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[Nilgiri]

Oh man, Tora Tora Tora is literally the best of the lot IMO.

You wanted confirmation captain?.....Take a look!....THERE's your confirmation.

The searing unbridled anger in that line....I won't forget that.

Honestly it is impossible to properly know how it would have been up close....we can only watch the silver screen portrayal....but certain moments do come through and offer a real striking glimpse.

That is how I judge movies basically though, how often do I feel like I am actually there, how immersive is it....and for large moments of Tora Tora Tora, it is certainly the case.

Pearl Harbour still carries such weight of sorrow, pain and anger today in naval military circles here in North America. One needs caution and tact in handling this among these folks.

One of my good friends, his father is retired Canadian navy veteran.... I forgot how the subject came up exactly....but I wont forget the deep pain in his voice in those few minutes he opined to me exactly what "the boys" had to face and at what scale and suddenness....no doubt a summary of all the accounts by those on firm footing (of the generation preceding his still in active duty when he joined up) regarding knowledge and experience of the whole thing.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Oh man, Tora Tora Tora is literally the best of the lot IMO. I remember in high school history class (I think it was our freshman or sophomore year that part of it) was to watch that movie. I think, IIRC, it took the better part of 2 class periods to watch the entire thing an then the 3rd day was a discussion on it. The level of detail and of course, realistic aircraft and ships etc. for that year is phenomenal! Much of that was because of the incredible work they did with miniature models of the aircraft carriers and ships etc. that came out as realistic as real itself! Not one single scene in that entire flick looked like a fake or a cheap stunt. Nothing like it.

But they actually built a replica of the Arizona because of the scenes on it. That was truly something.

But you'd never tell they were miniatures unlike many other flicks. That movie was superbly done.

Actually as I recall they used real planes flying over Pearl Harbor for some scenes and freaked out the locals.

Some of the craziest accidents actually made the best scenes

 

[Gomig-21]

Actually as I recall they used real planes flying over Pearl Harbor for some scenes and freaked out the locals.

Many of the aircraft scenes were flown by real aircraft, absolutely. When you watch that realism made in 1971, there is no way that any of that was miniaturized or of course, CGI. Those aircraft were about as real as can be and what a herculean effort.

Some of the craziest accidents actually made the best scenes

I remember the first thing I said to myself when I saw that exact scene was "how the heck did they film that!" lool. That's pretty amazing and thankfully -- unlike other instances in other movies -- there were no fatalities!

Looks like one of those Hawks from Hickam field.

 

[Gomig-21]

One of my good friends, his father is retired Canadian navy veteran.... I forgot how the subject came up exactly....but I wont forget the deep pain in his voice in those few minutes he opined to me exactly what "the boys" had to face and at what scale and suddenness....no doubt a summary of all the accounts by those on firm footing (of the generation preceding his still in active duty when he joined up) regarding knowledge and experience of the whole thing.

Your post just reminded me, especially this part right here; my wife's uncle (on her mother's side) "Uncle John" they called him, greatest guy you would ever want to meet lol! Funniest son of a bitch you can talk to and the craziest part is -- because he's 100% Irish -- loooool, he loved the old sauce, if you know what I'm talking about. He was a Marine and fought the Japanese on Guadalcanal. He has (or had since he's passed away now) a purple heart for heroism in action during battle to save fellow soldiers and was injured on the island and barely made it out of there. And when he would get hammered at family get-togethers lmfao, anyone who would bring up the Pacific Theater or mention Japan or anything of the sort, he would go off on stories left and right! lol. Typically, as you probably know, most who fight in wars and go through tough battles etc. don't usually like to talk about them at all. But this guy would tell us stories like you wouldn't believe it! It used to be some of the best family gatherings when Uncle John would start telling stories about his time with the Marines and fighting in that famous battle on that island. We would sit and listen (and every one would be quiet and only he would be talking) and it was incredible. I can remember several harrowing stories he told and listening to them would send shivers down my spine, I tell ya!

 

[Gomig-21]

Hey @Hamartia Antidote & @Nilgiri , check this out loool.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282091725691838464

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Hey @Hamartia Antidote & @Nilgiri , check this out loool.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282091725691838464

I told my daughter yesterday I may have to surround her dinner chair with a phone booth so she can't get up and run away from the table easily.

Her: "what's a phone booth???"
Me: <groan>

 

[Gomig-21]

I told my daughter yesterday I may have to surround her dinner chair with a phone booth so she can't get up and run away from the table easily.

