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Old 23-07-2006, 01:13 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Re: The most historically incorrect movies/books.

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Originally Posted by plant-pilot
You have to remeber that when all is said and done they are films and for the entertainment of the masses, before CGI if you didn't have a real 'Tiger' then you had to either make do with something as similar as you could find, or shoot the film with some very clever camera angles in order to get as little of the actual tanks in shot as you could get away with. It can work, but it doesn#t make for a gret film. You are never going to get 100% accuracy without lots of CGI or even animating the whole film.
Very true. Back in the 50's and 60's when many of these 'epics' were made the technology we have today. While some may say there were still Shermans about, which is true, the problem is many were still in service in S. America and the Middle East so an alternative had to be found.

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