Tue May 12, 2009 9:25 am
(JDK, I'm going to pretend you didn't post for a moment, because since you closed it, that would theoretically stop me from posting this...yet I have a workaround.)
*ahem*
Did I say screwdriver? Oi, it was really our poin'er finger stook in prompellor at an odd angle to grind the flesh off an' sharpen the bohn, but it were like a screwdriver to oos.
An' of course YOO had actual lights on the wings, aye? We had to have me two broovers hanging about on the wingtips wif matches, a might tuff to keep lit at 180 knots mind ye, an the only reason they staye dout there was because our dad nailed them to the wing using old roosty railspikes.
Aye...
*ahem*
Did I say screwdriver? Oi, it was really our poin'er finger stook in prompellor at an odd angle to grind the flesh off an' sharpen the bohn, but it were like a screwdriver to oos.
An' of course YOO had actual lights on the wings, aye? We had to have me two broovers hanging about on the wingtips wif matches, a might tuff to keep lit at 180 knots mind ye, an the only reason they staye dout there was because our dad nailed them to the wing using old roosty railspikes.
JDK wrote:Cant resist...
"Chew through the release, gouge out your own eye?
LUXURY.
We 'ad to land before we took off, build the dams for the Jarmans, from sand using only our tongues, make the bombs from our own snot, then carry them to the target on our own, on our backs, while making aeryplane noises. One we threw the bombs at the dams, we ad to push the water uphill to disrupt the Jarman economy, using only our toenail clippings, and beat Gobbels to death using a wet kipper before our dad, Mr Churchill, would whip us to death before we could get up from going to sleep after working 64 hours a day.
And you tell young people today how we 'ad it in the war, and they don't believe you."
Aye...
Tue May 12, 2009 11:10 am
any actaul Lancasters going to be in this movie.., or just the mock-ups?
Tue May 12, 2009 12:08 pm
If Jackson is shooting entirely in NZ, I would say it'll be a combination of mockups for the ground shots, and CGI for the flying scenes. Either of the flying Lancs would have to be significantly modified to represent the Dambuster aircraft, something I doubt thier owners would permit.
Fortunately Jackson is an airplane geek, and if his King Kong is any indication, he'll go to some effort to get things right. I know some folks have bashed his version of Kong, but I loved it. One of the things I liked was the he took the time to make the planes sound right (apparently the sound folks recorded several hours of Harvards.) Hopefully, his Dambusters will have Lancs that actually sound like they're powered by Merlins. I've seen many otherwise acceptable airplane sequences in movies ruined by mismatched sound effects..P-51s that sound like Cessnas, B-17s that sound like turboprops, etc. I remember laughing my head off once while watching The A-Team..there was a shot of a C-130 turning up, but the accompanying sound effect was a radial engine belching to life.
SN
Fortunately Jackson is an airplane geek, and if his King Kong is any indication, he'll go to some effort to get things right. I know some folks have bashed his version of Kong, but I loved it. One of the things I liked was the he took the time to make the planes sound right (apparently the sound folks recorded several hours of Harvards.) Hopefully, his Dambusters will have Lancs that actually sound like they're powered by Merlins. I've seen many otherwise acceptable airplane sequences in movies ruined by mismatched sound effects..P-51s that sound like Cessnas, B-17s that sound like turboprops, etc. I remember laughing my head off once while watching The A-Team..there was a shot of a C-130 turning up, but the accompanying sound effect was a radial engine belching to life.
SN
Tue May 12, 2009 1:12 pm
i remember that scene.., as it 'chugged' up to start.., that was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!
Tue May 12, 2009 2:04 pm
The worst ones are Jet Ranger helicopters , with the sound of Bell 47s 