Ok the yanks have gone to far

[Furr]

This is just beyond wrong, making my blood boil

Yanks to re-write the battle of britain history

 

[ECA]

Fucking hell.

WHEN WILL THEY LEARN!

 

[(Shovel)]

That is - frankly - an utter utter piss take.

You know those pre-film trailors where you get the Orange execs ruining film ideas as a "Turn off your mobile hint", things like this really do give the impression that American film producers are actually really like that.

 

[Furr]

I personally hope that if this film is made and it does infact portay an american winning the battle that it is banned in this country tbfh

 

[ECA]

Maybe we should get our own back?

A brit won the american civil war, we invented the atom bomb, etc. etc.

 

[kameleon]

Originally posted by ECA
Maybe we should get our own back?

A brit won the american civil war, we invented the atom bomb, etc. etc.

Im pretty sure WE did invent the atom bomb.


Cant Imagine Tom Cruise winning anything. The Shortarse couldn't even hold on to his wife ffs

 

[Tom]

Manchester university was the first place to split the atom, but the Americans invented the bomb.

 

[kameleon]

Trust those fuckers to create a vilolent use for it.

 

[Cdr]

I'm sorry but thats just utter bullshit. This is nothing more than being disrespectful to the real men who fought and won the Battle of Britain - the true heroes. And the fact that the guy who Cruise is meant to be portraying crash-landed his aircraft, just sums up the American effort towards the winning of Britains greatest air victory.

This is perhaps the only thing that demands a campaign to stop it ever leaving the mind of the crack-pot writer.

 

[SilverHood]

read the book called "piece of cake" by Derek Robinson for the true story of what happend during the battle of britain

it's class


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[kameleon]

Yeah and when did the truth ever matter to the yanks?

 

[Sir Frizz]

Christ, i hope whats been said in manks Apocalypse thread comes true sometimes. :/

 

[PR.]

Hey how about the brits make a film telling it how it was... oh no I guess Hugh Grant can't star in it so it won't be done :/

 

[adams901]

Well the sad thing is a lot of Americans will think the film reflects what happened in real life, this will start up a whole new load of forum flames with the uneducated Americans saying "if it wasn't for us England would have lost the battle of Britain".... oh wait, they already do.

On a separate note, I showed an American friend this and they were quite amused at the "The hero must be American. The public wouldn't have it any other way. To get bums on seats the writers twist the facts." statement.

I do like the fact that cruise will play a so called American hero who played such a major part in winning the Battle of Britain that he killed no Germans and died crashing his plane.

 

[Embattle]

Those wonderful yanks...rofl.

 

[Nylex]

Does is really matter? :/.

 

[Ch3tan]

Im suprised mel "i hate the English" Gibson didn't snap up this role.

On another note, his latest film depicting the last 12 years of Jesus's life has been refused by Paramount. Apparently they didnt think they could make much money distributing a film shot in two unused languages without subtitles. Go Mel.

 

[Wij]

teehee

burn hollywood burn

 

[Bym]

Thank goodness my grandparents who lost so many friends and family members in the war will never see this if it comes to pass.......

 

[kanonfodda]

ARGH, fekin yanks.

Both my granddads fought in wwII, one of them was in the airforce, like bym, I'm glad they will never see this film.

"BURN THE HERETICS"

 

[Testin da Cable]

The hero must be American. The public wouldn't have it any other way.

that makes me want to puke. that's one film I won't be seeing. the other films mentioned in the article...Saving Private Ryan not mentioning the other allies alot and the farce that was U571? well logical really. SPR followed an american platoon through unimaginable perils; they're not going to spend half the film talking about the other lads. U571 was just taking the piss. If you want an inkling of how horrible and insane uboat warfare must have been go watch Das Boot (or better read the book).

 

[Testin da Cable]

and another thing. it's only box-office money isn't it? the quote above should read "the american public" not "the public". if a movie factory is going to have to choose between 200odd million possible people going to watch their latest production and the rest of the world at less than half that figure you know damn well who they're going to be catering to :/

 

[xane]

Dear me, is nothing sacred, they'll be rewriting The Italian Job next and setting it in the US, probably with German cars too.

 

[Tom]

U571 historically was taking liberties, however, I thought it was a pretty good film.

I'm surprised nobody kicked up a fuss about Braveheart. To portray a violent man like Wallace as someone who spoke Latin and kept pressed flowers is just plain daft. The guy made a belt from the skin of his enemy! Also, King Edward I is actually considered to be a very good king, expanding his lands, and reforming the legal system.

The bottom line:

Its just a film.

 

[adams901]

Originally posted by Tom.
Its just a film.

For the last 6 years I worked on American Gaming and Online Communites, all i'm going to say is lets hope the Americans know its just a film, I'm not going to tar all Americans with the same brush, but there are an awful lot of them that think Hollywood portrays an accurate historical lesson. You only have to visit American forums (there is usually an "America always saves you" thread).

A lot of the online American community don't know that the British (and the other nations) were involved in the Vietnam war, this is largely down to the "other" countries not being shown in the films.

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by Tom.
U571 historically was taking liberties, however, I thought it was a pretty good film.

I'm surprised nobody kicked up a fuss about Braveheart. To portray a violent man like Wallace as someone who spoke Latin and kept pressed flowers is just plain daft. The guy made a belt from the skin of his enemy! Also, King Edward I is actually considered to be a very good king, expanding his lands, and reforming the legal system.

The bottom line:

Its just a film.

I fussed about Braveheart !

So did Lee and Herring. Was quite a funny sketch

 

[sad_mung]

I'm all for doing a film about how a famous midget with a beautiful wife lost not only her but his entire fortune. And then was hit by a bus.
Of course it won't be historically accurate, but, you know bums on seats. No Americans will be harmed in the making of this movie.

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by Tom.

The bottom line:

Its just a film.

I know it's just a film doesn't mean I can't get all fired up with righteous anger at the injustice of it all

 

[Jonaldo]

Were the Americans involved in WWII? I mean besides the handy Pearl Harbour decoy to keep the Japanese away. I thought they just brought chocolate and things over to England.

 

[Bym]

Originally posted by Omniscieous
Were the Americans involved in WWII? I mean besides the handy Pearl Harbour decoy to keep the Japanese away. I thought they just brought chocolate and things over to England.

You're forgetting one of the most crucial things they did in World War II - making lots of babies with married British women