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SPACE CRUISER WISCONSIN

Started by dragon, March 03, 2009, 08:26:54 PM

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Joe CalPo

#15
March 06, 2009, 08:11:46 PM
Oooo-RAH!

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frinklemur

#16
March 06, 2009, 09:29:18 PM
Disney actually owns the US rights to StarBlazers.  About 10 years ago a script was being floated around for a movie version with the USS Arizona being the raised ship as opposed to the Yamato.   I think that never got the green light.    You know that makes me feel a bit weird, thinking about the Arizona being raised, I mean as war-dead memorial.

I wonder if the Japanese felt the same way about the Yamato being portrayed in such light.

Taiidantomcat

#17
March 06, 2009, 10:55:19 PM
Amazing  :o
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

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An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

B777LR

#18
March 06, 2009, 10:57:05 PM
Quote from: frinklemur on March 06, 2009, 09:29:18 PM
Disney actually owns the US rights to StarBlazers.  About 10 years ago a script was being floated around for a movie version with the USS Arizona being the raised ship as opposed to the Yamato.   I think that never got the green light.    You know that makes me feel a bit weird, thinking about the Arizona being raised, I mean as war-dead memorial.

I wonder if the Japanese felt the same way about the Yamato being portrayed in such light.

Apart from the emotional bits that probably gave it the red light, from a military standpoint, why? It's a WWI era battleship, slow and not so well armoured. Could they not use an Iowa class ship?

dragon

#19
March 06, 2009, 11:36:57 PM
Quote from: B787 on March 06, 2009, 10:57:05 PM
Quote from: frinklemur on March 06, 2009, 09:29:18 PM
Disney actually owns the US rights to StarBlazers.  About 10 years ago a script was being floated around for a movie version with the USS Arizona being the raised ship as opposed to the Yamato.   I think that never got the green light.    You know that makes me feel a bit weird, thinking about the Arizona being raised, I mean as war-dead memorial.

I wonder if the Japanese felt the same way about the Yamato being portrayed in such light.

Apart from the emotional bits that probably gave it the red light, from a military standpoint, why? It's a WWI era battleship, slow and not so well armoured. Could they not use an Iowa class ship?
If the whole point is to resurrect a heroic warship into a spaceship, and you must use a US Navy ship, there are far better choices than the Arizona (USS INDIANAPOLIS, USS LEXINGTON, and of course the IOWA's).  Thankfully Disney decided not to do this.  It would have been a lot like the GODZILLA movie starring Mathew Broderick- obviously something was lost in translation.
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Zeke

#20
March 07, 2009, 01:37:12 AM
oooh I've got chills...I love it!  :wub:

C'mon...what's next!!!...I can't wait...
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sotoolslinger

#21
March 07, 2009, 11:52:53 AM
Quote from: Zeke on March 07, 2009, 01:37:12 AM
oooh I've got chills...I love it!  :wub:

C'mon...what's next!!!...I can't wait...
Must agree :wub: :thumbsup:
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