War Horse

[davywavy]

With the success of the Spielberg WWI epic "War Horse" in the cinema, Hollywood is keen to bring more stories of animals in warfare to the screen. What can we expect to see greelit over the coming year?

Napoleon Bunny-parte: When the Emperor Napoleon goes out for a day of hunting he is terrified to be confronted by dozens of hungry rabbits and is forced to flee before them like, well, like a Frenchman confronted by an enemy, the great softy nancy. Based on a true story.
(No, really. Based on a true story).

Saving Private Tiggywinkle: When his owner goes off to war, Hamster Mister Shufflebottom decides to "Do his bit" and runs away to the front to fight Hitler. The closing sequence - a recreation of the D-Day landings featuring thousands of hamsters being machinegunned by the SS whilst hopping across a minefield - has been described by critics as "unbelievable".

The Incredible journey: When two dogs and a cat are abandoned by their owner they set out on a remarkable journey to find them. Unfortunately they were abandoned in Da Nang city two days before the start of the Tet Offensive, and are killed and made into soup shortly after.

Comments

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

You know, there has got to be a way to combine The Wind in the Willows with Stalingrad.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

No, they're rather more bleak than that. Sven, I believe, was on the Russian Front and his books reflect it.

So imagine 'Boys Own on the Russian front, with swearing and graphic sex' and you're there.

[(Anonymous)]

There was another one as well wasn't there? Doing his bit to claim that the SS were just jolly tough soldiers and totally not Nazis really at all much.

Even to a 17 year old, it sounded like they were frankly a bunch of rotters.

D

(p.s. albeit with jolly smart uniforms)

p.p.s. I think Napoleon accidentally shot Masséna in the eye while hunting - and blamed it on Berthier (who took the rap)- dunno if they were hunting wabbits tho.

[cleosilver.livejournal.com]

They already did one about homing pigeons.

[davegodfrey.livejournal.com]

It ran for several series if I recall. And the baddie got his own franchises. There was even a giant crossover thing too. It was a bit like The Avengers will probably end up as.