Re: [WW] Primer Movies for Weird Wars II

["Grand Master Nilus of the Dark Angel Chapter" <grandmasternilus@hotmail.com>]

>Actually, there are some interesting things to watch on TV too:  one that 
>jumps to mind immediately is "Black Sheep Squadron," (takes place in the 
>Pacific theater) which you can usually catch on the History Channel.  There 
>was an old show called "Combat" starring Vic Morrow - you might search for 
>that.
>
Man I use to love Black Sheep Squadron.  It was way more seriose then 
McCales Navy or Hogans Heros, but is still was lighter then most war movies. 
  MY absolutely favorite(all though campy part) was the fact that all the 
air battle scenes were just stock footage from the actuall war.  The only 
problem with that was I think they had maybe 20 minutes of stock footage 
because it almost always looked like the same scene when they shot someone 
down.

On a darker note.  Another great movie to watch to see the effect of war on 
civilians is Grave of Fireflies.  Its anime(aka Japanese Cartoon) but its 
not you normal run of the mill big breasted, big guns, no plot anime.  Its a 
gripping story about a brother and sister trying to survive on the streets 
of a japanese city(I dont rember if it was Tokyo or not) near the end of the 
war.  Their Mother is dead and their father is in the military.  and they 
have to not only find food and shelter but survive in a city being bombed by 
the U.S.  This is a really good movie and one I like to show to 
intellectuals who think anime is just for kids, perverts and Guys who like 
to see stuff blow up.


Dan

"Wherever and Whenever we appear we leave only destruction in our wake; we 
are the Lords of Death, Bringers of War, the Dark Angels."

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