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Originally Posted by glyn
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Originally Posted by execrable
About 3 months ago, I sat next to a gray haired but very affable gentleman
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I hope this did not come as a great shock to you! Oldies (myself included) can be affable as well as anyone else!
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I'm sorry Glyn I didn't say what I wanted to say in the right way - no offense intended!
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Originally Posted by glyn
I wonder if anyone has ever made an accurate military film?
------snip----- It seems the paying public wish to keep their illusions intact, and so the studios churn out what their public wants.
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Hate to disagree with you, however I feel the film going public isn't always consulted or thought about when it comes to making good movies. The current trend is to spend more and more money on special effects when all people like myself want when we go to the movies is a great script acted well and directed strongly.
The other "hollywood" problem is that the marketing men and women tend to spend dollars on ideas that have already proved successful - innaccuracy has proved popular (and lazy) so it will continue. It takes real effort and research to "do" accuracy as I'm finding in my personal project (I'm working on a historical military graphic novel and getting as much accuracy in as I can - but it's making the project take longer than I thought!)