Upcoming Battle of Midway Remake

[Weatherman2020]

I see a lone female in the cast. If she’s got more than 2 minutes of screen time the movie is a bust.

Why Hollywood thinks it needs to try to appeal to romantic women in the theater is beyond me, it just destroys the movie.

Pearl Harbor
Top Gun
Major League
Midway

All would have been A+ movies without trying to make them chick flicks.

Midway (2019) - IMDb

 

[Moonglow]

Might be good if they had any people in it that could act.

 

[Dekster]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz, Mandy Moore, one of those jonas brothers, dennis quad.....I am not sure I am vibbing the casting. Most of their $100M budget seems to be going to casting.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

I see a lone female in the cast. If she’s got more than 2 minutes of screen time the movie is a bust.

Why Hollywood thinks it needs to try to appeal to romantic women in the theater is beyond me, it just destroys the movie.

Pearl Harbor
Top Gun
Major League
Midway

All would have been A+ movies without trying to make them chick flicks.

Midway (2019) - IMDb

Every fucking movie today, is a bashing of men and elevating women into the role of superiority. Then when it is time for women to really stand up against a man, like Sandra Bullock, she cowered in fear when a stalker was outside her house. It is disingenuous how hollyweird tries to embolden women in roles that they could never succeed in real life. Sorry but "the Truth" hurts.

Video: Sandra Bullock's Chilling 911 Call to Police

Where was S.I.N.G. on the night Sandra was being stalked? In her closet...

 

[Weatherman2020]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz, Mandy Moore, one of those jonas brothers, dennis quad.....I am not sure I am vibbing the casting. Most of their $100M budget seems to be going to casting.

I can never figure it out. Millions of unknowns who are fantastic actors and they pick from a bucket of 15 names every time.

 

[williepete]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

 

[Dekster]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

I would argue Guadalcanal was far more important than Midway as for turning the momentum in the pacific, and I am not sure how they can do a historically somewhat accurate account of Midway without making it seem like we were just damn lucky (which we were) more than anything else.

 

[williepete]

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

Very true. I was using too broad a brush. Apologies to my fellow vets of the Navy persuasion.

 

[g5000]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz, Mandy Moore, one of those jonas brothers, dennis quad.....I am not sure I am vibbing the casting. Most of their $100M budget seems to be going to casting.

I can never figure it out. Millions of unknowns who are fantastic actors and they pick from a bucket of 15 names every time.

That same is true of the original Midway movie and it was great.

Nimitz was played by Henry Fonda.

Woody Harrelson is no Henry Fonda.

 

[g5000]

The remake will be a cartoon. All CGI.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The remake will be a cartoon. All CGI.

Yeah, shame we don’t get to watch real Dauntless aircraft blow up the real Akagi.

Oy.

 

[martybegan]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

I would argue Guadalcanal was far more important than Midway as for turning the momentum in the pacific, and I am not sure how they can do a historically somewhat accurate account of Midway without making it seem like we were just damn lucky (which we were) more than anything else.

Guadalcanal was only possible because the Japanese Carrier Strike Fleet was basically eliminated at Midway.

To be fair, losing at Midway would have only probably meant the war going slower until we dropped the A bombs on them, but it was still to me the most pivotal moment in the Pacific War.

And for the love of all that is holy, may they not "Pearl Harbor-Affleck" the thing. Every time I see even a minute of that Affleck tainted hell-movie I have to take out my copy of Tora Tora Tora and watch the whole thing to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

 

[g5000]

The remake will be a cartoon. All CGI.

Yeah, shame we don’t get to watch real Dauntless aircraft blow up the real Akagi.

Oy.

Quite a bit of the original movie used actual dogfight footage.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The remake will be a cartoon. All CGI.

Yeah, shame we don’t get to watch real Dauntless aircraft blow up the real Akagi.

Oy.

Quite a bit of the original movie used actual dogfight footage.

Oh boy. Just what we want to see, 150DPI footage.

 

[g5000]

The remake will be a cartoon. All CGI.

Yeah, shame we don’t get to watch real Dauntless aircraft blow up the real Akagi.

Oy.

Quite a bit of the original movie used actual dogfight footage.

Oh boy. Just what we want to see, 150DPI footage.

Better than a cartoon.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

I would argue Guadalcanal was far more important than Midway as for turning the momentum in the pacific, and I am not sure how they can do a historically somewhat accurate account of Midway without making it seem like we were just damn lucky (which we were) more than anything else.

Guadalcanal was only possible because the Japanese Carrier Strike Fleet was basically eliminated at Midway.

To be fair, losing at Midway would have only probably meant the war going slower until we dropped the A bombs on them, but it was still to me the most pivotal moment in the Pacific War.

And for the love of all that is holy, may they not "Pearl Harbor-Affleck" the thing. Every time I see even a minute of that Affleck tainted hell-movie I have to take out my copy of Tora Tora Tora and watch the whole thing to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Loss of Midway would have put Pearl under land based bomber attacks, thus ending its use as a harbor. A million variables, but a significant possibility would have been to come to an agreement to end hostilities with Japan controlling much of the Pacific. Just as if Normandy had failed, another invasion would have been next to impossible as Stalin would would negotiate peace and Hitler could then move his assets to the Western front.

 

[martybegan]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

I would argue Guadalcanal was far more important than Midway as for turning the momentum in the pacific, and I am not sure how they can do a historically somewhat accurate account of Midway without making it seem like we were just damn lucky (which we were) more than anything else.

