why are so many people obessesd with.....

Hx.Clavdivs · Post by **Hx.Clavdivs** » 2007-07-22 05:31

ArmedDrunk&Angry wrote:I think even if you could get it to work AND the rotors had a collision mesh

If that was ever to happen in PR, I would be the first and only GI that managed to get my own fastrope tangled in the rotors and accidentally TK'n everybody inside of it. I vote no.

Eddiereyes909 · Post by **Eddiereyes909** » 2007-07-22 05:49

JP*wasteland.soldier wrote:The first one sucked too.

The list of good military movies is surprisingly short.

BHD, BoB, SPR, and that's about it.

What about Patton that won alot of awards.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-07-22 06:15

Jarhead?!

DOAW · Post by **DOAW** » 2007-07-22 06:24

Full Metal Jacket!

Agent Johnson · Post by **Agent Johnson** » 2007-07-22 06:24

El_Vikingo wrote:Just land on a roof with ladders. The soldiers would be more protected too.

yea fastroping in bf2 is just asking for an rpger to shoot you down. theirs always someone with an rpg or law trying to hit something, and a hovering helicopter would be so easy to hit, however doing fastroping into an area were the enemy might not be would work. say for instance you wanted to land your troops in a forested area behind a base were a helicpoter couldnt easily touch down, fastroping would be usefull. but i doubt that fastroping would ever be possible with bf2's strict engine. so the idea is completely useless.

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-07-22 07:16

El_Vikingo wrote:Jarhead?!

OK, I should change my modifier to "good *combat* military movies".

And while FMJ was good, IIRC, there was only combat in one part. Where they're looking for the sniper.

Platoon was good but the combat wasn't realistic. We Were Soldiers was good but it didn't really follow a single group of infantry long enough for any real tactical immersion to take place for the audience.

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-07-22 11:22

Immediate loss of points for failing to mention Bridge too Far and The Longest Day. In addition to several others.

We Were Soldiers fails big time. It grossly miss represents the battle. And misses out an entire battalion that took part in the battle, not to mention the devestating ambush the VC/NVA launched while said battalion was en route to LZ Albanay

A_COLOHAN · Post by **A_COLOHAN** » 2007-07-22 15:26

Brother Hood was a good war movie too...

What About P90's

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-07-22 17:05

Bob_Marley wrote:Immediate loss of points for failing to mention Bridge too Far and The Longest Day. In addition to several others.

If I wasn't talking about fairly recent movies, I would have had to add a lot to that list.

The Story of GI Joe, Ulzana's Raid, and Battleground come to mind.

ArmedDrunk&Angry · Post by **ArmedDrunk&Angry** » 2007-07-22 17:16

Wasn't Jarhead panned for being totally unrealisitic ?
As far as We Were Soldiers, I liked it and there is only so much they can fit in a movie.

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-07-22 17:25

Anyone watch that TV series "Over There"? I haven't watched it myself...

ArmedDrunk&Angry · Post by **ArmedDrunk&Angry** » 2007-07-22 17:42

now that one I heard was total hollywood BS.

ReaperMAC · Post by **ReaperMAC** » 2007-07-22 17:53

youm0nt wrote:Anyone watch that TV series "Over There"? I haven't watched it myself...

Yep, I have the DVD of the series too, damn that was a good show.

Agent Johnson · Post by **Agent Johnson** » 2007-07-22 18:16

yea over there is complete bs. most of the things that you would see in it were completely wrong.

ReaperMAC · Post by **ReaperMAC** » 2007-07-22 18:19

'[R-CON wrote:Agent Johnson']yea over there is complete bs. most of the things that you would see in it were completely wrong.

Agreed, you can't rely on it for military facts, but still a good show nonetheless.

WNxKenwayy · Post by **WNxKenwayy** » 2007-07-22 20:32

To whomever mentioned Jarhead and Over There, I have just this to say;

stfu.

The first for being a self-rightous smacktard fest about 'omg we had it sooooooo hard' whiny cry baby piece of ****. And for the second one, oh god, don't even get me started on that pile of ****. It's literally an insult to anyone in uniform that's been 'Over There'

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-07-22 20:37

Jarhead was Action Comedy, you take these movies WAAAAY too seriously.

DOAW · Post by **DOAW** » 2007-07-22 20:48

Wasteland, theres a couple of combat scenes in FMJ. There's the firefight at the airbase at the beginning of Tet, a couple of smaller firefights in Hue including the one where the tank is blasting away at the front of a building, and the big sniper scene. Besides, you said military movies, not war movies.

PsychoSquirrel_NZ · Post by **PsychoSquirrel_NZ** » 2007-07-23 03:27

what map is that in the screenshot?