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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: A little OT but might be fun
I'm a movie buff and I suspect a good number of our members maybe too, so a question, If your stranded on a desert island and can take 3 military movies (Any era, land, sea, or air) What would be on you list ? mine Fort Apache 633 Squadron They Were Expendable let the debate begin

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
Gettysburg The Longest Day ZULU! Hey with the first two I probably get the most hours per title of any decent movies! I was thinking of 'A Bridge Too Far" as the Third one but the climax of ZULU! won out. One movie I wouldn't take is 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Not to a DESERT island _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
One movie I wouldn't take is 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Not to a DESERT island Groan great choices

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
Band of Brothers (I know it's a stretch) Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) 1985 remake. A Bridge Too Far _________________ Frustra Nate Vive Devincere

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
Oh Although it is a great Tank movie Sahara is another one that is probably a bad choice for a Desert Island

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
Hmmm. Aces High (or was it Twelve O'Clock High?), the B&W WWI movie made back in the early days with _real_ WWI planes, Zulu, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. cheers John _________________ Cheers John

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
Hmmmm, the term desert island, or deserted island, refers to an island which is uninhabited or sparsely inhabited. So there would be no electricity, to power my TV ... if there ever was a TV to begin with at a desert island.

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
So there would be no electricity, to power my TV No phone, no Car, no TV Set, not a single luxury................. Gilligans Island was a "Desert Isle", They had all sorts of cool stuff, thanks to the "Professor", I guess you'd have to be inventive _________________ Joe_D

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
Or imaginative.

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
A real tanker would "McGyver" together a TV, satellite dish, wet bar, generator and still with sea shells, sand and seaweed and watch any dang thing he wanted with a drink in his hand. _________________ "All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
So there would be no electricity, to power my TV I would have a skwirrel powered generator for my DVD player and TV "Twelve o'Clock High" is about B-17's in the ETO by the way, another great movie with Gregory Peck

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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:12 pm
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Three era's....

"Grand Illusion" (or "Paths of Glory")...I would say "The Blue Max", but I think I'd get really sick of George Peppard. then again, there is Ursula...and no stinkin' CGI in the flying scenes.

"The Great Escape" (second runner-up, "Cross of Iron")

"Apocalypse Now-Redux"

I thought about including "Pearl Harbor" and "Windtalkers", but was afraid somebody might take me seriously..... Laughing

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:26 am
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I can't believe that a bunch of folks who call themselves tankers and tank-fans would leave "Kelly's Heroes" off of a list like this. What is the world coming too?

Is there any other movie that captures the typical attitude of tankers than that movie? It's amazing how many folks I've worked and tanked with seem to resemble characters from that movie...

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
No, never, say it ain't so , It is suspiciously left out. Maybe because so many have seen it so often they choose movies they haven't actually seen in a long time. One of my favorite scenes is after getting a quick assessment and Frago from "Oddball" over the net they come out of the railroad tunnel and wreck havoc. _________________ Joe_D

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: A little OT but might be fun
My choices would range from the popular to the obscure. Military movies/shows: Cross of Iron Gardens of Stone Kellys Heroes Band of Brothers Saving Private Ryan The Big Red One etc,...etc,...etc Don

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