Release the boy... Shoot the father!

The character of the German Colonel in the movie 'Battle of the Bulge'(1965) was first intended to be the real life Panzer officer Joachim Peiper, the youngest man in the Nazi Army to be make the rank of full colonel (SS-Standartenführer, the direct SS equivalent to an Oberst or full colonel in the German army). However, since Peiper, a protégé of 'Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler' , the head of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and the second most powerful man in Germany after Adolf Hitler, was promoted to the ran at the age of 29. However, as he was still living at the time the film was produced and was still a committed Nazi, his character was quickly changed to a fictitious Regular German Army officer, so as not to give Peiper any connection to the film or risk a libel suit. It was Peiper's unit of the Waffen-SS, Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Division, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (German for "Adolf Hitler's Bodyguard Regiment") that was responsible for the Malmedy massacre of American prisoners depicted in the film. After the War, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted by the American Occupation Force as the trial had been fraught with illegalities, and he served only 11 years in prison, despite having perpetrated war-crimes on both the Eastern and Western fronts. Peiper was assassinated at his home in France, likely by French communists, in 1976. - IMDB

History:

In mid-1944, it looked as if the war in Europe was coming to an end. Adolf Hitler was on the run; the Allies had triumphantly regained Paris, as well as Casablanca, Naples, and Rome. After five hard years of war, Allied soldiers were breathing easier -- even stopping to enjoy dances and parties.

Hitler, however, had one final card to play. In December 1944, he struck back with a counterattack that has come to be known as the Battle of the Bulge -- the single biggest and bloodiest battle American soldiers have ever fought -- in which nearly 80,000 were killed, maimed or captured in an infernal test of courage and endurance. - PBS

The Monstrous Movie Quote Of The Day: Lonesome Rhodes (A Face In The Crowd 1957)

"Rednecks, crackers, hillbillies, hausfraus, shut-ins, pea-pickers - everybody that's got to jump when somebody else blows the whistle. They don't know it yet, but they're all gonna be 'Fighters for Fuller'. They're mine! I own 'em! They think like I do. Only they're even more stupid than I am, so I gotta think for 'em. Marcia, you just wait and see. I'm gonna be the power behind the president - and you'll be the power behind me!"

- Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith)(A Face In The Crowd)(1957)

The Monstrous Movie Quote Of The Day: Judy And Scottie (Vertigo 1958)

Judy: "Couldn't you like me, just me the way I am? When we first started out, it was so good; w-we had fun. And... and then you started in on the clothes. Well, I'll wear the darn clothes if you want me to, if, if you'll just, just like me."

Scottie: "The color of your hair..."

Judy: "Oh, no!"

Scottie: "Judy, please, it can't matter to you."

- Judy Barton (Kim Novak), John 'Scottie' Ferguson (James Stewart)/ Vertigo (1958)(Paramount Pictures)

Fox Developing Boldly Going Nowhere Pilot

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In Hollywood almost everyone knows that pilots don't always lead to actual series, and those that do are often cancelled after a few episodes. So there's no guarantee the public will ever see any of these shows, but fans may be interested in what is brewing in the minds of the major studios.

Boldly Going Nowhere, Fox

Storyline: This pilot centers on the crew of a spaceship led by a rogue captain. The stories explore what happens between the adventures and how the crew members take care of daily routine things on the spaceship.

This pilot is from the people behind "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," so there is experience on their side and comedy. Since it is slanted for Fox it may be more family friendly.

Legally Mad, NBC

Storyline: Legal drama centering on a high-end Chicago law firm and the legal and social drama that surrounds the founding partners and their associates.

Kenny Ortega, of High School Musical and Newsies fame, is directing the pilot.

The Middle, ABC

Storyline: This pilot explores the life of an extended lower middle-class family in the Midwest through the eyes of the mother.

It is just one of the many shows in development about the "middle class", even though statistics point to that group getting smaller and smaller

Limelight, ABC

Storyline: This pilot revolves around talented students and faculty at an innovative performing-arts school in New York, where students explore the combustible blend of contemporary music and dance while balancing their dreams, hopes and struggles.

Can anyone say, Fame?

We will see if any of these ever reach our television sets.