Movie Viva Max

[Sunray]

My adult daughter has indulged in our traditional Boxing Day war game for many years.  She is now adroit at finding me Cold War era 1/144 aircraft.

This morning she watched a comedy movie Viva Maxc!,  starring Peter Ustinov with a plot involving a Mexican infantry company (late 1960s era) "capturing" the Alamo. And the response of the local Police Dept/National Guard.  She suggested it might be the basis for a light hearted wargame down the line.  

Mexico came in on the Allied side in WW2 and thus got a heap of US kit - tanks, armoured cars  still around in this era  I am assuming M3 Stuarts, M8 Greyhounds etc?  Also a few bazooks.

Texas National Guard ? I don't want to overarm the Texans. And I will need a bit of 10mm real estate of downtown San Antonio...

[fsn]

Excellent!


IIRC, Peter Ustinov was suitably over the top.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Texans not overarmed!!! 
Have fun with it mate

[Elliesdad]

And the film also starred Sean Astin - perhaps better known as Gomez Addams from The Addams Family.

Cheers,

Geoff

[flamingpig0]

A quick check on Amazon reveals that the film co-stars the wonderfully named Pamela Tiffin

[Ithoriel]

And the film also starred Sean Astin - perhaps better known as Gomez Addams from The Addams Family.

Cheers,

Geoff

Pretty sure he's better known to half the planet as Sam Gamgee from LotR

[mollinary]

Pretty sure he's better known to half the planet as Sam Gamgee from LotR

I think the actor in question in this film is JOHN Astin!

[Westmarcher]

 

Methinks at least one of you guys needs to get your name down for the local Care Home now.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Methinks at least one of you guys needs to get your name down for the local Care Home now.

Suitably equipped with PPE I trust

[Elliesdad]

Suitably equipped with PPE I trust

D'oh!!

Sean - John. It's nearly the same.

Perhaps I need a new pair of glasses. I never even noticed (but recall I did make sure I had his surname right).

Geoff

[Sunray]

D'oh!!

Sean - John. It's nearly the same.

Geoff

John in Scots Gaelic Shaun,  Irish Gaelic Sean.

[Elliesdad]

John in Scots Gaelic Shaun,  Irish Gaelic Sean.

Indeed.

Geoff

[Sunray]

Texans not overarmed!!! 
Have fun with it mate

Indeed!  In the movie, a busload of "militia" do indeed crash in on the action.
I was in the  US "gun belt" (overlaps with the Bible belt), some years ago on a lecture tour about the N Irish peace process. I stayed with several "southron academia" and was amazed at the amount of guns in private ownership.

[Ithoriel]

To quote Yuri Orlov:

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

To quote Yuri Orlov:

HEAVILY - I'll take an L4 LMG and 100,000 rounds of ammo