Band of Brothers - In the air war???

[Tec]

So BoB is on right now, and I noticed a brief appearance by what looked like Simon Pegg, so I googled it and found this.

http://collider.com/hbo-band-of-brothers-series/204805/

Nothing concrete yet, but I hope it gets done.

[homersipes]

would be awesome

[cpxxx]

The air war in the pacific would be a brilliant topic. Just please, please, please not too much CGI. Can we trust Tom Hanks and Spielberg?

[GScholz]

If done right CGI can be as good... or better, than the real thing.

Done wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpA6TC0T_Lw



Done right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJ8rIEPLOo

[jay]

"The Pacific" Book had parts from aircrew in the pacific i was disappointed that its wasn't featured in the pacific

[Selino631]

If done right CGI can be as good... or better, than the real thing.

Done wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpA6TC0T_Lw



Done right: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJ8rIEPLOo

that 2nd one is CGI? i can't even tell

[GScholz]

Yeah... Made by "Tochy". Japanese CGI artist.

Same guy who did this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=2QvNQS7HLYE

[Grayeagle]

Cool .. there are a lot of stories to tell and with a mini-series they could take the time to tell it right.

I would hope to see the origin of the Thatch Weave, Joe Foss' adventures, Dick Bong, Satan's Angels,
..McGuire, ..mayhap even Pappy Boytington and his Black Sheep
Perhaps even the aerobatic show put on by Saburo and friends over Port Moresby one fine day.

Some great stories out there.

-Frank

[Fish42]

Though I love the "BoB" and "The Pacific", I hope they show some other sides to the Air war in the Pacific, not just the Americans. It was a "world" at war with people fighting and dieing from 100s of different countries.

Who here knows what the first ship was to be sunk & at what time did it sink, in the war with japan?

[rpm]

I have faith in Han ks and Speilberg doing an accurate depiction of whatever battles they pick to reenact. If it's a PacETO based project I'm sure the Cactus Air Force, Flying Tigers and Doolittle Raiders will be featured along with Enola Gay. There are literally too many stories of heroism to pick from.

[BreakingBad]

Problem as I see it is it's hard to really depict aerial combat, mostly because people don't understand flying much less tactics involved with dog fighting.  That’s why we mostly get shots of the pilot grimacing with over exaggerated control movements (Pearl Harbor) or pulling the air brake (Top Gun..<chuckles>).

If anyone could pull it off though, it would be Spielberg.

[Fish42]

Problem as I see it is it's hard to really depict aerial combat, mostly because people don't understand flying much less tactics involved with dog fighting. 

I found the 2012 movie "Fortress" was pretty good in the way the showed the dogfights and the damage from different weapons. A 20mm leaves a bigger hole then the 303s etc. unlike Redtails where their 262s where armed with 7.7mm from the hits the ponys took 

All this on a much smaller budget as you can see by the CGI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjhgTqOuU4

[Ack-Ack]

I have faith in Han ks and Speilberg doing an accurate depiction of whatever battles they pick to reenact. If it's a PacETO based project I'm sure the Cactus Air Force, Flying Tigers and Doolittle Raiders will be featured along with Enola Gay. There are literally too many stories of heroism to pick from.

Personally, if this mini-series sees the light of day I hope it would focus on the Southwest Pacific area of operations. 

ack-ack

[titanic3]

I'm more interested in a war movie from an Axis soldier's point of view. Letters From Iwo Jima did a nice job of it.

[Devil 505]

I'm more interested in a war movie from an Axis soldier's point of view. Letters From Iwo Jima did a nice job of it.

Very much doubt we'll ever see a film where common German soldiers would be portrayed as honorable and not as Nazi's. It's a real shame that political correctness so heavily outweighs historical accuracy. I'm afraid that Valkyrie, (which is very good) is as close as we're likely to get.