Princess Luna had though she had seen it all. In the thousand years she had been ruling the Lunar Republic many ponies had come before her asking for some kind of justice. Most of the time it was something serious like destruction of property. However there were those times when the dispute would be, in her opinion, trivial. But today she had been surprised as a large group of ponies entered her court while dragging a tied up stallion behind them.
Luna, shocked to see her subjects acting in such a way, demanded that the group explain themselves. They explained that the tied up pony was named Michael Hay before going into detail the problems with his movie. In the end they demanded justice for the ways he had not only insulted those who had died that day, but also the Royal Guards who looked completely incompetent.
Sighing, Luna asked them to release Mr. Hay while she went to watch the movie. There was no way it could be as bad as they made it seem, right. One movie viewing later Luna was seated in front on the director pony while mentally counting to ten.
“Michael Hay,” said Luna as she did her best to keep calm. “I have reviewed the evidence and find that the film you created is beyond insulting. There was no group of school foals on a field trip in the Deep Tunnel that day! You have insulted the Royal Guard when you had one of them say he didn’t know how to use a shovel! Then you have them work until noon and then call it a day! Even you should know that’s a lie. Royal Guards as well as civilians worked around the clock for days trying to recover the bodies. Then you have the audacity to claim that Twilight Sparkle, Shining Armor, and Shadow Blade were saved by a machine that could transform into a pony form. You have lied about our history and offended not only the ponies that died that day but also the families that they left behind.”
“Don’t forget what he did to you Princess,” said a pony in the crowd. Slowly Luna nodded. She didn’t want to add that to the list of offences for fear that it might look like she was taking it personally. The movie Luna had order her subjects to stop digging, saying that there was no point in trying to recover the bodies. They were dead and already buried.
Luna turned to look at Mr. Hay. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?” she demanded.
Hay just shrugged. “It’s just show business,” he said. “I took some liberties.” This earned an angry outburst from the crowd.
“You may take liberties when working with fiction,” growled the Princess of the Moon. “But when making a movie about a real event you must get the facts right. But you didn’t! It was an accident, not a military attack from Equestria.” Luna paused for a moment to take a deep breath. Just saying the name of that country fueled her anger. She would not let her subjects make the same mistakes as the ones made in Equestria. “During my short trip to Equestria, I found that many things were said about us. All of them false. My sister had allowed these things to be said to the point were they became part of their historical books. We shall not do the same!”
She then looked directly at Mr. Hay. “While I would love to see you in a prison pod, there is no law currently in existence that would allow such an action. However, you will be forbidden from making another historically based movie, will return all the bits the movie made, and will do community service for the next six months. Perhaps then you will gain some small degree of respect for the Republic and those who work hard in it. Finally your movie shall be removed from all theaters and destroyed.”
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Twilight and Scootaloo had just sat down to dinner when there was a knock at the door. Wishing she had an assistant or something to get it instead of her, Twilight got up. She moved as quickly as she could to the door so that her dinner, apple stew with flower petals, wouldn’t get cold. Opening the door she found three ponies with gifts.
“Hey Twilight,” said Lightning Dust as she handed Twilight a large wrapped box. “So, where’s the kid?”
“At the dinner table,” said Twilight as she set down the box. “We were just about to eat dinner.” Twilight turned her head to look at the doorway leading to the kitchen to see that Scootaloo was standing there.
“So this is her,” said Lightning as she walked over towards Scootaloo. She looked the filly up and down before she began to circle around her. Finally, she stopped and looked at Twilight. “I guess she looks somewhat cool.”
Scootaloo opened her mouth to say something when a filly about her age ran up to her. She was a unicorn with a pale purple coat, a blond mane, and yellow eyes. In a way she sort of looked a bit like the last pony that had come to visit, a grey Pegasus with weird eyes.
“Hey, I’m Dinky,” she said quickly. “What’s your name?”
“Scootaloo,” replied the orange filly as she was handed a gift.
