Fleet Week: AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER – How the Fire Nation Nearly Won With Their Navy
Marine Corps. Veteran Kyle B. Dekker nerds out over the naval tactics and types of ships used by the Fire Nation in AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
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DESTINY, and Learning to Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Playing DESTINY 2, Lindsay fought through trauma across generations by fighting sci-fi enemies across the galaxy.
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Fleet Week: MIDWAY
Roland Emmerich’s MIDWAY is two-thirds of a really good World War II film. Too bad about that first third.
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Fleet Week: THE WIND WAKER and the Never Ending War of Childhood
How a ten-year-old sailed with pirates, fought monsters, and defeated an evil wizard, learning in the process how to face the day-to-day violence of the real world.
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Welcome to FLEET WEEK(END)!
Despite COVID-19 cancelling Fleet Week festivities, Lewton Bus continues our annual celebration with a series of articles over Memorial Day weekend.
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Fleet Week: ASSASSIN’S CREED III
ASSASSIN’s CREED’s take on the Revolutionary War introduced the series to naval combat mechanics, which proved to be a rich compliment for its gameplay and themes of liberty versus control.
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Fleet Week: OPERATION CHROMITE
An Action Blockbuster Blast From The Past
The Korean War is often referred to as “The Forgotten War”, a bloody conflict fought by beleaguered allied forces shortly after World War II that tore the Korean peninsula asunder. Spurred on by the containment policy of the burgeoning Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, North Korean forces backed by Chinese
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Fleet Week: DUNKIRK – The Ultimate Brexit Blockbuster
How Britain got where it is today
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster war movie is one of the most accidentally insightful films about Britain ever made.
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Fleet Week: THE GUARDIAN
The history of cinema contains a great many tales of military bravery, heroism, and sacrifice. Within the broad gamut of large scale organized conflict, certain movies celebrate the particular strengths and unique circumstances of the different branches of the armed forces. While ground based conflict is primarily the realm of the Army and their many
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Welcome to FLEET WEEK!
Lewton Bus' annual tradition of celebrating Naval strategy in cinema continues
The venerable veteran himself, VyceVictus, introduces us to the 2019 Lewton Bus Fleet Week celebration as we approach Memorial Day
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Fleet Week: OPERATION RED SEA
In today’s #FleetWeek installment, Mei Wong dives into the nuances of overt Chinese military propaganda found in blockbuster OPERATION RED SEA, the 3rd highest grossing movie in the world.
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Fleet Week: ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
"In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!"
Assassin’s Creed asks “is a pirate’s life really for me?”
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