Luftwaffa 1946, LAME LAME LAME

[2Late4U]

The history channel advertised a new special on the "What if Germany hadn't been defeated in 1945" line of thought.  What we got was a lame as hell rehash of the same 4 weapons that are always mentioned (me 262, me 163, V-2 and V-1 buzz bomb), and almost nothing about WHAT IF, and 99% of this is what it was and how it was developed.


Nothing about the aircraft that never made it into production and would have in 1946.  The show was OK for what it was, but what a waste of my time.  False advertising at its best.

[hblair]

Thats not a new show. I thought it was ok myself. But as far the 'ol "if they coulda just.." format, who knows what would/could have happened, thank God the Germans were crushed when they were.

[AKSeaWulfe]

Saw it too, it was informative for what it was on... but nothing "new" to me. Same ol' same ol', heard it before... but it was atleast something on WWII instead of the history IQ or whatever that stupid quiz show is.

Hblair, have you seen that movie where germany got it's hands on a F-117A Stealth Fighter in modern times then sent it back in time so germany could use it to deliver it's nuclear payload to the US?

That probably wasn't that far from the truth if Hitler had somehow managed to win. Obvious problem: It would suck bellybutton if he won the war and the entire world were under his domination.
-SW

[von Werrer]

 

Originally posted by AKSeaWulfe:
Obvious problem: It would suck bellybutton if he won the war and the entire world were under his domination.
-SW

LMAO!

Understatment of the year!  

[Tac]

Guys, bear in mind the moron they put to narrate the series.

That pretty boy couldnt tell the difference between a STUKA and a fighter. I guess they couldnt give him complex words in the script. *shrug*

A true dissapointment. At least the footage guys did their work. Good footage shown.

[Rendar]

 

Originally posted by AKSeaWulfe:
Hblair, have you seen that movie where germany got it's hands on a F-117A Stealth Fighter in modern times then sent it back in time so germany could use it to deliver it's nuclear payload to the US?

That probably wasn't that far from the truth if Hitler had somehow managed to win. Obvious problem: It would suck bellybutton if he won the war and the entire world were under his domination.
-SW

Philadelphia Experiment 2.  Pretty good movie.



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[Zigrat]

footage was good

[Hangtime]

There was a TV movie some years back about a Nimitz Class Super carrier appearing in the pacific before Pearl Harbor..

One line from the movie from a CAP team in F14's... "Splash 2 zeros"

LOL!

[DmdBT]

So _thats_ where the inspiration for the CHog came from, eh Hang?  

T

[Jigster]

Final Countdown -- early '70s? with the groovy storm. Musta been somewhere in there because Martin Sheen had black hair.

And they never engaged the Zekes  

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[Vulcan]

 

Originally posted by Jigster:
Final Countdown -- early '70s? with the groovy storm. Musta been somewhere in there because Martin Sheen had black hair.

And they never engaged the Zekes    

Uh Bzzzzzzzt wrong! The zekes strafed a launch flying the US flag. The F14s killed one with a missile and one by guns. (of course the zekes almost got the kills because the F14s overshot - typical Naval pilots!   )

One zeke pilot bailed, got picked up by chopper, taken back to the CV, and proceeded to kill people doing a Jackie Chan with an M16.

Cool movie, the big letdown was not getting to see the air wing rip the toejam outta of the japanese wing!!!


[This message has been edited by Vulcan (edited 02-04-2001).]

[easymo]

 Load of crap. one captured 262, an the fellows that built the P51 would of made one that could land, faster, and more manuverable.

 You guys ever heard of Pittsburg.

[flakbait]

I caught a show on the dissapearance of an airliner in South America. The narator knew the aircraft was a rebuilt Lancaster, but kept saying "Lancastrian". One show the History Channel ran was Last Days of WW2 about Germany. That narator kept calling Josef Goebbels "Yosef Gerbles". And this narator was obviously from the US, born and (in)bred. Probably more cases of "I'm the damn narator and I know more than you lackeys!".

Idiotenreihe

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[Decker]

 

Originally posted by flakbait:
I caught a show on the dissapearance of an airliner in South America. The narator knew the aircraft was a rebuilt Lancaster, but kept saying "Lancastrian". One show the History Channel ran was Last Days of WW2 about Germany. That narator kept calling Josef Goebbels "Yosef Gerbles". And this narator was obviously from the US, born and (in)bred. Probably more cases of "I'm the damn narator and I know more than you lackeys!".

Idiotenreihe

flakbait,

if my memory serves me right there was an
Avro 691 Lancastrian, don't know about the pronuciation, my German is non existant  

[Karnak]

Lancastrian was correct.  The Lancastrian was a Lancaster modified for airline use.

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