Dinky leaned in close to whisper in Scootaloo’s ear. “Don’t mind Lightning. She thinks she’s the coolest pony in the Republic. Actually, I think she was giving you a compliment.” Dinky then pulled back a bit and spoke in a normal voice. “I hope you like the presents we got you. How about you open mine?”
Scootaloo nodded and began to unwrap the gift Dinky had brought with her teeth. It took awhile, but soon Scootaloo was looking at a board game called ‘Starship’. Curious, Scootaloo turned it over to read the back. From what she could tell, it was a two player game where both players place their starship on a grid and then try to guess where they were. It sort of reminded her of the game Rainbow Dash liked to play.
“So, how did you two find out?” asked Twilight as she watched Scootaloo pull out the game.
“Princess Luna told me,” said Derpy as she handed Twilight her gift. “It was very nice of you to do that for her. Raising a filly isn’t easy, but very rewarding.”
“Thanks Derpy,” said Twilight. She had known Derpy for years and had been there when Derpy found out she was pregnant. It was at a dance when she met this unicorn from Twilight’s school. He had charmed her and offered her muffins if she came back to his place. Several weeks later, Twilight had gone with her friend to confirm what they both had feared. Derpy’s family took the news hard at first, but they still supported her decision to keep the foal. Sadly, Derpy had to drop out of school in order to take care of Dinky. Normally it would have been very difficult for her to get a decent job without completing her education, but Twilight had talked to Princess Luna and got her the job of the royal messenger.
“Tell her the news,” said Lightning as she gave Derpy a nudge. Twilight raised an eyebrow at Derpy who began to blush a bit.
“Well, I guess I should tell you this first,” said Derpy as she burst into a big smile. “There’s going to be another addition to the family.” As she said this, Derpy placed a hoof on her stomach.
For a moment, Twilight stood there in stunned silence. Then, without warning, let out the biggest squeal of her life. She began to talk a mile a minute as she began to make mental plans about the baby shower. She also began to wonder if it would be a Pegasus or an earth pony. She thought about asking Derpy, but she knew that she would most likely wait so that it would be a surprise.
“I’m so happy for you,” said Twilight as she calmed down enough to give her friend a hug.
“Thanks,” said Derpy as she hugged her friend back. Once they released each other Derpy remembered that she had something else to tell Twilight. “Ah, the Princess also wanted me to tell you something. She needs you to go into work tomorrow.”
“What?” Twilight nearly yelled as her happy mode came to a sudden stop. “How come?”
Derpy shrugged. “All I know is it has something to do with the senate. Well, maybe Project Crescent Hope as well.”
Twilight tried her best to hold back a groan. It had to be something like that. Something must of happened to Dr. Blue Star. Normally something like this wouldn’t have been a problem for Twilight. All the Princess had to do was ask and she would come running without any second thoughts. But now things were a bit different.
“I can’t go to work and leave Scootaloo all alone,” Twilight moaned. “And I can’t take her to work either. How could I have overlooked this problem?” Twilight brought a hoof to her head as she tried to think of a quick solution. Vinyl might be able to help, but the DJ was know for her wild side and Twilight feared what might happen if she left a foal in her care. Derpy was out since she had to work as well and…That’s when Twilight had an idea. “Hey Derpy, doesn’t Dinky have a Lunar Troop meeting tomorrow?”
“Oh no you don’t,” said Lightning before Derpy could say anything. “I know what’s going on in that head of yours and the answer is no. Tomorrow is a big day.”
“What are the Lunar Troops?” asked Scootaloo.
“They’re this thing that Princess Luna set up a really long time ago,” answered Dinky. “What happens is they take foals like us on trips and do all sorts of fun activities so that we can get our cutie marks. They also show us all the different jobs in the Republic. Lightning Dust is the Troop Leader for Dome One.” Scootaloo nodded in understanding. The way Dinky put it made it sound like she could have a lot of fun. Please she might finally get her cutie mark. No more being a blank flank and having fillies like Diamond Tiara bullying her.
