Coming To A Western Front Near You

[Air Pirate]

Well, this certainly spins my propeller.

 

Here are trailers for 2 new movies about the Great War. One by Peter Jackson.

 

 

 

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[Flames]

Re: Coming To A Western Front Near You

 

DULCE ET DECORUM EST

 

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,

Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs

And towards our distant rest began to trudge.

Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots

But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;

Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

 

Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,

Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;

But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,

And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .

Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,

As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,

He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

 

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace

Behind the wagon that we flung him in,

And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,

His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood

Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,

Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud

Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest

To children ardent for some desperate glory,

The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est

Pro patria mori.

 

-- Wilfred Owen, 1918

[Roter Baron]

Re: Coming To A Western Front Near You

 

HAH! I finally made it to the silver screen! Wow! Jippeh!

 

Who's playing me? Who's palying me? Is he as good-looking as I am? Tell me, tell me, tell me!!!

[st barbara]

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Who gets the credit for shooting down "The Red Baron"; Brown or the Australian infantry ?

[Talon65]

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The Red Baron looks really cool. Can't wait for that one.

 

From what I understand "Crossing the Line" is just a short made by Peter Jackson to show off the new whiz-bang camera that's mentioned at the end. Tho' there's a lot of hopeful wishes after seeing Crossing the Line, I haven't heard of any plans for a WWI movie by Jackson.

[Inu]

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Who gets the credit for shooting down "The Red Baron"; Brown or the Australian infantry ?

With luck, they'll leave it unanswered. =)

 

I'm of the understanding that the evidence really points to the ground fire taking him out, but I must admit a bit of bias in that area, so I'd be happy just seeing it as an unanswered question. =)

 

Edit: in fact, in that trailer, there are shots of artillery firing -- probably the Australian battery. Of course, I also saw someone take out a blimp with a flare gun, and the Baron seemed to be in a biplane. 'Course, he flew a lotta different planes, but some of those shots did look like the final climactic dogfight... not enough to really tell if they flubbed that one or not!

[Steve Long]

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Darn cool trailer, at least. Let's hope the movie lives up to it!

[Ian Mackinder]

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Of definite personal interest. I am a very indirect non-blood relative of the Red Baron (Manfred von Richtofen to his friends).