Yesterday I told you about War Birds, the movie about ” an Air Force veteran-turned-reckless airshow re-enactment pilot who gets pulled into the underground culture of illegal, real-life aerial combat.” Basically, The Fast and the Furious with plane fights. Anyway, today they posted some test footage for the film on the official site, and if you guessed it was going to have a Linkin Park song in it, congratulations. Go to the head of the class and pound a Jager bomb.
Besides the plane fights, there’s also some WWII-ish ground battle sequences, and I’m not sure what to take from that. Like, are they really gonna try to sell us on a badass subculture of historical re-enactors? “Check it out bros, I got this picture of a koi fish reading Mein Kampf incorporated into my sleeve tattoo.” I also wouldn’t mind seeing an encounter between the WWII re-enactors and the society for creative anachronism at a bar. Then maybe the Civil War guys could walk in and there’d be a big dance-fight number like West Side Story. I hear if you pretend stab any of the Ren-Faire guys in the leg, they have to hop around on one leg for the rest of the dance fight.
Anyway, either War Birds is going to be about re-enactors, or they didn’t really start with any plot ideas other than PLANE FIGHTS AND EXPLOSIONS AND RAP METAL! Could go either way, really.
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This is the most bitchin idea for a film since Knightriders
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082622/
I went to an air show in St. Louis once that looked exactly like that.
“War Birds” is what the Stath calls women in the Army.
*preemptively sits self in corner*
I’d rather see a movie called Werebirds about Taylor Lautner turning into a hawk with abs.
[puts on corner disguise, sits in corner]
War Birds are cool, but they can’t beat the TaliBum.
What do their wives think? “So, I killed Bill the other day; we won’t be seeing him at church this Sunday.”
It’s all about altitude, bro.
Strafe the leg, Jonny! Strafe the leg!
Danny Trejo is a master of the split esse.
I think the most accurate re-enactment of WWII most LARPers could do is to write ‘Little Boy’ on their chest and run naked into a Hibachi buffet.
This movie is gonna drop tank at the box office.
I hope they don’t let Japanese guys into their club.
My Japanese joke just crashed and burned, didn’t it?
*sits in corner, plays Jonas Brothers game on DS
Neo-Nazis are going to reich this movie very much.
The Italians are calling this “A Mustseelini”
Incoherent people-sounds, unnecessary explosions, confusing action scenes, AND a Linkin Park song? Is Michael Bay doing period films now?
The Japanese give this film Zero stars.
The French box office has already surrendered the #1 position to this movie on opening weekend.
This is an extended version of this test footage:
http://tinyurl.com/ycvqueg
At it’s core, this movie will really be a bromance between main character Maverick and his copilot Goose-Step.
At least these fucktards waited until after Pearl Harbor Day before pissing on The Greatest Generation by setting their war to Linkin Fuckin’ Park and making it look like a melodramatic hissy fit.
Looks like an expensive hobby, especially if it’s your turn to crash.
“We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s an underground club we joined… our Great Depression is our lives.”
Before I forget – fuck this Linkin Park shit, give me Iron Maiden Aces High or GTFO.
This is just too fucking stupid to mock.
[If Hollywood weren't retarded.]
“Sorry, but this just doesn’t make sense. WWII era planes can’t just surreptitiously fight eachother. It’s a stupid premise for a movie.”
“Ok, but what if the plane fighting took place … underground?!”
“Get the fuck out of my office.”
Germans think this idea is a Messershit.
FOR GREAT JUSTIIIIICE!
*crashes into Brett Ratner’s house while Lohan is visiting*
Snatches Messershit from üłPåÿ’s hands]
Theaving ass browns!
Can one of these planes get shot up and crash into Fresno please? Kaithanxbai!
This script is just plane stupid.
Airbourne fencers fight with air foils.
Bru up!
uhhhhh, I’m just here for the jaeger bomb please
Clearly, you have all misread the plot here. In this scene, Vin Diesel has now travelled back in time to save the Allies from the Nazis (that’s why he comes in in that kickass plane to kill everyone.
Variety will report, within the next 2 weeks, that the name of the movie is being changed to “2 Back 2 Futurious”
Haha. I love when the obvious toy plane crashes about 3/4 through.
You know all the dudes on the ground had big old boners filming this awesomeness.