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04-02-2009, 05:37 PM
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| Movie - Midway Again, another all star war picture. Henry Fonda Eddie Albert Charlton Heston James Coburn Glen Ford Hal Holbrook Robert Mitchum Cliff Robertson Pat Morita Dabney Coleman and a young Erik Estrada If you take this movie for just a war pic and want to see some action, it's pretty darn good. But a war buff like me is constantly looking for the thousands of mistakes they make with the airplanes. Hellcat's on Midway. Corsairs. Helldivers. Bugs the crap out of me. Devastators attacking with no torpedoes. Question. The planes they show taking off from the Japanese carriers, were those real Vals or fakes? Overall, this is one of my favorite war pics.
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04-02-2009, 06:57 PM
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| Yeah, I notice a lot of inaccuracies like that too, Thor. He, guess we can't have the best of both worlds. Still a good pic., though.
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04-02-2009, 07:33 PM
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| along with intercur scenes from "Tora, Tora, Tora".  Thor, you also forgot Tom Selleck in there as one of the radio ops on the island.
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04-03-2009, 06:26 AM
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| Not to mention when a pilot first fly a x, and swap to a x, for to later go back to a x....all in mid air! Like some movies!  
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04-03-2009, 07:13 AM
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| ...or charles Heston crashing a jet at the end!!
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04-03-2009, 07:23 AM
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The Japanese aircraft in the film were highly modified American AT-6 and BT-13 trainers. The fighters, "Zeros," were AT-6's, the divebombers, "Vals," were BT-13's, and the torpedo- and levelbombers, "Kates," consisted of AT-6 fronts and wings and BT-13 tails. TO
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04-03-2009, 07:25 AM
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| All in all, a good movie ! Charles
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04-03-2009, 07:36 AM
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| My biggest problem with "Midway" is that the Japanese are speaking English. Doesn't look or sound right. Would much rather see subtitles. TO
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04-03-2009, 07:49 AM
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04-03-2009, 08:02 AM
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| Saw that 30 years ago in "Sensaround" (anydbody remember that? the the base was really high and the chairs moved). Back then, they didn't have a Coral Sea battle. That was added later. It was all Midway. Maybe Coral Sea is a directors cut. |
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04-03-2009, 08:05 AM
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04-03-2009, 08:56 AM
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| another good movie !
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04-03-2009, 09:16 AM
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04-03-2009, 10:03 AM
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| Yeah, TV version wasn't as good. Movie version was better. |
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04-03-2009, 10:07 AM
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 | Was this the one with a stupid love story involving a Japanese American? If I remember rightly didn't a lot take off in Wildcats but come back in Hellcats? Seems to me it's begging for the remake treatment!
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