Hope she made it, its miserable weather in Lincoln right now.

I have stuck up for ‘the few’ so far and I still do as it has yet to come out and maybe we will be surprised but ,having just switched on tv only to be confronted by Ben Affleck’s “Hammer down!!!!” cries in Pearl Harbour, I can see why people, Snapper etc, are so sceptical. Total rubbish, i think i prefer Ron Goodwin to the sounds of “Hammer Down”!

By the way, the Aircraft in the BoB sequence in harbour had Eagle Sqn motifs on the side of the aircraft, is this authentic for that period?

But the story WILL be bull****, so what can he do?

how do you know? seen a script yet? Until a firm synopsis of the plot is out in the open then i refuse to write it off. It may well end up being rubbish but im prepared to give it a chance. As for what a director can do, IF the story is rubbish, I’d look at it in the respect of, if the story is so rubbish, why would a director of his nature sign up to it? (if indeed it is true)

Best Regards, Steve

If Michael Mann is involved, as is reported, then i wouldn’t have the worries expressed here. He has a proven track record in regards of authenticity in his films and also the intelligence of these pictures too. I think before we all shoot our mouths off about what Hollywood will do next then we should remember that not every war film that hollywood has made has rewritten history and that films like Pearl Harbour were never going to be anything other than what they turned out to be, it was directed by Michael Bay afterall!

As for Memphis Belles treatment by Hollywood, it was in fact put together by a joint us and uk team and was directed by a Scot and produced by Lord Puttnam and the daughter of original belle filmaker,Catherine Wyler. To secure a budget for a film of Belle’s scale then you need to convince those with the money that your film will make a handsome return on the investment. What is better; no film or a film that takes some artistic licence but preserves the basic story and treats the orginal heroes of the raid (albeit under different names) with great respect? In an ideal world the Belle story would have been completely accurate but lets face it, it would never have secured funding so at least this way the warbird industry got a few pounds, the story was told and a few people will go away knowing a little more about the sacrifice made by the brave Allied Bomber crews.

IMHO of course.

best regards, steve

anyone know what time the lanc is displaying at waddington on sunday?

Originally posted by Mark V
As far as invasion stripes are concerned that means flat (or satin) paint and straight lines. A yard brush may have been used in 1944 but on a £1m warbird today that just looks like someone did not care.

were any d-day aircraft painted with neat masked areas or were all hastily done just before, if the answer is that none were were done neatly then it is simply a case that a lot of warbird schemes are unaccurate. A lot of people here complain of Hollywood rewriting history, well it would seem that we arn’t so innocent over here either.

best regards, steve

There is, it is called ‘Wrecks and Relics’, edited by Ken Ellis. Comes out about every two years I think. Anyone know which edition we are on, 19th?

Welcome back Andrewman, Anyone who can post that deserves a second chance and maybe a third 😉

I believe not many saw the post of last night as I think it has been deleted now. Obviously what you said was strong and not very nice but i did sympathise with your position. I only hope that the behaviour towards yourself was apologised for in an equally humble way as that in which you have apologised tonight.

Here’s a toast to more optimistic posts regardings Buccaneers 🙂