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Re: dambusters
Posted: 06 May 2009, 15:30
by DispatchDragon
<--Ignoring the comments above
Wow --- Look at those beautiful Lincolnshire mountains in the background!!!! ;-)
Leif
Re: dambusters
Posted: 06 May 2009, 16:06
by SkippyBing
Look at those beautiful Lincolnshire mountains in the background!!!
Yeah, someone should get onto the Ordinance Survey about that, their maps seem to be out of date!
Re: dambusters
Posted: 06 May 2009, 22:32
by sketchy74
Nigg*r, Digger, Trigger, Spot, Fido, Lassie, The Littlest Hobbo......
What ever the name I am looking forward to this one.
Re: dambusters
Posted: 06 May 2009, 23:24
by nigelb
I am looking forward to see this also. I don't care what they call the dog since he is not the main subject of the film as far as I can see ( I have the original on DVD.) I understand why they would want to change the name - why offend anyone. On the other hand the original name of the dog was historically accurate and people should recognize it was a different era with a different set of standards.
:think:
Talk about straddling the fence!
Nigel²
Re: dambusters
Posted: 07 May 2009, 09:24
by Quixoticish
DispatchDragon wrote:<--Ignoring the comments above
Wow --- Look at those beautiful Lincolnshire mountains in the background!!!! ;-)
Leif
Apparently these aren't shots to be included in the film, they are just filming some test shots and experimenting with various filming techniques.
Re: dambusters
Posted: 07 May 2009, 16:46
by Tomb
i remember back in the '80's we had to change from "nigger ops" to "black dog ops", rumour had it that one of the usaf controllers at upper heyford did not like it, so black dog it became.
Re: dambusters
Posted: 07 May 2009, 17:38
by SkippyBing
What I find interesting is that a lot of very vocal people on other forums consider the original film some sort of documentary and that the remake is going to be some sort of Hollywoodification*. But was the original as accurate as people think? I don't know the answer myself but I've heard that Gibson had issues as we'd say today and that the height finding by spotlight/strip club bit was made up. Thoughts?
*A new word enters the English language every 98 minutes, here's my contribution for the day.
Re: dambusters
Posted: 07 May 2009, 18:16
by Garry Russell
I've read that the spotlights were developed by the boffins without any mention of anyone getting the idea from watching a show.
I agree Skip that there is this unchecked belief that the orignal is accurate and the new one will be below par without it even being filmed yet.
A bit more open mindedness is needed methinks
Garry