Das Boot

Right, here's my attempt at answering three threads in one post...so no more complaining.

Sailor Steve:

What bugged me about Crimson Tide was the relationships between the officers. On a ship the Captain is the next thing to God: no one questions his decisions or his authority. That said, a good captain know and trusts his executive officer, and the fights they had were nothing like anything that would happen in the U.S. Navy. The plot hinges on the fact that the screenwriter knows nothing of naval protocol or procedures.

If the Capatin is "God" then the XO would be "Deputy-God" right? Listen, if the Captain was supposed to run a sub with God-like status, they wouldn't put an XO there who is supposed to CONCUR with him.
No one questions the Captain's authority? What about if the Captain orders every submariner smear grease-oil on their feet and slide the length of the boat whilst making seal noises? weeeeeee Would nobody question him then...you know, say he developed a psychosis by banging his head on the Playboy-stash cupboard? In other words, what would happen if the Captain attempted to launch 200 nukes over Russia without proper, unequivocal proof such a launch was authorised.

That's what Crimson Tide was about. It was also made to highlight that before 1995, boomer Captains had the ability to launch nukes independently of any outside manipulation/input. Scary thought!

Perseus:

No way. I mean, for starters: the moment the sub loses ULF comms, just as the AEM is coming in. The screens the radio operator is watching start to flash and what not. HILARIOUS. If there's no comms anymore, a message is (at best) stopped in mid-sentence. Your screens do not start flashing, nor do they try to imitate a graphic hoola-hoop. And then there's a load of other rubbish - AAARGH, I'm not even going into that. I'm still embarrassed about the 10 euro I spent to see that *cough* movie *cough* in the cinema.

Realistic movies - erm, try "Hostile Waters" or hell, "Hunt for Red October". Sure, there's some silly Hollywood-stuff in the latter but about 95% is pretty darn accurate.

Trivial details. It's a fact of movie making that they always "pretty up" consoles, HUDs etc for the audience. Let's face it, military electronic stuff is boring...people see a movie to be entertained. So it's pretty unfair of you to say it's unrealistic just because of this. And you're forgetting something...REAL LIFE INSTRUMENTS ARE FRIGGING CLASSIFIED!!!

And you can't say Hunt For Red October, the movie, is more realistic then Crimson Tide.:rotfl: Do you really think the interior of a sub looks like that? Resembles more Star Trek then a Typhoon based fictional sub. Which reminds me, you do realise the Red October wasn't a real sub, yes? Caterpillar tehehe...

Ula Jolly:

Sean Connery is just dead flat sexy.

I hope you're a girl. :hmm: