U-571

[drakkhen20]

interesting note on this movie i watched the special features and found that they made an entire functional replica of a Type VIIC to do the open sea scenes. knowing that movies do blow stuff out of the water sometimes to attract viewers or make it interesting. so how much was authentic in that movie? were some of their tactics actually usable?:06: i figured i'd ask and post something different. :salute:

[ReFaN]

How much of the movie was authentic,well. Germans did use Uboats so thats authentic, and they used a enigma machine to code and decode messages is also autentic. everything else im not sure of.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

< Buckles helmet securely >

...tis one of the most inaccurate submarine movies ever made IMHO.

From a topic long ago, one forum member pointed out 80+ inaccuracies relating to U-571.

I think the best part of that movie, is that some sound bites were used to good effect in modding SH4.

[RConch]

If you watched more than 10 minuets of the movie-please seek medical attention now. Only the History Channel could possibly screw up more.:salute:

[Sailor Steve]

everything else im not sure of.
I am. :nope:

I think the best part of that movie, is that some sound bites were used to good effect in modding SH4.
:yep:

Only the History Channel could possibly screw up more
:rotfl2:

Even the American procedures are wrong, down to the tiniest detail.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Well, it did have Bill Paxton and Jon Bonjovi in it... so it could have sucked more completely than it did... maybe...

... Wait... didn't they kill off both of them in the movie?

:down:

[Sailor Steve]

Harvey Keitel I love. Bill Paxton is good. But the writing was turribobble.

Bon Jovi? And it could have suxed mores?

[Kpt. Lehmann]

So I like BonJovi's music. SUE ME!!! :O:

I can't stand Matthew McGuaghnahey / McKgonnagey / McGawnahayy ... However you spell his name.

Come on now! You mean to tell me that you didn't love the superb writing, Steve? Matthew MGcGhauanahaigh's character only seemed a LITTLE psychotic.

I don't understand how it is that ole' MGonagaheai didn't get an academy award for bestest-wildest melodramatic expressions evah!

[mookiemookie]

"Everything's in GERMAN!"

[papa_smurf]

Go watch Das Boot, much more realistic:yeah:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

"Everything's in GERMAN!"

< read with Texan accent >

Das ist gut, ja? :D

Das klobberhammeren und der unterseebootkicken sie kopf ist nein combobulaterfeln! ROHFEHL!!!
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[frau kaleun]

So I like BonJovi's music. SUE ME!!!

I especially liked the updated song he did for the soundtrack... you know...

"Oooohhhh, I hope it flo-oats
Oh, OH! Livin' on a u-boat..."

:rock:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

... or his rousing rendition of, "You give schnitzel a bad name!"

[Immelman]

... or his rousing rendition of, "You give schnitzel a bad name!"

You surely meant "You give Adolf a bad name!" :har:

Please don't get me started on the actual movie...

[drakkhen20]

lmfao. i figured it was that bad. yes i liked Das Boot a whole lot better. i just cant help but to laugh when mathewe mucunahay looks at "Trigger" and tells him he must go down in the flooded bilge one last time to shut off that last air valve... and he says "BECAUSE ITS YOUR JOB!" or whatever. he says it to where i cant help to lmao. but yeah thanks guys.:yeah:

[Platapus]

Well let's see

Type XIV with torpedo tubes:doh::o:damn:

Go to Uboat.net and read the forum on that movie. More errors than you can count.

[TabbyHunter]

lmfao. i figured it was that bad. yes i liked Das Boot a whole lot better. i just cant help but to laugh when mathewe mucunahay looks at "Trigger" and tells him he must go down in the flooded bilge one last time to shut off that last air valve... and he says "BECAUSE ITS YOUR JOB!" or whatever. he says it to where i cant help to lmao. but yeah thanks guys.:yeah:

"You will go back in that bilge and DO YOUR JOB sailor!"

