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Offline Debonair

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« Reply #45 on: September 22, 2006, 10:35:47 PM »
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...and stole airplanes without any reprecussions (sp)...


Frank Luke
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« Reply #46 on: September 22, 2006, 11:17:35 PM »
this thing looks too much like a love story for me, i like dog fighting but im not into these types of planes. Vietnam or korea would be cool, couldnt watch ww2, i would be siting ther saying, "thats bs" wheres the hoing la7s:lol .  If this movie does well i would assume that another fighter movie would be made, im just not a fan of heavy cg. It gets to the point were it takes over the movie(how many movies have u seen that are all cg no story). I was watching a clip of bullit the other dayt, that whole cr chase was real. no bs, real driveing. And that adds an element to the movie that million dollar cg can never add.
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« Reply #47 on: September 22, 2006, 11:21:50 PM »
So the movie sucks?
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« Reply #48 on: September 23, 2006, 12:21:59 AM »
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Apparantly they dont know what they were talking about, because the film portrayed a single male, full grown lion which didnt use either of the names mentioned...



sheesh man, its called creative lisence. if you can point out a single movie that is 100% historically acurate and has every single character that was involved in the events surrounding the movie included in the film i will send you $100.
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« Reply #49 on: September 23, 2006, 01:35:08 AM »
amatuer porn!!!!111

gimme that dough OH Yeah!![SIZE=8]!!!![/SIZE]!!!!!1oneoneoneonemoney pwns
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« Reply #50 on: September 23, 2006, 02:07:51 AM »
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Frank Luke


Yep you beat me to it Deb.

"Luke met his fate in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne. Under threat of arrest for going AWOL, Luke took off in a SPAD XIII fighter without authorization and flew to the front. He shot down three observation balloons but was wounded by antiaircraft fire. Short on fuel, he had no choice but to land in enemy territory. Surrounded, Luke pulled out a pistol and fired at several Germans before they killed him. He was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor."
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« Reply #51 on: September 23, 2006, 02:14:12 AM »
about 8 years ago there was a script about Frank Luke for a movie titled "September Rampage" that Fox supposedly came this||close to making...zOMG too bad the did, coulda pwnd.  I'd like to see a flick based on James "One Man Air Force" Howard's autobigraphy too...
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« Reply #52 on: September 23, 2006, 02:16:09 AM »
The love story is kept as a subplot where it belongs.

All in all a good movie. Not great, but good. There were some great moments showing the sense of honor between pilots during WWI that disappeared over the 30 years leading up to WWII (and one or two exhibitions of behavior that'll make some of the MA denizens feel RIGHT at home). The "villain," so to speak, I think did a good job at making you WANT to see how he receives his come-uppance (which those are about the best type of villains).

The final CG work was FAR and away superior to Pearl Harbor, IMO. Granted that's saying very little, but there's not really many comparable examples (as stated, you can't compare what they're trying to do here what was done on Star Wars).

Incidentally, I HAVE noticed that the majority of negative reviews have largely been from people who have absolutely no clue about the history behind the movie (I found the many critics blasting the character of Skinner as being the "anachronistic token black guy" hilarious).

Speaking of which, anyone know why they didn't use any of the REAL people as characters except for Thenault? Skinner was CLEARLY based on Bullard, so why not use that and make it clear this WAS a real person, not just PC Hollywood bull*****?
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« Reply #53 on: September 23, 2006, 02:17:01 AM »
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about 8 years ago there was a script about Frank Luke for a movie titled "September Rampage" that Fox supposedly came this||close to making...zOMG too bad the did, coulda pwnd.  I'd like to see a flick based on James "One Man Air Force" Howard's autobigraphy too...



<3d1+>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7133/index.html more about the script @ the this zOMG web site
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« Reply #54 on: September 23, 2006, 02:21:15 AM »
rofl im wull of teh booooooze





im teh suk@posting stuff roflmoz0Mgloloololaohloalhaoh lalholahloalholhasohla Frank Luke OWNZS!!
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« Reply #55 on: September 23, 2006, 09:27:16 AM »
Rickenbacker addressing Frank Luke: "He was the most daring aviator and greatest fighter pilot of the entire war. His life is one of the brightest glories of our Air Service. He went on a rampage and shot down fourteen enemy aircraft, including ten balloons, in eight days. No other ace...even the dreaded Richthofen had ever come close to that."
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« Reply #56 on: September 23, 2006, 09:42:31 AM »
Its a movie! Of corse theres going to be things wrong.
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« Reply #57 on: September 23, 2006, 10:14:21 AM »
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« Reply #58 on: September 23, 2006, 10:34:16 AM »
I dont get why ALL the German a/c seem to be red Fokker Dr1s...couldnt they find the budget for >< variety? a couple of Albatrosses, or something?

...I will check it out anyways, there just arent that many WW1 air combat films out there...

"and most WWI flyboys WERE suprisingly insabordinate towards superiors."

Well, I think they had a fatalism that predisposed a certain attitude, not deliberate insubordination but more a "clique" culture, that was removed from a lot of the normal army BS. I would say that was a common thread in all the air services in WW1, and later.
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« Reply #59 on: September 23, 2006, 01:09:04 PM »
Probably because it was one squadron they were flying against the whole time.
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