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Jedimark
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Never..... that book is sound.... so WILL the movie be :smile:
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Darkness
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i jumped to the second page, so I assume were talkin about U-571. Most movies are inaccurate, but in this case it wouldnt have to be..... if it was made in Brittain. The fact is, for most americans, they wont see a historical movie that doesn't involve us.
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Joey
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I amit that I liked it before but now I think it's sick. A black guy gay-raping a toy clown? You must be serious! Oral sex it the freezer? Yuck!!!.
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ficedula
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I'd hardly call that a *good* justification though.
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Darkness
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i never said it was.... but it means more money for the producers.
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Sephiroth 3D
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Too bad scary movie was written by 2 brothers(Don't remember their names), one of which starred in it,(The non-gay black guy) as it was directed by their other brother (IIRC).
They just wanted to the 2nd for kicks, I think... I haven't seen the 2nd one but I don't plan to since the first one sucked sooo bad.
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They just wanted to the 2nd for kicks, I think... I haven't seen the 2nd one but I don't plan to since the first one sucked sooo bad.
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Darkness
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scary movie was MEANT to be stupid. The Wayans brothers did them both for fun.
"Man, I ain't gay!"
"But you gave me all those signals...."
"That was MY dick YOU were sucking!"
"Man, I ain't gay!"
"But you gave me all those signals...."
"That was MY dick YOU were sucking!"
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Sephiroth 3D
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"Man, I ain't gay!"
"But you gave me all those signals...."
"That was MY dick YOU were sucking!"
I rest my case.
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Darkness
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but it was hilarious at times.
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Sephiroth 3D
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It was one of those films that it's nice to see once, but you never want to see it again if you can help it.
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M0T
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Th problem with U-571 was that it wasnt loosely based around a historical event, it was an actual historical event which was made into a film where the British were substituted by Americans.
This is basicaally what angered quite a few people, it seems as though Hollywood tries to portray the US as singlehandedly winning the second world war. The next thing we'll see is the US navy winning the battle of Againcourt!!
This is basicaally what angered quite a few people, it seems as though Hollywood tries to portray the US as singlehandedly winning the second world war. The next thing we'll see is the US navy winning the battle of Againcourt!!
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Jedimark
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Or the Germans winning World War II
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Sephiroth 3D
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Even though I'm an American, I definatly see you guy's point. However, did you think that maybe they were telling about the American efforts? It's not exactly like we stood back and watched...
Even though (I almost said if... :laugh: Sorry.) you cracked it first, we did do a lot of work towards the goal of breaking that code...
This is just an American's view...
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Even though (I almost said if... :laugh: Sorry.) you cracked it first, we did do a lot of work towards the goal of breaking that code...
This is just an American's view...
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ficedula
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Well, the codebook used to break Enigma was captured by a British submarine, and IIRC the work done to break it was all done at Bletchley Park (hence why I actually remember the name; it's kinda famous now round here).
I'm sure there could have been Americans involved on the team (though I believe it was mostly European personnel) but to present it as a solely American effort would be just as wrong as claiming D-Day was a solely British effort - completely incorrect.
Yes, Hollywood does interpret (and plain rewrite...) the facts just to sell more movies, but that doesn't make it ok...
I'm sure there could have been Americans involved on the team (though I believe it was mostly European personnel) but to present it as a solely American effort would be just as wrong as claiming D-Day was a solely British effort - completely incorrect.
Yes, Hollywood does interpret (and plain rewrite...) the facts just to sell more movies, but that doesn't make it ok...
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Darkness
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does d-day really mean "The Day?" I heard that somewhere.
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Jedimark
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I remember the Allies code name for D-Day was "Overlord" but I'm not sure what the D stands for.
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ficedula
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Yes, D-Day was operation Overlord, but I don't know why "D-Day" either.
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chowderhead
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This is what I found in a local website:
The "D" in D- Day means simply the "day" of a planned attack. Military commanders would calibrate their calendars to the D-day (and the H-hour) of an operation so everyone would work from the same reference point.
For example, "D-3" would mean three days before D-day. "H + 75" would mean 75 minutes after the attack.
The term dates at least as far back as World War I, when an army officer wrote in an American Expeditionary Forces order on Sept 7, 1918: "The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient."
"D-Day" eventually became synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day of the allies' famous invasion of Normandy that proved to be a turning point in the war.
If you're interested, here's the link.
[edited] 193 2001-11-29 02:22
The "D" in D- Day means simply the "day" of a planned attack. Military commanders would calibrate their calendars to the D-day (and the H-hour) of an operation so everyone would work from the same reference point.
For example, "D-3" would mean three days before D-day. "H + 75" would mean 75 minutes after the attack.
The term dates at least as far back as World War I, when an army officer wrote in an American Expeditionary Forces order on Sept 7, 1918: "The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient."
"D-Day" eventually became synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day of the allies' famous invasion of Normandy that proved to be a turning point in the war.
If you're interested, here's the link.
[edited] 193 2001-11-29 02:22
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Darkness
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interesting...... and somewhat pointless. shouldda called it 'd'
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mirex
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We are speaking about those things like this: 'The day with big d'. Thats something like D-day.
That special day.
That special day.
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