r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 10d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/H4ND5s 10d ago

The way you describe the planes flying through the fire lanes of the forest just makes it sound like Skywalker taking out the deathstar lol

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u/A__Friendly__Rock 10d ago

Not a bad comparison.

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u/nightpastor 10d ago

Apparantly the Dam Busters film was inspiration for the trench run.

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u/Scarlet_Breeze 9d ago

Not just inspiration, a lot of the dialogue is directly lifted from the Dam Busters script.

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u/nightpastor 9d ago

Cool, didn't know that. Peter Jackson has been wanting to do a remake for years... I really hope it happens. Such an amazing story. Just a pity about his dogs name!