Whoops, better go back and edit my last post :DQuote:
Originally posted by barrk
yet we get the most crap for being "left-over hippies" or tree huggers too. Ungrateful, rat bastards all of you!
SD
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Whoops, better go back and edit my last post :DQuote:
Originally posted by barrk
yet we get the most crap for being "left-over hippies" or tree huggers too. Ungrateful, rat bastards all of you!
SD
Weird. We posted that at the exact same time....:eek:
That is such a cool insult!!!!Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
rat bastards all of you!
WHat next, a love story set against the battle of Phermopylea, or how about a love story set against the battle of Somme?
Hiroshima or Nagasaki anyone?
SD
Southpark the movie, Bigger, Longer and Uncut (just like.... :rolleyes: )Quote:
*sings* BLAME CANADA! *sings*
Love story between who? The americans risking their lives to drop nukes, or the japanese being the victims?
I think it would have to be some poor, undereducated Japanese girl, who is under her father's thumb (her father has to be in the Imperial Army of course) in love with some fresh-faced enlisted airman right off the farm who is forced to annihilate her parents....but somehow they find true happiness in spite of it all.
Always a happy ending!
Yeah! Titanic. Apparently the annoying little b*stard drowns. he he he.
SD
I noticed on the news it was the 60th anniversary of the Bismark being sunk. I'd like to see them try to make a love story out of that.....
Of course you could always have two gay German sailors :)
What am I saying? Of course It'll be American ships that persue and sink the Bismark and there will be a nurse on board... silly me!:)
SD
That would rattle my cage that. I mean, we'll let them off once with U-571, but anything else is beyond reasonable.Quote:
Originally posted by SurfDemon
What am I saying? Of course It'll be American ships that persue and sink the Bismark and there will be a nurse on board... silly me!
SD
Are you trying to equate reason with Hollywood, Chris?? You should know better than that even at your tender young age!:rolleyes:
What about Titanic. The Scottish guy, regarded as a hero for saving loads of lives, they had him shooting people... thats taking a bit of a liberty (especially since the guys family are still alive... there's even a school named after him).Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
That would rattle my cage that. I mean, we'll let them off once with U-571, but anything else is beyond reasonable.
And then there's Saving Private Ryan :) Oh yes, only the americans invaded on D-Day.
I haven't seen the Patriot, but if it's as "Historically Accurate" as BraveHeart then it's probably in exactly the same boat ;)
SD
Well the reason I don't mind too much with U-571 is that the american's did capture an enigma (albeit after we had stolen about 4 :D) and they never actually said the film was about the capture of the first one (at least I don't think they did). I challenge hollywood to put the Americans into this little story...Quote:
The Bismarck was the largest battleship in the German fleet, and the pride of the German Navy. Newly commissioned on August 24, 1940, she subsequently sailed to port in Gotenhafen (now Gdynia) in occupied Poland. On May 19, 1941, after finish work and sea trails, she* left Gdynia, accompanied by the Prinz Eugen, for Operation Rhine. Her mission was to attack British shipping, mainly convoys between Halifax and the British Isles. The British were aware of this new titan of the seas and she was spotted by an RAF Coastal Command Spitfire, just two days out of port on her maiden voyage.
The British dispatched HMS Hood and the Prince of Wales to intercept her. They caught up with the Bismarck on May 24, and in the ensuing battle, the Hood, the symbol of British sea power, was blown apart by a single 15 inch shell from Bismarck which penetrated her thin deck armor-plating and hit the ship's ammunition magazine. The Hood sunk immediately, with only three survivors out of the ship's complement of 1,418. The loss of the Hood shocked England and Churchill gave orders to "Sink the Bismarck!"
HMS Rodney was en route to Halifax, escorting the troop ship Britanic. From there the ageing battleship was to continue on to Boston for a long overdue refit. Commanding Rodney was Captain Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, grandson of the 10th Earl of Stair. Rodney was just a day out of Scotland and had a chance of intercepting Bismarck. There were four destroyers in the flotilla and one was left with Britannic. The other three left with Rodney and the hunt for the Bismarck was on!