“Please Lightning,” begged Twilight.
“No way Twilight,” said Lightning stubbornly. “Tomorrow is the big Laser Tag Free For All between all the Troops. My kids have been working extra hard so that we might actually win this time. If she joins then she has to compete as well. She’ll be a sitting duck!”
“We suck,” whispered Dinky as she lowered her head in defeat. “Dome Nine wins first place every time. Don’t worry, when we lose nopony will blame you.”
“I’m pretty good at sports,” said Scootaloo as she stood up to face the adults. “I promise I won’t get in the way.”
“Well,” began Lightning as she looked at Derpy and Twilight for help. However, Twilight’s face was full of hope that Lightning would relent. Derpy, well, she looked like Derpy. Sometimes it was hard for her to figure out what Derpy was thinking. So, in the end, Lightning Dust let out a sigh of defeat. “Alright, you can come. But I don’t want to hear any whining if you’re the first one out.”
“Please,” said Scootaloo in a confident tone. “How hard could it be?” All the adults, as well as Dinky, all looked away.
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Cadence let out a sigh as she watched the moon rise from her balcony window. Things weren’t going well, not well at all. Nearly all the guards were shooting daggers at Midnight, causing the Princess of Love to keep her new daughter close to her at all times. She knew she couldn’t do this forever. Sooner or later she would have to leave Midnight alone or with a guard due to her work. But how could she do that when she didn’t trust the guards anymore?
Then there was the problem with the nobles. It seemed like all day they had been arguing with her that Midnight should not get the title of princess. Cadence held firm that her daughter, while adopted, was now part of the royal family and would be treated as such. The nobles, however, refused to acknowledge this. They said it was bad enough that she had adopted Midnight and was allowing her to stay in the castle. Giving her the title of ‘Princess’ was pushing it. Some left, saying that they would bring this before Princess Celestia herself in the hopes that she would set her crazy niece straight.
‘Good luck with that,’ thought Cadence bitterly. So far nopony had seen her aunt since she locked herself in her private chambers. Whenever Cadence got close she could barely make out the sound of a quill writing on parchment. She could only guess that Celestia was still trying to get Luna to listen to what she had to say.
Down in the courtyard a commotion began to rise. Looking down, Cadence saw dozens of guards racing towards three thin ponies with their spears drawn. Quickly the Princess of Love looked in the direction of her aunt’s window to find it sealed shut. It seemed like Celestia wouldn’t be getting involved in this incident. Sighing she place Midnight on her back as she flew downwards to the growing crowd.
“Princess, please go back inside,” said one guard as she landed. “It’s not safe.”
Cadence ignored him as she walked towards the three intruders. All three were bat ponies, each one looking very thin. Not as bad as Midnight had been but Cadence could see that they rarely got much to eat. When the three saw her they took a step forward only to have a dozen spears pointed at them.
“At ease,” commanded Cadence as she stepped in front of the guards. As she did, a bat pony mare stepped forward as well. Most likely the leader of this group. “What is your name?”
“Ruby Moon,” answered the mare. “The other two are called Dusk Blitz and Thunderclap. It is a pleasure to met you as we had hoped.”
Cadence raised an eyebrow. “You came to see me?” she asked.
“Yes,” said Ruby as she began to bow. The other two did the same, much to the surprise of Cadence. “We have heard that you plan on making things better for bat ponies. While most of us think that it is a lie of some kind, we believe that your actions say that you really mean in.” Ruby then raised her head to look Cadence in the eye. “We have come here today to ask that we may join the royal guard.”
Good luck Scoots with the laser tag!
So the sun tyrant shut herself out of this and ignored bat ponies that came to try and make better tomorrow? How about banishment TO THE SUN!
I never watched Pearl Harbor, always felt like it was some propaganda joke.
