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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: redmenace on August 10, 2005, 12:22:11 pm

Title: The Great Raid!
Post by: redmenace on August 10, 2005, 12:22:11 pm: Goose Bumps
http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/the_great_raid.html
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Post by: Kazan on August 10, 2005, 12:31:13 pm: how about in a decent format - like mpeg or something - i'm booted into linux right now
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Post by: Night Hammer on August 10, 2005, 12:52:34 pm: what is this about? Like historically, I cant figure it out and i dont really feel like lookng it up
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Post by: redmenace on August 10, 2005, 01:03:23 pm: It is about a daring raid by the US rangers in WWII to liberate the most notorious of the Japanese POW camps.

@Kazan, additional formats http://www.trailerdownload.net/trailer.php?trailerId=125
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Post by: Charismatic on August 10, 2005, 01:05:16 pm: Yay sounds good. Hope i see it.
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Post by: Night Hammer on August 10, 2005, 01:08:02 pm: Quote
Originally posted by redmenace
It is about a daring raid by the US rangers in WWII to liberate the most notorious of the Japanese POW camps.

well yeah i could pick that out from the previews, but the place, like actual name
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Post by: Corsair on August 10, 2005, 01:58:45 pm: I've never heard of the raid before... it actually happened?

Looks like it might be a good movie... hooray!
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Post by: Kazan on August 10, 2005, 02:19:16 pm: red.. those are streaming wmv's _not_ downloadable files
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Post by: Nuclear1 on August 10, 2005, 02:30:55 pm: I've been seeing the trailer on TV for nearly months now. It looks great, and I'll definitely see it. :)
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Post by: redmenace on August 11, 2005, 12:15:05 am: Quote
Originally posted by Kazan
red.. those are streaming wmv's _not_ downloadable files
Well is it a media format.....:nervous:
it was the only other thing out there besides the Quicktime format.

@NH
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bataan/filmmore/fd.html

http://www.battleofbataan.com/images/photos/photos5.jpg
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Post by: Bobboau on August 11, 2005, 12:30:21 am: heh, Windows Media Video format, I'm sure that's going to be realy usefull for someone running linux :lol:
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Post by: Kamikaze on August 11, 2005, 12:36:12 am: WMV and quicktime files are viewable fairly trivially on Linux using mplayer or VLC. Though not a streaming WMV, those usually require WMP plugins. Eww.
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Post by: Mefustae on August 11, 2005, 02:19:28 am: Meh, i loath feel-good movies that look to put some crappy love-story in a War setting. I'm betting that this'll turn out to be a crap-fest like Pearl Harbour *shudder* i still can't believe i payed to see that movie...
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Post by: karajorma on August 11, 2005, 03:09:05 am: Quote
Originally posted by redmenace
It is about a daring raid by the US rangers in WWII to liberate the most notorious of the Japanese POW camps.

Real history or U-571 history?
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Post by: Deepblue on August 11, 2005, 12:32:15 pm: Real history with a fictitious love story thrown in between a prisoner and a nurse.
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Post by: Roanoke on August 11, 2005, 12:57:46 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma

Real history or U-571 history?

My first thought too. :blah:
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Post by: Anaz on August 11, 2005, 06:49:22 pm: And here I thought someone was going after Ragnoros.
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Post by: Martinus on August 11, 2005, 06:58:34 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kamikaze
WMV and quicktime files are viewable fairly trivially on Linux using mplayer or VLC. Though not a streaming WMV, those usually require WMP plugins. Eww.

[color=66ff00]Aye, I was thinking the same thing.

Actually my linux box does a better job of decoding and playing a range of formats than my windows machine. I'm not sure if that's a testament to how well designed mplayer is or if I've just been inept in setting up media player classic. :)
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