I have this tendency to get random interests that I have to find out everything about and lately it's been the battle of Midway. Then all of the sudden I see there's a trailer for a new movie about Midway... "From the Directory of Independence Day".

I dunno, personally I think the old Midway movie wasn't that great so I'm curious if this one will be better. OTOH, the CGI looks awfully like CGI. OTOOH one of the scenes in the trailer sure looked like Dick Best with just his two wingmen in a vee formation making an off-the-beam attack on the carrier Akagi which is a pretty accurate detail. Akagi was only attacked by those three dive bombers and only Dick Best scored a hit, but he hit it in the worst place possible and that one hit ended up destroying Akagi. Dunno, suspect CGI but a very accurate detail. Maybe it will be a decent movie.

Even though it's an easy bar to beat, I doubt the new one will be better, especially given who's directing. More likely it'll be what Pearl Harbor was to Tora! Tora! Tora!, i.e., CGI of WWII aircraft pulling impossible 12G turns 30 feet off the ground with pilots yelling "Max Power!" Oh, and with a love story tacked on (although Midway had that, too).

Wait... Woody Harrelson is playing Chester Nimitz?!? That seems like an odd choice. (I knew nothing of this film until Gud mentioned it.)

I was really surprised to find out about it as well. It's hard to imagine that Tora! Tora! Tora! will ever be displaced as the definitive movie about Pearl Harbor, but Midway could be done so much better. But, yeah, it's hard not to have low expectations from the trailer though.

Lots of wrong in the trailer. For one thing, people serving in the US Navy don't refer to their organization as "the American Navy." The CGI shots aren't great, but are still better than trying to pass off a reversed image of the (angle-decked) Lexington II as the Akagi. The original Midway had so much anachronistic stock footage.

day well over half over and I think I am going to take a shower to "wake up".

showered and in a new caftan! annnnnddd back to lounging on the sofa. (wait - I did unload the dishwasher).

I think today is just a wash which means that I must do things tomorrow.

My day was pretty much a wash too. Did one load of laundry. Went to Fire Department rummage sale and scored a couple good things, plus baked goods. Pretty lazy. Tomorrow needs to be better.

Timelies all!

Mr. S woke us up at 3:30 am, and insisted on getting in bed with us. He didn't settle down at all, and Gary put him back in his bed, which he was quite upset by. Everyone is tired.

Theo, actually the nanny was here Mon-Wed of last week as well as this week. Went pretty well, other than him getting some food/beverages that he shouldn't. Next week starts the three week program we got him in. (It runs until 3 Mon-Thurs, and 12 on Fri, so I'm going to be using a fair bit of leave)

Was it Pearl Harbor that gave me "Lipstick of Death"? I think so. With meara &?

Been a long day. Cat bath. Cat pilling. Cat coning. Mad sad cat. Uhg, Want to sleep, not there yet, which sucks because I'll be awake by 6 if I'm lucky to get that long.