The only way it could be worse is if it was a Uwe Boll production...
Posted on 02/01/2010 4:35:08 PM PST by smokingfrog
Taipei - Hong Kong director John Woo plans to make a film about The Flying Tigers, the US volunteer group which helped China fight against Japan during World War II, a newspaper said Monday. The China Times, quoting an unnamed source, said Wu plans to spend 150 million US dollars on making the film to recall how The Flying Tigers helped the Chinese Air Force transport arms and supplies during WWII.
Animation of the film will be made in the United States, indoor scenes will be shot in Taiwan, and outdoor actions will be filmed in China, it noted.
Top picks for the leading role, General Chennault, include Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
Half of the budget will be used on recreating the warships and warplanes of the WWII era, the paper reported.
Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Monday admitted it has helped Wu gather material for the film, but denied it will contribute to financing the film.
(Excerpt) Read more at earthtimes.org ...
“Top picks for the leading role, General Chennault, include Tom Cruise and John Travolta.”
Please GOD NO!
I can’t stand either one of those whackos!
Pilots they may be, so am I so screw them! LOL
Well, if it’s John Woo we know that it will have scenes in which someone dives through the air in slow motion, firing two .45 automatics while doves fly around the room.
The only way it could be worse is if it was a Uwe Boll production...
The first paragraph shown above is misleading; the AVG (American Volunteer Group a.k.a. the Flying Tigers) protected shipment of arms and material into China by attacking Japanese forces in the air and on the ground.
btt
>>“Top picks for the leading role, General Chennault, include Tom Cruise and John Travolta.”
And their commanding officer is Xenu?
Looks like these guys are covering their dominant eye (in this case, the left one) to shoot “rightie.”
The volunteers didn’t call themselves “Flying Tigers,” a name coined by journalists. Nonetheless, Claire Chennault was a hero of both WWII and the Cold War.
Joun Wayne already did it and no one can do it better.
I wonder if the film will point out that the Americans were really helping the ROC government(the current government of Taiwan) fight against the Japanese. It’s not like they were flying sorties with the Chi-Coms. Let’s not pretend like the US and the PRC are long lost friends in the midst of a little tiff.
Chiang and Mao were both commies in those days. But Chiang was our commie.
I got to meet General Robert L. Scot around 15 years ago. I guess he technically was not in the AVG tho he flew with them and also flew with them when they were absorbed into the Army Air Corps.
I think he was credited with 26 victories.
Boll's got nothing to compare to "A Better Tomorrow", "The Killer" and "Hard Boiled."
Great... from John Wayne to the Scientology twins...
Well... Blackie’s kamikaze into the train on the bridge at the end was a bit over the top — but the movie is still bound to be much better than anything with John Travolta in it.
The guy sounds like Curly from the 3 Stooges.
Chiang was never a Commie. He was the anti-Commie.
Gen. Chennault:
I recall in one of Scott’s books he mentions that while we were openly supporting Chiang, and probably most Americans were also supporting him totally, there was a significant group who were sabotaging him.
He tells of flying transports filled with desks, and junk like that to Chennault when they needed and were asking for fuel, ammo, parts etc.
Scott also mentioned Mao being able to cancel attacks they were making against the Japanese because he didn’t want the bridges damaged as it would help him against Chiang.
I just hope they don’t “f” it up like Pearl Harbor. That story is fantastic one without all the BS that was added.
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