Peter Jackson to remake Dam Busters

[SwanTiger]

Awesome pictures, did you take them?

[Lou Girardin]

It's the same with a lot of the doco's on the history channel, if a yank made it then there's a fair bit of bullshit in it - the british made ones are more accurate.

I was watching something on History channel about how the Yanks won Operation Iraqi Freedom
Last week there was another about how they 'withdrew' from Vietnam with honour and dignity

[TLDV8]

Awesome pictures, did you take them?

Indeed Swanny...... I did 3 / 6 month stints at Bougainville Coppermine between Jan 1982 and Apr 1985.The flight was from here up to Port Villa/Vanuatu,then on to Honiara in the Solomon's.Then a flight on a twin engine Metro (Cigar) up to Bougainville.I took any opportunity i could to go Bush (Jungle) when there was time off.

There was very heavy fighting in the Pacific Arena including the Solomon's and Bougainville.I remember being on a trek one time and finding 3 Mitsubishi Zero's that had been dragged out of the Jungle and were sitting on 44 gallon drums (but didn't have my camera on me).....They were going somewhere... i remember wading through a swamp with a few others around Xmas 84,between us we had a rotting piece of meat,an old shot gun and a rope with a hook..crock hunters ...I had always had an interest in that area since both my Father (RAAF) and Step Dad (RNZAF) were based around there..


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[The Pastor]

'cus he did such a good job with king kong didn't he!!!!

remakes - whats the point, nothing wrong with the original, why remake it? remakes are the realm of the lazy and the greedy.

bloody remakes - I'd have expected more from PJ to be honest, whats next the guns of navarone 2007 with ewan mcgregor and J-Lo.

It all depends on how its made, if its entertaining and a good story then why not? Its not going to lessen the orginal in anyway so whats the harm? (apart from my personal view on spending billions in making a movie where it could be spent on somthing more worth while)

Being a young fella, and not born in the 50-60's i've never seen the movie, so will be good when jackson finishes it.

Excellent point.

I remember seeing the Movie as a Sunday Matinee... ..It will be interesting to see what PJ can do but somethings are best left as is, that was the beauty of the Original....Better isn't always best.

No your wrong. Noob.

But you gotta wonder what its going to be like,

'Gollum give me the ring'
"no frodo its my prescioussss"
'hurry before the bombs destroy the one...'

*from the aircraft to home base*
'Sir we cant get the ring, the bombs we are dropping are being throwen back to us by a large gorilla'

25hrs later, The end. (they kill the ape, destroy the ring, and blow up a dam)

[Paul in NZ]

I reckon he should do 633 squadon.... Choice...

Then - all the Commando comics....

[far queue]

I reckon he should do 633 squadon.... Choice...

Then - all the Commando comics....

Cor that brings back some memories.

I also saw on the news today that Airfix have gone under, I've built lots of them in the past.

[eliot-ness]

Could be great. If they don't make all the heroes Americans. Like they did with U571.

The Yanks refused to allow the original to be shown in American cinemas unless the film was changed to show an American plane leading the bombing runs. Caused a real stink in the UK. The same was true of most Brit war films. If the Yank generals weren't running the show the films were banned.

[McJim]

The Yanks refused to allow the original to be shown in American cinemas unless the film was changed to show an American plane leading the bombing runs. Caused a real stink in the UK. The same was true of most Brit war films. If the Yank generals weren't running the show the films were banned.

Didn't realise that - so they're fed bullshit from the media and their education system? Explains why many of them believe Americans invented the telephone, first televeision pictures, antibiotics, slitting the atom (a kiwi), the radio (italian). I thought it was ignorance but it appears to be misinformation.

It's a credit to the Americans that live outside the USA that they've managed to overcome this misinformation and live among us....well done.

[Big Dave]

I reckon he should do 633 squadon.... Choice...

Then - all the Commando comics....

Guns of Navarone
Wild Geese
Then,
Dirty Dozen
Kelley's Heroes

and by that time starship troopers will be a cult classic and re-do-able.

[miSTa]

Reminds me of a couple of books I have (attached) from 1956 - used to belonged to my father.

I hope Jackson remains faithful to the books and doesn't embellish it like King Kong.

It was interesting to watch the director (whatever his name was) on tonights news talking about the name of Gibsons dog, Nigger and whether they should use it or not. Expect a lot pc bullshit around that one unfortunately.

[SimJen]

Yeah on the news they mentioned including a lot more of what actually happened that wasn't included in the original movie. Hopefully it'll be an informative look at some great design genius and awesome flying.
I remember as a kid in the UK standing on a test bouncing bomb at a plane museum my parents took me too.....awesome stuff. Even though it was a big ball of rusty steel, I still realised the importance of such a device as I was a big fan of the book and film from an early age.

[Finn]

I'm not a fan of Peter Jackson. There's not one movie he's made that I've enjoyed. My short attention span couldn't hack Lord of the Ferries and how many fucking gorilla movies can one watch? If you wanna see gorillas, get Sky and tune into the Discovery Channel.

But I do agree with SpunkOnMe. Dam Busters is a bloody classic so let's hope he doesn't fuck it up. He should just get Weta to colour in the frames of the original B&W and I'll be happy. The problem is the American market wants to see romance and all that other hollywood bullshit. It'll be a tough one. You've got dams, some planes and a bomb. How you gonna stretch that into a 3 hour movie?

[Flatcap]

It'll be a tough one. You've got dams, some planes and a bomb. How you gonna stretch that into a 3 hour movie?

The same way you stretch catching a gorilla and taking it back to the city into 3 hours

[miSTa]

Let's hope he doesn't see the need to make it 3 hours long

[Timber020]

I think he will do a good job of it, hes passionate about the films he makes and makes quality films. His head isnt up the americans ass so far that he can only see their bullshit.

The orginal was a classic, but I will look forward to one where the flak and dam collapses is less "thunderbirds".

How about another battle of britain. Or how about a movie about Hans-Ulrich Rudel. now that would be cool.