Lucas does Red Tails...

[David198502]

well i will definitely watch that movie.i didnt even know that it will be produced, so thx for the thread.
to be honest, i dont expect it to be very accurate, but i dont really care.it will be a action movie with nice warbirds, and regarding the trailer, a lot of dogfights.thats enough to entertain me.
the trailer looks at least more promising than pearl harbor or top gun.so i will watch it.
and by the way, when i look at the other action movies that come to the cinemas nowadays, this one will be on my topmovie list for 2012.hey its a film about ww2 warbirds.

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by David198502

hey its a film about ww2 warbirds.

Really?

I hope it's a movie about the racial discrimination during the WW2... if it's a movie about ww2 warbirds then those guys are totally hopeless.

Another American generation who gets brainwashed...

[Bewolf]

It's a propaganda movie for modern audiences. The US has a pretty rough time right now, so there is nothing better then some good old fashioned WW2 gloryfying going on. Nothing wrong with that, imho, if it produces some spectacular pictures. (Does, trailer gave me goose bumps, totally going to see it )

Just funny how much yellow these guys use on german planes, particulary on that Me262's tail. Connection to modern german state symbols to not confuse some education vaccuums too much?
Or simply to give the enemy their own brand color opposed to the "Red" tails?

[David198502]

Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

Really?

I hope it's a movie about the racial discrimination during the WW2... if it's a movie about ww2 warbirds then those guys are totally hopeless.

Another American generation who gets brainwashed...

well exactly that, i fear that it will be.about racial discrimination.but we have already seen that in pearl habour and some other movies.any way i dont care.its a hollywood movie, so we shouldnt expect much accurance.thats all i was trying to say.and that i will watch it, cause the movie will contain dogfights of ww2 warbirs.so nothing to argue about with me here.

[Sternjaeger II]

I have been following the development of this movie for a while now, they used real warbirds to shoot some of the scenes (the airbase that you see, which is supposed to be Italy, was actually shot in Czech Republic, and they used real P-51s and P-40s for flybys and other scenes) and despite the fact we already had a movie about Tuskegee Airmen, I was wondering what things would have been like when George Lucas put his hands on the genre..

The thing that puts me off it, like someone else said, is that he treated it like a "Star Wars of the 40s", with improbable points of view and scenes that defy physics for the sake of spectacularity (like the P-51 tumbling backwards and hitting the Me262), but making it a kind of ridiculous toy.

Dark Blue World, and to a certain extent The Red Baron were the last movies made with intelligence on the subject. The Pearl Harbor issue wasn't the aerial scenes per se (which were relatively ok, considering that there again, they used real planes), it was the appalling romance plot and acting.

[Blackdog_kt]

I think i'm going to agree with Stearnjaeger. I remember seeing photos from the shooting in Czech Republic, they also had a B-17 there with them.

Ditto also on DBW and the Red Baron which did suffer from its own set of inaccuracies (Lanoe Hawker flying an Se5a?!) and romance sub-plot but was generally believable in how the aircraft acted.

Originally Posted by Jatta Raso

hey Lord of the Rings are great movies, it was no easy task. of course it could have been different, but see not many ways to do it better. if Dambusters goes forward i also trust it will turn out ok.

I don't disagree, i watched all of the LOTR movies too. I was trying to say that while people might be put off by the fact that Jackson is a well known fantasy films director, he is also very interested in aviation and history and could possible give us a realistic movie. Let's hope so

[BadAim]

Wow.

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

The thing that puts me off it, like someone else said, is that he treated it like a "Star Wars of the 40s", with improbable points of view and scenes that defy physics for the sake of spectacularity (like the P-51 tumbling backwards and hitting the Me262), but making it a kind of ridiculous toy.

Exactly my thoughts

[Lololopoulos]

right, damage model looks good. but FM is worse than an arcade game.
also, shooting down a bomber is seems way too easy in this trailer.
but anyhow who would understand us??

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Ze-Jamz

Exactly my thoughts

+1