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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 08:28 PM
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Ahh one of my favorite movies is on The History Channel
Edited on Sat Oct-23-04 08:35 PM by JonathanChance
Midway

I wonder if anyone has any plans to do a remake of this film?
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 08:30 PM
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1. I know why you like it!
Because near the end Chuck Heston blows up and gets roasted, right? :evilgrin:
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crimson333 Donating Member (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 08:34 PM
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2. nah he likes seeing eric estrada
actually I love that movie, and remember go to the theater to see it
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 08:37 PM
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3. And George Takei
And all those airplanes......

Enough to make this aviation buff excited!
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 09:26 PM
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9. eric Estrada did a movie called destroying america
its a skateboard with tony hawk and a cop car being demolished
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 08:46 PM
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4. I like Midway and The Longest Day.
I hope nobody remakes them.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 08:47 PM
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5. Oooooh!
Edited on Sat Oct-23-04 08:48 PM by JonathanChance
Now that japanese have made the decision to rearm thier torpedo planes with bombs. Big. Mistake.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 09:04 PM
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6. Some big mistakes in the movie though
Wrong planes:
Shows Hellcats and Avengers being used in the battle, even though it was a year or more before they went into use.

Carriers are 1950's and older ones, not WW2 carriers.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 09:54 PM
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10. Yeah...
I really don't know of any WWII carrier with a diagonal landing deck
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 09:56 PM
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11. None were.
The Brits invented those after WW2 for jets.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 10:00 PM
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12. And then there's Star Trek's George Rakei!
Edited on Sat Oct-23-04 10:00 PM by JonathanChance
And one of the American Carriers is the Enterprise.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 09:08 PM
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7. Here's to Torpedo 8
All but one didn't make it.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-23-04 09:22 PM
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8. Here we go!
Yee haa!!!
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