I think it is an excellent idea…though how financially viable I’m not sure…CGI technology is not cheap.

I’ve toyed with this idea myself…I even suggested it on this forum, where the limited response was that it wasn’t a good idea as it would please neither those who liked the original version or those who wanted a new version. 😮

Personally I think that ‘The Dambusters’ is the ideal choice for this treatment; there is nothing wrong with the original acting and much of the film would remain unchanged. As for the mission itself it is badly let down by the special effects of the day.

How about this for an idea. Why not use the CGI from the re-make and graft it onto the original? Limited extra work would be required and it could be released as a ‘package’ with the re-make.

Not “a white house” .. “The White House” ( Barney)

I understood the reference to the White House…my reference to a white house was an attempt at humour…

…I’ll get me coat! 😮

Photos of the Yushin Maru in action
http://media.theaustralian.com.au/multimedia/2008/02/07-whalingshame/index.html

Interesting that the word “RESEARCH” is painted so prominently on the ships and that there is a sign stating “Legal research under the ICRW” on the stern of the factory ship…

…the stern where it appears that a mother whale and her calf are being dragged aboard.

Did anybody catch ‘Medicine Men Go Wild’ on UK Channel 4 on 5th February 2008?

It attempted to explain the good health of the indigenous hunters of the Chukotka Peninsula where the local diet consists mainly of walrus, whale and reindeer meat.

Much of the program was spent documenting hunting, including whaling, and there was particularly graphic footage of the spearing of a walrus on land.

Put a dog in a white house…..and it won’t be white for very long! 😀

My point is perfectly coherent…..man killing whales – I don’t like it!

That is perfect justification.

That justification cannot be perfect because ‘rights’ are not absolute, they are an invention of man to moderate his behaviour; they do not exist in nature.

What you are failing to grasp is that man has a choice in most things he does, that includes farming livestock, yet he does it anyway.

I don’t see where exactly I have failed to grasp that man has a choice; my whole argument has been that I personally find this choice abhorrent, and I freely admit that it is utterly hypocritical, illogical and sentimental.

The Inuit do not have to be Inuit, they could easily uproot buy a farm in dorset and become self sufficient vegetarians if they so desired.

Today that is a possibility, a ridiculous possibility, but three-hundred years ago the Inuit thought that they were the only human beings on the earth…but times change, and with them our ‘rights’ and more importantly our responsibilities.

I don’t fundamentally object to hunting, even (perversely) fox-hunting, and at least we agree about sustainability, but I think we’ve taken this about as far as we can without much in the way of convergence.

As I said I find whaling abhorrent under almost any circumstances. For example I accept that it is necessary for certain Inuit peoples to hunt Narwhal for the vitamin C in their skin, as the Inuit have no other source for this, I also accept that this hunting is an ancient practice and an important tradition within their communities.

But without that necessity no ‘rights’ are conferred on the rest of mankind…..and without necessity you are dealing with choice.

People choose to hunt whales and you cannot justify it by simply saying man is a hunter therefore it is his right.

Apparently de Havilland aero-engines were absorbed into Rolls-Royce (via Bristol Siddeley) so that would provide a route for this piston to have come into your grandfather’s possession.

Rolls-Royce were certainly marketing the Gipsy Queen 70 (120mm diameter pistons) in the late sixties.

The identifying part numbers tend to be near the skirt on most pistons and unfortunately the skirt was cut away when this piston was made into as ashtray.

The piston only seems to have grooves for two rings which is unusually few. If you post a few more photos I’m sure somebody will be able to confirm its identity.