I saw this again for the second time last weekend. I thought it was excellent! When it ended, I wished that there had been a sequel done that portrayed Churchill now that so much more information is available regarding why some decisions were made...

Yesterday, I caught part of "Yanks" and tried to give it another watch to see if I'd misjudged it previously. Nope. Based on what I caught again, it seemed insulting to everyone and I just changed channels.

I purchased "The Thin Red Line" about 10 days ago. I've not had a chance to watch it yet, but I found out that if I want to teach my step-son about World War II, the best way is to buy a new DVD on the war and leave it out in the open while still in the plastic. He's certain to pick it up, watch it on his computer, and then return it to me! One of these days we'll probably start discuss it, and then he'll start running rings around me. (Like many on this forum is 20 - 21 in a couple of days).

Michelle

tonight i have lined up to watch is .attack force Z. with the young mel

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MacRusk, I totally agree. I was like...

So, he goes into the building, chats to the guard and...that's it?

I WANTED MORE!!! :'(

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might start watching again the series called the gallant men . i like this series....

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I recall that show but I don't recall the plots or cast. Was the show as good as Combat ? I love those shows !

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combat wos a good series but i think . the gallant men. series wos a little
better what could i say better put together ??

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Hi TA, I have a good friend in Washington who watched the series when it was originally aired and in re-run who thought that COMBAT beat that series. Now had The Gallant Men been as popular as COMBAT, no telling. I do know that there is a VHS tape that was out years ago that had a few Gallant Men episodes put together as a movie. If im not mistaken, I THINK James Drury was in that series and as their Sergeant? Also, if I recall, I think they were the 3rd Infantry Division patch on their helmets and uniforms. I only saw that tape once and thought what was on it was good-but that again was at least 20 years ago when I saw it. :-(

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This morning on TCM, I watched two Charles Starrett (the Durango Kid) Westerns one of which was titled: "Both Barrels Blazing-which I thought was nutty because the Durango Kid only carried one six gun. Anyway, they were very good "B" westerns which also had Dub Taylor (as the town fool) and a few other very well-known character actors such as: Glenn Strange. The first of the two Durango Kid westerns featured: Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. The music in both films was excellent.

After that, I saw part of Major Dundee-which is anothar favorite western of mine and was directed by Sam Peckinpah-the fellow who also gave to us: Cross of Iron. Anyway, TCM was playing the version of Major Dundee with the new soundtrack that was made for it when they restored that film-which I also thought that it really sucked some powerful Prune Pits.

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I watched 'Downfall' again. As I rewatch movies, I tend to pay attention to other things in the movie. This time, I focused on Bormann and noticed that he did not say a whole lot in this movie. They almost make him out to be timid.

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Soon to be, I will be feasting my eyes on movies like:

Gentleman Jim, Charge of the Light Brigade, Dawn Patrol, Dive Bomber, The Adventures of Don Juan, Alverez Kelly, The Adventures of Marco Polo & The Flash: The Entire Series.

1) w/ Errol Flynn & Ward Bond.
2) E. Flynn & David Niven.
3) Flynn, Niven & Basil Rathbone.
4) Flynn.
5) Flynn.
6) Richard Widmark & William Holden.
7) Gary Cooper & Alan Hale Sr.
8) John-Wesley SHipp, Amanda Pays and Alex Desert.

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ar what can we pull off the shelf tonight to have a look at
( long is the road ) that will do cheers mark

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"Saints and Soldiers" is pretty good; especially when you figure out the vast majority of extras and equipment are compliments of reenactors.

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~Leutenant Alfred Regeniter, 3rd Battery, Sturmgeschutz, Brigade 276, holder of the Knights Cross

what is lined up for tonight maybe truce in the forest . quight a good little
story cheers mark ..

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tonight i think operation crossbow will do just fine
cheers mark....

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Hmmm, you seem to like Errol Flynn. Then you should see the movie that made him an overnight Hollywood star, Captain Blood.

Has anone here caught the new show on the History chanel, Battlefield 360. I thought it pretty good. It seemed to me that it followed "The Big E" by Edward Stafford fairly closley.

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Has anyone here seen "The Fallen?"

Ive seen that its about the Italian campaign and I want to get info on it before I decide to see it

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After making the first two parts of my SH3 film I got the itch to get out Das Boot this weekend.

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"Open channel D"

had a look at one called. operation lighting . all round good war flick
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Hi Falcon, yep, I am a big Flynn fan. I do have Captain Blood on DvD which came as part of the Errol Flynn Signature Collection 1, and I have on order: The Errol Flynn Signature Collection Nr.2.

Captain Blood also stars another favorite of mine-and who always plays the "bad guy" and he is: Basil Rathbone. BTW, Basil Rathbone also stars with Flynn in: Dawn Patrol, which is another favorite of mine-and is in teh Flynn Sig Col Nr.2.

I am still awaiting for them to release: Edge of Darkness (which is not often shown on TV), in which Flynn is the leader of a Norwegian Resistance group and also Desperate Journey which also starred: Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale Sr, Arthur Kennedy & Raymond Massey.

Captain Blood came with The Seahawk (another excellent Flynn Pirate film) The Lives of Elizabeth Essex w/ Alan Hale Sr and Betty Davis, They Died With Their Boots On and Dodge City.

Errol Flynn was not only good at being a Swashbuckler but also in funny roles. I can't think of the names off-hand but, he did one movie that involved him playing with toy electrical trains, in order to win over the father of a girl that he wanted to woo.

Forgot to mention, that I watched: Alvarez Kelly w/ Richard Widmark and William Holden-which is about the Confederates rustling a large herd of Cattle from the Yankees, and they actually pull it off and "win one" for a change. Also, just watched: The Adv/of Marco Polo w/ Gary Cooper, Alan Hale Sr, and Basil Rathbone (as the villain-as usual)

For any of you DC Comicbook fans, I also picked up: The Justice League, the New Frontier, movie on DvD. It did a good job of portraying the mindset of the USA during the McCarthy era-in the 1950's. Not great but, not bad.

And tonight, I get to start watching: The Flash TV Series-all 22 episodes.

PS, continuing with Errol Flynn, did you know that before he was an actor, he also was an Author? One of the two books he wrote is called: "Beams End."

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