UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBsKVjWJjs Among other things Edited November 12, 2009 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted November 12, 2009 A video like an appetizer to OFF. I liked to see Manfred von Richthofen dressing up for a flight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OvS 8 Posted November 12, 2009 From the movie... Baron Manfred von Richthofen Red Fighter Pilot 1917 Pretty cool video... I like it even though it's obviously colorized. But in 2009, the basic facts should always be checked and corrected. The Dr.1 was flying in 1917 and was red, not pink... and he was called The Red Baron, not the Red Fighter Pilot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoomzoom 2 Posted November 12, 2009 Annnnnnd, he was really an alien, thats why he was soooooo gooood! Cue Twilight Zone Music...........again. ZZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UK_Widowmaker 571 Posted November 12, 2009 (edited) I actually watched this entire film (with proper narration) on the History Channel last Saturday...and in it's defence, it was of course superior quality to this one. (though that is a poor excuse for not getting titles and facts correct!) Edited November 12, 2009 by UK_Widowmaker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zoomzoom 2 Posted November 12, 2009 I like the colorization. Does bring it home a touch more. ZZ. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dej 17 Posted November 12, 2009 Pretty cool video... I like it even though it's obviously colorized. But in 2009, the basic facts should always be checked and corrected. The Dr.1 was flying in 1917 and was red, not pink... and he was called The Red Baron, not the Red Fighter Pilot. It is colourised, of course, but I think the computing technology they have used to add the same is pretty cool, to maintain the colour balance and separation off a few keyed frames. Genuine early colour photograhy, using coloured starch granules may well have rendered Richthofen's plane more pink than red. To be fair, too, didn't Richthofen refer to himself as 'Der Rote Kampfflieger' rather than 'Der Rote Rittmeister'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted November 12, 2009 As far as I know, he was called the "Red Baron" by the Entente, maybe the press. He was not even a Baron, but a slightly "lower noble" - he was a Freiherr. So, if he would have spoken of himself with the colour in mind, he would have said "der rote Kampfflieger" rather. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creaghorn 10 Posted November 13, 2009 actually he himself called his red aircraft "le petite rouge". in germany never ever called him red baron. "der rote kampfflieger" was his book and rather the name of his aircraft then for himself. the people in germany called him rittmeister von richthofen or similar. if something regarded to his red aicraft, then "the red knight of germany" or §red knight in the air". as long as i know not even the allied called him "red baron". it was from the postwar press who gave him that name. i know from books they called him baron von richthofen, or red devil etc. during the war Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rwmarth 0 Posted November 13, 2009 (edited) The use of the word "Red Fighter Pilot" was correct. It was because the actual dialogue that this version cut out was from MvR's book's title translated into English. It's also how you explain the seemingly random inclusion of words such as "Recollection" which obviously only makes sense if you were to hear the dialogue being spoken and which was cut out of this version. Edited November 13, 2009 by rwmarth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Dave 2,322 Posted November 13, 2009 Wait wait wait wait wait, you mean WWI was not fought in black and white? Does this mean the same for WWII and Korea? Im crushed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
