Simon just got killed like a lot of very inexperienced pilots did. Flying fighters with just a few hours conversion training equals a lot of dead new pilots. Have some respect!
@RattytheSecond he had over a month though to train you see him at the start of the movie in july and he lived till eagle day which is about a month so he must have known how to fly by then.
One of my most favored "War-Bird-Movie". The Southafrican Comander (Robert Shaw) is a brave and able leader.....he run out of the barrack and shout: "Steht nicht rum - startet doch!!!".
Any remake of this film would - as usual with Hollywood - would have the Yanks saving the world. The Amercians were nowhere in this, the British did it all alone. If the RAF had lost this battle, German would be the dominant world language today, not English...
The British did it all alone? Tell that to the 600 non British pilots that flew in the Battle of Britain. Polish, Belgian, French, Canadian, American and more. 2900 pilots flew in the Battle of Britain, 2300 of which were British. Those extra 600 were a massive help, whether or not Britain would have won without those extra 600 pilots is an impossible what-if question. But in all honesty, we probably wouldn't have.
@nickhubbardtube In Pearl Harbour the main man is depicted as having volunteered for 'Eagle Squadron' for the Battle of Britain. 2 things wrong with that, the Americans were neutral, so americans in their air force were prohibited from flying for Britain and certainly wouldn't have been allowed to volunteer...and second, Eagle Squadrons weren't formed until quite a few months after the Battle of Britain. Typical American film making!
650kntflyby, Heard of Sgt Egan? 5 days Hurricane combat and flying training, and in 4 sorties he bagged first a 109, then an He-111 and a 109. 30 years later, his Hurricane was found nose down in a Kent forest, with him still inside
Theirs no way you could do justice to this film with a remake, its a classic of its day, mostly original aircraft and sticking closlely and staying with the real story of the battlle, I have a couple of german friends who have been very impressed with it too, a brilliant ww2 war movie
a remake couldnt do this classic any justice. it would be a bunchof douchbags with Avid computer consoles making it a CG piece of crap. Bof Britain used 2 entire squadrons of spanish built ME109 spanish air force and over 50 Heinkels and over 100 spitfires for the incredible aerial sequences.
I agree youpiece, it would suck , just like "Pearl Harbor" and "Flyboys" and "Flight of the Phoenix", I don't think there was a real aircraft in any of those, plus they were chick flicks, total crap. I want to see real planes and real action, you can always tell GCI no matter how good it is.
@Gulfstreamone oh a remake thats a marvilous idea, i though the original was way to homosexual in flavor, they have the britsh coming off as sissy boys and the hun as real men.For example the brit that couldnt get his pecker hard with that english bird and latter gets his face burned off.
@Gulfstreamone I disagree. I don't think all the technology in the world could improve this. You'd have CGI planes instead of real ones (look at dogfight scenes in Pearl Harbour to see how that works) and the acting wouldn't be nearly as good. This film is only as good as it is because when it was made there were fantastic British actors/actresses, and all the planes were still around to film so it looked realistic. .
@Gulfstreamone Also, this film is almost unashamedly proud of its Britishness. That is something that a remake would lack, and therefore it wouldn't really feel right as a film about 'the Battle of Britain'. Being proud of Britishness now is not fashionable.
@edj66 you're obviously not British then. Lets blame the whole country of Great Britain for the oil spill shall we. There are alternatives to CGI. For instance, replicas. T-6 Texans were used for years to replace Japanese Zeros. Models were used in the filming of The Battle of Britain also (France scene in the beginning).
If you come up with a better title I am more than happy to put it in. I'm afraid my English has been bastardised by vulgar American dialect and cannot therefore assuage my language for you poms. However, I will make a concerted effort to get back reading some more Shakespeare or Graham Greene novels in order to appease the pommy youtube community and her royal highness your majesty the 37th etc. etc.
@yamum51 how about this old boy, simon looses control of bowls while in the old girl and finds himself in a bit of a sticky wicket. translation= simon shits himself.
@yamum51 ....or instead of going to all that trouble, you could go fuck yourself instead, how bout that? give ur koala/sheep/kangeroo/ steve irwins missus the night off.
