Blue Max vs Flyboys

nikimcbee · 07-12-07, 10:39 PM

I don't know how I stumbled on to this, but it is pretty good

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George Peppard!

rockS

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aubR2x...related&search

Sailor Steve · 07-13-07, 06:25 PM

What can I say? Blue Max is a classic*.

Flyboys is a joke...but a pretty cool one.

*except the book had a much neater ending.

Stealth Hunter · 07-13-07, 07:51 PM

Blue Max.

Don't get me wrong, Flyboys had a pretty good idea and good graphics artist, but it wasn't the best execution. Still, pretty cool.

Heibges · 07-14-07, 01:59 PM

I think Flyboys tried to stress that these guys were just basically have some adventure. Which to a large extent is true. But it really isn't a very "serious" movie.

Blue Max, on the otherhand is pretty heavy. George Peppard is a Hero of the Masses, conspired against by the "man". I haven't read the book, and maybe it's because I was watching Casablanca this morning, but I have a feeling it is pretty pro-socialist.

Sailor Steve · 07-14-07, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Heibges

...but I have a feeling it is pretty pro-socialist.

Not really, but in the book Stachel really is a jerk, and he gets a pretty interesting comeuppance at the end. Nothing like the movie. I highly recommend it.

07-12-07, 10:39 PM	#1
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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	What can I say? Blue Max is a classic. Flyboys* is a joke...but a pretty cool one. *except the book had a much neater ending. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I think Flyboys tried to stress that these guys were just basically have some adventure. Which to a large extent is true. But it really isn't a very "serious" movie. Blue Max, on the otherhand is pretty heavy. George Peppard is a Hero of the Masses, conspired against by the "man". I haven't read the book, and maybe it's because I was watching Casablanca this morning, but I have a feeling it is pretty pro-socialist. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

07-13-07, 07:51 PM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Blue Max. Don't get me wrong, Flyboys had a pretty good idea and good graphics artist, but it wasn't the best execution. Still, pretty cool.