RE: [WW] Primer Movies for Weird Wars II

["Mario Lee Bansen III" <LeeBansen@deadlands.com>]

I love 'Black Sheep Squadron'! I think I have seen every episode (I think).

Anime RULES!!! (Shane doesn't think it is too cool! :P ) I have heard of
that movie, but never got around to watching it. Dan, you have my respect
for making my point about Anime very clearly! Anime is like US movies,
diverse. And 'Fireflies' is definitely one to check out.

Lee

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> From: owner-weirdwars@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-weirdwars@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of Grand Master Nilus of the Dark Angel Chapter
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:49 AM
> To: weirdwars@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [WW] Primer Movies for Weird Wars II
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>
> >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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