You could try:
Simon browned his duffies,
Simon filled his britches,
Simon's done a wee jobbie in his trouser or
Simon "I just shit myself!"
We should send this to Letterman and make a top 10.
veteran2000 1 month ago in playlist WAR
how about... Simon Remebers He Didnt Have Any Underwear On...
Mattie123 7 months ago
The uploader comments section had me rolling on the floor laughing
WunderDoob 7 months ago
Simon just got killed like a lot of very inexperienced pilots did. Flying fighters with just a few hours conversion training equals a lot of dead new pilots. Have some respect!
RattytheSecond 9 months ago
@RattytheSecond he had over a month though to train you see him at the start of the movie in july and he lived till eagle day which is about a month so he must have known how to fly by then.
cpj93070 5 months ago
DON'T JUST STAND THERE,GET 1 UP!
levelat350 11 months ago
Poor ol' Simon :(
NuguSmedley 1 year ago
One of my most favored "War-Bird-Movie". The Southafrican Comander (Robert Shaw) is a brave and able leader.....he run out of the barrack and shout: "Steht nicht rum - startet doch!!!".
2010Schakal1 1 year ago
Pink Floyd:L The wall disk 2 song 4
mikey1978416 1 year ago
14v seconds in, filming mistake! Mark I Spitfires didn't have a four bladed prop. Hey, nevermind, the film is great though!
PinkMoonMagic79 2 years ago
@PinkMoonMagic79 they have 3 blades on the props mate
geover330 1 year ago
Any remake of this film would - as usual with Hollywood - would have the Yanks saving the world. The Amercians were nowhere in this, the British did it all alone. If the RAF had lost this battle, German would be the dominant world language today, not English...
nickhubbardtube 2 years ago 2
The British did it all alone? Tell that to the 600 non British pilots that flew in the Battle of Britain. Polish, Belgian, French, Canadian, American and more. 2900 pilots flew in the Battle of Britain, 2300 of which were British. Those extra 600 were a massive help, whether or not Britain would have won without those extra 600 pilots is an impossible what-if question. But in all honesty, we probably wouldn't have.
rvfharrier 1 year ago
@nickhubbardtube In Pearl Harbour the main man is depicted as having volunteered for 'Eagle Squadron' for the Battle of Britain. 2 things wrong with that, the Americans were neutral, so americans in their air force were prohibited from flying for Britain and certainly wouldn't have been allowed to volunteer...and second, Eagle Squadrons weren't formed until quite a few months after the Battle of Britain. Typical American film making!
edj66 1 year ago
...going into battle with a tie on...
nickhubbardtube 2 years ago
Well think about it how many people died from just shit mistakes ! Landing and takin off !
RaunchyRocker 2 years ago
poor sod must have had a faulty oxygen tank.
creamycurdy 2 years ago
Also, I think the pilot Simon was supposed to have been hit by a bullet himself, along with the engine
MrMorg19 2 years ago
650kntflyby, Heard of Sgt Egan? 5 days Hurricane combat and flying training, and in 4 sorties he bagged first a 109, then an He-111 and a 109. 30 years later, his Hurricane was found nose down in a Kent forest, with him still inside
MrMorg19 2 years ago
Theirs no way you could do justice to this film with a remake, its a classic of its day, mostly original aircraft and sticking closlely and staying with the real story of the battlle, I have a couple of german friends who have been very impressed with it too, a brilliant ww2 war movie
Lifeforce111 2 years ago 2
I've watched this movie about 50 times. In the age of remakes, I think with today's technology, this would be a fantastic one.
Gulfstreamone 2 years ago 5
i agree, we need to make a good british war movie, theres no shortage of amercian ones but this would be fantastic.
trigga1uk 2 years ago
a remake couldnt do this classic any justice. it would be a bunchof douchbags with Avid computer consoles making it a CG piece of crap. Bof Britain used 2 entire squadrons of spanish built ME109 spanish air force and over 50 Heinkels and over 100 spitfires for the incredible aerial sequences.
youpiece 2 years ago
I agree youpiece, it would suck , just like "Pearl Harbor" and "Flyboys" and "Flight of the Phoenix", I don't think there was a real aircraft in any of those, plus they were chick flicks, total crap. I want to see real planes and real action, you can always tell GCI no matter how good it is.
