Seriously.

Ten seconds on the U Tubes or the Wikithingie and you could count the number of propellor blades that were present on a Bf 109 in 1942. Or for that matter on ANY Bf109. THREE. Three is it. Period. Not four. Three.

I can somewhat get the fact that you throw a bunch of Bf 108s into the scene. Why not… German… made by the same company… kind of looks like… Not to mention that they are actually sort of present today as flying examples of “Messerschmitt”… Never mind that at most you might find only one or two spread around bases as squadron hacks in the early 1940s. Whatever. History.

But you go the trouble of making mock-ups of the 109s you want to blow up for your exciting scenes of awesome SAS coolness. Truly good stuff! And what’s better you are doing it with a Netflix budget! Lots of zeros!!!

So…. THREE propellor blades!!! For fucks sake, it’s actually LESS work for you.

And yeah. Hispano Suiza. Whatever. Get it right.

Jeered, my Tism gets in the way of so much entertainment!

Bill R

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Rouge Heroes

Rogue, possibly?

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Originally posted by joel9507:

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Rouge Heroes

Rogue, possibly?

Well.. or possibly about those guys whose cheeks are suspiciously rosy…

Admittedly, I probably need to switch to decaf after about thirteen hours in to OT. It is supposed to be relax down time. I may need to chill a bit in regards to my expectations of reality based depictions of early WW2 African Theater operations,

Bill R

I've built two bf109 models, an Emil and a Gustav. Both three blades. Never read up much on the Spanish types. Need to build an F.

Are Rouge Heros like these guys?

Threadjacking: I find the frequency and consistency with which people spell “rogue” as “rouge” noteworthy. RogueJSK is called RougeJSK more often than by his correct handle spelling. This has bugged me for years. More so than the number of prop blades on a TV show.

Anything aviation in movies or tv will be grossly incorrect. Outside of true documentaries. All those aviation "experts" that pop up on the news shows after an accident are hopelessly ignorant, too.

I view aviation in movies or tv the same as science fiction or those historical fiction with gay paraplegic black medieval kings of England. Potentially entertaining but nothing to do with reality.

This is why season 2 has a disclaimer at the start:

"This is not a history lesson."

Is this about the Khmer Rouge?

Four blades instead of three on the mock Messerschmitts bothers you, but the Zeros are ok? I kid, but it took a few seconds for it dawn on me the zeros you were referring to.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
Threadjacking: I find the frequency and consistency with which people spell “rogue” as “rouge” noteworthy. RogueJSK is called RougeJSK more often than by his correct handle spelling. This has bugged me for years.

Tell me about it...

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
This is why season 2 has a disclaimer at the start:

"This is not a history lesson."

Exactly. I have found the series absolutely hilarious. Patty does not give a fuck. No respect for authority and risk all. It’s an outstanding war series.

Well, it is a "series".

Telling the story with accuracy and as it really was would have made it worthwhile to watch. So many times Hollywood takes liberties or just makes shit up when the reality of the event(s) are much more interesting. Of course actors gotsa overact, agendas must be pushed, etc.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
This is why season 2 has a disclaimer at the start:

"This is not a history lesson."

Exactly. I have found the series absolutely hilarious. Patty does not give a fuck. No respect for authority and risk all. It’s an outstanding war series.

Jack O'Connell's portrayal of Lt. Col. Mayne is astonishingly accurate, if the book "Colonel Paddy" is accurate (which it seems to be).

As was Alfie Allen's portrayal of Lt. Lewes. In fact, IMO his performance as Lewes redeemed him as an actor. He finally played a character who was a decent man and did so with conviction.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:

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Originally posted by Sig2340:
This is why season 2 has a disclaimer at the start:

"This is not a history lesson."

Exactly. I have found the series absolutely hilarious. Patty does not give a fuck. No respect for authority and risk all. It’s an outstanding war series.

Like Hogan’s Heros?

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Originally posted by marksman41:
Well, it is a "series".

Telling the story with accuracy and as it really was would have made it worthwhile to watch. So many times Hollywood takes liberties or just makes shit up when the reality of the event(s) are much more interesting. Of course actors gotsa overact, agendas must be pushed, etc.

You should probably stick to documentaries then.

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Originally posted by Prefontaine:
You should probably stick to documentaries then.

Or I can have an opinion and offer comments and analysis like you and everyone else.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
RogueJSK is called RougeJSK more often than by his correct handle spelling.

I bet if you got some truth serum in him, he'd admit he misspelled when setting up.

My eyes see “Red Herpes”.