Re:Bouncing bomb
by greedo on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @08:08PM
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Did you read the first article? It's pretty clear in spelling out the heritage:
"As the British pilots approach the superstructure, one asks, “How many guns do you think, Trevor?”
To which Trevor replies, “I’d say there’s about ten guns. Some in the field, some on the tower!”
The similarities go even further… A tense countdown leads to the first bombing of the German dam, just like the trench run. After the first bomb attack against the German dam is away, one of the pilots exclaims, “It’s gone! We’ve done it!”
To which he’s told, “We haven’t! It’s still there!”
That bomber tells his other pilots to set up for their attack run, eventually taking three bomb runs to destroy the target."
That's almost verbatim what Lucas used for dialogue (something he always admitted he struggled with writing).
"As the British pilots approach the superstructure, one asks, “How many guns do you think, Trevor?”
To which Trevor replies, “I’d say there’s about ten guns. Some in the field, some on the tower!”
The similarities go even further… A tense countdown leads to the first bombing of the German dam, just like the trench run. After the first bomb attack against the German dam is away, one of the pilots exclaims, “It’s gone! We’ve done it!”
To which he’s told, “We haven’t! It’s still there!”
That bomber tells his other pilots to set up for their attack run, eventually taking three bomb runs to destroy the target."
That's almost verbatim what Lucas used for dialogue (something he always admitted he struggled with writing).