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Originally Posted by Snowman999
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Originally Posted by DeepSix
I think it's actually one of the best intro clips for a video game I've seen. It's a little dramatic at moments (my least favorite is the "Kiss me you big Yamato" moment), but overall the poem really works. Dunno - maybe it's the English major in me. Think about it another way: if they'd had someone reciting "cry havoc and loose the dogs of war," we'd all barf. Well, all of us except maybe Patrick Stewart. Anyway - point is, I think the video is a nice balance of eye candy and the fun of playing the game along with the serious aspects of what the game is about.
Just two cents, there....
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Milton is fine, and English-accented readers are fine, and war-is-all-hell is fine, but not in this game. You want that put it in SH3's intro--those guys started the killing and they lost their gamble.
Historically, the intro does not work for me vis a vis the USN submarine service. We were attacked, brutally, without warning, during diplomatic negotiations. Our men in the boats weren't thinking about souls' redemption or immortal sacrifice or anything else in this poem. Take a look at the second picture from the left in the link below. It's the crew of my dad's boat near the end of the war, about the time we nuked the folks who ruined a fine Sunday morning in Hawaii. That banner IS history, but not Milton's sort.
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With respect, I think you missed the point of my post, and -- again, with respect -- I know I'm missing yours. My grandfather survived the Battle of the Bulge so I think it's ok to say I know a thing or two about rich men's wars and poor men's fights.
Just my opinion, but I think the video actually underscores the sacrifices made by the "Great Generation" rather than minimizing them. But it is, after all, just a game video. To put it another way, I was pleasantly suprised to see the video take an even remotely serious approach, instead of a "run-and-gun" deal with loud guitars. If I have a complaint it's the "Wolves of the Pacific" subtitle as I don't think that's an accurate description. But that's a quibble.
Would it have been better if they'd had someone playing "Sakura" on a koto instead?
No hard feelings, here, I'm not looking for agreement so much as understanding where you're coming from. What, exactly, is "Milton's" sort of history? How is his poem "On Time" any less appropriate than "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori?"
[Edit: Second (or third) to the suggestion to include
Arizona. And
West Virginia, and
Oglala, and
Downes, and so on. Currently, Pearl Harbor looks way too "untouched" for December 9-10.]