You think Michael Bay is bad?
Meet this guy:
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Never saw Pearl Harbor, but by the sound of it I'm glad I didn't. Anyways, sounds like Equestria is getting close to hitting its boiling point. May not be long till somepony tries attacking Princess Cadence for adopting a bat filly and taking the bat ponies on as guards ponies
Oh I get it! It's an m night shyamalan joke but in all seriousness I really don't think people are about to defend perl harbor, so no worries
Will Scootaloo help Dinky's team win? Will Michael Hay become a better pony? Will Celestia stop sending letters to Luna and to think of another idea anytime soon? I look forward to finding out the answers to the first and last one. I already know the answer to the second is most likely a big NO.
I love laser tag!!! Go scoots go!!!!
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Urge to kill rising! Ugh. Who keeps giving him money?
At least Cadence is going to have babysitters for Midnight.
Celestia must go to the moon herself if she want to be heard . With à big tank of water as a gift ...and cake.
She shouldn't go alone so she should bring Cadence and an an astronomer named Space Core .
To the author : what's your favorite vilain / favorite background pony ?
@Darthvalgaav
Do you know the critic to Pearl Harbor form Doug Walker aka Nostalgia Critic?
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Yep. Saw the movie first, hated it. Loved the NC review
I had thought of a variation of this story when Luna would arrive she would find Celestia on her death bed the victim of a changeling plot to poison her. she would leave Equestria in Luna's hooves but many are not happy about this change in rule and the ones that believe the old stories were just the beginning. Nobles who were replaced by Luna's appointed officials until elections would be held, ponies who lost their jobs and businesses to technology and couldn't qualify for new positions because of higher education standards, and ponies who just want to hold onto tradition would all form a resistance groups called New Dawn and the Equestrian Liberation front. the second of these would feel betrayed by Celestia and would want a land free from Alicorn rule.
Michael Bay is a mediocre director, at best.
The beginning was a big LOL
Scoots at laser tag, oh my! I bet she'll start missing RD soon though.
Only thing I would like to nitpick about is how every royal guard is reacting to Cadence's adoption. I doubt every guard would be bold enough to glare at his/her superior. Additionally, she's bound to have a few personal royal guards that would go to Tartarus and back for her; who would likely dislike her choice but respect it regardless.
No Mane 6 comment for this one
I liked Pearl Harbor, mainly because it's the first war movie I ever watched fully. Still, like you pointed out, it has many flaws and it's very unrealistic when it comes to portraying the airforce. That being said, you can rip on M.Bay all you want
Anyway, great chapter. Got some world-building, got some Cadance, got Dinky. Have a moustache or two
Heck, make it three
I'll point out Pearl Harbor was historical fiction. You might as well rip on Harry Turtledove for being unrealistic. That said, Uwe Boll exists.
Well Twilight is the cutest, smartest, all around best pony.
Something does not smell right.......
I try to see Pearl Harbour as fiction, not as a recreation of what actually happened.
If you find that offensive, check out Graveyard of a Foolish Fleet in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. It is basically the Japanese defending Pearl Harbor from the Allies.
I can't believe they managed to get that one through.
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What do you mean?
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Tyrant? Banishment to the sun?!?
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You know what? You are right, I was wrong, it would be a real waste to banish that nice flank of yours.
Just give Equestria to Luna and find a job you are good at, ruling Equestria isn't your special talent.
This story shows what would happened if Luna resisted and escaped your tyranny and you failed your attempts to banish her so you can have Equestria for yourself (I mean really, couple of teenagers "save" Luna, while you with almighty god powers could not).
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I see you have failed to notice that Luna and I are equal in political power.
Clearly ruling isn't my special talent, neither is my sister's. Considering the amount of time you must spend staring at my flank, you should know that. However, it seems I am mistaken.
This story is not about my supposed tyranny, it is about what would have happened if Luna had ponies who noticed her night. There is no mention, anywhere, of my failed attempt at banishing her to the moon because "I wanted Equestria all for myself."
