Pearl Harbour

[vonuber]

Is on Channel 5 right now. fk me I had forgotten how laughably st it is.

[GWC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gPBytlBKIE&fea...

[Pints]

It's their harbour and if they want to spell it without a U, it's their prerogative.

[Eric Mc]

Yes, proper nouns (such as a name) should be spelled as the namers have indicated.

An ordinary harbour should always be "Harbour" if using "English" English.

But since Pearl Harbor is the official place name, in this case it should be spelled "Harbor".

[Pints]

Thanks for that vindication, Eric.

[anonymous-user]

"Some people frown on the Yanks for not being in this war. I'd just like to say that if there are any more back home like you, God help anyone who goes to war with America"

[Conian]

there is a chick i like, and this is one of her fav movies
i know that i shall have to endure it before i get up inside of her
spose it could be worse

[davepoth]

I'm in that film!

About 48 minutes in, just when that Scottish bloke who looks and sounds exactly like Groundskeeper Willie from The Simpsons says his line, I'm pulling the chocks out from underneath a Spitfire. They're quite loud that close up. The pilots were kind enough to do a very low pass afterwards.

[Simpo Two]

A Spitfire at Pearl Harbour? Or is it one of film-making's greatest continuity cockups?

[Halb]

Simpo Two said:

A Spitfire at Pearl Harbour? Or is it one of film-making's greatest continuity cockups?

The start has Daredevil/Ben Affleck winning the Battle of Britain (with a little scene with a RAF pilot licking his arse for a bit) for the Brits before he flies to the Pacific to beat the Japs.

[anonymous-user]

Halb said:

Simpo Two said:

A Spitfire at Pearl Harbour? Or is it one of film-making's greatest continuity cockups?

The start has Daredevil/Ben Affleck winning the Battle of Britain (with a little scene with a RAF pilot licking his arse for a bit) for the Brits before he flies to the Pacific to beat the Japs.

And plenty of Yee-haw's along the way.

[Simpo Two]

It's almost worth a spoof film. Affleck flies his P-51 non-stop across the Atlantic, shoots down the entire Luftwaffe in the BoB then flies back home in time to beat all the Japs too.

[Mandat]

Halb said:

Simpo Two said:

A Spitfire at Pearl Harbour? Or is it one of film-making's greatest continuity cockups?

The start has Daredevil/Ben Affleck winning the Battle of Britain (with a little scene with a RAF pilot licking his arse for a bit) for the Brits before he flies to the Pacific to beat the Japs.

On a side note, was he flying with the Polish 303 squadron during the Battle of Britain scenes?. I'm sure that the insignias on the Spitfires had the "RF" squadron designation.

[Wacky Racer]

Possibly one of the worst war films ever made a pile of st, (although the special effects weren't too bad)

All the best WW2 films were made in the 40/50's.......

Angels one five
The Dambusters
Carve her name with pride
San Demietrio London
The cruel sea
The Wooden Horse
Green for Danger
The Halfway House
Went the day well?

And so on........

[davepoth]

Mandat said:

On a side note, was he flying with the Polish 303 squadron during the Battle of Britain scenes?. I'm sure that the insignias on the Spitfires had the "RF" squadron designation.

The plane definitely had an "Eagle Squadron" insignia on it. And also the RF squadron designation. Sorry I wasn't holding any custard at this point, but I think this photo pre-dates Pistonheads.



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I'd just like to add that I actually got paid to stand that close to actual working Spitfires. It was AWESOME.

Edited by davepoth on Sunday 19th February 23:03

[Negative Creep]

Wacky Racer said:

Possibly one of the worst war films ever made a pile of st, (although the special effects weren't too bad)

All the best WW2 films were made in the 40/50's.......

Angels one five
The Dambusters
Carve her name with pride
San Demietrio London
The cruel sea
The Wooden Horse
Green for Danger
The Halfway House
Went the day well?

And so on........

Flame me if you want, but I'd love to see a competent director remake the likes of The Battle Britain, 633 Squadron or Sink the Bismark

[Eric Mc]

In the real world, the code "RF" was definitely 303 Polish. Initially, they were equipped with Hurricanes and only converted to the Spitfire in 1941, over a year after the Battle of Britain.



This famous wartime colour shot was Jan Zumbach's Spitfire VB was infamously used by the BNP in obe of their posters.

[MBBlat]

Two things that really annoy me about that film:
1) Why do all the carriers, even the CGI ones have angled flightdecks?
2) How on earth did they manage to make the launch of the Dolittle Raid look less dramatic than it was in real life?

And that's ignoring all the other anachronisms - Spruance class Destroyers (1970's) being bombed etc.

[Eric Mc]

"Tora Tora Tora" was a much netter rendition of the attack.

[davepoth]

Eric Mc said:

"Tora Tora Tora" was a much netter rendition of the attack.

And is a quite excellent film to boot - having so many Japanese people involved with writing and production made sure that both sides of the story got told properly.