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Offline DREDIOCK

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« on: March 12, 2007, 12:23:20 AM »
Posted this link in another thread in the O'club but thought some of you might be interested in it here


Looks like if they havent already. the Japaneese are comming out with a movie

IJN Battleship YAMATO UnOfficial Promotion Movie. (from Toei-Video)
Included historical pictures version




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1IGTmHNNco&mode=related&search=

Watch it through,
Its worth it
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2007, 12:58:07 AM »
Great site of info including pic's of her on the bottom... Yamato
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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 01:23:12 AM »
I dunno... this might be a biased view, but to me it looks like more unapologetic reminiscing of the "conquering days" as if they hadn't commited some of the worst atrocities of the war.

But, I could be wrong.
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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2007, 01:32:45 AM »
Yeah that promo is a little sappy but just like every war movie you gotta watch it with a grain of salt and don't believe everything as fact.
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2007, 01:45:39 AM »
Yeah it looks a bit :cry  ish.

Unfortunately I dont understand what the dude is singing. I guess one can only make up one's mind if one knew what the lyrics are all about.

Until then it looks really a bit like a movie to press tears from those who cannot get over that Japan started a war and didnt win.

Could be entirely wrong on that.

OTOH, I always found the Yamato class to be an absolute engineering highlight of that age. Excellent fire control, guns, armor; optics quality which could rival the effectiveness of US radar firecontrol.

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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2007, 02:15:40 AM »
The Yamato was indeed formidible...but it wasn't all that.
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2007, 04:50:41 AM »
There was a documentary on the National Geographic channel last year about the finding of the wreck.  It was so tilted toward the poor Japanese and their brave fight against the nasty Americans that I had to quit watching it the first time it was on.  They built the Yamato up but somehow failed to mention the Musashi at all.
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2007, 07:22:34 AM »
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Originally posted by Krusty
I dunno... this might be a biased view, but to me it looks like more unapologetic reminiscing of the "conquering days" as if they hadn't commited some of the worst atrocities of the war.

But, I could be wrong.


Yea I guess NONE of them fought honorably for their country :rolleyes:

During war atrocities are commited by all sides.
Only the loosing side ever really tends to get highlighted

Just curious.

How many on the Yamato committed the atrocities of which you speak?
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2007, 07:40:21 AM »
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
The Yamato was indeed formidible...but it wasn't all that.



Im not going to dispute those findings as being non factual in nature. II dont know
 But who is the author of the webpage and what qualifies him as being an expert in the matter other then him reading a few books and asking a few peopleon the subject?
Something we all could do.

I gotta give him this much.
He writes a hell of a disclaimer ;)
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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2007, 07:44:13 AM »
Sounds like the Yamato fan club is disappointed :D   I don't know of
any atrocities committed by the crew, but then they did get their butts
kicked by Taffy 3's DD and DEs :D
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« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2007, 08:17:38 AM »
I nominate that clip for WORST music selection since the 9/11 Hijackers playing Britney Spears as they flew into the towers.
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« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2007, 08:23:43 AM »
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Yea I guess NONE of them fought honorably for their country :rolleyes:

During war atrocities are commited by all sides.
Only the loosing side ever really tends to get highlighted

Just curious.

How many on the Yamato committed the atrocities of which you speak?
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« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2007, 08:24:26 AM »
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Originally posted by Rino
Sounds like the Yamato fan club is disappointed :D   I don't know of
any atrocities committed by the crew, but then they did get their butts
kicked by Taffy 3's DD and DEs :D
and HO'n FM2s :D
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Offline DREDIOCK

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« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2007, 08:31:38 AM »
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Originally posted by Rino
Sounds like the Yamato fan club is disappointed :D   I don't know of
any atrocities committed by the crew, but then they did get their butts
kicked by Taffy 3's DD and DEs :D


LMAO
Im not in any fan club so there is nothing to be dissapointed about.
Just seems like a good story. We all know how it ends just as we know how the movies "Tora Tora Tora"  and  "Midway" ends.


And why not hear the story as it was experienced from the other side?
Doesnt make the story any less interesting just "Das Boat" was a good story

I'd also be for a Band of Brothers type story as told from the Germans as well.

Doesnt mean I support them or feel bad for them.
 
But it would be interesting to hear how they experienced the war.

Really, some of you claim to be historians.
But true history cant be studied without studying the story of all sides without predjiduce, or bias. Without having contempt or compassion for any side and just learning.

Anything less is just half arsed
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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2007, 10:30:16 AM »
I'd rather see a movie that portrays the forces, even though once our enemy, as proud and confident, rather than the screaming buck toothed propaganda types they usually are in movies.
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