And you thought you knew "The Dambusters" movie ..

[Chicoartist]

Sadly, I'll never look at my DVD copy of this great movie again without a grin during the Dam attacks ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMfBKrdErY

Wade

[sdennison]

Somebody has way too much time on their hands.

[bipe215]

Some people have way to much time on their hands.

[sdennison]

Some people have way to much time on their hands.

Beechya!

[Curtis Block]

That's bad.

[Michel C-GNCJ]

Quite funny...

But will I ever be able to watch my DVD again without laughing ?

Dang !

[Jack Cook]

5 minutes of my life I'll never get back

[Mudge]

I think Mr. Keiper needs a girlfriend.

Mudge the unimpressed

[muddyboots]

actually I think Lucas really did set that bit to this movie or maybe Midway--don't remember. Most of Star wars was an homage to old WWII movies. Casablanca is Mos Eisley, etc...

I think Darth Vader was suppsed to be Dick Cheney. Mayeb it's the other way around, I dunno.


Edited to properly spell Dick Cheney and most every other word in the post...

Last edited by muddyboots on Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Steve Nelson]

Lucas spliced together bits of pretty much every WWII air combat film available to give the special effects guys an idea of how the Death Star battle should go. He didn't think old-school storyboards would capture the pacing, and this was before the days of CGI anamatics. There's a shot of three X-wings rolling in on the Death Star that's an exact copy of a shot in Tora! Tora! Tora! of three Zeroes rolling in on Pearl Harbor.

I've never seen the original Dam Busters..but I wonder how Peter Jackson's upcoming remake will stack up.

SN

[B-29 Super Fort]

Speaking of the real Dambusters, I came across some sad news on the passing of one of those pilots.

FEARLESS AND VALIANT DAMBUSTER HERO DIES

A fearless and brave Dambuster

Friday August 17,2007
By Paul Jeeves

A PILOT who vanquished the pride of the mighty German war machine has died at 87.

Fearless Flight Lieut­enant Freddie Watts won the personal praise of Sir Winston Churchill for one of the most heroic flying feats of the Second World War.

Living up to the highest standards of his legendary Dambusters Squadron, he scored a direct hit on the battleship Tirpitz as it tried to hide in a Norwegian fiord.

The valiant mission sent the warship bristling with armaments to the bottom of the sea and removed a potent threat to our forces.

Flt Lieut Watts was one of the last surviving members of the 617 Dambusters Squadron, which was immortalised after destroying two dams on Germany’s Ruhr with “bouncing bombs” in May 1943.

A year later, the RAF had made several unsuccessful attempts to sink the Tirpitz before 617 Squadron was called in and ordered to finish the job.

The squadron flew the outward leg of the mission at low level to avoid being picked up on radar.

The Lancaster bombers then approached the Norwegian fiord at Tromso from the east and, after climbing to 12,000ft, lined up for the target run.

Each plane was armed with a single 12,000lb “Tallboy” bomb, the most powerful armour-piercing ordnance deployed in World War Two.

Flying through a heavy barrage of anti-aircraft fire, each Lancaster released its deadly cargo, the bomber stream taking just three minutes to thunder through the target area.

A direct hit from the aircraft piloted by Flt Lieut Watts left Tirpitz a sinking wreck, her side ripped open by the devastating blast. Eleven minutes later she capsized and slid into the icy waters.

Flt Lieut Watts was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross as Sir Winston Churchill told the country: “The destruction of this ship is the greatest event at sea at the present time. No other target is comparable to it.”

He joined the squadron in 1944, a year after the Dambuster raids which were made into a 1954 film starring Richard Todd as Commander Guy Gibson.

The London-born pilot finally retired from the RAF in 1964 and settled at Tibshelf in Derbyshire, where he worked for Barclays bank.

His daughter Rosemary Smith, of Chesterfield, said: “He had what you would call a good war, he was a hero but he was very modest about his achievements.

“He had a wicked sense of humour and was a good teller of tales.

“Everybody that knew him would say that he was a lovely man. He had a very interesting, very varied life.”

Squadron Leader Ted Wass, 86, who flew with 617 Squadron and is a committee member of its air crew association, said: “This is very sad news. He joined the squadron about the same time as me and was a marvellous chap.

“We are getting fewer – but it is nice to know that because of what it achieved, the name of 617 Squadron will live on long after we have all gone.”

[Mudge]

I'm really looking forward to the "new" Dambusters. I also looking forward to seeing how they'll deal with Guy Gibson's dog.

Mudge the politically incorrect

[Jiggersfromsphilly]

I'm really looking forward to the "new" Dambusters. I also looking forward to seeing how they'll deal with Guy Gibson's dog.

Mudge the politically incorrect

AHHH Mudge, I have already signed the rights off for them to use the name , JIGGERS.

That will calm the Politically stupid I guess!

Hang Tough!

[Jack Cook]

The list is down to fido, spot or rover.

[wendovertom]

LOL - funny stuff - yes, someone has way to much time but hey - it shows that there are really no new ideas in movie making, just rethought ones.

Tom P.