March 13, 20241 yr I watched Cold Blue and also recommend it. It addressed one pet peeve I’ve had for a long time. In every movie that has B-17s the pilots enter the cockpit by doing a pull up flip into the belly hatch. I can’t really see that as something someone would really do. In my copy of printed version of master it says occasionally someone would do that to show off. In Cold Blue they show several crew members, in full battle rattle going into that hatch. Using portable stairs.
March 13, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, JimNtexas said: I watched Cold Blue and also recommend it. It addressed one pet peeve I’ve had for a long time. In every movie that has B-17s the pilots enter the cockpit by doing a pull up flip into the belly hatch. I can’t really see that as something someone would really do. In my copy of printed version of master it says occasionally someone would do that to show off. In Cold Blue they show several crew members, in full battle rattle going into that hatch. Using portable stairs. Way back when, 1972-ish, , my dad was stationed in England and one of his fellow Chiefs was a former B-17 radio operator in WW2. I was 9 or 10 and he was talking about the "doing the pull up" to enter the airplane and said it was complete BS. Nobody did it. Side story: Local English lovers of birds had given the B-17 radio operators messenger pigeons. Not sure how often they used them, why they used them, etc. but they occasionally used them. The instructions were to put the message on the bird, put the bird into a paper bag cut down on one side, go to the waist gunner window, and throw the bag with the bird DOWN where the bag would open, the bird would fly out and then fly home. One day, he wonders what happens if you throw the bag with the bird UP which he does and the bag with the bird splatters on the rudder. He didn't have the heart to tell the poor guy he killed his bird. Anyway, that was one story he relayed to me.
March 13, 20241 yr 47 minutes ago, TreeA10 said: Way back when, 1972-ish, , my dad was stationed in England and one of his fellow Chiefs was a former B-17 radio operator in WW2. I was 9 or 10 and he was talking about the "doing the pull up" to enter the airplane and said it was complete BS. Nobody did it. Side story: Local English lovers of birds had given the B-17 radio operators messenger pigeons. Not sure how often they used them, why they used them, etc. but they occasionally used them. The instructions were to put the message on the bird, put the bird into a paper bag cut down on one side, go to the waist gunner window, and throw the bag with the bird DOWN where the bag would open, the bird would fly out and then fly home. One day, he wonders what happens if you throw the bag with the bird UP which he does and the bag with the bird splatters on the rudder. He didn't have the heart to tell the poor guy he killed his bird. Anyway, that was one story he relayed to me. So much history there. We PL'd in the backyard of a guys house in Suffolk. Shut down and the guy came out. Old old guy in full old british guy wear. I walk up to him apologizing for landing in his back yard and he was grinning from ear to ear. Sat and talked with him while waiting for maintenance to show up. His dad was a milkman who wasn't medically cleared. He would talk about how his dad gave him milk to bring to the boys before they would go fly in the early mornings.
March 20, 20241 yr Yes! F’ing Yes!https://www.facebook.com/share/v/s7ecjtqYV7tRFhNX/?mibextid=WaXdOeTrailer for Alien Romulus looks absolutely badass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
March 21, 20241 yr 20 hours ago, Lawman said: Yes! F’ing Yes! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/s7ecjtqYV7tRFhNX/?mibextid=WaXdOe Trailer for Alien Romulus looks absolutely badass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Can't be worse than Prometheus or Covenant. Edited March 21, 20241 yr by Lord Ratner
April 3, 20241 yr Guilty pleasure fun, but I enjoyed the new Roadhouse. Admittedly I felt the original was terrible, yeah I know it’s legendary for some reason but could not figure out why, it was soooo bad! Anyway this new one was fun.
April 3, 20241 yr I can't wait to see the live action Punchout on Netflix with Glass Joe and Mike Tyson. Edited April 3, 20241 yr by disgruntledemployee
April 3, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, Clayton Bigsby said: Guilty pleasure fun, but I enjoyed the new Roadhouse. Admittedly I felt the original was terrible, yeah I know it’s legendary for some reason but could not figure out why, it was soooo bad! Anyway this new one was fun. Jesus. OG Roadhouse was good because we didn't know any better. New one is garbage.
April 15, 20241 yr Went to Civil War today. Very good movie. I really liked how there was basically no political agenda one way or another, just a story. Highly recommend.
May 21, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, wikz said: anyone watch the blue angels IMAX movie? I think I did. Was this it?? Or this one??
May 21, 20241 yr 42 minutes ago, O Face said: I think I did. Was this it?? Or this one?? I always knew you were into that stuff. Edited May 21, 20241 yr by wikz
September 8, 20241 yr On 9/7/2024 at 2:54 AM, HeloDude said: Saw the new Beetlejuice…I thought it was kind of just “ok”. Remakes always suck.
September 8, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Biff_T said: Remakes always suck. I think it's more of a long term sequel. But in that Biff vein, often sequels suck too.
September 9, 20241 yr 11 hours ago, RASH said: WTF? Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app PSM. I just pissed and shit myself (PSM) from laughter. Good catch amigo. Everyone loves that Biff vein, even the dudes.
September 10, 20241 yr PSM. I just pissed and shit myself (PSM) from laughter. Good catch amigo. Everyone loves that Biff vein, even the dudes. Somewhere there’s a hot German babe in a dirndl calling dibs…Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app
December 13, 2024Dec 13 Anyone else get a weird, sickening feeling from this movie trailer? [emoji3] [/url] Especially the audio. It seems vaguely familiar…Sent from my iPad using Baseops Network mobile app
December 13, 2024Dec 13 Thanks for the PTSD flashbacks …. I love you, you love me. I love you, you lov/I love you …. (Barney) Edited December 13, 2024Dec 13 by HossHarris
December 13, 2024Dec 13 If that movie doesn't end with the national anthem and the raising of the flag I'm gonna be pissed...
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