I am writing this while I am enjoying the live premiere of the film that I would undoubtedly pay to see in a theater or on a digital platform like Netflix. I am speechless. This is another level. I can't imagine what you could accomplish if Eagle Dynamics upgraded the filming system to a more user-friendly one. Thank you all for your work, guys. You have once again raised the bar for DCS movies. Take care and have safe flights.
I met Gabreski at the ‘95 Oshkosh Airshow. As a recent Notre Dame grad who’d just solo’d a couple weeks before, I was excited to meet some of these WW2 pilots, but didn’t really know who all of them were. Gabreski noticed my ND ring right away & we struck up a conversation. At that time, I didn’t know he was the leading ace in the ETO or that he’d attended ND as well. I also didn’t know that his wife had died in an auto accident 2 years before when they were driving home from Oshkosh. He was just another humble pilot sitting at a table next to Gen. Charles W. Sweeney signing autographs and shaking hands with clueless youngsters like myself. To think, I shook hands & chatted with our leading European ace and a couple minutes later with the Cmdr of the Nagasaki mission, the man who ended WW2. I now have 1/72 scale Corgi models of Gabby’s Spitfire and the P-47 he flew in your video, and a 1/144 model of Sweeney’s B-29 “Bock’s Car.” I only wish they could have autographed them for me. But it was enough that Gabby and I shared 4 years on the same wonderful campus and those few precious minutes at Oshkosh 95. RIP GABBY. Wonderful video - wish you’d have shown him in his beautiful Mk IXc Spitfire, 315 Polish Squadron. Cheers from Texas!
These chet chates were stupid. All things you talked in mid air as radio chat are spoken on pre flight meeting in the base..debrifing ... in combat flight there is not imię and place for souch thing ...enemy listen
Outstanding work guys! I'm adding this to the 2022 Annual AWG DCS Award Nominees...Good luck Team HornetPRO! Just realized you missed the cutoff for 2021 which is now being tallied...I'll check your video list for a period/historic production that fits our criteria for consideration...if you guys are okay with being nominated.
This is an absolute masterpiece, well done guys I cannot imagine the amount of headaches you guys got just from capturing those beautiful shots especially considering the absolute garbage tool that you had to work with. I cannot wait for the day ED decides to finally give us a decent replay and photo feature. if you guys can make this with the current state of DCS I don't even dare to imagine what you could do with proper tools. Well done keep going guys congratulations to everyone involved :)
The dialogue felt campy at times as did some sections like Gabby's capture, but the cinematography and music edits were top notch. The amount of effort and work on the account of you and so many others is on full display. Fantastic work Hornet Productions! My highest compliments to you and those that helped make this come true.
The final part with Linkin Park's Iridescent redeems the small errors in the video. Absolutely love it, this is going easily to be one of the best videos I've ever watched, from start to finish
Mate... I'm a bit late to the party on this one. But this was certainly something else. The amount of time, effort and quality you, and those who helped you, put into this is beyond amazing. The only other DCS video that had me this engaged was the recent 'Eli 21' by Adrian Caparzo. This one might go for a bit longer than most people are used to but it certainly deserves more than the 1200-odd likes and 33k views, it's one of the most quality "DCS movies" I've had the pleasure of watching - and this was was based on true events and people. Well done, and I hope you intend to maintain your "DCS cinema" because if they're reaching this level of quality, I cannot wait to see what else you can do and what other stories you can tell.
I missed this because of my homework I am watching it right now, I will edit it once I am finished! Edit: I am done watching and oh boy was it a blast! It wasn't anything too intense or thrilling, but its absolutely beautiful, great work once again! (ps: still waiting for an "ace combat" cinematic :> )
Wonderful vision and production! I bought DCS because of the Sabres and Migs and the memories of Korean air war movies. It is a real pity there is still no Korea map after all these years.
HOLY SHIT! Seeing those German fighters go through those B-17s - even hitting them - the contrails, the music, the realistic aero engine noise, was like watching the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan. Ah-mazing! Dude, someone needs to ring Steven Spielberg and make YOU the director of "The Mighty Eighth" because this movie, made "just" using DSC was frankly EPIC. Superb attention to detail. The whole thing was a cinematic tour de force. A little kitchy towards the end but SO well done! Congratulations to you and your team! 👏
Astoundingly beautiful! Never thought that things like this could be made by flight simulator. Gorgeous work. Hope more films like this!!! 😀😀😀😀😀😀💚💙❤💛🧡👍👍👍👍👍👍😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😹😹😹😹😹😹
The ammount of work and passion that goes into making a film like this is unbeliavable. I loved every minute of it. Thank you to all the team that made this film possible. Regards.
