That so needs to be made into a movie.
Right? It was an eight person crew composed of a Magician and a bunch of set directors, designers and other theater tech crew.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Sep 21, 2011 6:43:24 am PDT #27486 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2011 6:58:28 am PDT #27487 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Didn't they also work on faking the run-up to the D-Day landing to make the Germans think they were going to go to Calais instead of Normandy? They put Patton in charge of the false Army group and used false tanks, trucks, etc. in Kent to show a build-up there instead of further west, where they were actually building up for Normandy.
I was just watching a "Secrets of WWII" show on the Military Channel that was about the Man Who Never Was, the corpse that they dropped into the sea off of Spain with fake papers indicating an Allied landing in Sardinia instead of Sicily.
Toddson - Sep 21, 2011 7:06:20 am PDT #27488 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And didn't they set up a fake airfield with mock-ups of airplanes as a decoy, while the real planes were camouflaged elsewhere? I think this was in Scotland ....
Jessica - Sep 21, 2011 7:07:45 am PDT #27489 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The misinformation campaign was my favorite part of Blackout/All Clear, by far. Such a fascinating little bit of history.
tommyrot - Sep 21, 2011 7:09:14 am PDT #27490 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
During WWI, two passenger liners that were armed with guns fought each other in the only passenger liner vs. passenger liner naval battle. Coincidentally, each passenger liner was disguised as the other.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2011 7:10:42 am PDT #27491 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The outdoor shopping mall near my office used to be an airplane factory. Even in Burbank, far away from the war, they took the time to create a huge net to cover all the many acres of it to make it look like innocuous suburban streets from the air. Check it out: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2011 7:14:34 am PDT #27492 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
During WWI, two passenger liners that were armed with guns fought each other in the only passenger liner vs. passenger liner naval battle. Coincidentally, each passenger liner was disguised as the other.
So they both blew their own cover? I find that funnier than I ought to since there were probably casualties.
Kathy A - Sep 21, 2011 7:15:05 am PDT #27493 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The misinformation campaign was my favorite part of Blackout/All Clear, by far. Such a fascinating little bit of history.
Blackout is on the top of my To Be Read pile, for after I finish my various cross-stitch projects before Christmas. I'm buying All Clear when the paperback is available.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 7:15:24 am PDT #27494 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Twitter etiquette question: Is it ok to troll spam ads? I really want to say, "put a shirt on, douchebag."
Is that ok?
Jessica - Sep 21, 2011 7:16:10 am PDT #27495 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wouldn't, Allyson - responding will probably just get you subscribed to more spam.