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Offline DREDIOCK

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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #30 on: March 10, 2009, 01:14:44 AM »
Quote from: CAP1 on March 09, 2009, 11:55:21 PM
i'd rsather watch blue max again.

But even the Blue Max had a love triangle in it
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #31 on: March 10, 2009, 07:40:17 AM »
Quote from: DREDIOCK on March 10, 2009, 01:14:44 AM
But even the Blue Max had a love triangle in it

ya, it did, but at least the people in that movie could actually act, AANNDDD they used REAL airplanes in it. none of this cgi poop. cgi is cool sometimes, when it's used right, but overuse it, and it ruins the movie.

 hell, black sheep squadron was a thousand times better than flyboys.  :aok
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #32 on: March 10, 2009, 07:46:14 AM »
Read in one of my aviation mags where they actually built replicas of WWI aircraft to use in Flyboys.  Ok, then why all the CGI?  And did you see the shot of the large furball where the aircraft loses his left wing and spins to the right?
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Offline indy007

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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #33 on: March 10, 2009, 10:10:16 AM »
They used real airplanes for many of the scenes, but mostly replicas. iirc, I think somebody, maybe Skuzzy mentioned on the forum years ago where the flight model code actually came from.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #34 on: March 10, 2009, 11:08:47 AM »
Well...anyhoo...a good sight to puruse when your in WW-l mode. http://www.theaerodrome.com/ Enjoy.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #35 on: March 10, 2009, 08:23:42 PM »
Quote from: Leslie on March 09, 2009, 08:07:00 PM
Not knowing much about the planes of that time, I have a question.  Were the planes depicted accurately?  Having watched other movies dealing with the subject, it seemed only the aces and top pilots flew the Fokker Dr.1.  Was this movie accurate with the entire squadron flying the triplanes?


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They said in the interviews that they made all the Germans in red, tri-wings, to help keep the viewers aligned as to which were the "good guys" and the "bad guys."
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #36 on: March 11, 2009, 06:50:08 AM »
Except the reeeeaaaallllyy bad Hun...he was in green

I think Hugh Laurie's Lt George from Blackadder Goes Forth was far more realistic than anything in that craptastic film: "Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals."

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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #37 on: March 11, 2009, 08:05:38 AM »
Quote from: -tronski- on March 11, 2009, 06:50:08 AM
Except the reeeeaaaallllyy bad Hun...he was in green

I think Hugh Laurie's Lt George from Blackadder Goes Forth was far more realistic than anything in that craptastic film: "Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals."

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Just did some looking up in Blackadder.  Will have to find some episodes online as it looks funny as heck.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #38 on: March 11, 2009, 02:04:43 PM »
Quote from: -tronski- on March 11, 2009, 06:50:08 AM
Except the reeeeaaaallllyy bad Hun...he was in green

I think Hugh Laurie's Lt George from Blackadder Goes Forth was far more realistic than anything in that craptastic film: "Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals."

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Gonna risk the wrath of Skuzzy here, but Rik Mayal's Captain Flashheart statement regarding his aircraft in Blackadder Goes Forth was comedy genius:

"Treat your aircraft like you treat your woman"
"What do you mean Sir?"
"I mean get inside her twice a day and take her to heaven and back - WOOF!!!".

Funnily enough, 20 minutes is about my average lifespan in AH2.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #39 on: March 11, 2009, 02:14:18 PM »
Quote from: JunkyII on March 09, 2009, 04:38:32 AM
Great movie, I suggest everyone who plays Aces High sees it, its where i got my new name from, Cassidy is the ubber stick with the lion who dies to HO  :noid

Worst air combat movie..... ever made..
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #40 on: March 11, 2009, 04:08:54 PM »
Quote from: -tronski- on March 11, 2009, 06:50:08 AM
Except the reeeeaaaallllyy bad Hun...he was in green

I think Hugh Laurie's Lt George from Blackadder Goes Forth was far more realistic than anything in that craptastic film: "Crikey, sir. I'm looking forward to today. Up diddly up, down diddly down, whoops, poop, twiddly dee - decent scrap with the fiendish Red Baron - bit of a jolly old crash landing behind enemy lines - capture, torture, escape, and then back home in time for tea and medals."

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Huh, I thought it was just black...guess this means I need to watch the movie again.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #41 on: March 11, 2009, 08:11:33 PM »
Quote from: BlueJ1 on March 09, 2009, 10:48:56 AM
They didnt learn from Pearl Harbor.
Are you kidding?  Pearl Harbor (the movie) sucked so pathetically bad is begs description.  In comparison Flyboys was a masterpiece.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #42 on: March 11, 2009, 08:17:12 PM »
I don't think there will ever be a truly good aircombat movie again, perhaps a more modern or futuristic one but never WWI or WW2 again.
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #43 on: March 11, 2009, 08:22:18 PM »
Quote from: Saxman on March 09, 2009, 11:27:11 PM
IIRC that was based on a historical incident, too. It might have been Frank Luke.
Wow really? Id like to hear more about this could you possibly put up a link or something. :pray
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Re: Flyboys
« Reply #44 on: March 11, 2009, 08:29:48 PM »
Quote from: JunkyII on March 09, 2009, 04:38:32 AM
Great movie, I suggest everyone who plays Aces High sees it, its where i got my new name from, Cassidy is the ubber stick with the lion who dies to HO  :noid
Good book as well.
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