Saving Private Ryan

[PantheraTigris2]

He didn't say there were 2 Panther tanks.

"He sees... Tiger tanks... two of them....
PANZER tanks... two of them...."

Panzer, not Panther. If you don't believe me, turn on closed captioning, or read the script - it's online I'm sure.

And the Tigers most certainly used their machine guns, several times.

As for the rest of your comments about realism, like about the tracks - that wasn't even a Tiger tank, it was a T-34/85 mocked up to be a PzVI ausf E, so instead of complaining about the width of the tracks, why not just go for the fact that the driving wheels are in the rear, instead of the front, like they should be in a Tiger? What's the point? - It wasn't a Tiger. It was just meant to look like one, since there were no functioning, running PzVI ausf E's available anywhere in the world at the time the movie was being made.

Both of those "Marders" were totally fictional, btw. But the average person isn't going to notice/care.

And don't tell my grandfather the P-51 can't carry bombs.

 

[TheStinger]

I'd say get a life.

If they were using British challengers you would have point, or if they wre saying you coould destroy a tank with a stick again you would have a point.

I refer you to Homer Simpson when talking to the Itchy and Scratchy fans at a press conference

 

[MrPresident]

Originally posted by Furry Spatula
That said, if people paid to see the movie, not only did they pay to see the movie, but they paid to be able to complain about it as well.

I am not saying people don't have the right to complain about movies. I'm saying that they shouldn't complain about minor historical innacuracies. Complaining about the wrong type of tank used is just so trival to me and accomplishes nothing.

 

[bigfatron]

Originally posted by MrPresident

I am not saying people don't have the right to complain about movies. I'm saying that they shouldn't complain about minor historical innacuracies. Complaining about the wrong type of tank used is just so trival to me and accomplishes nothing.

Especially when most Hollywood war films start off by changing the nationality of almost every key character, the location of the action and - in the most extreme cases - the outcome of the war as well. Exactly what kind of tank is being driven is kind of small beer!

 

[Richard III]

Originally posted by MrPresident

I am not saying people don't have the right to complain about movies. I'm saying that they shouldn't complain about minor historical innacuracies. Complaining about the wrong type of tank used is just so trival to me and accomplishes nothing.

It's not just trivial, it's embarrassing. We should ostracize such people until we get an apology. Yeah, so the Ak47s in Red Dawn didn't have the right muzzle brake. So what?

 

[CurtSibling]

Originally posted by MrPresident

I am not saying people don't have the right to complain about movies. I'm saying that they shouldn't complain about minor historical innacuracies. Complaining about the wrong type of tank used is just so trival to me and accomplishes nothing.

Many things in life are 'trivial' and accomplish nothing.

Students for one.

 

[Mrogreturns]

Originally posted by PantheraTigris2
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As for the rest of your comments about realism, like about the tracks - that wasn't even a Tiger tank, it was a T-34/85 mocked up to be a PzVI ausf E, so instead of complaining about the width of the tracks, why not just go for the fact that the driving wheels are in the rear, instead of the front, like they should be in a Tiger? What's the point? - It wasn't a Tiger. It was just meant to look like one, since there were no functioning, running PzVI ausf E's available anywhere in the world at the time the movie was being made...

Ah- that explains why they used emus and cows instead of dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and cesanas instead of X-wings in Star Wars.

 

[Furry Spatula]

Originally posted by MrPresident

I am not saying people don't have the right to complain about movies. I'm saying that they shouldn't complain about minor historical innacuracies. Complaining about the wrong type of tank used is just so trival to me and accomplishes nothing.

I agree with you on that one. I think its pretty stupid to knit pick, but just let them get their kicks. Different strokes for different folks i guess. I could care less what kind of actual tanks they were aslong as the movie doesn't turn into McGiver and all of a sudden he made a nuke out of popsicle sticks, as that would ruin the continuity of the movie. But anyhow, this kinda does remind me of the simpon's episode.