"Is that a Lancaster bomber as today's logo image?" Topic

What is the significance of the date?

You are Dam well kidding?

Pat

Dambusters raid, although that particular picture makes me think they're making for the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star.

Shocking…. ;-) May 16th, dambusters raid.

Just don't mention the code word for a successful breach… same as the dog's name.

what? Digger??

Pat

Wasn't digger, it started with an N.

David

That could open the flood gate.

Yes, it's a Lancaster.

Wonder how Peter Jackson is going to handle that issue…name of dog, name of code word. I am for not changing history for the benefit of modern sensibilities, but if he must, at least go with "Niger".

In the original movie, did they use the real dog's name? I've seen it twice and the first time, the dog was called "Sambo". Possibly an overdub? At the time I remember thinking "Oh my God", not knowing that his real name was worse. The second time I saw it, his name was "Darkie". *cringe*

I mentioned it once and started a poo-storm…

I'm pretty sure they did, a quick check on IMDB mentions that it was dubbed later on.

David

Guy Gibson, the Dambuster Squadron leader, was born in the same town as my father. My father was born 8 years after Mr.Gibson.

I'm sure I remember the dog's name in the original was 'historically accurate'. I reckon enfant perdus is right and the version he saw was dubbed!

There was a long, and painful discussion of this on Frothers.

I am on the side of 'who cares if they change the dog's name? It's a movie, not a history book'

But I was in the Minority.

Pat

link

(Caution, may offend if you object to the word itself rather than it's use in a derogatory context which should, of course, be the real deciding factor).