TGON is a pretty big piece of cheese as far as WW2 films go. It is pretty well a fanciful action film than any accurate depiction of WW2. In fact, a lot of 60s war pics are cheddar when compared to how film makers started depicting war from the 70s and on.
However, there are plenty of older...
HD DVD wasn't a "fad". It was a competing format to Blu-ray that lost the competition. Real 3D is still being used in theaters and theatrical 3D releases are still being done, so it isn't a fad either.