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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Friday, June 18, 2021

Separating Spectacle and Narrative...

23 comments:

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Show, don't tell.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Turn this into a historically accurate, spectacular movie. (Shut up and take my money!)

very rough sketch storyboard

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

So spectacular that the Nazis were impressed enough to declare the British commandos deserved their Victoria Cross medals. No movie will ever do this historical moment justice.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

4-5 months post Pearl Harbour. If Hollywood never makes the movie, did it really even happen?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Would there even be a target audience for such a movie?

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Besides military history trivia fans like me (and you?)

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Gift Horse, 1952
Attack on the Iron Coast, 1967

Two movies have been made about it apparently, though I've never heard about or seen them. We're they spectacular enough? 😏

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Meh. Both movies are bunk as far as historical accuracy.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Damn.. I started GIft Horse (25 minutes} and will probably finish it... It got Lend Lease right... bunch of obsolete WWI mothballs...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

I can understand why the Admiralty was willing to throw a boat away...

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Glad I could inspire a tangent. I came to the St. Nazaire raid via exploring YouTube vids about it.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

You'll hate Iron Coast's happy ending of the commandos escaping in the boats they came with....

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

They couldn't resist a propaganda ending... sacrifice is so passe these days.

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

22 years after a war they won...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

I know. Not what the Spartans did after Thermopylae, that's for sure.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

The "ruling" capitalist ideology had firmly taken root... "Enjoy... without the consequences!" De-caffeinated coffee, fat-free potato chips... gluten free pizza... morning after pills... sugar-free soda...

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

...war w/o casualties (ON OUR SIDE)....

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

:P

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

Deconstruct all heroes?

Thersites said...

...so that EVERYONE is a hero.... if they buy "global"!

(((Thought Criminal))) said...

All Richard Attenborough cowards until it's time to shine to death 😏

jez said...

15 years after the war, the unctuous portrayal of sacrifice in war films was a fitting subject for biting satire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe#Controversy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5YW4qKOAVM

Thersites said...

Kynicism began to recognize the cynicism of the power elites calling on everyday Joe's to "sacrifice" for their "corporate profits".