[Obltn Strand]

IIRC BonJovi's head was torn off by cable. Cable doesn't cut heads it just gives mean punch to a neck. Which probably is enough to kill anyway. One inaccuracy more.

[frau kaleun]

IIRC BonJovi's head was torn off by cable.

He shoulda gone with DirectTV. :nope:

[Kremmen]

Wasn't he whacked in the chest by a hatch cover or something ?
Ooooooh you're just wanting to make me watch it again :wah:

hehe

Kremmen

[Obltn Strand]

Wasn't he whacked in the chest by a hatch cover or something ?
Ooooooh you're just wanting to make me watch it again :wah:

hehe

Kremmen
Could be wrong. Only saw it once.
Perhaps I get royalties from it:shifty:

He shoulda gone with DirectTV. :nope:
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

...and the biggest anomaly of all.....it was the Brits who captured the first enigma machine off a U-boat :doh:

[TabbyHunter]

Yea, but it was an american movie made for american audiances. The dircetor even wrote a letter saying her wouldnt change history like that again.

And it was a hatch cover to the head, witch in the origanal, decapitated him. In the Theatrical release, it was the hatch cover to the face -> kicking him off the boat.

[Obltn Strand]

...and the biggest anomaly of all.....it was the Brits who captured the first enigma machine off a U-boat :doh:
No. I'm pretty sure it was Mel Gibson:har:

[Sgt_Raa]

Go watch Das Boot, much more realistic:yeah:

yes i agre 100%... if u can find it with subtitles coz the whole movie is in german..... iuf u look at the images in the periscope on the sh3 grey wolves mod home screen its footage from das boot.

[Jimbuna]

No. I'm pretty sure it was Mel Gibson:har:

LOL :DL

[STEED]

...and the biggest anomaly of all.....it was the Brits who captured the first enigma machine off a U-boat :doh:

A rowing boat with a boarding party is far to boring for Hollywood, so they beefed it up and left out 99.99% of the truth.

I only got as far as the tralior...Damn I keep missing that film. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[ERPP8]

I love that movie!

[storm-petrel]

Originally Posted by jimbuna http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1446197#post1446197)
...and the biggest anomaly of all.....it was the Brits who captured the first enigma machine off a U-boat :doh:

Hi all. I thought it was a British and Canadian destroyer that forced sub to surface.

Any one know any more?

[Jimbuna]

In reality, the submarine U-571 was never actually captured. The submarines U-559 and U-110 were the ones captured with the codebooks but by the British Navy in August 1941, four months before the United States entered the war. U-570 however was in fact a u-boat captured in late 1941 (by Britain) near Iceland, and subsequently deployed as HMS Graph until early 1944. Its appearance was used by the Royal Navy to fool German ships and submarines, and destroy them by surprise.

HMS Bulldog took the first enigma machine from a U-boat (U-110).


The British sailors climbed into the conning tower and began a search of the deserted submarine. The bookshelves still contained books of every description - navigation manuals, seamanship manuals, code books and signal books. The Bulldog's telegraphist pointed to an interesting piece of equipment that looked like a typewriter. This, along with all the books from the shelves, was transferred with utmost care to HMS Bulldog. It was important that everything was kept dry as the code books and signal books were printed in ink that disappeared if they were dropped in seawater.


http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/enigma12.htm

[nikimcbee]

"Everything's in GERMAN!"

That's the best line in the whole movie!:har::har:

[storm-petrel]

In reality, the submarine U-571 was never actually captured. The submarines U-559 and U-110 were the ones captured with the codebooks but by the British Navy in August 1941, four months before the United States entered the war. U-570 however was in fact a u-boat captured in late 1941 (by Britain) near Iceland, and subsequently deployed as HMS Graph until early 1944. Its appearance was used by the Royal Navy to fool German ships and submarines, and destroy them by surprise.

HMS Bulldog took the first enigma machine from a U-boat (U-110).



http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/enigma12.htm

Well thanks for that Jim :up:. Many years ago a documentary was broadcast in UK about the capture of the Kriegsmarine enigma....I cannot remember the title of it, or even which channel it was shown on.

It is from this documentary that I thought the RCN had a hand in it, so my memory ( like this 'puter of mine ) needs an upgrade.

Pretty certain however that same programme told of how, before the U-boat was being boarded, the sailor/officer who was supposed to throw the vitally important codebook into the ocean, went and saved a pile of love-letters or poems he had composed about his sweetheart back in Deutschland.

Sweet.....but ultimately it changed the course of the war.

[Jimbuna]

Your welcome matey http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Redbear]

It's no Das Boot, that's for sure, but I do like one exchange early in the movie between the captain and the assault team leader. It goes something like this:

To the captain: 'How deep will she go?'

Captain: 'Oh, she'll go all the way to the bottom if we don't stop her."

Words to sail by!

[sergei]

To the captain: 'How deep will she go?'
Captain: 'Oh, she'll go all the way to the bottom if we don't stop her."

Top line :yep:

[Sgt_Raa]

if somebody can find that docco id love to see it as im sure we all would!..
we could probably learn quite a lot
i never knew the british captured a uboat and redeployed it¿... great idea:rock:

[Sgt_Raa]

Pretty certain however that same programme told of how, before the U-boat was being boarded, the sailor/officer who was supposed to throw the vitally important codebook into the ocean, went and saved a pile of love-letters or poems he had composed about his sweetheart back in Deutschland.

Sweet.....but ultimately it changed the course of the war.
kinda puts a human face on war!... im sure the Uboat crews didnt want to be there either:dead:

[storm-petrel]

kinda puts a human face on war!... im sure the Uboat crews didnt want to be there either:dead:

I know a submarine would be my last choice to serve in, not sure if they had any say in the matter though:hmmm:

[HW3]

The Ubootwaffe was an all volunteer force so, yes they had a say in it.

[frau kaleun]

The Ubootwaffe was an all volunteer force so, yes they had a say in it.

It was certainly touted by many as an "all volunteer" force, but I'm not sure that's strictly accurate, especially as the war went on and more and more lost crews had to be replaced. Probably more so pre-war and when hostilities began.

[sergei]

That's right. It was all volunteer pre war, and in the early years.
As the war dragged on and losses mounted this was increasingly not the case.

[flakmonkey]

In the movie`s defense, it did have the best uboat interior sets in any sub movie, made by the same folks that did das boot.... the rest was garbage though.

[Jimbuna]

i never knew the british captured a uboat and redeployed it¿... great idea:rock:

http://www.oca.269squadron.btinternet.co.uk/history/squadron_history/appendices/D_U_570/u570-story.htm

[Sgt_Raa]

http://www.oca.269squadron.btinternet.co.uk/history/squadron_history/appendices/D_U_570/u570-story.htm

thans man mad link:yeah: great story.. id like to learn more about the other captured uboats

[Sailor Steve]

Here is more on U-570, including the British and US examinations.
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-570.htm

[frau kaleun]

U-571 was on some cable channel last night, but I missed the first half. Got sucked into leaving it on once I found it because 1) u-boat! and 2) Harvey Keitel! on a u-boat!

Now I'm afraid I'm gonna have to Netflix it just to see the whole thing because apparently I missed all the good lines noted above by not tuning in earlier or because I was busy in another room.

Am ashamed to admit I even started to warm to Matt McWhatshisname after he put on the white kaleun's cap. (Kill me now.)

[Sailor Steve]

Harvey Keitel! on a u-boat!
Keitel is always great, but early on they give him one of the most flagrant technical violations. :damn:

[Sgt_Raa]

Here is more on U-570, including the British and US examinations.
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-570.htm
this is a great read!!!! bookmark it coz there is a few hours woth of reading here:03:

[storm-petrel]

U-571 was on some cable channel last night, but I missed the first half. Got sucked into leaving it on once I found it because 1) u-boat! and 2) Harvey Keitel! on a u-boat!

Now I'm afraid I'm gonna have to Netflix it just to see the whole thing because apparently I missed all the good lines noted above by not tuning in earlier or because I was busy in another room.

Am ashamed to admit I even started to warm to Matt McWhatshisname after he put on the white kaleun's cap. (Kill me now.)

It is definitely McGonadhee.........

[Platapus]

Am ashamed to admit I even started to warm to Matt McWhatshisname after he put on the white kaleun's cap. (Kill me now.)

I would like to recommend my 12-step program to help you. Others have overcome this terrible malady and so can you. Remember, we are all here for you. You CAN become a better person.

Step 1 Don't watch U-571
Step 2 Don't watch U-571
Step 3 Don't watch U-571
Step 4 Don't watch U-571
Step 5 Don't watch U-571
Step 6 Don't watch U-571
Step 7 Don't watch U-571
Step 8 Don't watch U-571
Step 9 Don't watch U-571
Step 10 Don't watch U-571
Step 11 Don't watch U-571
Step 12 Don't watch "Crash Dive" either (this one is for Sailor Steve) :O:

If you follow these simple steps, you will be on the road to salvation and contentment.

[Ducimus]

There are worse sub flicks then U-571.

I was digging around on Youtube and i found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7hoqcFpkHA

Very U-571 ish i thought. No historical accuracy in the slightest. None the less *maybe* it will be fun to watch, it is a sub movie after all.

Then i found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7aIOM8KLuc

HOLY SMOKES, talk about a B flick. The movie set is atrociously bad and cheap, this tops U-571 in cheesiness by far! Miles even!

[frau kaleun]

It is definitely McGonadhee.........

I'm pretty sure it's McGonorrhea.

[frau kaleun]

I would like to recommend my 12-step program to help you. Others have overcome this terrible malady and so can you. Remember, we are all here for you. You CAN become a better person.

Step 1 Don't watch U-571
Step 2 Don't watch U-571
Step 3 Don't watch U-571
Step 4 Don't watch U-571
Step 5 Don't watch U-571
Step 6 Don't watch U-571
Step 7 Don't watch U-571
Step 8 Don't watch U-571
Step 9 Don't watch U-571
Step 10 Don't watch U-571
Step 11 Don't watch U-571
Step 12 Don't watch "Crash Dive" either (this one is for Sailor Steve) :O:

If you follow these simple steps, you will be on the road to salvation and contentment.

Is that the 1943 flick with Ty Power, Dana Andrews, and Anne Baxter?

Eh, I guess Andrews is OK, but I'm not a big fan of Power and Baxter kinda gives me the creeps (seen All About Eve too many times, I guess).

There was one movie mentioned a while back in some thread here, when I looked it up one of the German actors was some guy I saw in a German film and thought was kinda hot. But I can't remember the name of it so I guess I won't be watching that one either. :O:

So far my favorite "bad u-boat set" is the one from The Enemy Below. Really loved watching the kaleun lounge around in his private cabin whilst pouring drinks for the officers he'd occasionally invite in to shoot the breeze. :rotfl2:

In non-sucky naval movie news, though, Horatio Hornblower was just on. Gregory Peck...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e7nalH5fvuY/SY0DBG08_SI/AAAAAAAAAQM/VtLnGSDAUS4/s400/drooling_homer.gif

[Sgt_Raa]

There are worse sub flicks then U-571.

I was digging around on Youtube and i found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7hoqcFpkHA

Very U-571 ish i thought. No historical accuracy in the slightest. None the less *maybe* it will be fun to watch, it is a sub movie after all.

