Yes, I understand that; I'm afraid, though, that many think/thought that a
lot of that satire was depicting real life, or maybe, didn't "get" the
joke(s). Because I was living it for real every day (overall for nearly
fourteen years), it was a bit "hard on me" to know that some people
think/thought that was the way it really was. 'Don't mean to imply any
discredit to the movie - it was/is, after all, a MOVIE - entertainment - not
a completely accurate representation of the real flight and actions that I
lived daily. Isn't that the way of most any movie, play, etc., for one who
is intimately familiar with the "story" in real life?
BTW, one of the best scenes for me was when George C. Scott (was it Gen.
Jack Ripper?) was enthusiastically telling the President how the bomber
could get right on down "REAL LOW," beneath the radar - stuff we practiced
on every training mission.
I've enjoyed the movie several times, too. When I get a chance, I'll see it
again.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling
Sheesh Wilton now you've done it. I wrote not one, not two but THREE papers
on that movie in college.
No joke, I went to film school remember. I actually saw the movie in class,
I can't remember if it was Film History or something else. I did write a
paper on it for Film History, another was a technical dissection for
Lighting, I can't remember the third other than I did it, maybe something on
the use of black and white as an artistic decision...
Anyway don't for one second thing any of the dialog in that movie was
written by accident. If its stilted its stilted on purpose...
-Curt
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:49:16 -0400
From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling
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Yep, Slim (T. J.) did mention the special items, didn't he?
No such inventory would ever have occurred in flight on a real such mission.
Example of writer trying to insert another joke.
BTW, y'all do realize, don't you that most (almost ALL) of the stuff in that
movie was BS from somebody's imagination. For example, pilot never read any
checklist for bombing or its prep and sure as Hell wouldn't have gone into
the bomb bay for ANYTHING - if anybody did, it would have been the navigator
or radar-navigator/bombardier. All of the in flight dialog was very
stilted, imaginary BS - not like the real world at all.
Wilton
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