Editor in Chief Bill | 17 Oct 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
With the incredible technology available today, which battles would you like to see portrayed in movies? |
boy wundyr x | 17 Oct 2016 11:41 a.m. PST |
A (non-Flyboys) mini-series on the air war would be awesome. Half on an Allied squadron (depends who is making the mini-series), half on a German one; they don't have to fight each other each episode, but if the series is focused on a limited time frame and geography, they'd run into each other often enough to make for some good drama. "No Parachute" by Lee would be my starting point. |
Wackmole9 | 17 Oct 2016 11:43 a.m. PST |
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daler240D | 17 Oct 2016 11:49 a.m. PST |
too depressing to even think about… |
21eRegt | 17 Oct 2016 11:51 a.m. PST |
The hunt for the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau would be exciting, except the final battle is rather anti-climatic. Another vote for East Africa. Since the British come off looking rather foolish chasing von (somebody) you could probably get Mel Gibson to finance it. The voyage of the Seealder is exciting and kind of romantic. I'd love to see a CGI Jutland, but between the theme and the dim visibility it would never make it. |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 17 Oct 2016 11:52 a.m. PST |
I'd love to see a biopic of the young J.R.R.Tolkien at the Somme. It will surely be done someday. I 'd just like to be alive to see it. |
Old Contemptibles | 17 Oct 2016 11:56 a.m. PST |
Jutland Mons 1st Marne Château-Thierry Tanga Any battle in the middle east. Tannenberg Battle of the Frontiers Caporetto Beersheba Cambrai Belleau Wood Remember the OP wants specific battles not campaigns. You want East Africa? Then which battle? |
Grignotage | 17 Oct 2016 12:04 p.m. PST |
I think the Somme or Verdun would be a good subject. I'd like to see a miniseries of Goodbye to All That. Parade's End came close in tone but didn't have the nitty gritty of the trenches (though the episodes with Benedict Cumberbatch in the trenches were well done). |
Shagnasty | 17 Oct 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
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Chuckaroobob | 17 Oct 2016 12:21 p.m. PST |
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bz1bz1 | 17 Oct 2016 12:48 p.m. PST |
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Winston Smith | 17 Oct 2016 12:48 p.m. PST |
A nice angry miniseries on East Africa showing how the heroic Germans and incompetent British managed to starve millions of Africans. Or maybe we can push that part aside and just show the plucky and heroic Von Lettow Vorbeck run rings around the British. |
GuyG13 | 17 Oct 2016 12:56 p.m. PST |
Chipilly Spur or St Quentin Canal to highlight the US troops serving with the BEF. |
HidaSeku | 17 Oct 2016 12:59 p.m. PST |
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Jakar Nilson | 17 Oct 2016 1:32 p.m. PST |
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Ceterman | 17 Oct 2016 1:34 p.m. PST |
I'm with boywundyr. A GOOD air war story. |
Timmo uk | 17 Oct 2016 1:46 p.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 17 Oct 2016 1:53 p.m. PST |
The Marne. The taxicab army is a setup for a Hollywood epic, and nine Americans in ten won't have any idea what happened next anyway. I was forgetting how young the target movie audience is. Make that 19 in 20. |
Legbiter | 17 Oct 2016 1:58 p.m. PST |
Mons. Including Angels, crucified canadians, and flechette-dropping british aircraft. |
wrgmr1 | 17 Oct 2016 2:09 p.m. PST |
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Garand | 17 Oct 2016 2:49 p.m. PST |
IMHO, it is less important in a good movie to highlight a specific battle than it is to FREX follow a single soldier or band of soldiers, to humanzie the conflict and give something for the viewers to relate to IMHO. Doing the Battle of Verdun FREX, with constant cut-aways "here is what the German General Staff happen to be talking about right now!" just tries to cram too much into it. I'd much rather see something FREX like the struggles of the common infantryman on the front, or going with the airbattle subject, the grind of the airwar day-to-day. Certainly these battles can be used as the backdrop for the story, and add context for the viewer, but I'd rather not see "the epic story of x." Also because it is WWI all the main characters die by the end of the movie. Only way to do it.. Damon. |
skippy0001 | 17 Oct 2016 3:17 p.m. PST |
You want depressing-the Siege of Kut. |
IronDuke596 | 17 Oct 2016 3:21 p.m. PST |
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idontbelieveit | 17 Oct 2016 3:40 p.m. PST |
