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Watching THE PACIFIC... - LeBigTed - 22.09.2010

Hi mates,

First of all, I want to apologie if this topic doesn't have to be in this section...

While I was watching the third episode of this fabulous serie, I saw something fun at the end of the episode...

We can see on the DC3's left engine, the PRATT&WHITNEY picture, what is not very historical !!!

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Re: Watching THE PACIFIC... - Jambo - 22.09.2010

You've got very sharp eyes! 8)

I just moved it to the right place!

Jambo :wink:

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Re: Watching THE PACIFIC... - katkatman - 22.09.2010

Most of war series/movies hadn't original materials, like with the Battle of britain movie, He 111s and Bf 109s were powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin (This planes were bought to the german by Franco's Spain, but they were unpowered when they have been delivered), U can also see 1941+ planes version when the movie takes place in 1940.

Personally, I prefer this kind of things instead to see virtual planes moving like Bots with impossible camera angles.

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Re: Watching THE PACIFIC... - LeBigTed - 22.09.2010

Quote:Personally, I prefer this kind of things instead to see virtual planes moving like Bots with impossible camera angles.

You've right, me too ;o)

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Re: Watching THE PACIFIC... - Razorback_Pilot - 22.09.2010

In the Longest Day had a scene with AD-6 Skyraiders fly over late 50s DD's...way out of place unless you just are a plain ole civie. Not to mention the Me-108 trainers used to strafe Gold-Sword in the movie, the Quad 50s and Bofors used by the Germans, they got the Spits right, all the Allied equipment right(used Lancasters or Manchesters a lot, no C-47s) Course we can't blame em...no CGI and most of Germany's war stuff was either mostly blown up or scrapped.
Gotta love how they use M4A4E8's in The Big Red One as German Tiger Is. Or how in Battle of the Bulge, they used a lot of M24 Chaffees(they got it partially right-but still wrong mostly) and really wrong REALLY WRONG with all those M48 Pattons and M3s!!! Not to mention the movie is so inaccurate it's more fiction than a fairy tale!
Patton uses some M4s, some M24s, M48s for both Germany and US in movie, and has a German painted M3 go right past a destroyed US...M3...funny.
Don't even get me started with the planes in Patton. Those look like AT-6s, but they use SAF He-111s. That's correct. By far the most accurate old WWII movie is Battleground(equipment wise), they don't try to show German tanks, they do show a M10 or M36, and actually war footage from the battle. Now you don't need to worry about how you'll get a division of Tiger I's coming over the hill, you'll just CGI it.

And remember kiddies, it's why we read books!

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