Flyboys

[royalfan5]

I just saw the trailer for this. It looks like a pretty cool flick. Of course I might just think that because I have an above average interest in World War I History.

[hurricane'bone]

Obviously the only reason you like it is becuase you have dirty socialistic tendancies.

;)

[sanantoniosooner]

and he likes a man in uniform

[royalfan5]

Obviously the only reason you like it is becuase you have dirty communistic tendancies.

;)
Hey, I will be rooting for the Germans in this movie. Also, you see why I do not venture over to the football board that often. It just gets me a riled up for no good reason, and I start making outlandish arguments for the hell of it. I should save that for the politics threads.

[hurricane'bone]

Hey, I will be rooting for the Germans in this movie. Also, you see why I do not venture over to the football board that often. It just gets me a riled up for no good reason, and I start making outlandish arguments for the hell of it. I should save that for the politics threads.

Yeah. The Football board is the suX()RZ

[Okla-homey]

I just saw the trailer for this. It looks like a pretty cool flick. Of course I might just think that because I have an above average interest in World War I History.

Escadrille Americaine (a/k/a escadrille Lafayette). The trailers indicate to me they took some liberties with the facts. I used to teach a course on the period at Leavenworth called "The Evolution of Airpower."

http://www.wwiaviation.com/aces/laffeyette.shtml

[royalfan5]

Escadrille Americaine (a/k/a escadrille Lafayette). The trailers indicate to me they took some liberties with the facts. I used to teach a course on the period at Leavenworth called "The Evolution of Airpower."

http://www.wwiaviation.com/aces/laffeyette.shtml
I figured as much, but it looks cool visually, and that counts for a lot in my book in non-comedy movies.

[StoopTroup]

Flyboys Trailer (http://www.countingdown.com/movies/3845174/news?item_id=3899639)

[sooneron]

Looks like they stole my idea. I never saw the orig film till after I wrote the treatment. My story was centered around ECC Genet and the guys.

[Okla-homey]

I figured as much, but it looks cool visually, and that counts for a lot in my book in non-comedy movies.

Its prolly going to be a lot like "Pearl Harbor" in that regard. Visually stunning but fast and loose on historical accuracy.

[sooneron]

My title was much less ghey, too.

[royalfan5]

Its prolly going to be a lot like "Pearl Harbor" in that regard. Visually stunning but fast and loose on historical accuracy.
Which is why I get my history from books and only expect entertainment from my movies.

[sooneron]

It looks like they decided the aricraft could fly around 160 knots back then, judging from the trailer.

[Harry Beanbag]

Judging from the size of the explosions, you would think they were firing sidewinders at each other.

[TUSooner]

Judging from the size of the explosions, you would think they were firing sidewinders at each other.
Eggggg-zactally!
And unless the fabric rips off the top wing of their Nieuports in a hard dive, I'll know the whole things is 100% bogus.

[Pricetag]

Were air forces anywhere close to that size in WWI? The sky was filled with planes and zeppelins in one of the shots in the commercial that I saw, and I found it tough to believe that there were ever that many planes in the sky in one battle during WWI.

[skycat]

Wait, wait, wait....

There's a football board?

[skycat]

I used to teach a course on the period at Leavenworth called "The Evolution of Airpower."



Ahhh... so I take it you took to the law books while in lockup?

[Okla-homey]

Ahhh... so I take it you took to the law books while in lockup?

US Army Command & General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth...not the Big House (although there were many similarities);)

[soonerhubs]

I went and watched this the other night. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie.