Das Boot redeux (?)

[Bill Nichols]

In case you didn't see this on the Subsim News page:

http://www.adrants.com/2010/07/torpedoes-arent-the-only-danger-to-a.php

:-j

[Moeceefus]

:haha::har::haha:

[UnderseaLcpl]

:haha::haha::haha::up:

[Oberon]

:har::har::har::har::har::haha::up::yeah::rock:

[Jimbuna]

Nice one Bill http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Snestorm]

I didn't get it.

[frau kaleun]

Snestorm, I think the joke is that the whale should've gone to Specsavers for glasses, because he mistook a u-boat for another whale and was trying to mate with it.

Also: :rotfl2: to the ad, very clever. Was this ad made for English-speaking audiences, and with German dialogue and subtitles to underscore the "Das Boot" parody aspect even further? Because that's awesome.

Also: I was so relieved this turned out to NOT be a newsblurb saying that someone is remaking "Das Boot," because NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!11!

[Jimbuna]

We have a Specsavers in the High St. of our town and they put up largeish cardboard advertising depicting the whale on top of the submarine (it isn't even a U-boat) which helped nobody realise the theme/meaning...it flopped and was replaced with the usual mundane advertising boards pretty quickly :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

Even their ads that aren't supposed to be funny end up that way... :rotfl2:

http://nessymon.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/luas-and-bus-crash.jpg

[August]

Jürgen Prochnow spoofed his own Das Boot role in the Comedy "Beer Fest".

"I start to feel all cooped up in these U-Boats; I had a bad experience once"

[Snestorm]

Snestorm, I think the joke is that the whale should've gone to Specsavers for glasses, because he mistook a u-boat for another whale and was trying to mate with it.

Also: :rotfl2: to the ad, very clever. Was this ad made for English-speaking audiences, and with German dialogue and subtitles to underscore the "Das Boot" parody aspect even further? Because that's awesome.

Also: I was so relieved this turned out to NOT be a newsblurb saying that someone is remaking "Das Boot," because NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!11!

Thank you.

Had no idé what Specsavers was.

[Jimbuna]

Thank you.

Had no idé what Specsavers was.

A bit of a rip off merchant, they advertise low prices but the hidden add-ons for lens protection etc. soon hike the price up.

My wife fell for it twice and now goes to an independant optician and gets an almost identical product for a little over half the price.

[Schroeder]

Also: :rotfl2: to the ad, very clever. Was this ad made for English-speaking audiences, and with German dialogue and subtitles to underscore the "Das Boot" parody aspect even further? Because that's awesome.

It was definitely not for a German speaking audience as the actors had strange accents when talking German.;)

[TLAM Strike]

:o:haha:

I noticed they borrowed the pressure squeezing hull sound from SCS's sims. :hmmm:;)

[krashkart]

Also: I was so relieved this turned out to NOT be a newsblurb saying that someone is remaking "Das Boot," because NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!11!


Why not? :hmmm:

I'm sure Ben Affleck would be happy to... :o


Yea, you're probably right. :dead:

[frau kaleun]

Why not? :hmmm:

I'm sure Ben Affleck would be happy to... :o


That's NOT FUNNY. :stare:

Altho the end product probably would be. Unintentionally, of course. :O:

[krashkart]

That's NOT FUNNY. :stare:

Altho the end product probably would be. Unintentionally, of course. :O:

Oh, I crack myself up sometimes. For some reason he was the first actor that popped into my mind. :DL

[Wolfehunter]

lol :haha: great vid.. Man I wasn't expecting that..

[SteamWake]

Yea there has been some good specsaver spots in the past.

The one involving a young girl and a stickshift was amusing.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Jürgen Prochnow spoofed his own Das Boot role in the Comedy "Beer Fest".

"I start to feel all cooped up in these U-Boats; I had a bad experience once"

One of my favorite jokes of all time:yeah:

[Reece]

Obviously a HUMP back whale (with a big grin)! And note the submarine has quite a lot of seamen!:har:

[Jimbuna]

Obviously a HUMP back whale (with a big grin)! And note the submarine has quite a lot of seamen!:har:

Trust you :cool: