# Pressure - upcoming release. A D-Day movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 9, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919 "2026-05-09T01:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919/61 "2026-08-03T08:10:58Z")
The weather being a chaotic system, one cannot expect even similar-looking patterns to evolve in the same way each time. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919/62 "2026-08-03T11:17:20Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s easy to say it’s better to err on the side of caution. I don’t think Ike and the other generals would agree on that day.. Failing safe is still failing. A lesson I learned as a junior officer. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919/63 "2026-08-03T11:44:52Z")
Indeed. Long term weather forecasting is quite literally what started the study of chaotic & non-linear systems. > **[When the Butterfly Effect Took Flight](https://www.technologyreview.com/2011/02/22/196987/when-the-butterfly-effect-took-flight/)** > > Half a century ago, Edward Lorenz, SM ‘43, ScD ‘48, overthrew the idea of the clockwork universe with his ground-breaking research on chaos. Now MIT professors are working to establish a climate research center in his name. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919/64 "2026-08-03T13:28:02Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s easy to say it’s better to err on the side of caution. I don’t think Ike and the other generals would agree on that day.. They had to balance the consequences of delay, which would have been considerable, against pressing on with the landing. In the absence of a strong prediction of storms, it’s hard to see what else they could have done. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919/65 "2026-08-03T17:01:38Z")
While watching the movie, I was unfamiliar with Stagg’s rank of “Group Captain” in the Royal Air Force (RAF). I assumed it was the same as a U.S. Army captain, but it is instead equivalent to a full colonel. That explains why Lt. Col. Krick of the U.S. Army Air Forces didn’t try to pull rank on him. He was actually outranked by Stagg. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pressure-upcoming-release-a-d-day-movie/1029919.md?page=3)