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Doctor X | 17 Oct 2016 3:47 p.m. PST |
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pmwalt | 17 Oct 2016 5:25 p.m. PST |
Jutland, Meuse Argonne, Verdun, … |
47Ronin | 17 Oct 2016 5:27 p.m. PST |
+ 1 to those who said Tanga/German East Africa. I've always thought that Von Lettow Vorbeck's life story would make a good movie. As we know from the movies by Mel Gibson and the Ted Turner version of "Gettysburg", you only need one really rich person willing to finance the movie to get it made. Jutland and Kut are also good suggestions, although a Jutland movie would depend heavily on the quality of the computer generated images. Reminds me of "Pearl Harbor." The story of the Emden is also interesting. |
Bohdan Khmelnytskij | 17 Oct 2016 6:22 p.m. PST |
Verdun would be cool Something with US Marines |
Vimy Ridge | 17 Oct 2016 6:40 p.m. PST |
Vimy Ridge and then just about everything everyone else mentioned! |
idontbelieveit | 17 Oct 2016 7:29 p.m. PST |
@47Ronin: Die Manner der Emden |
bsrlee | 17 Oct 2016 8:30 p.m. PST |
Voyage of the Ayesha (sp?) – German shore party from the light cruiser Emden patch up an old sailing boat after their ship is sunk, name it after The Prophet's favourite wife, then sail it across the Indian Ocean and return to Germany. OK, the Germans did it in 2012, but HOLLYWOOD. Siege of Kut el Amara. One of the greatest non-actions of any war. British commander gets himself cut off then sits around doing nothing for months in the hope that someone will come and save his force. Eventually surrenders and goes into luxurious captivity while his troops starve in miserable camps. |
McKinstry | 17 Oct 2016 9:50 p.m. PST |
Coronel and the Falklands. |
377CSG | 18 Oct 2016 1:33 a.m. PST |
Great Grandfather was in the Corps of Royal Engineers as a Sapper – whatever they did might make a good movie. |
Cerdic | 18 Oct 2016 2:18 a.m. PST |
Cambrai – tanks always look good on screen… |
Wargamer Blue | 18 Oct 2016 2:35 a.m. PST |
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daler240D | 18 Oct 2016 3:02 a.m. PST |
old fashioned feel good movie: The Marne real war is hell movie: Passchendaele |
langobard | 18 Oct 2016 3:43 a.m. PST |
Mons, Verdun, Vimy Ridge, Jutland and Cambrai. Would love to see some WW1 dog fighting, but simply don't know enough about that aspect to nominate a particular action. |
Old Wolfman | 18 Oct 2016 6:46 a.m. PST |
Belleau Wood,also the battles of the 1st Canadian Division. |
Frederick | 18 Oct 2016 7:08 a.m. PST |
Vimy Ridge The Marne Belleau Wood Jutland |
John the Greater | 18 Oct 2016 7:30 a.m. PST |
Solzhenitsyn's "August 1914" for the Battle of Tannenberg Also: Caporetto Belleau Wood Mons First day of the Somme |
Zargon | 18 Oct 2016 8:11 a.m. PST |
I think "All Quiet on the Western Front" from an American perspective starring Will Smith and Tom Cruise in the lead roles would be just right for Horrywood. |
Zargon | 18 Oct 2016 8:23 a.m. PST |
Oh I forgot they should be fighting Alien Germans too. |
dagc54 | 18 Oct 2016 8:38 a.m. PST |
Verdun and Jutland would be great. |
jefritrout | 18 Oct 2016 10:38 a.m. PST |
I would love to see Marasti Marasesti Oituz and since they were all in one offensive and counter attack, it would work. |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 18 Oct 2016 11:14 a.m. PST |
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47Ronin | 18 Oct 2016 3:37 p.m. PST |
Danke, idontbelieveit. Years ago, I tracked down a copy of Von Lettow's memoirs for a Tanga game that I was hosting with some friends. Let's just say that it was VERY detailed. Even the English translation was a slog and I took German for years in college (which also was a slog). I can't imagine having to read it in the original German. I'd also add Caporetto/The Italian Front to my list. |
charared | 18 Oct 2016 5:45 p.m. PST |
Not "Hollywood"… Not "Battle"… But already "made"!!!… "Blackadder Goes Forth"!!!… "Goodbyeee" |
Swab Jockey | 18 Oct 2016 6:06 p.m. PST |
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bruntonboy | 19 Oct 2016 3:48 a.m. PST |
"Hollywood treatment"? No thanks, but a decent plausible story based around Le Cateau or the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux (to add some mechanical interest) would be good. Maybe a poignant story of a pals battalion following them into any big battle would be enough human interest to make a decent script out of. Interesting battles to film….many decent suggestions already, mine…the raid on Zeebrugge. |
alan L | 30 Oct 2016 12:53 p.m. PST |
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