 Editor in Chief Bill   | 23 Feb 2019 8:46 p.m. PST |
You were asked – TMP link AWI: I Wish They Would Make a Movie About…28% said "Saratoga campaign"
25% said "John Paul Jones"
19% said "Bunker Hill" |
| Old Contemptibles | 23 Feb 2019 10:18 p.m. PST |
Saratoga Campaign would be great. |
| Winston Smith | 23 Feb 2019 10:31 p.m. PST |
I keep saying that you can't make a movie "about" a battle or campaign, unless it's a dry as dust documentary.
Movies are about people.
Who are you going to make this about? |
| Rhino Co | 23 Feb 2019 10:35 p.m. PST |
Benedict Arnold and the Baroness von Riedesel. |
| nevinsrip | 23 Feb 2019 10:35 p.m. PST |
John, I would guess that Arnold would be the obvious choice. |
| 42flanker | 24 Feb 2019 2:00 a.m. PST |
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| clibinarium | 24 Feb 2019 3:33 a.m. PST |
"set during" rather than "about"; as Winston says movies are about people. |
| bogdanwaz | 24 Feb 2019 6:26 a.m. PST |
There's already a movie about it, The Devil's Disciple from 1959: link Laurence Olivier played Burgoyne. |
| rustymusket | 24 Feb 2019 9:28 a.m. PST |
There would be a lot of drama for a Saratoga movie. |
| Au pas de Charge | 24 Feb 2019 9:58 a.m. PST |
In today's Hollywood the script would have to be something along the lines of SarahToga, one officer's struggle to become a trans woman using the limited medical science of the time and gain acceptance from his peers set against the backdrop of the Saratoga campaign. |
FusilierDan  | 24 Feb 2019 5:09 p.m. PST |
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| Virginia Tory | 24 Feb 2019 8:24 p.m. PST |
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| Au pas de Charge | 24 Feb 2019 8:58 p.m. PST |
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 Yellow Admiral | 24 Feb 2019 9:37 p.m. PST |
I keep saying that you can't make a movie "about" a battle or campaign, unless it's a dry as dust documentary.
Movies are about people.
Who are you going to make this about? Sort of. The people in the movie have to be interesting (and believable), but the movie can still be "about" a battle or campaign or mission. Movies like We Were Soldiers and Hacksaw Ridge and Zulu and Gettysburg were quite successful and rewatchable, and still get the gist of the battle/campaign across even with all the lost details, overdramatizations, and inaccuracies. The Saratoga campaign could probably be interesting to watch if it put the viewer in a neutral position and showed the activities of both sides in the struggle to meet the enemy and then win the resulting battle. - Ix |
| Virginia Tory | 26 Feb 2019 7:28 p.m. PST |
All the British troops will be in 1768 regulation uniform with white-faced, unlaced coats. And silly wigs. Burgoyne will have a soul patch or pig tail or something. |
| 42flanker | 28 Feb 2019 1:03 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 28 Feb 2019 1:47 p.m. PST |
Geez. We're knocking a movie already that's not even a glint in a producer's eye.
Good job, Lads!  Might as well join in.
All the Americans will be hiding behind trees and fight like ninjas.
Betsy Ross flags all over the place! |
| Virginia Tory | 28 Feb 2019 8:01 p.m. PST |
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| Bill N | 28 Feb 2019 8:55 p.m. PST |
@ Virginia Tory and 42flanker, you gentlemen are describing the latest unit of my British army. ;-) |
