Strategic Air Command

[Eric Mc]

Just an alert for anyone interested in such things. The James Stewart movie is on BBC2 this afternoon at 1.10 pm. Lame story but spectacular footage of B-36s, B-47s and assorted other 1950s USAF aircraft. Lets hope they show it in glorious widescreen.

[yertis]

Thanks for that Eric. I've only ever seen it the once, many many years ago. I'll programme my 10 year old to tape it (or whatever is on ITV at the same time ) for me...

[puggit]

Fantastic, keep up the movie spotting for me - 4 weeks of gardening leave really drags

[monkeyhanger]

Well that's a couple of hours filled on this rather wet but totally random day off

[Eric Mc]

I've just checked and it's never been released on DVD. Like "Grand Prix", why such movies haven't been put onto DVD yet is a real mystery.

Definitely going to tape it now.

[yertis]

Keep your eyes open for the "video" for some awful boyband track (unidentified - I saw it at the gym) which is a crude pastiche of TopGun... which sounds utterly awful until I tell you that it has some great flying sequences... but instead of F14s and Skyhawks it's Hunters and Buccaneers!

(obviously recently filmed in South Africa)

[puggit]

yertis said:

Keep your eyes open for the "video" for some awful boyband track (unidentified - I saw it at the gym) which is a crude pastiche of TopGun... which sounds utterly awful until I tell you that it has some great flying sequences... but instead of F14s and Skyhawks it's Hunters and Buccaneers! (obviously recently filmed in South Africa)

It's Will Young with a video for the boys

[simpo two]

puggit said:

It's Will Young with a video for the boys

'That's your best video ever, that is'

[Eric Mc]

I'll lock this thread if people continue to use it to discuss Will Young.

[nervous]

will, young? not on my salary.













sorry, thats tortured even for me

to redeem myself ill note that jimmy stewart flew many bombing runs during the war, and actually came under fire many times, unlike all the other PR enlistments.

which, when you think about it, is a genius concept, that could only work on americans. "Elvis is a soldier? well, in that case ill sign up cos war cant be dangerous if hes doing it"

[Eric Mc]

Stewart could have had a cushy ride but he volunteered for active service. He completed at least one full tour on B-24s. Clark Gable also flew some missions as a gunner.

It is noteable that neither John Wayne nor Ronald Reagan chose to serve on active duty, choosing instead to fulfill their military duties by taking part in propaganda and instructional films for the military.

>> Edited by Eric Mc on Monday 24th October 10:45

[nervous]

:snigger: :bitestongue: :notpillow:

[r988]

Saw this was on, but I'll be at work (No recorder either)

[nervous]

want me to tape it for ya? im home cos im poorly. a modicum of sympathy will get you a free video that may well contain porn at tuther end.

[Eric Mc]

Aviation porn?

Thunderous formations of Convair B-36s roaring into the skies belching thick black smoke from their auxilliary jet engines (six turnin' & four burnin' - as they used to say back in the 50s).

[muley]

...and B-45 tornados in the background.

illgetmeanoroakandgo

[Eric Mc]

Damn - it's just started and they are not showing it in widescreen. That's a real pity as it was shot in Vistavision, one of the big widescreen formats of the day - and in stereo too. Not bad for 1955.

According to the Radio Times, it was the top box office movie in the US that year.

[JonRB]

I think the Will Young video is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek* send-up of Top Gun and doesn't take itself seriously at all. In fact, it highlights just how gay Top Gun was.

* - I assume it is a tongue anyway

[Eric Mc]

I'm just not fan of Will Young - as a singer.

[yertis]

JonRB said:

I think the Will Young video is a hilarious tongue-in-cheek* send-up of Top Gun and doesn't take itself seriously at all. In fact, it highlights just how gay Top Gun was. * - I assume it is a tongue anyway

Doesn't matter though.... check out the Buccaneers...