Guadalcanal was only possible because the Japanese Carrier Strike Fleet was basically eliminated at Midway.

To be fair, losing at Midway would have only probably meant the war going slower until we dropped the A bombs on them, but it was still to me the most pivotal moment in the Pacific War.

And for the love of all that is holy, may they not "Pearl Harbor-Affleck" the thing. Every time I see even a minute of that Affleck tainted hell-movie I have to take out my copy of Tora Tora Tora and watch the whole thing to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Loss of Midway would have put Pearl under land based bomber attacks, thus ending its use as a harbor. A million variables, but a significant possibility would have been to come to an agreement to end hostilities with Japan controlling much of the Pacific. Just as if Normandy had failed, another invasion would have been next to impossible as Stalin would would negotiate peace and Hitler could then move his assets to the Western front.

Did the Japanese have a bomber that could reliably take a large bomb load from Midway to Oahu?

At this point newer US planes were becoming availible, and Pearl was basically covered in AA.

The Japanese never saw Midway as something to occupy to use, but to occupy to force the "One Big Battle" that was their Naval Strategy at the time.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The remake will be a cartoon. All CGI.

Yeah, shame we don’t get to watch real Dauntless aircraft blow up the real Akagi.

Oy.

Quite a bit of the original movie used actual dogfight footage.

Oh boy. Just what we want to see, 150DPI footage.

Better than a cartoon.

I’ll take my CGI.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Woody Harrelson as Chester Nimitz

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

I would argue Guadalcanal was far more important than Midway as for turning the momentum in the pacific, and I am not sure how they can do a historically somewhat accurate account of Midway without making it seem like we were just damn lucky (which we were) more than anything else.

Guadalcanal was only possible because the Japanese Carrier Strike Fleet was basically eliminated at Midway.

To be fair, losing at Midway would have only probably meant the war going slower until we dropped the A bombs on them, but it was still to me the most pivotal moment in the Pacific War.

And for the love of all that is holy, may they not "Pearl Harbor-Affleck" the thing. Every time I see even a minute of that Affleck tainted hell-movie I have to take out my copy of Tora Tora Tora and watch the whole thing to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Loss of Midway would have put Pearl under land based bomber attacks, thus ending its use as a harbor. A million variables, but a significant possibility would have been to come to an agreement to end hostilities with Japan controlling much of the Pacific. Just as if Normandy had failed, another invasion would have been next to impossible as Stalin would would negotiate peace and Hitler could then move his assets to the Western front.

Did the Japanese have a bomber that could reliably take a large bomb load from Midway to Oahu?

At this point newer US planes were becoming availible, and Pearl was basically covered in AA.

The Japanese never saw Midway as something to occupy to use, but to occupy to force the "One Big Battle" that was their Naval Strategy at the time.

The ‘big battle’ ended Dec 7, 1941. Except for 3 old carriers, every Allied Capital ship in the Pacific and Indonesia was either with Davy Jones or a smoldering wreck. The intent of the Japanese was to shatter our Navy then negotiate a peace agreement to give them Asia.

 

[martybegan]

Might as well go with Woody Allen. Today's uneducated morons don't even know who Chester Nimitz was. Not to mention the importance of the Battle of Midway. Ask anyone under the age of 25 how WW2 shaped the modern world and watch the light go out of their eyes. If you can get them to look away from their smart phone long enough to have a conversation.

I am guessing all those under 25 year olds in the US Navy know who Chester was

I would argue Guadalcanal was far more important than Midway as for turning the momentum in the pacific, and I am not sure how they can do a historically somewhat accurate account of Midway without making it seem like we were just damn lucky (which we were) more than anything else.

Guadalcanal was only possible because the Japanese Carrier Strike Fleet was basically eliminated at Midway.

To be fair, losing at Midway would have only probably meant the war going slower until we dropped the A bombs on them, but it was still to me the most pivotal moment in the Pacific War.

And for the love of all that is holy, may they not "Pearl Harbor-Affleck" the thing. Every time I see even a minute of that Affleck tainted hell-movie I have to take out my copy of Tora Tora Tora and watch the whole thing to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

Loss of Midway would have put Pearl under land based bomber attacks, thus ending its use as a harbor. A million variables, but a significant possibility would have been to come to an agreement to end hostilities with Japan controlling much of the Pacific. Just as if Normandy had failed, another invasion would have been next to impossible as Stalin would would negotiate peace and Hitler could then move his assets to the Western front.

Did the Japanese have a bomber that could reliably take a large bomb load from Midway to Oahu?

At this point newer US planes were becoming availible, and Pearl was basically covered in AA.

The Japanese never saw Midway as something to occupy to use, but to occupy to force the "One Big Battle" that was their Naval Strategy at the time.

The ‘big battle’ ended Dec 7, 1941. Except for 3 old carriers, every Allied Capital ship in the Pacific and Indonesia was either with Davy Jones or a smoldering wreck. The intent of the Japanese was to shatter our Navy then negotiate a peace agreement to give them Asia.

From my readings it wasn't. The idea was to cripple the Pacific Fleet, grab as much land as they could, then force the "big battle" with the US's remaining carriers and battleships before the US industry made up for the losses.

And as for the US battleships only two were total write-offs, and the Maryland and Tennessee were back in action a few months later.