The elusive Bismarck was difficult to find, but luck was on the side of the British. An ancient Swordfish biplane, launched from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, put a single torpedo into the aft end of the Bismarck, crippling her steering mechanism. The Bismarck was trying to make port at Brest, France but now her progress was fatally slowed. On May 27, Rodney, now accompanied by the battleship King George V, caught up with the Bismarck and the battle was on.
Rodney was the first to draw blood, lofting a 16 inch shell between Bismarck's two forward gun turrets, knocking out four of her eight 15 inch heavy guns. The battle raged on, and after shelling from Rodney, King George V and the Norfolk, which had joined the battle, the Bismarck's fate was sealed. Her guns ceased to fire after the hour-and-a-half battle, but she would not sink, though the British had probably put 400 rounds in her. The Germans, knowing their demise was imminent, set off explosive charges to scuttle the ship. At 10:39 the Bismarck went to the bottom, sinking in three miles of water
I've seen the Patriot and all I have to say is........Mel Gibson is the tastiest piece of...........nevermind:rolleyes:
Obviously, you have not seen the movie "Sink the Bismark". It is an oldie but a goodie and it follows the facts fairly accurately....I'm sure they do take liberties but it is a good movie none the less.
No i didn't even know it existed, but SD was on about the americans would say they sunk it or something:D
As an asdjunct to that story, I can't remember the exact figures, but I think only 100 odd sailors escaped the Bismark out of a compliment of about 2,200. Pretty scary stuff. I read Dr Ballards book (the guy who discovered the Titanic) on his quest for the Bismark, and he says he found it eventually because there was a massive trail of leather boots leading to the wreck. (The leather boots being all that remained of all the sailors). Pretty sad stuff.
SD
Hello again!
Perverse parksie is here ;) Nope, Katie, you didn't piss me off, that's impossible :) Just read the quote the other way ;)
Anyway, with Saving Private Ryan, wasn't it all about the beach that only the Americans attacked which happened to be the most heavily defended?
Yep...but they were having so much fun bagging on us Americans I didn't want to spoil their fun!
How goes it Oh, Perverse One?
BTW everyone (e.g. SD and Katie!!) it's Bismarck (according to that story anyway)
*Cough* *Cough* wouldn't that be the same beach that the Royal Marine Commandos sent an advance party up the beach ahead of the American troops? I believe it is;) They kinda got ommitted though. There were no troops ahead of them!
:)
SD
Ha, that was it's nick name...er, honest :)Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
BTW everyone (e.g. SD and Katie!!) it's Bismarck (according to that story anyway)
I'm fine, thanks, Katie :)
Got to go soon and feed some lizards ;) Some friends at the end of my road are on holiday so I'm looking after stuff like usual :D
If so SD, they didn't do a very good job of clearing away all those enemies with guns they showed in the film
Night all :o:)
Night.
Yeah, that's one of my favorite pasttimes too!;)Quote:
Originally posted by parksie
Got to go soon and feed some lizards
cya!!
Night Ric!
Maybe the Brits had already cleared the beaches and that was all friendly fire zipping around at the start of the film :DQuote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
If so SD, they didn't do a very good job of clearing away all those enemies with guns they showed in the film
Night Ric, Howdy parksie, didn't see ya sneaking back in there!
SD
Okay let's move from historically inaccruate films to something more present day...
What does everyone think of this Echelon business?
Night folks. I think it's time I meandered home. I need to pick up some memory for my computer. I meant to do it last night, but I forgot. How Ironic (in an Alanis Morissette sort of way) is that?
See ya's tommorrow, same time, same place.
SD
damn it SD, you're running out on us?!?
I just bought some memory too...but I forgot where I put it!:rolleyes:
G'night, SD.
well blow this, i'm outta here.
We'll have to continue this hot debate and more in tomorrow's installment of "Vbworld Street".
bye K, SD, anyone else who is around.
You too, Crusty Chris????? Is there no one left for me to take abuse from????:confused:
Crusty!?!? Gee, thanks. Nah, you'll have to abuse yourself (hmm, that could have sounded better) byebye :D
Abuse myself???? You're right...you could have worded that better.
Bye, Chris!
Yeah, but Katie enjoys that :)
I've just had the dubious pleasure of wandering down the road in my pyjamas while it's raining :eek: And then seeing a cricket (live) getting devoured (now dead).