Then i found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7aIOM8KLuc

HOLY SMOKES, talk about a B flick. The movie set is atrociously bad and cheap, this tops U-571 in cheesiness by far! Miles even!
i still wanna see it... it looks ok
OK that is only ok not really good but ok
i still need to watch the last 20 mins of das boot... i was watching it and my drive crashed right before the end... 140gb of data gone

[Sailor Steve]

IStep 12 Don't watch "Crash Dive" either (this one is for Sailor Steve) :O:
I did what to who? :doh:

[Sailor Steve]

Is that the 1943 flick with Ty Power, Dana Andrews, and Anne Baxter?
Platapus still likes to tease me over that, even though I called the plot "every bit as preposterous as U-571". If you want to see a good sub movie, this isn't it. I do have my reasons for liking it, though, and I gave them all here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=139820

[JScones]

Hey, I LOVE Crash Dive. :rock:

And after all the glowing endorsements I've read so far in this thread, I'm gonna go out and by me the Collector's Edition of U-571. :rock::rock::rock:

[Sgt_Raa]

And after all the glowing endorsements I've read so far in this thread, I'm gonna go out and by me the Collector's Edition of U-571. :rock::rock::rock:
LOL

[storm-petrel]

I'm pretty sure it's McGonorrhea.

:rotfl2: Love that !

Just wish I had thought of it.............

[Ducimus]

Hey, I LOVE Crash Dive. :rock:

And after all the glowing endorsements I've read so far in this thread, I'm gonna go out and by me the Collector's Edition of U-571. :rock::rock::rock:

My GF has that edition of U-571. And yes, i've watched it. Twice. :O:

[Subnuts]

Why didn't they just call U-571 "Nazis On A Submarine" and bill it as a comedy?

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these mother****ing Nazis on this mother****ing submarine!

[Platapus]

So far my favorite "bad u-boat set" is the one from The Enemy Below. Really loved watching the kaleun lounge around in his private cabin whilst pouring drinks for the officers he'd occasionally invite in to shoot the breeze. :rotfl2:


Yeah that Captain's suite looked pretty roomy. :nope:

Destination Tokyo is also pretty bad set-wise. Look for the scene right at the start of the movie when Cary Grant is entering the USS Copperfin. That is supposed to be the conning tower he is walking though, but it looks huge!

Still like The Enemy Below, they are still great sub movies. :yeah:

One of my biggest peeve pets is sub movies that show American Submarines with the Hydrophone operator in the command center. :damn::damn:

Here is an almost interesting submarine movie trivia question

What Hollywood WWII submarine movie had a scene where the characters were commenting that another Hollywood WWII submarine movie was unrealistic.

Name the submarine movie and for extra points name the in-movie referenced submarine movie.

[Sailor Steve]

My GF has that edition of U-571. And yes, i've watched it. Twice. :O:
And she bought you SH5 too. I've got to get me one of those, just for the excuse value.
:rotfl2:

[Tessa]

I would like to recommend my 12-step program to help you. Others have overcome this terrible malady and so can you. Remember, we are all here for you. You CAN become a better person.

Step 1 Don't watch U-571
Step 2 Don't watch U-571
Step 3 Don't watch U-571
Step 4 Don't watch U-571
Step 5 Don't watch U-571
Step 6 Don't watch U-571
Step 7 Don't watch U-571
Step 8 Don't watch U-571
Step 9 Don't watch U-571
Step 10 Don't watch U-571
Step 11 Don't watch U-571
Step 12 Don't watch "Crash Dive" either (this one is for Sailor Steve) :O:

If you follow these simple steps, you will be on the road to salvation and contentment.

If you are really set on watching this thing you need to go into it with a certain mindframe else you will go crazy: expect the movie to suck, and suck really hard. Then afterwards you'll still be dissapointed and be so mad that you want those 2 hours of your life back!