Also, had I done anything to rid my sister of Nightmare Moon, I would have interfered with Twilight Sparkle's destiny.
Now that that's out of the way, may you have a wonderful day filled with cake.
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Oh wow the mighty princess replied, so good to see that flank again. Lets begin.
I don't see canon show painting it equal. Most of the time poor Luna doesn't even have screen time, why is that?
Why didn't you made public event where you introduce Luna and reinstante her into your ruling, giving her fair part of the Equestria.
At reception of honored guests at the gala you had Twilight stand by you instead of Luna, showing, that Luna is of no importance and Twilight is the one to watch for.
You made Nightmare Night, clearly made to paint Luna in a very bad image.
At the crystal empire part, you went against wishes of Luna, doing it your way only and sending Twilight to the crystal empire to save the day, hoping her to gain more of public support and denying Luna any attempt to show herself as a true princess she is... at the risk of Crystal empire safety. (canon)
If you are able to run Equestria as good queen, why is canterlot filled with noble snobs? Why do many of your subject bow to you, not because of respect, but fear. (canon)
In this story, we can have a look at how you run Equestria, letting noble snobs more or less run around doing whatever they want and runing many of Equestria government.
Why is (in this story) Equestria so backwater while Lunar Republic evolution boomed?
Yes its true, the story here doesn't directly say you are a tyrant, nor does it say you failed banishment. Both are too obvious.
What I think happened is that you dismissed Twilights warning because you were too confident in yourself, if she was banished for 1000 years with no problems why worry now (not to mention that either way is bad, if it wasn't that, you risked whole world and many lives, just to give your student a chance..). As for Twilight, its much better to have such a potentially powerful pony near you, to control and and to teach your ways, thereby eliminating possibility for that pony to turn against you...if done right offcorse.
PS: Also about this story, might I direct you to authors notes at chapter 10?
As for that cake, could you serve it on your flank? I promise I'll share. Also I'd prefer it if you made them yourself and not some random servant.
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I'm scheduled for some tea with my sister, so I will make this rather quick.
Ah yes, screen time now translates to political power. Interesting.
Luna's lack of screen time is merely the writer's choice, attempting to push the blame towards me is futile.
My sister was reintroduced, it's just not seen on the show. The writers didn't deem making a whole scene for it necessary.
I had Twilight by my side not because I considered her more important than my sister, but because that was the whole reason she even came. Regardless, Luna had not wanted participate in the Gala. Like me, she considers it a bore. I am however, required by tradition to go.
Ah yes, this was to be expected. I didn't create Nightmare Night, neither would I ever wish to ruin my sister's image. Nightmare Night was merely a harmless tradition, and one which Luna seems to enjoy very much now.
This brings me back to my previous point, I did as required for Twilight Sparkle's destiny. I wasn't attempting to stop Luna from showing the public the true power she holds. My sister was concerned with the possibility of Twilight's failure, not with her own public reputation. You see, she is adored by all.
I presume you are referring to Blueblood and his lot. They have always been like that, there isn't exactly much I can do without truly making a tyrant's move. Regardless, they hold very little true power.
I am feared only because of the banishment of Nightmare Moon (and perhaps because of Twilight's own ramblings). Our subjects believe they will be sent to the moon if they make a single mistake such as burning a biscuit. It is truly frustrating. It had taken me a thousand years to convince them not to fear me after the battle over the Everfree. The destruction was massive, and so I tend to refrain from participating in battles where my subjects can be injured.
This is, yet again, the author's thoughts of what would have happened if Luna had ponies who noticed her night. It isn't an actual look at Equestria's government, it's just what the author sees. As I previously stated, nobles such as these hold little political power.
Once again, this is the author's view of things. New technology would have to be created to overcome much of the obstacles of living on the moon. You should know that yourself.
