Dambusters Remake Cancelled/Delayed?

Has there been any more news on the Dambusters remake?

I think you are all missing the point gentlemen,our young men have to shoot…. oops, sorry wrong film, but you get the idea.

One of the key actors, my dog, is not getting any younger, his scenes need to be shot now

You’re right you know, he is a dead ringer for Sir Arthur Harris.

Come on guys we’ve had the ‘Nigger’ debate at least 1,000 times and that’s only in the past year.

There are two views and nothing we say here is going to make the slightest difference, let’s just move on.

This isn’t censorship, it’s just the suppression of tedium.

Moggy
Moderator

Apologies – fair enough, but I only joined in October so missed out on the previous 999 times.;)

Thank you Moggy, it was going that way again.
I am trying everything to be involved with this film, one day I could be posting my looking back at the Dambusters filming pics.
I hope there will be a making of extra with the DVD.

Come on guys we’ve had the ‘Nigger’ debate at least 1,000 times and that’s only in the past year.

There are two views and nothing we say here is going to make the slightest difference, let’s just move on.

This isn’t censorship, it’s just the suppression of tedium.

Moggy
Moderator

that was another point. The dog was black hence it’s name. and as you say it was acceptable to describe anything black in that way. apologies for the spelling and grammer, i seem unable to type today

I really don’t see the problem.
1) It’s historically accurate and was a word in normal usage in that timeframe without the racist meaning.
2) How many modern rapsongs have that word in them 50 times per minute? You don’t hear anyone complaining if a rapper uses it!

The dogs name is a difficult problem for PJ. He’s probably cursing Gibbo for not having the foresight to see that a film may be made about his exploits in future and his dog’s name no longer being acceptable in society 😛 Trying to be extremely careful here as its a delicate subject but if I was PJ, I would be inclined to leave it in. Yes it is classed as racist now but at the end of the day you dont set out to make a dambusters film and change it so its no longer historically accurate. In my opinion, it may be a minor change on the whole of it but if your going to change the dogs name, you may as well have the Lanc’s bombing the Hoover Dam in America. I’m not racist and have never used the word apart from in the context of the film refering to Gibbo’s dog.

Well it shouldn’t be. It just exemplifies the stupid PC world in which we are obliged to live. I doubt there is a single black individual who would give it a second thought and would probably find the whole discussion quite bizarre. Nigger was what GG called his dog because he was, surprise, surprise, a black dog, and Nigger is what he should be called in the film.

The dogs name is a difficult problem for PJ. He’s probably cursing Gibbo for not having the foresight to see that a film may be made about his exploits in future and his dog’s name no longer being acceptable in society 😛 Trying to be extremely careful here as its a delicate subject but if I was PJ, I would be inclined to leave it in. Yes it is classed as racist now but at the end of the day you dont set out to make a dambusters film and change it so its no longer historically accurate. In my opinion, it may be a minor change on the whole of it but if your going to change the dogs name, you may as well have the Lanc’s bombing the Hoover Dam in America. I’m not racist and have never used the word apart from in the context of the film refering to Gibbo’s dog.

Considering how Gibson’s dog (he who can’t be named)…

you mean Nigger?:p

I had heard that it was cancelled….but now there is hope again – Oh I really hope this film goes ahead…please please please

ps – love the pic of the dog

and I have 2 black labradors available for filming – 1 could be a stunt double……………………… 😀

Arc

Considering how Gibson’s dog (he who can’t be named) met his end, that could be dangerous. 😀

One of the key actors, my dog, is not getting any younger, his scenes need to be shot now

My dog “Trufflington” waited years for the studio call- alas it never came and now he is now going grey and thus a little too mature for the part…………………..

I’m sure his turn will come someday in another movie – perhaps when they remake”War Dogs of the Pacific”.

Re the film – well I think we will just have to wait and see.

and I have 2 black labradors available for filming – 1 could be a stunt double……………………… 😀

Arc

Thanks Dave. The report was the first thing that appeared to have any substantive comment from Jackson for a while which was why I put it up. Maybe you’re getting more down there than we are getting here as it had gone quiet for a good few months.

My apologies Webpilot but the report was suspect from the beginning, in that it was the only place reporting this. It would have been big news if it was cancelled (which backburner does not mean at all).

They have been saying filming will start in 2010 for ages now. It’s all scheduled. The Lovely Bones is finished (it had it’s last Premiere today in Wellington), plus other big projects are out of the way, and now the studio is moving onto The hobbit and Dambusters, as has always been reported. Maybe you guys are not getting the full gen up-over?

I quite agree with the change in title as I posted the report for information and discussion. The report suggested that maybe back burner was media speak for deferred indefinitely so I rather resent the accusation of a “tabloid-style lying title”. The author of the report had apparently spoken to a spokesman for Jackson so there did appear to be evidence of some research and not simply jumping to conclusions.

So we have a question and an answer.

Moggy
Moderator

Hi Moggy,

Not sure if this even warrants a question mark as post 71 seems to imply from Mr Jackson himself that filming should be taking place in 2010, hence not cancelled and maybe no longer delayed either. can this not be merged into the other Dambuster film thread?

John

Now – I’ll ask again for goodness sake – can a moderator please change the tabloid-style lying title of this thread?

Done. Converted into a question for discussion.

Moggy
Moderator