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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games.

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Old 10-27-2011, 11:39 AM
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Beyond the war propaganda American pilots had not much
to fight for over Europe!

That's why the American Aces were made over Pacific.
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Old 10-27-2011, 12:06 PM
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Appart from the ones who became aces in europe.......
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Old 10-27-2011, 12:10 PM
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Beyond the war propaganda American pilots had not much
to fight for over Europe!

That's why the American Aces were made over Pacific.
Exasctly. By the time the Yanks got into the European Theatre of Operations in 1942 there were barely one or two Luftwaffe squadrons left flown by wet-behind-the-ears rookie pilots. Well, except maybe for New Years Day, 1945............
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Has Hollywood made a good/realistic WWII film? A lot of people say that Saving Private Ryan was perfect, but I found it to be Spielberg's typical "Heavy-Handed" tripe. The effects were amazing, and good choreography, but every 5 minutes I found myself pulled out of the experience by some manner of glaring error, or stupid thematic device (like having every German soldier a skinhead).

Yes Mr. Spielberg, we didn't forget that the Holocaust happened, but skinheads were an invention of the 70's/80's.

I'm really glad that they didn't make that Battle of Britain movie since this is 100% how it would have happened. . .

"Hey you useless Brits, I'm an American and I'm going to show you cowards how to really shoot down Nazi planes! Boooyah! That's my 50th kill this week! Oh, lost another lame Brit wingman. Good thing I brought my American Made P-51 D to this battle that takes place Summer-Fall 1940. Oh did I mention that I happen to also fire explosive rounds from this? It's a special top-secret round that improves movie cinematics. Oh no! We're up against an SS wing of ME-262's They specifically target Jewish pilots. . . I'm 1/2 Jewish! Better get in an 1 on 1 battle with the head SS pilot. At the end I'll appear to be just about to lose, and when he dives to deliver his death-blow on my damaged P-51 I'll do some manner of Physics-Defying maneuver that will result in him being destroyed and I delivering a really awesome "One Liner" before I fly back to marry that British Girl who can never go back to regular Brit men after being with a real man!"

Did I manage to get all the Hollywood WWII Cliches into it?

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Old 10-27-2011, 02:38 PM
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Good one Speculum J,That was solid gold mate, spot on
The closest I can come up with as a reasonable modern WWII hollywood
movie is probably Memphis bell!

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Old 10-27-2011, 04:18 PM
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Good one Speculum J,That was solid gold mate, spot on
The closest I can come up with as a reasonable modern WWII hollywood
movie is probably Memphis bell!

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Yup, that's a good example. The only way I can think of that being blown out of proportion "Hollywood Style" would be to have the gunners shooting down dozens of 109's. Then again they had a pretty tight budget that didn't leave much for superfluous special effects.
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"Hey you useless Brits, I'm an American and I'm going to show you cowards how to really shoot down Nazi planes! Boooyah! That's my 50th kill this week! Oh, lost another lame Brit wingman. Good thing I brought my American Made P-51 D to this battle that takes place Summer-Fall 1940. Oh did I mention that I happen to also fire explosive rounds from this? It's a special top-secret round that improves movie cinematics. Oh no! We're up against an SS wing of ME-262's They specifically target Jewish pilots. . . I'm 1/2 Jewish! Better get in an 1 on 1 battle with the head SS pilot. At the end I'll appear to be just about to lose, and when he dives to deliver his death-blow on my damaged P-51 I'll do some manner of Physics-Defying maneuver that will result in him being destroyed and I delivering a really awesome "One Liner" before I fly back to marry that British Girl who can never go back to regular Brit men after being with a real man!"


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I found it very funny and very true...
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Has Hollywood made a good/realistic WWII film?
Yes they did, long time ago, but they did just to name a few:







Not from Hollywood, but nevertheless a good one:
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Old 10-27-2011, 07:23 PM
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12 o'clock high would definately be one of the best war movies made.
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