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Originally Posted by Heibges
Although I agree with you, what I meant was that the director is trying to make the audience feel like the were a flier is 1917. If you were flier in 1917, riding in a sopwith camel would feel to you, like riding riding in a F-16 would today.
When they first flew their aircract both pilots might remark, "OMG, I can't believe I'm going this fast!", although they flew them 60 years apart.
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Yeah perspective is everything. WW1 pilots were all born in a time when the fastest anyone ever went by any means was on the back of a good horse. It's hard for us to imagine what those speeds must have felt like to them without applying modern standards to it.
I blame video games. :yep: |