I didn't dismiss Twilight's warnings, I sent her off to Ponyville and told her to make some friends. Having had centuries to prepare for this, I knew what the outcome would be. I also can't believe you suggested that I would banish my sister yet again, without even caring. I lived with a thousand years of regret, one of the only things keeping me going was the knowledge that I would eventually see my dear Luna again.
My sister and I are goddesses. I think that answers the last bit.
: Derpy is pregnant? That's a little scary.
: I wonder who the father is. I hope he likes parties.
: You ok sugarcube?
: A little confused. I'm surprised by who my friends are in this world.
Pearl Harbor is an absolutely terrible movie. If you want to see someone tear it apart, watch the Nostalgia Critic review.
That said, your fixation on putting Bay down in your story has reached the level where instead of being funny, it started to make you look bad, though it only barely crossed that line. There's a point where, when someone has little to do with the story, keeping a personal attack going for too long starts to wear thin, even when the attack is justified.
Really, it's the main problem with this entire story: You have some good ideas but you don't know when to draw the line when it comes to things like making the characters you like look good or others look bad. You try too hard and it sucks out a lot of the fun and potential that the story had.
Hmm. This story started out good, but you really favor the Lunar Republic, and it shows. Everything there has to be so much better and cooler than Equestria - and the things they don't have, like luxury or fresh food, are things that come off as... tragic, sort of, because the only reason they don't have them is because they were more or less forced from their home. Equestria's racism borders over-the-top, and seeing how blatant the favoritism on one side of the story is rather turns me off. For example, the NLR is so great that Scootaloo is brought to the moon, and within hours, she can fly due to their superior technology. You need to balance out that overwhelming positive with bad. The highest corruption we've seen on the side of the Lunar Republic so far is... embezzling. Nothing compared to Equestria's mass slander. And on a smaller scale, Scootaloo needs to have some negatives. She was just yanked out of her world by two ponies she barely knows! Nothing is the same anymore, her friends are gone, her idol is gone... she can't just forget Equestria so quickly.
Also, the movie and Luna's smackdown of it seemed irrelevant to the story itself.
>>Laluzi I disagree on a few points. I will admit that the author seems to favor the Lunar Republic, however your reasoning for the favoritism is slightly off. The technological surperiority makes sense because unless they had teams of unicorns casting 24/7 to keep air, water, and just basic necessities going living on the moon for an extended period of time would be impossible.Tech came about because of necessity, and remember that in the story most of the ponies that favored the night were the thinkers and dreamers. In contrast you have Equestria which is more than content to move along at a snails pace tech wise because there is no real need for it thanks to magic. I can also imagine the unicorn aristocrats making sure that anything that could bring the other races into competition with them would never see the light of day. As far as the bigotry of Equestria being non-canon well I think we all remember Zecora...I agree that the level of hate may be higher than usual, but considering all the intentional bad publicity I think it makes sense.
Now as far as comparing the crime levels between the two a good deal of that is in the tech as well, but also the punishments handed down by the princesses. Celestia is a forgiving ruler that always wants to give ponies a second chance while believing the best of them, while Luna would rather not take chances and dole out punishments as fit the crime. Now both views are solid which is why they make the perfect diarchy, however with the tech, harsher punishments, and the overall living enviroment the number of certain types of crime will be down in the Lunar Republic. I believe that in future chapters the author will show that the Lunar Republic is not all fun and games.
Lastly Scootaloo I will admit that she seems to have come to terms rather quickly with her situation, but that is not to say that it simply has not hit her yet. I mean when you lose a friend or loved one sometimes it does not hit you until something triggers a memory or emotion then it all comes crashing into you. Personally I would like to see a few more questions from Scoots regarding her life down in ponyville, but remember she never met or formed the crusaders and we do not know the extent of her relationship with Rainbow Dash. All we know is Scoots is an orphan that knows of Rainbow Dash, so although she has lost some things she has gained things like flight, family, and friends. I have moved several times in my life, but you can always write and/or visit. All she did was move (to the moon) a large move, but a move none the less.
