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Re: Avro Arrow Movie
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Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:23:46 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Joel Jacobsen writes:
> In lugnet.build.military, Bryce Rollins writes:
> > Hey Joel. I recently caught The Arrow on late night TV a few weeks ago
> > (about a month or so after the discussion about attempting to build a Lego
> > version) so I find it interesting that the movie has seemingly appeared out
> > of the ether not once but twice in a short time period. The movie was
> > indeed interesting but the actual events concerning the Arrows developement
> > and cancellation are even more so. Still thanks for pointing this one out -
> > Good Heads Up.
> >
> > Bryce Rollins
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> Bryce,
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> Very much so! I really enjoyed the movie, and while I'm sure (as always)
> there were a lot of "Hollywood-ized" bits... the movie left me in amazement.
> If Canada had not listened to the U.S. strong arm political tactics, etc...
> and if things with the Arrow program had continued as they began.... the
> 'world as we know' it would undoubtedly be a different place today.
> Certainly, it changed my persepctive on Canada's technology base (in a
> positive way).
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> I mean, I realize they do have aero-space industries, etc, but truly - if
> everything Avro wanted to do had been done.... wow... talking about moon
> shots some two to three years before the US began its own space program in
> earnest?
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> I'm going to have to try and track down this movie on DVD or VHS -- I have
> to wonder how good it is without the 'edited' for television stigma that
> plagues even the best movies. The best parts are inevitably gutted in
> interest of time and content. bleh.
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> As far as interesting topic and over all quality, I'd definitely give it two
> thumbs up. I thought Dan Akroyd did a very good job as did there rest of the
> cast.
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> But this is turning into a movie review so I'll end here rather than sending
> this to .off-topic.fun... :)
>
> JJ
I have the original Canadian aired version on 2 VHS tapes. It was shown
across 2 nights, each night was 2 hours, for 4 hour total viewing.
I don't have 2 VCR's to 'dub' tapes, but would be willing to look into doing
something if there's a demand.
I don't know if the Fox version was 4 hours long--I somehow doubt it.
When I first watched it, I was pretty proud to be Canadian, for the most
bit. I have heard of the history of the Arrow before the show, but seeing a
'docudrama' on it was great.
I like the part when they threw the paper airplane and Dan said, 'keep
that--that's top secret'.
It's also weird to know that stupid politicians are stupid the world over.
A few more points--when this miniseries aired here in Canada, the national
papers ran a bunch of editorials and articles about the Arrow with pictures.
It wasn't all great--the landing gear broke once on trials and there was a
problem, as stated in the movie, the fuel 'boiled in the wings...'.
But what a jet!
What you also might have missed in the Fox version (and wasn't overtly
stated in the Canadian version) is that the engineers and other people in
the Arrow project were snatched up by all the American Jet manufacturers, as
well as the American space program when the Arrow was cancelled...
So if you say that soem American jetfighters look remarkably similar to the
Arrow, there's a reason for that :)
As well, the Arrow's design hid the bombs and missles inside a bomb bay. I
know that the Arrow was a 'bomber' but it wasn't until the F-22 fighter that
the fighter jets put the munitions inside the plane, instead of hanging them
on the outside.
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| (...) <snipped> (...) Wow. Uh...no..it was 2 hours plus commercials. So a lot of it was clearly deleted. (...) That was a great line, I loved that one too. :) (...) Well..I wouldn't call it wierd.. I thnk it just goes with the territory. Job (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Bryce, Very much so! I really enjoyed the movie, and while I'm sure (as always) there were a lot of "Hollywood-ized" bits... the movie left me in amazement. If Canada had not listened to the U.S. strong arm political tactics, etc... and if (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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