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From: rjn@hpfcmp.UUCP (rjn)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:23:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 30 00:23:00 1985
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Nf-From: hpfcmp!rjn    Jun 29 20:23:00 1985

re: DAM BUSTERS ... and the local station nearly finished the job ...

Our  local  cable  outfit  runs  WOR  and I also  watched  part  of DB.  I was
wondering why it wasn't as good as I recalled from its original U.S.  release.

One thing  about DB that  really  annoyed me was that they used new footage of
real aircraft for the training  scenes, original  archival footage of the test
drops, and models for the attack  scenes - the WRONG  models.  One of the AVRO
Lancasters  that was shot down turns into a BOEING  B-17 as it hits the trees!
Considering  that  nearly  everyone in the  British  Isles was  familiar  with
aircraft identification, and DB is a British film, this was inexcusable.

And moviemakers  continue this silliness today.  WarGames  dispatched a flight
of "F15s"  to  intercept  the  Alaskan  radar  contacts  - and we cut to stock
footage of F16s (or was it vice-versa).  Whatever happened to continuity?

Bob "there's a limit to my disbelief" Niland                   Hewlett-Packard
hplabs!hpfcla!rjn                                       Fort Collins CO  80525