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Odd little mistake on the Kubrick film. It's "Barry Lyndon" not "Barry Lindon".

Definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it already.

My favorite Kubrick movie. I never get tired of watching it. Absolutely beautiful.

How about a space battle scene with and without CGI? Compare "The Dam Busters" from 1955 with propeller airplanes to "A New Hope" with X-wings, title says 1977 but I think this is one of the enhanced editions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdb03Hw18M

WW2 fighters in space has always seemed really weird scifi to me. If we ever fight wars in space it will be done by computers trying to out maneuver eachother over millions of miles.

Its near c projectile wepons and knowing which pillar volume will be a deadzone next. The floor is lava and all that shields is shooters leashed to proxies leashed to proxies..

> If we ever fight wars in space it will be done by computers trying to out maneuver eachother over millions of miles.

It's entertainment. Dogfights in space with pew-pew lasers are entertaining and make intuitive, if not technical, sense to people who understand how aircraft work. Drones making slight corrective maneuvers and sniping each other at light-second distances isn't entertaining.

You might find this interesting. Detailed breakdown how the physics shape space combat in the highly realistic “Children of a Dead Earth” game. Everything from orbital mechanics to dissipating heat from rail guns. https://childrenofadeadearth.wordpress.com/

Missing Gallipoli (Peter Weir - 1981)

I went to Uni with a mature age guy who was one of the extras for the army. If I remember correctly he was ADF reserves at the time.

During the cold war countries had vast standing armies. The Netherlands had 1000 tanks!

Without the draft getting 5000 extras for your film would be way too expensive.

The most marked comparison I’ve seen is between the B-25’s in Catch 22 and the aircraft in Masters of the Air. The real B-25s struggle and climb into the air on takeoff and it’s evidently real. Masters of the Air just had shot after shot of aircraft sitting dully in the sky - so eminently artificial.

Perhaps expecting at least an honorable mention for Kurosawa: from solo combat, through small group engagements (there were only 7 + a village :) up to the sweeping mass banner-men battles of Kagemusha and Ran.

Nothing tops Waterloo, critics are imbeciles. About as close to a perfect movie as it gets.

Totally agree. And you never even hear about the movie anymore. Total shame. I watch it every year with newfound awe.

Watched it some days ago for the first time, incredible battle scenes.

from May 2020

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