Keep in mind (as far as I know about the crew), from the director to the actors, none of us are professional film makers. We're all just fans of aviation & DCS World. 🤗
Wow! Amazing stuff! You deserve a heck of a lot more subs. Just keep on creating incredible content like this and the channel will blow up in no time! Those 50minutes just flew by! 😉
I’ve just watched it for the first time, fortunately on the big screen with my laser projector. Awesome!! In the 80s I knew personally Arcady Boitsov, a Soviet fighter pilot who had six victories in Korea. Thank you and all the participants for the movie, fantastic job.
Very interesting work! The visuals / cinematography is brilliant, far better than some blockbusters (think "Midway"). Love the era music. Love the actual use of German, Russian and Chinese. The narration by 'Gabby' is excellent. Some nit picks. The dialogues are mostly really, really bad, they feel artificial and not nearly raw enough. There are some exceptions, but not many. Not sure about the tactics - the Mig alley fight with so many planes falling out of the sky seems over the top. Also, why are the P-47s not covering the B-17s until 1/3 of them are shot out of the sky, and move in only after that? Overall loved the movie, fitting tribute.
Well done! A stupendous effort! It was a tough watch seeing those Luftwaffe fighters attacking those B-17s from the front knowing that's what happened in the skies over occupied Europe. Getting hit by 20mm and 30mm cannons is horrible, and unbelievably some bombers made it back sadly with mangled crewmen. Rest in peace to the fallen. Rest in peace 'Gabby' Gabreski, USAAF USAF Ret.🦅🦅
great movie! A recomendation. Use Arma3 for those external cockpit footage, you will have more control with the characters and can use any time war era.
THE MOVIE SHOULD BE GIVEN AN AWARD. I HAVE NO WORDS FOR IT. THIS MOVIE IS TRULY INSPIRING AND LIFE-CHANGING TOO. THANK YOU HORNET PRODUCTIONS FOR GIVING THE WORLD SUCH A GREAT MOVIE.☺☺ LOVE ❤❤FROM INDIA.
Absolutely stunning work here folks - I can tell that a lot of love went into this! Amazing cinematography and storytelling techniques. I really love the quick edits of the pilot controls mixed with the external action cam shots. Bravo!
You know, I did NOT expect a full length, 4K movie by Hornet Productions on my birthday no less! I won’t be able to watch the whole thing right now, but from what little I’ve previewed, it looks great.
Kudos guys, amazing work... insane quality for a 51 minutes movie! Some sequences are really impressive and inspiring! I can't get enough of the F-86 Sabre chapter, love that bird so much :)
It is a pity that the film does not show the history of when Gabreski (Polish origin) takes a lesson in the Polish 315 squadron of the RAF from Polish fighters.
Actually we had this idea and we even thought to show his first combat flight experience on the hands of the Spitfire…. However the movie was already 50 min long…☺️
I met Gabby at the little museum at love field by chance. What a great man and fantastic fighter pilot. My dad was a pearl harbor survivor and I met Welch as well at a association meeting in Hawaii. He was flying a P-40 during the attack - this is Hollywood quality.
Very good Masterpiece, even with some minor Errors like the F86 flying near to the Yalu River and the Communists MiG 15 then talk about the 38 Parallel which is much more to the South and then they start the Fight..... I have been in this Area some Years ago from the Chinese Side, and in all that Chinese City´s there is a Monument about the War, for Example in Baishan you still find a T34 Tank as a Monument.
See, you don't need anything but pilots in beautiful machines to make a fighter movie, man this thing belongs in a cinema. Mind... blown... loved it... amazing work... who's gonna star the next movie? Giora "Hawkeye" Epstein? Maybe... but we gonna need plenty models we don't have in dcs for that one...
I am a year late but it was awesome! Only gripe I have is the amount of mid air collisions, I assume is it just AI pathing because players aren’t usually this coordinated.
that was absolutely an amazing production and performance. the whole film was made beautifully. my grandfather was the Army Air Corp in WWII and when he passed away a few years back, he was the only remaining US glider pilot still living. this film reminded me of him, and the lessons that he taught me. and when I served in the army myself, and throughout my life, those stories he told me, helped guide me to become who i am today and taught me the lessons and stories he gave me become cherished memories of him. thank you for reminding me of one of the most important people in my life. thank you for the time and effort you put into this production. thank you for remembering and showing that veterans like myself,, veterans like my grandfather, like gabby, are not forgotten, and the sacrifices made by all veterans, aren't ignored. thank you. I wish you peace and success in all that you do in life. I hope that you stay safe and stay blessed and thank you again
For messages like this it’s always worth spending such amount of time and effort producing a movie like this. I am glad you enjoyed it and felt the message we wanted to transmit with our work. Thanks!
