THIS. Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors would be an epic movie, but better if it had the screen-time of a TV miniseries. If we're gonna revisit Midway, I'd like to see an adaptation of Shattered Sword--we used that as the playbook for a miniature wargaming recreation at NW Historical Miniatures Gaming Society's Enfilade convention in 2011, and even with the deck stacked as much in the US's favor as I could make it as scenario author and referee without outright cheating the Japanese still won, highlighting just how tough our forebears were that day and how thoroughly the Man Upstairs was watching over them.
Not technically a "movie" or a "remake," but if History Channel ever grows a pair again I think they could build a winning group of TV series based on some of Osprey Publishing's book catalog, specifically the "Combat," "Duel" and "Campaign" series.
And while we're at it, don't even THINK about messing with Tombstone. Just run the Extended Cut with all the deleted scenes and that's all it needs--too many pieces that were JUST what was needed, like a lead actor who was passionate enough about the role to dig into research and become accepted as a scholar in his own right reminiscent of Jeremy Brett portraying Sherlock Holmes, a specialist Old West reenacting troupe doing all the extras/weaponry/costumes/etc. (look up Peter Sherayko sometime), music by a composer who knew his craft... I'm not sure even legendary John Williams could have done that movie better.
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