# Semi-obligatory "Sky Captain" Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obligatory-sky-captain-thread/264434>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obligatory-sky-captain-thread/264434 "2004-09-14T15:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obligatory-sky-captain-thread/264434/141 "2004-10-06T14:59:13Z")

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According to IMDB:

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> The Latin phrase Ille Caelum Fremitus bears a literal translation of “He who makes the Sky Roar”

Brian

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obligatory-sky-captain-thread/264434/142 "2004-10-06T15:53:23Z")

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> [@Rick](#):
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> That was my thought in the theater. 90206 is a zip code in Glendale CA. 😕

I wonder if that is where the director lives or where the digital studio was located.  
I think I saw John Avnet’s name on a sign during the second NYC flight/fight bit.

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obligatory-sky-captain-thread/264434/143 "2004-10-06T17:54:30Z")

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> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> Are you certain “fremetus” is correct?
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> The translator program I use finds no listing fopr that word, under a variety of spellings. 😕😕

From the [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/trivia)

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> The logo for the Flying Legion is a winged lion with a banner reading “Ille Caelum Fremitus”. This is not proper Latin. Caelum is really a neuter word, though a masculine form exists early on in history. Either the phrase should read: “Ille Caelus Fremitus” or “Illud Caelum Fremitum”. Translated literally, it would then say: “That Roaring Sky”. If, for instance, you wanted it to say “The Sky Will Roar”, the Latin would be “Caelum Fremet”. Latin has no articles, so there is no word for “the”. This article (the) is implied in the use of the nominative case, not the accusative case as it is written on the logo. To summarize, the pronoun, noun, and participle of the logo do not agree in case or gender.

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