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Red tails trailer

Metatron

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Neat stuff! Might be the first time the Me-262 is featured in a movie?

Flight behavior seems a bit unrealistic and creative license seems to have been taken with the markings of the German planes, but I don't mind too much as long as a solid movie is delivered. I do have a feeling that we are in for typical Hollywood melodramatics, but we'll see.
 
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Neat stuff! Might be the first time the Me-262 is featured in a movie?

Flight behavior seems a bit unrealistic and creative license seems to have been taken with the markings of the German planes, but I don't mind too much as long as a solid movie is delivered. I do have a feeling that we are in for typical Hollywood melodramatics, but we'll see.

Agreed on the "feel" of the CGI. Maybe it's not ready yet. Maybe it will be a let down. But I like all the gear and the story. Maybe a Top Gun for the new Millennium?
 

442RCT

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The jackets and costumes looked great. Maybe on a big screen the aerial scenes will look more 'realistic', but on a computer screen the aerial stuff looked too much like a video game. With that said, I'm still looking forward to seeing the movie in a 3D theatre :D
 

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Well it is about time, I have been waiting on this film to come close enough to have a trailer for quite sometime and it looks great! Hopefully this will spark a resurgance in Army Air Corps interest, and hopefully maybe a few more films. I think itd be quite awesome if there was either a mini series or tv series that followed a bomber crew on 25 missions during the dark days of 43.
 

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I think the CGI looks pretty good actually (for CGI) and the aircraft speed, maneuverability is more realistic than expected. I am comparing to the supersonic Zeros and P-40's in Pearl Harbor. Nothing beats the real deal but that is no longer an option. Funny, only 3 real aircraft were used in the film (RT).
 

Edward

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Agreed on the "feel" of the CGI. Maybe it's not ready yet. Maybe it will be a let down. But I like all the gear and the story. Maybe a Top Gun for the new Millennium?


I hope not! Few films I hate more than Top Gun. Seeing the Lucasfilm logo fills me with dread, but I'll give it a fair go. This is an aspect of WW2 history that deserves to be much better known, and hopefully this film will achieve that.
 
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I hope not! Few films I hate more than Top Gun. Seeing the Lucasfilm logo fills me with dread, but I'll give it a fair go. This is an aspect of WW2 history that deserves to be much better known, and hopefully this film will achieve that.

Yeah, how sad is it that a guy with that talent, money and resources makes you worried? I take the WWII stuff seriously (for some odd reason) and after BofB and The Pacific, I like a more serious/reality based setup with the subject. That's what kinda killed Capt America for me (just a bit) as I'm not a comic guy, the war and soldiers returning from battle scenes were comical in some odd way. But enough being down. I hope it's a good watch. I'll go for the clothes alone - how manly is that?
 

cco23i

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I am talking nationwide, that's why I wish they would NOT use the damn mechanics aprons and such, because all it does is reenforce items that were barely used.

Scott
 

CBI

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Lucas has wanted to make this film for 20 years. Its a film he wanted to make. Lets give him the benefit of the doubt. At least it "looks" good.
 
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Well, people are missing out. I got into it because of my son. We do Russian. The reasons being (he began as US Army) he has spent three years learning Russian and they needed members. I like to see all the groups represented, so why not? Tons of Airborne guys so we opted to be unique. I love it. Great people, and I always learn something. Sme dorks, but mostly cool. There's another meet at Camp Roberts this fall. Should be a good one!
 

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