I'm assuming that when U-99 was forced to surface and the crew was rescued that Kretschmer either destroyed the enigma or it sank before any allied forces were able to get inside? On this one I am being lazy rather than thumbing through the first volume of Hitler's U-Boat War, one of the benefits of percocet is that its just satisfying to sit and do absolutely nothing and be happy :up:

Das Boot has no equal and doubtfully will ever have any movie come close. Comparing U-571 to it is like looking at a bag steaming full of **** with the same bag next to it just that its made out of solid gold. There was another wwii sub movie that if it's on I'll put it on as its somewhat enjoyable - Destination Tokyo. Not a very realistic movie, but do enjoy watching how well they do with using models (especially for a movie so old) and getting through the subnets. One of the few movies that shows any external views of the sub underwater as it navigates through minefields or sneaks around with a BB right above it to hide its noise from all would be DD's.

[Jimbuna]

I'd agree with your comments regarding the film Das Boot....I'm also wondering how accurate the control room was on that Typhoon in Hunt For Red October...it looked ultra technically complex to me :hmmm:

[Tessa]

I'd agree with your comments regarding the film Das Boot....I'm also wondering how accurate the control room was on that Typhoon in Hunt For Red October...it looked ultra technically complex to me :hmmm:

I imagine that the majority of the members here watch it in German (w/o subs too for a lot I imagine) I find myself watching the dub most often. When I got on patrol its one of the movies I like to put in to have playing in the background, perfect for setting the mood/mindset and at almost any spot is perfect to take a break and you're assured there's something worth watching. One unique part of the dubbing process I found to be an exceptionally bright idea was that they had each actor dub their own character in English instead of hiring some random person off the street that doesn't care what he's reading, let alone what he's reading it for.

The Hunt for Red October was an entertaining film, if its airing I'll turn it on. It's not like if the full ws Tora Tora Tora pops on that I'll drop what I'm doing to watch it; but its great background noise and has some great scenes in it despite its questionable validity. While it was a better than average movie as war films go, it pales in comparison to the book. Seeing Sean Connery in command and in full form is great, just one that I feel would have been much more special had it not been made into a movie.

[Sailor Steve]

If you are really set on watching this thing you need to go into it with a certain mindframe else you will go crazy: expect the movie to suck, and suck really hard. Then afterwards you'll still be dissapointed and be so mad that you want those 2 hours of your life back!
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rock:

One of the few movies that shows any external views of the sub underwater as it navigates through minefields or sneaks around with a BB right above it to hide its noise from all would be DD's.
That's one of the scenes I both love and hate. Love it because it's so cool; hate it because they weave through all that stuff as if they could see it. Dodging between the rocks really drives me crazy.

I imagine that the majority of the members here watch it in German (w/o subs too for a lot I imagine) I find myself watching the dub most often.
I own the 5-hour 'Uncut' version (as well as all the others), and one of my favorite viewings was when I put on the dubbed version and had the subtitles on. Huge difference in what they're saying, especially the scene with the long joke.

[Tessa]

[QUOTE=Tessa;1449581]If you are really set on watching this thing you need to go into it with a certain mindframe else you will go crazy: expect the movie to suck, and suck really hard. Then afterwards you'll still be dissapointed and be so mad that you want those 2 hours of your life back!
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rock:


That's one of the scenes I both love and hate. Love it because it's so cool; hate it because they weave through all that stuff as if they could see it. Dodging between the rocks really drives me crazy.


I own the 5-hour 'Uncut' version (as well as all the others), and one of my favorite viewings was when I put on the dubbed version and had the subtitles on. Huge difference in what they're saying, especially the scene with the long joke.

Agreed, watching the sub move through the minefield and sqweek in through the subnet is visually cool, but a realistic impossibility at the time. Far as underwater navigation Red October's the only movie I've seen so far that really does the navigation art justice and is done well.