Darthvalgaav, there's no possible way for Michael Bay to demonize the Japanese more than the cold hard facts do. Yes, they didn't do bad things in this particular situation but all you'd need to do to make the Japanese look like monsters in WW2 is tell the absolute unvarnished uncensored truth. It's hard to take this complaint seriously.
Believe you me, Darthvalgaav... 19 year old guys with nothing better to do in a tropical paradise are still going to screw around and do dumb things they really shouldn't do, even if they're soldiers. It's not an insult to any branch of the military to depict them as humans with all the virtues and vices that attach to that. Hell, if you've ever heard of the show "McHale's Navy"... that was my grandpa during his entire service in the Navy in WW2.
If I had a penny for every 16-year-old kid who cheated their way into military service out of patriotic zeal during WW2 (my other grandfather was one of these), I'd be a millionaire easy. Again, it's not a diss on the military to depict something that actually went on; frankly, I think it's a credit to the military and country as a whole that people were falling all over themselves to serve their country.
Frankly, the reason I hate Pearl Harbor is the reason I hated the follow-up miniseries to the PHENOMENAL "Band of Brothers", called "The Pacific": the maker sold us a war movie then cheated us by turning it into a stupid romance story. I strongly recommend that if you want to see an excellent takedown of directors who make shitty romance movies centered around real human tragedies, look up the review of "Titanic" done by Confused Matthew (www.confusedmatthew.com).
3728010 fully agree here. the love story was the main issue and while the japs may not have shot at a hosptial in the attack history has shown them to be cruel to occupied ares. Titanic you can better equate to.
2520263 But he got the review wrong to. It is truth that some sailors couldn't swim. It was stupid of them but they existed. I'm a WW2 history buff guy. and looking at Pearl Harbor the movie. In the history area is quite correct. He did everything right there. the big issue was the whole romance arc in the movie.
Titanic however had it where the first officer killed himself. HE DIDN'T. He lived.
So Pearl harbor is a poor example to use. Heck Bays biggest criiztism is his portail of classic fiction shows.
You know what's a really good movie about Pearl Harbour? "Tora Tora Tora!". It was made from both American and Japanese perspectives, and is viewed as one of the better war movies ever made.
Michael Bay... Your movies suck but they look damn good. That's all.
We meet again, archnemesis!
dont forget turning a frog into an orange.
Personally I HATED Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor. It was BORING. Certainly one of the least interesting movies I have EVER seen! I can enjoy a good romance movie sometimes, but eugh.
Even WORSE was how they hyped it up! "LOOK! ACTION! EXPLOSIONS! WAR!!!". Yet when you see the movie it's like "DIALOG! BAD ROMANCE! ALMOST ALL ACTION IS SAVED FOR THE END!"
Seriously, I have no IDEA what Michael Bay was thinking when he made that movie. To find out that he butchered History on BOTH SIDES is even MORE unforgiveable!
Never saw the movie, but
I'm cross eyed, therefore 4F.
There was a line on the form. "Are you cross eyed?"
Being a smart ass kid, I checked "NO". The Dr. either didn't notice or didn't care.
Like most people who have strabismus, I'm legally blind in 1 eye.
STILL PASSED THE EYE EXAM. How? Twisted my head a bit & used my good eye. The Dr. either didn't notice or didn't care. So, yeah, I can believe the nurses did that.
I have my fingers crossed that this story won't go in the stereotypical direction of making the nobles into one-dimensional enemies of all that is wholesome and good. That's... such a cheap trope.
I mean, yes, it's already a few years old, but it was kinda tired even then.
This part is interesting there are "Republic" but it's ran like a dictatorship. There are very little bad things said about the lunar Republic but from what I've seen they have technologically advanced but they have no art or culinary and not too much culture. I'm starting to like this book more and more.