Desert Storm, Iraqi Freedom-those were war names that meant something! Is the Libyan assault meant to last 10 years, like Odysseus' journey? Josh Dzieza on the history of naming military operations, from Barbarossa to Blue Spoon, and what Odyssey Dawn really means.
Of all the things to hear crackle over an intercom, "Odyssey Dawn" probably isn't the one most likely to get your adrenaline pumping. At Vanity Fair, James Walcott says the name of the Libyan military operation reminds him of a 1970s porn star. Tom Watson, a ship in the Carnival cruise fleet.
Related story on The Daily Beast: My Harrowing Libya Escape
To be fair, military operations aren't always named to be daunting. Army regulations actually specify they not be, or at least that they not "Express a degree of hostility inconsistent with traditional American ideals or current foreign policy." Nor should the names offend "good taste" or "our...
Of all the things to hear crackle over an intercom, "Odyssey Dawn" probably isn't the one most likely to get your adrenaline pumping. At Vanity Fair, James Walcott says the name of the Libyan military operation reminds him of a 1970s porn star. Tom Watson, a ship in the Carnival cruise fleet.
Related story on The Daily Beast: My Harrowing Libya Escape
To be fair, military operations aren't always named to be daunting. Army regulations actually specify they not be, or at least that they not "Express a degree of hostility inconsistent with traditional American ideals or current foreign policy." Nor should the names offend "good taste" or "our...
- 3/22/2011
- by Josh Dzieza
- The Daily Beast
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"127 Hours" (2010)
Directed by Danny Boyle
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
With a fast-forward button at the ready on home devices, it's high time more people see James Franco's Spirit Award-winning performance as real-life adventurer Aron Ralston, who gets his arm trapped under a boulder in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon and struggles to survive and free himself in Danny Boyle's life-affirming followup to "Slumdog Millionaire." (Matt Singer's interview with James Franco and Danny Boyle is here.)
"420 High Desert Way" (2011)
Directed by Tom Breedlove
Released by Maverick Entertainment Group
Dealing with a different drug than the one suggested by the title, this procedural drama follows a young undercover cop who must refine his extreme sports skills as he infiltrates a drug cartel and must bust them before they learn his true identity.
"Bambi" (1942)
Directed by James Algar and Samuel Armstrong
Released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment...
"127 Hours" (2010)
Directed by Danny Boyle
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
With a fast-forward button at the ready on home devices, it's high time more people see James Franco's Spirit Award-winning performance as real-life adventurer Aron Ralston, who gets his arm trapped under a boulder in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon and struggles to survive and free himself in Danny Boyle's life-affirming followup to "Slumdog Millionaire." (Matt Singer's interview with James Franco and Danny Boyle is here.)
"420 High Desert Way" (2011)
Directed by Tom Breedlove
Released by Maverick Entertainment Group
Dealing with a different drug than the one suggested by the title, this procedural drama follows a young undercover cop who must refine his extreme sports skills as he infiltrates a drug cartel and must bust them before they learn his true identity.
"Bambi" (1942)
Directed by James Algar and Samuel Armstrong
Released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment...
- 2/27/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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