Can totally equate to the dub + subtitle experience, I watch a lot of anime (if my username wasn't a tipoff, yes I've been one of them for 20 or so years) and having studied Japanese (for a few years worth as an undergrad) well enough to watch something w/o needing the subtitles (most of the time) it can get infuriating how even the subtitles don't even match what they're saying! Even putting aside the horrible dub performance the way they butcher the script god is forced to kill a kitten every time someone voluntarily watches it. Though the funniest subtitle incident I've run across is from Hard Boiled (Hong Kong Cinema) where the two main characters are speaking in English and the subtitles don't even match what they're saying :har:

[Ducimus]

And she bought you SH5 too. I've got to get me one of those, just for the excuse value.
:rotfl2:

She also encouraged me to work on another mod if I had the itch to do so. One reason i started the mod i did for the IXD2. Though i don't think she realized how many hours id be putting into it, and me going to bed at 3 AM, and starting up a lumber mill with my snoring. She's a wonderful gal, so im going to mod less and spending more time with her for awhile.

[Jimbuna]

She also encouraged me to work on another mod if I had the itch to do so. One reason i started the mod i did for the IXD2. Though i don't think she realized how many hours id be putting into it, and me going to bed at 3 AM, and starting up a lumber mill with my snoring. She's a wonderful gal, so im going to mod less and spending more time with her for awhile.

Enjoy....

[Sailor Steve]

She also encouraged me to work on another mod if I had the itch to do so. One reason i started the mod i did for the IXD2. Though i don't think she realized how many hours id be putting into it, and me going to bed at 3 AM, and starting up a lumber mill with my snoring. She's a wonderful gal, so im going to mod less and spending more time with her for awhile.
Sounds like a good plan to me. :sunny:

[danzig70]

I think McHale's Navy was PT Boats, too bad. Ernest Borgnine as a submarine commander would be great!

Wasnt Petticoat Junction about submarines? Ok no. Wackiest ship in the Army?

Operation Petticoat!

[frau kaleun]

Wasnt Petticoat Junction about submarines?

I think you mean Operation Petticoat. :D

Altho no one really knows for sure what might have been lurking in that water tower over in Hooterville... you just can't trust city folk.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Petticoat_Junction_title_screen.jpg

[danzig70]

thats it!

:)

[Platapus]

Altho no one really knows for sure what might have been lurking in that water tower over in Hooterville... you just can't trust city folk.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Petticoat_Junction_title_screen.jpg

We knew exactly what was lurking in that water tower: Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Billie Jo (Linda Kaye, Lori Saunders, and Gunilla Hutton)

The only thing missing from that water tower was ME! :O:

[Sailor Steve]

We knew exactly what was lurking in that water tower: Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Billie Jo (Linda Kaye, Lori Saunders, and Gunilla Hutton)

The only thing missing from that water tower was ME! :O:
I'm glad you remember all their names. Lord help me, I remember the entire song! :dead:

[conus00]

So I like BonJovi's music. SUE ME!!! :O:

I can't stand Matthew McGuaghnahey / McKgonnagey / McGawnahayy ... However you spell his name.

Come on now! You mean to tell me that you didn't love the superb writing, Steve? Matthew MGcGhauanahaigh's character only seemed a LITTLE psychotic.

I don't understand how it is that ole' MGonagaheai didn't get an academy award for bestest-wildest melodramatic expressions evah!

:har::har::har:
I've almost spilled my drink reading that!!!

[Platapus]

I'm glad you remember all their names. Lord help me, I remember the entire song! :dead:


I used to be a loyal watcher also. It was a pretty good sitcom actually. It was just a little light in the flagrant and gratuitous nude S&M sex scenes to my liking, but then I have eclectic tastes in such matters.

[Seminole]

interesting note on this movie i watched the special features and found that they made an entire functional replica of a Type VIIC to do the open sea scenes. knowing that movies do blow stuff out of the water sometimes to attract viewers or make it interesting. so how much was authentic in that movie? were some of their tactics actually usable?:06: i figured i'd ask and post something different. :salute:


Wonder if it is for sale or lease?


:hmmm:


Hmmmm...how much you guys willing to pay for a ride?


Nah...subsimmers get on board free....