The Dambusters being re-made.

[yello]

TBH a lot of CGI leaves me cold

Me too. It's too clean, too precise.

 

[beanzontoast]

Me too. It's too clean, too precise.

Yes - rather have a well-told story with average effects. CGI gets to the point where is becomes so 'real' it is unreal, if you see what I mean. And all the CGI in the world can't rescue a poor script.

 

[Mr Pig]

So long as they don't claim that the British had a part in it and undermine the pivotal part that the Americans played in this operation.

Ha ha ha, that was my first thought too :0) In some ways I like the idea of retelling great stories using the technology available today, the thing that scares me is that they usually screw it up! You look at films like Judge Dred that should've been great but turn out to be tragically bad and you realise just how messed in the head Hollywood is.

But you can't really loose on this. If the film is good, then good and if it's bad it'll just help to throw light on the original.

 

[yello]

Keep up at the back

Sir David Frost, Peter Jackson and Steven Fry (as scriptwriter) are all involved.

 

[ColinJ]

As long as they don't rename the dog...

It wouldn't have quite the same ring to it, would it?

"N-word, go fetch!"

 

[GrumpyGregry]

yes do keep up - the debate over the dog's name has already cause a stir

and don't hold your breath; no one has been cast yet, and they are still at the development stage, looking for locations in New Zealand oh that will be historical accuracy out the window, building replica/model Lancs (+1 on the not accurate score) and not a frame has been shot yet....

 

[Yellow Fang]

Loved Dambusters when I first saw it. I thought this is like star wars, what with the tracer bullets looking like laser blasts. The special effects are rather creaky though. You can definitely see it's a model that crashes into the ground, and they use the same sequence of the two Lancasters flying in over the dam, one drawing fire away from the other, again and again. Luckily for distribution purposes, there was an American in the original. There were certainly plenty of Antipodeans, and probably plenty other Commonwealth types. I hope they don't make it too revisionist, with airmen weeping over the tragic loss of human life, the futility of it all, lions led by donkeys, and all that. I expect the 50's stiff upper lip version would be much more realistic.

 

[Andy in Sig]

There was an American in the original because one of the most experienced pilots in the squadron was an American, plus there were various Commonwealth aircrew as well. Read "The Dambusters" by Paul Brickhill for an account.

 

[Night Train]

I don't mind if they remake it so long as it is a good and factual remake.
Loved the original film.

I can imagine that if it was Hollywood then it would be an American idea of using B-17 Flying Fortress's to drop nukes that bounced across the Atlantic and landed on Berlin causing the war to end 6 years early while the poor Brits were still having afternoon tea.

 

[PaulB]

You do seem to spend a lot of time being embarrassed at your lack of knowledge of things, don't you?

 

[yello]

Oh.... I think I'm going to leave this thread now.

 

[Mayniac]

Despite colour film being available, the original was made in black and white in order to include the original wartime footage of the bombs being tested. Somehow I can't see that being repeated.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Loved Dambusters when I first saw it. I thought this is like star wars, what with the tracer bullets looking like laser blasts. The special effects are rather creaky though. You can definitely see it's a model that crashes into the ground, and they use the same sequence of the two Lancasters flying in over the dam, one drawing fire away from the other, again and again. Luckily for distribution purposes, there was an American in the original. There were certainly plenty of Antipodeans, and probably plenty other Commonwealth types. I hope they don't make it too revisionist, with airmen weeping over the tragic loss of human life, the futility of it all, lions led by donkeys, and all that. I expect the 50's stiff upper lip version would be much more realistic.

Not only were there actually american and commonwealth airmen directly involved, but Barnes Wallis himself was almost destroyed by the loss of lives on the raid.

 

[AWG]

Dambusters? I believe this to be one of those movies where the film score (Eric Coates' "Dambusters March") was actually bigger than the movie itself; a bit like "The Warsaw Concerto" dwarfed the movie (Dangerous Moonlight) it was written for.

I think they will go for a new score, and whoever they employ will feel 2 feet tall whatever they compose compared to Coates' music.

Jackson likes planes - he's been talking about this for years in fact; so there will be some superb scenes using modern technology. But 20 years down the line people will still relate to the original. The dog's name? After starting that BNP thread I'll not pass comment . . .

 

[Maz]

Talking of remakes...I heard they're remaking The Taking of Pelham 123. Why don't they leave perfectly good films alone?