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Originally Posted by AndyJWest
I think Grumman may have inadvertently done a great service to the historical understanding of WWII. By discouraging concentration on the easiest market - US 'planes that won the war', and instead forcing 1C:Maddox and later TD to look at a broader range of aircraft, they have effectively counteracted the 'Tom Hanks' factor that reduces the entire period to a simplistic morality tale. Of course 1C:Maddox were trying to run counter to this from the start, but the threat of legal action if they followed the Hollywood line helped keep them on their course.
A sim with no Grumman aircraft in it its a darned sight more realistic than one where only Grumman aircraft win.
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The other day I was browsing update info on one of my previous favorit games; BattleField 2 - Forgotten Hope mod. There was an announcement that the mod team had to pull release of a new western front map, namely "Ramelle". It was Mr. Spielburg and Hanks who objected to the use of that map with the name as they had copy writes to the whole "Ramelle"-thingy. Ok, Ramelle never existed irl, neither the town or the battle.. But hey, I wonder which Spielburg/Hanks and Co. employee who sits and playes BF2/FH2 mod and .. "Wait a sec, my boss owns the rights to all and anything related to "Saving Private Ryan" and "Ramelle".. I'm gonna tell my boss!"
05-03-2010, 02:08 PM
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