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Not sure where you can really go after putting a plot summary like that down on paper. After the airplane is parked, everyone gets out and are, frankly, pretty amazed by the story. Well, this gunner guy is a pretty good artist and he was sending out pretty good vibes on this day, because he drew and then imagined a pair of big cartoon tires on cartoon landing gears and darned if that B-17 doesn't actually land on the cartoon landing gear, saving all including the endearing and pretty versatile ball turret gunner. And, whatsmore, it looks like he is a goner because the landing gear of the B-17 is also jammed up and the airplane will have to make a belly landing back at the base. But the endearing ball turret gunner's ball turret gets jammed by combat damage and he is stuck in the turret. The ball turret gunner is an endearing chap as, indeed, all of the other crewmember are. In a nutshell, the plot revolves around a B-17 crew going on a bombing mission, number 25 I believe. And they got to work with Spielberg, no less. Apologies on the front end to guys, specifically Bruce Orriss and Jim Appleby, who stood by and cringed at what they were putting on film, but grinned all the way to the bank.
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However, there is just too much fun to be had in taking a closer look at this TV episode of Amazing Stories to just not do it.
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Now, this doesn't really qualify as a B-17 movie because, technically, there were no actual B-17s used in the production. Kevin Costner, Kiefer Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko, Anthony LaPaglia Having said that, I think I can rightfully say that this isn't my favorite episode, but it still has that trademark Spielberg charm to it.Aero Vintage Books: Amazing Stories: The Mission (TV)Īmazing Stories: The Mission (1985 episode in the series)
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And I think that's about as cruel and fair a criticism as I can offer about this episode of Spielberg's truly amazing series (pun intended). Oh sure, you get to see the rushes, but even then you're only seeing bits and pieces. You don't have the luxury of standing back like other artists to see what you're making. When you're on the set "constructing" a film one scene at a time, and you're actually shooting the entire thing out of sequence, it's not like painting or sculpting. But you know what people? Film makers can only do so much.
After Jaws, Raiders, and Close Encounters, and I think Temple of Doom, people had pretty lofty expectations. Reading some of the other reviews I think people were expecting a bit much. I remember the buildup to this series, and it was a pleasant ride. But, as the contemporary expression goes, it is what it is, and you either accept it or not. I think a better script would have thrown a few hints here and there, and thus we could have had the payoff at the end without the kind of goofyness (no pun intended) that, again, though in the spirit of the series and Spielberg, is a bit of an odd duck. Because otherwise you get this kind of oddball finale that though in the spirit of the TV series, seems to be at odds with the overall story. No investment of a man and his dreams, or how Disney and other Hollywood types made fantasies come true. I think one of the issues is that there was a dramatic buildup to the ending, but there was no buildup to the "solution". I smirked a little, thought the ending was okay in a Spielbergian kind of way, but I have to admit it did seem somewhat disconnected from the larger story. Sayeth my friend's mother when I sat down with his family to watch this episode.
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