HBO Developing Third WWII Miniseries with Hanks and Spielberg
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brightmidnight71 — 12 years ago(November 11, 2013 07:42 AM)
I totally agree. So many stories to tell from both wars. The last decent Vietnam film was We Were Soldiers and that wasmelodramatic. Korea hasn't gotten a modern depiction worth a damn at all. I would love to see that. A BOB for Korea.
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joekinplaya — 12 years ago(April 04, 2014 12:10 PM)
Tae Guk Gi is pretty much the only decent modern depiction of the Korean War atm. The rest are kinda yeah and even Tae Guk Gi is melodramatic but that's primarily because almost everything from Asia is melodramatic (in terms of film/shows/movies).
Despite it being melodramatic, Tae Guk Gi accurately depicts what fighting the Korean War felt like. They did especially well with how both sides (Communist North and Democracy South) killed their own civilians in counts of millions because they were suspected to conspire with the opposing enemy (this was "proved" by a document signed by civilians when North took over Southern lands. Civilians signed the paper for food as the North would not give them any without their signature. Also, most of the people who signed the document were illiterate therefore were just conned with food causing their own families and friends to kill them like a bunch of livestock).
Of course the movie gets a little too superficial and melodramatic after one of the characters defects to the North side (which happened as well) but the way it happened was so cheesy haha. If you can ignore that part, then this is actually a good piece for you. -
blackjackxxx — 13 years ago(February 01, 2013 03:57 AM)
Yeah, I'm a huge aviation fan and a WWII buff in particular. I have to say that the Air War has been done and done very well. Sure, you can make it more graphic. OK, fine. The CGI can be outstanding, although I am certain they would overdo it. Fine. The storyline has been done to near perfection.
Twelve O'clock High. They gonna top that? Nope.
The War Lover. Great flying sequences and a compelling story.
Battle of Britain. Except to make it more graphic, won't come close.
Memphis Belle, Red-Tails, on and on. It has been done very well. I would say move on to Korea or Vietnam, if they wish to make another. I would love to see a mini-series done on the purely Naval aspects of the Pacific War, but that too has been done ( A. LOT.). They could CGI some surface battles that would have me going through the popcorn like a woodchipper.
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blackjackxxx — 13 years ago(February 02, 2013 04:15 PM)
If someone was going to mini-series the Naval War ala BOB and the Pacific; you would have to have a focus somewhere. You could focus on an individual ship, but that would come off documentary-like, I think. If you're going to focus on an individual, where do you go? Halsey, Nimitz, Yamamoto, Nagumo. etc, etc. Most of those have been done, or a fictitious facsimile "Winds of War" "Gathering of Eagles" etc.
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nickm2 — 13 years ago(February 02, 2013 04:21 PM)
Well 'Inferno' sounds like a decent place to start; from our (and our allies') early war disasters in the Java Sea to Savo Island to the nightly battles with the Tokyo Express where the 'Navy' learns how to stand toe to toe with the IJN.
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BertramWilberforceWooster — 13 years ago(February 17, 2013 08:14 AM)
Hell, watch Winds of War/War and Remembrance.
Once upon a time, we had a love affair with fire.
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BertramWilberforceWooster — 13 years ago(February 17, 2013 10:03 AM)
There were the submarine scenes, the battle of Leyte Gulf, Midway, and others that I can't think of at the moment.
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CGSailor — 12 years ago(March 02, 2014 10:21 AM)
I agree with Needing a good Surface Navy WW 2 film.
Either or both of Hornfischer's books Neptune's Inferno (current reading) or Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors (read many times).
The First deals with the naval battles of Guadalcanal, Savo Island, the Slot, etc the latter deals with the Battle of Samar.
But back to your post where you mentioned "Red Tails"
For me, red tails deserves a place right alongside Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor"
In the trash bin.
Complete misuse of CGI to cartoonish effect rather than realism, and abhorrently bad in historical detail and accuracy.
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Gum_Bercules — 13 years ago(February 04, 2013 11:07 PM)
If you like WW1 there is an australian mini series pseudo documenting the great war from the australian perspective. It was made in 1985 with no CGI and on a shoestring budget, but it's still quite well done considering, well worth checking out if you're into the BoB or Pacific mini series styles. The only thing you have to get past are our whacky accents probably.
It's called ANZACS if you want to look it up. (anzac - Australian New Zealand Army Corps)
I reckon it'll be worth your while to give it a go, but I'm an aussie myself so I'm naturally biased to anything that shows us in a good light lol -
blacklabelkk — 13 years ago(February 05, 2013 03:40 AM)
Eh, thanks for the suggestion but I'm not very educated on WWI which is kind of why I wanted them to do it. Anything before the 90's I have trouble getting into and one of the main reasons I love SPR,BoB, and TP was because of the special effects and realism. If it has any of that I might enjoy it but it's an 80's series, so probably not lol, thanks though.
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Yuffie_Kisaragi — 13 years ago(March 26, 2013 03:00 PM)
I'm looking forward to it but I hope they decide to leave the soap opera style drama out of the new series. In The Pacific, the dramacentric soap opera style episode 3 was utter dreadful.
When I first watched the series, it killed my interest. It's only until recently when I bought the boxset and rewatched the series. So yeah, I hope they learn from their mistakes and make it Band of Brothers but in the air. -
wymanv — 12 years ago(August 25, 2013 11:02 AM)
Ten percent of all US casualties suffered during the Second World War were with the 8th AAF. It seems appropriate to tell the story. I think Korea deserves to be covered in a similar mini-series format but I don't think this group is interested in or would be appropriate to do it.
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Reminisce_PartOne — 11 years ago(June 10, 2014 02:00 PM)
Ah yeah, hadn't thought about that. Yeah, kind of seems like the fitting third such project.. completing the trilogy of US troops on the ground in WWII. Europe, then Pacific, then Africa/Italy.
I would love to see something in which Henry J. Guarnere is portrayed, preferably as a main character. I've been to and photographed his memorial cross actually.