[Charles Martel]

I loved that movie! As a former model airplane hobbyist, I loved the line "But the principles are the same!"

I love the original film, too. The fact that the (model) airplane designer was German, a few years after WWII, was a pivotal element of the movie. The others distrusted him. I just don't see how the remake can capture that, unless it is done as a '50s period piece. To toss an anvil to this already-sinking production, some numbskull cast Giovanni Ribisi as the aircraft designer. IMO, the only bit of good acting to his credit was his death scene in Saving Private Ryan.

[pabianice]

MORAN: "What's the matter, Frank? Have you no curiosity left? Don't you want to know how it feels to fly a toy airplane?" (... hysterical laughter...)

[Yo-Yo]

The fact that the (model) airplane designer was German, a few years after WWII, was a pivotal element of the movie. The others distrusted him. I just don't see how the remake can capture that, unless it is done as a '50s period piece.

I suppose they could make the engineer character of Arab descent. However, while I can see the plausability of making an airplane out of (I think) a C-123, I can't see the same with, say, a 737.