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Chickenboy -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/16/2019 7:45:00 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Yaab


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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Intrepid cameraman catches War-of-the-Worlds style attack on Midway.

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There was a Hollywood director on Midway filming the attack (Capra? Ford?) although he was in his own foxhole, not out in the middle of strafing planes.

The mob attack by the aircraft is what disgusts me. The Japanese squadrons that attacked Force Z kept perfect formation despite heavy AA fire, and there is no reason to assume the IJN pilots would break formation discipline.



Our Zeroes will blot out the sun!


Not much of a defensible revetment, is it? They only have a thin single row of sandbags on one corner of the ocean-facing side? No overhead cover? No rear cover to protect them from shrapnel behind them? And they only have two feet of sandbag height on that one corner? In June 1942? On Midway? Right....[8|]




Canoerebel -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/16/2019 7:50:37 PM)

[:D]

Had they seen bullets from strafing Jap fighters detonate the bow of a USN battleship, they'd have built more substantial defenses. Who'd a thunkit?




Mark VII -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/16/2019 8:24:59 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Yaab


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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Intrepid cameraman catches War-of-the-Worlds style attack on Midway.

[image]local://upfiles/8143/8A701CCB9BD34DD998175E3F35FDF271.jpg[/image]


There was a Hollywood director on Midway filming the attack (Capra? Ford?) although he was in his own foxhole, not out in the middle of strafing planes.

The mob attack by the aircraft is what disgusts me. The Japanese squadrons that attacked Force Z kept perfect formation despite heavy AA fire, and there is no reason to assume the IJN pilots would break formation discipline.



Our Zeroes will blot out the sun!


Not much of a defensible revetment, is it? They only have a thin single row of sandbags on one corner of the ocean-facing side? No overhead cover? No rear cover to protect them from shrapnel behind them? And they only have two feet of sandbag height on that one corner? In June 1942? On Midway? Right....[8|]


Unlike the earth quake like video you often see on the local news, at least the camera dude is using his tripod for steady film.




tarkalak -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/17/2019 11:48:21 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Mark VII


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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Yaab


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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Intrepid cameraman catches War-of-the-Worlds style attack on Midway.

[image]local://upfiles/8143/8A701CCB9BD34DD998175E3F35FDF271.jpg[/image]


There was a Hollywood director on Midway filming the attack (Capra? Ford?) although he was in his own foxhole, not out in the middle of strafing planes.

The mob attack by the aircraft is what disgusts me. The Japanese squadrons that attacked Force Z kept perfect formation despite heavy AA fire, and there is no reason to assume the IJN pilots would break formation discipline.



Our Zeroes will blot out the sun!


Not much of a defensible revetment, is it? They only have a thin single row of sandbags on one corner of the ocean-facing side? No overhead cover? No rear cover to protect them from shrapnel behind them? And they only have two feet of sandbag height on that one corner? In June 1942? On Midway? Right....[8|]


Unlike the earth quake like video you often see on the local news, at least the camera dude is using his tripod for steady film.


Camera man:
"I shall wear this plot armor proudly, with the knowledge, that no Anti-Plot Armor rounds are developed yet."




oaltinyay -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/20/2019 9:35:09 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Leandros



Interestingly enough, the hardcover front of the 1st edition also shows a carrier, probably the one they landed the
B-24 on. Quite a feat - or what..? I believe they took off again, too...[;)]..!!

From this it is obvious that the carrier had a central place in the story.

Fred




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Wasnt Biggles too old for WW2 ? IIRC, he flew for the king and country in the Great War.




Leandros -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/21/2019 7:37:21 AM)

Biggles was never too old for anything...[;)]..He flew long after WW2. He even was "in Space".. Or not far from it.

Fred




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Jellicoe -> RE: New Midway Movie Trailer (7/23/2019 7:17:49 PM)

The whole thing looks like it could be an epic disaster. Oddly enough I saw the original on the television a few weeks ago. What I did appreciate was the splicing in of original ww II footage of various planes being shot down as well as the use of some Essex class for the US carriers. Does anyone here know which ones were used?

The original also featured Toshiro Mifune as Yamamoto. He is the star of many of my favourite Kurosawa films such as Yojimbo, Throne of blood and Hidden Fortress




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