Her: "what's a phone booth???"
Me: <groan>

Funny you just said that! From the same guy Tom Hall who posts a lot of very cool and funny stuff like that Walkman clip, he posted this, too. Not a phone booth, but close enough. Watch the struggle LOL!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282327473905037313

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Funny you just said that! From the same guy Tom Hall who posts a lot of very cool and funny stuff like that Walkman clip, he posted this, too. Not a phone booth, but close enough. Watch the struggle LOL!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282327473905037313

LOL! That's awesome.

I was actually going to mention something like that in my 1964 reply in the other thread from yesterday when you mentioned innovation. Something along the lines of "Hey here's Huawei's first phone prototype in 2001" and then show a picture of an old US black rotary one.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

@Gomig-21 this type of Amazon Go accuracy blows my mind

 

[Gomig-21]

@Gomig-21 this type of Amazon Go accuracy blows my mind

Incredible! There goes another large batch of hundreds of thousands of jobs for people right out the door thanks to that ever so strengthened power of innovation and application as well. It's one thing to think of the idea, but to implement it into a hard reality and make it work on a realistic level is a whole other challenge. WTF is happening

This is one of those things that comes with a lot of good and a lot of bad, if you know what I mean. Nonetheless, truly amazing!

 

[Nilgiri]

Incredible! There goes another large batch of hundreds of thousands of jobs for people right out the door thanks to that ever so strengthened power of innovation and application as well. It's one thing to think of the idea, but to implement it into a hard reality and make it work on a realistic level is a whole other challenge. WTF is happening

This is one of those things that comes with a lot of good and a lot of bad, if you know what I mean. Nonetheless, truly amazing!

Looks like no more chit chat with the counter clerk in future lol. Darn (there are some cuties always here)

I guess simply you will have an app you can check on your phone to get how much you spent +e-receipt etc.

Implementing wont be hard, they will just ramp stress test (with say bigger and bigger crowds inside and all kind of multi-variable movements) this as much as they need to and find the glitches and fix them I suppose...till you get as close to 100% as possible (and know the operating thresholds for it etc, which they can enforce entry side, kinda like they already doing with corona now)

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1279407112892887040

Great American Inventors/Inventions

Invention: Vulcanized Rubber (1839)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanized_rubber

Inventor: Charles Goodyear (Eagle India Rubber Company in Woburn, Massachusetts)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyear

"Vulcanized" Leonard Nimoy (born in Boston, Mass)

 

[Gomig-21]

Great American Inventors/Inventions

Invention: Vulcanized Rubber (1839)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanized_rubber

Inventor: Charles Goodyear (Eagle India Rubber Company in Woburn, Massachusetts)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodyear


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"Vulcanized" Leonard Nimoy (born in Boston, Mass)

lol that is hilarious. If you look at that list of inventions in our great state of MA, there are some pretty serious ones in there that changed the course of the world and the way people lived forever! They should've listed them in order of importance and merit instead of simply by alphabetical order. I mean the telephone, rubber tires and the microwave those are some pretty serious inventions they should be top of the list IMO.

But on the other side of the coin, I had no idea all those great things were invented here, so it's good either way.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

lol that is hilarious. If you look at that list of inventions in our great state of MA, there are some pretty serious ones in there that changed the course of the world and the way people lived forever! They should've listed them in order of importance and merit instead of simply by alphabetical order. I mean the telephone, rubber tires and the microwave those are some pretty serious inventions they should be top of the list IMO.

But on the other side of the coin, I had no idea all those great things were invented here, so it's good either way.

I think it is amazing some guy in the 1830's was basically thinking mixing stuff with what is basically akin to Maple syrup in Brazil was going to create some big benefit.

 

[Gomig-21]

I think it is amazing some guy in the 1830's was basically thinking mixing stuff with what is basically akin to Maple syrup in Brazil was going to create some big benefit.

Amazing! Incredible the way they systematically shred the bark to recover the fluid as to not kill the tree. Plus it looks like they move from one tree to the other to spread the effect, so to speak.

Talk about the value of a natural resource that doesn't get so recognized like oil does. Trees were not only for paper but tires and when you think of the amount of paper and tires out in the world, the burden on trees must be spectacularly painful.

On a bit of a brighter note; as you probably know, some sports are slated to begin or pick back up where they left off at some point soon but without fans and MLS has so far been the first example. With MLB, they're thinking of using artificial crowd sound to make it as realistic as possible for the players lol. I saw a clip of that and it sure did look and feel strange. This effing virus has really f----d thinks up sideways and inside out on so many levels.

But I thought of you when I just saw this on Twitter. Apparently Gillette Stadium is allowing drive-ins for Revolution road games. I'd say that's pretty cool and should be something they do on a regular basis, not just because of this bastard of a virus!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1284300152258404353