OT: "Red Dawn" To Be Remade

[pmulcahy11b]

It's name was "World War 3", I think... They don't lost a lot of time with the title... I saw it about two years ago. Just entertaining, nothing else, as I recall it. The action scenes are its weakest point.

And saint Goggle says that:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084919/

IIRC, it ended with Rock Hudson (who played the President) saying: "They're going to launch. And those bombers are not going to turn back." That was right after he got off the Red Phone, and the Russian President assured him there wasn't going to be a war in a rather sarcastic tone of voice. And then he put his face in his hands; he know what he was going to have to do.

And the tactic that David Soul's character used called "Buzzsaw" -- I wasn't even in ROTC yet and I knew that was more of a die-in-place tactic. Laying in those pipes, you have good cover from the sides, but the front, a good spray or a grenade will take you out, and you've got no place to go.

[Dog 6]

IIRC, it ended with Rock Hudson (who played the President) saying: "They're going to launch. And those bombers are not going to turn back." That was right after he got off the Red Phone, and the Russian President assured him there wasn't going to be a war in a rather sarcastic tone of voice. And then he put his face in his hands; he know what he was going to have to do.

And the tactic that David Soul's character used called "Buzzsaw" -- I wasn't even in ROTC yet and I knew that was more of a die-in-place tactic. Laying in those pipes, you have good cover from the sides, but the front, a good spray or a grenade will take you out, and you've got no place to go.

if only they had more ammo.......

[jester]

I remember that show World War III, and sorry Brian Keith as the Russian premier didn't cut it, nor his son the kid who was the kid on "Time Travelers." I remember the premis, the Sovs were having issues, they had riots over bread, kind like 1917, so they had the Soviet Desante team do their thing and attack our Alaska oil pipeline.

It also dealt with the Sov Backfire bombers which were also a thing at that time as well, so many issues of the day were crammed into the three part mini series.

And yes if the national guard troops had not had more ammo but if they would have fired on SEMI AUTO and aimed rather than fired all their ammo in a burst they could have done a dam dam to the Ruskies.

[Littlearmies]

It's name was "World War 3", I think... They don't lost a lot of time with the title... I saw it about two years ago. Just entertaining, nothing else, as I recall it. The action scenes are its weakest point.

And saint Goggle says that:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084919/

What was particularly good about that page was the "if you like this then try these...." section - "Seven Days In May" and "Fail Safe" - two really great Cold War movies...

[pmulcahy11b]

What was particularly good about that page was the "if you like this then try these...." section - "Seven Days In May" and "Fail Safe" - two really great Cold War movies...

I haven't seen Seven Days in May, but Fail Safe is an iconic Cold War movie. I read the book before I saw the movie, though -- I had a totally different idea of what the Vindicator bomber looked like (I was thinking more XB-70 Valkyrie) than the B-58 Hustlers they used in the movie.

[Littlearmies]

I haven't seen Seven Days in May, but Fail Safe is an iconic Cold War movie. I read the book before I saw the movie, though -- I had a totally different idea of what the Vindicator bomber looked like (I was thinking more XB-70 Valkyrie) than the B-58 Hustlers they used in the movie.

You've missed a "goodie" - "Seven Days In May" is a pretty good film about a US president who is about to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Russians (the film was made in 1964 but set in 1970) - the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs plans a coup because of fears the Russkies are going to doublecross America. A USMC Colonel working at the Pentagon gets wind of the plot and has to track it down before his boss (loosely based on Curtis LeMay) executes the plan.

Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner - what's not to like