember who's making these films, many of them are not the sharpest tools in the shed!!!

[Wildcat]

Lanc you should check out the message board for "The Few" on the IMDB, you'll fit right in!! BTW there is/was a rumour of a Dambusters remake.

[Nonskimmer]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

BTW there is/was a rumour of a Dambusters remake.

Ah, good. They'll have a chance to concentrate on the 19 Australians and 29 Canadians of 617 Sqn. who saved the world.

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

Maybe he can get Katie Holmes to play his girlfriend. We are already used to seeing their kisses on the News.........

And maybe he can jump up and down in the cockpit to make the plane do dives, rolls, and climbs......

[the lancaster kicks ass]

BTW there is/was a rumour of a Dambusters remake

yes there's been a lot of talk amoungst lancaster fans all the odds are against it, for a number of reasons ranging from political correctness to the world cup, i've disscussed this before on the site..........

[cheddar cheese]

RE: your post up there lanc (cant be arsed to quote it) it will be identical to Top Gun, just set in WW2