“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
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.
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...
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
Show, don't tell.
ReplyDeleteTurn this into a historically accurate, spectacular movie. (Shut up and take my money!)
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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.
ReplyDelete4-5 months post Pearl Harbour. If Hollywood never makes the movie, did it really even happen?
ReplyDeleteWould there even be a target audience for such a movie?
ReplyDeleteBesides military history trivia fans like me (and you?)
ReplyDeleteGift Horse, 1952
ReplyDeleteAttack 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? 😏
Meh. Both movies are bunk as far as historical accuracy.
ReplyDeleteDamn.. I started GIft Horse (25 minutes} and will probably finish it... It got Lend Lease right... bunch of obsolete WWI mothballs...
ReplyDeleteI can understand why the Admiralty was willing to throw a boat away...
ReplyDeleteGlad I could inspire a tangent. I came to the St. Nazaire raid via exploring YouTube vids about it.
ReplyDeleteYou'll hate Iron Coast's happy ending of the commandos escaping in the boats they came with....
ReplyDeleteThey couldn't resist a propaganda ending... sacrifice is so passe these days.
ReplyDelete22 years after a war they won...
ReplyDeleteI know. Not what the Spartans did after Thermopylae, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteThe "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...
ReplyDelete...war w/o casualties (ON OUR SIDE)....
ReplyDelete:P
ReplyDeleteDeconstruct all heroes?
ReplyDelete...so that EVERYONE is a hero.... if they buy "global"!
ReplyDeleteAll Richard Attenborough cowards until it's time to shine to death 😏
ReplyDelete15 years after the war, the unctuous portrayal of sacrifice in war films was a fitting subject for biting satire.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Fringe#Controversy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5YW4qKOAVM
Kynicism began to recognize the cynicism of the power elites calling on everyday Joe's to "sacrifice" for their "corporate profits".
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