radzai 2 years ago
a 100 spitfire's, your dreaming. it was something like about 13 or something close to that and about 3 hurries
flytimmah 2 years ago
@Gulfstreamone oh a remake thats a marvilous idea, i though the original was way to homosexual in flavor, they have the britsh coming off as sissy boys and the hun as real men.For example the brit that couldnt get his pecker hard with that english bird and latter gets his face burned off.
datzfast 1 year ago
@Gulfstreamone I disagree. I don't think all the technology in the world could improve this. You'd have CGI planes instead of real ones (look at dogfight scenes in Pearl Harbour to see how that works) and the acting wouldn't be nearly as good. This film is only as good as it is because when it was made there were fantastic British actors/actresses, and all the planes were still around to film so it looked realistic. .
edj66 1 year ago
@Gulfstreamone Also, this film is almost unashamedly proud of its Britishness. That is something that a remake would lack, and therefore it wouldn't really feel right as a film about 'the Battle of Britain'. Being proud of Britishness now is not fashionable.
edj66 1 year ago
@edj66 you're obviously not British then. Lets blame the whole country of Great Britain for the oil spill shall we. There are alternatives to CGI. For instance, replicas. T-6 Texans were used for years to replace Japanese Zeros. Models were used in the filming of The Battle of Britain also (France scene in the beginning).
Gulfstreamone 1 year ago
@Gulfstreamone I am British, and you misunderstand my posts.
edj66 1 year ago
@Gulfstreamone . Absolutely, let's petition (H M's government, Hollywood, BBC, ).
Boggoranthius 1 year ago
@Gulfstreamone . Absolutely, let's petition (H M's government, Hollywood, BBC, ). At the very least we'd have some fun.
Boggoranthius 1 year ago
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debzeppeliniv 2 years ago
why the hell has this got a title of simon shit's him self that is soo horrbile 2 put a title like that
BossRoss999 2 years ago 9
If you come up with a better title I am more than happy to put it in. I'm afraid my English has been bastardised by vulgar American dialect and cannot therefore assuage my language for you poms. However, I will make a concerted effort to get back reading some more Shakespeare or Graham Greene novels in order to appease the pommy youtube community and her royal highness your majesty the 37th etc. etc.
yamum51 2 years ago 9
@yamum51 I don't think it's the grammar which was the problem, just the unnecessary swearing. This goes for anyone, whether 'pom' or anything else.
edj66 1 year ago
@yamum51 how about this old boy, simon looses control of bowls while in the old girl and finds himself in a bit of a sticky wicket. translation= simon shits himself.
datzfast 1 year ago 2
@datzfast It won't let me use it - it says it is too long. I am still open to suggestions.
yamum51 1 year ago
@yamum51 how about 'Simon needs a clean pair of trousers'?
veteran2000 5 months ago
@yamum51 Simon gets a bit of a fright? Simon drops a clanger? Simon in bother? Simon goes for a Burton? Simon cops a packet?
BuddyFantastic 4 months ago
@datzfastno! youre getting confused with Sir Francis Drake, who was in complete control of his "bowls"
as you call them, when he was told of the spanish armada, who went on to shit themselves all round the coast of
Britain.
leaving very muddy waters
-old chap
darkmossie633 1 year ago
@datzfast how about Simon buys the farm after a slight accident involving his posterior
lumarshall 1 year ago
@yamum51 hahahahaha XD
CrazyKraut20 1 year ago
@yamum51 ...Shakespeare was French wasn't he ?
matrix49A 1 year ago
@matrix49A Don't bloody get me started on the frogs
yamum51 1 year ago 6
@matrix49A No.
RattytheSecond 9 months ago
@yamum51 ....or instead of going to all that trouble, you could go fuck yourself instead, how bout that? give ur koala/sheep/kangeroo/ steve irwins missus the night off.
MartinRV1975 1 year ago
@yamum51 what about poor simon only had nine hours flying spitfires not enough like other teenagers in the battle of britain
michaelstarwars45 5 months ago
Beware of the Hun in the Sun - remember that when you're on holiday in Majorca!
jonnybottle 2 years ago 10
@jonnybottle lol....CELTIC.!
jocksmen 1 year ago