Polls i kno i kno but...HOW MANY TIME HAVE U SEEN DAS BOOT?

mstgnymike · 10-31-07, 11:44 PM

just wondering? how many times have you seen the legendary film? From first to last minute!

Torplexed · 11-01-07, 01:53 AM

Got my first VCR tape of it in the late 1980s. Last track of number of times viewed sometime in the 1990s.

PhantomLord · 11-01-07, 07:02 AM

Hmmm....am i the only insane who saw that movie more than 15 times???

JackSparrow · 11-01-07, 08:02 AM

I've seen it 14 times

Jimbuna · 11-01-07, 09:08 AM

Was ist Das Boot ? :hmm:

robbierob2005 · 11-01-07, 09:49 AM

I stopped counting. I watched the long version last weekend

The Milkman · 11-04-07, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Was ist Das Boot ? :hmm:

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Reventlow · 11-03-07, 03:41 AM

I usually throw it on while I'm playing. It's nice to have it in the background while I'm surface cruising out into the open waters.

Capa · 11-03-07, 07:12 PM

I've seen it quite a few times but I'd say I've sat down and properly engaged with it about twice, so that's what I picked.

Not to bait or anything but I don't think it's some kind of tour-de-force mindblow to make the sub community weep. I think it's a great film, and definitely my favourite naval film for its authenticity, but I find it hard to believe a hardcore sub geek wouldn't find tons of inaccuracies in it. To the uninitiated it's as authentic as it gets, but it does have some glaring moments that make little sense. Giant cast iron flanges being repaired in 3 seconds flat, destroyers magically teleporting around the horizon (apparently), and I dislike the way the boat judders left and right violently as if (duh) it was rigged up to a structure that made it do just that. It would just go down as a slightly ropey special effect if it wasn't for the fact that Peterssen spent a lot of money on that rig in an attempt to make it look "as real as possible". I find it hard to believe a boat submerged in millions of tons of saline water would vibrate horizontally whenever under any shock. That is of course assuming she wouldn't have sunk somewhere within the first 40 minutes of the film in the first place.

It's great though. I'd love to get hold of the series version.

Sailor Steve · 11-04-07, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capa

but I find it hard to believe a hardcore sub geek wouldn't find tons of inaccuracies in it. To the uninitiated it's as authentic as it gets, but it does have some glaring moments that make little sense.

You're right, of course. The scale of the wake makes it obvious its a model, and to get the explosions into the camera's field-of-view every single depth charge is so close that any single one would have cracked the hull and sunk the boat. Personally I would have preferred no underwater shots at all, but someone recently pointed out to me that anyone not familiar with the subject would have no idea what was going on. That's probably true for the rest of our complaints.

On the other hand, though, just having the full-scale interior defining the closeness of the situation...

It's not perfect, but it's close, and to date no-one has made anything better.

Thniper · 11-07-07, 10:01 AM

Where is the "50+ times" option in this poll? :hmm:

This great movie is way too short, even the TV mini series.

I want more, I want more...

U-Cass · 11-03-07, 08:21 PM

Just watched again today. Got the DVD uncut version. German with english subtitles

can't stand the dubbed version.

xboxer · 11-04-07, 12:28 PM

Only twice.

I may be a sub fan and a WW2 fan but I am no nutcase.

Jonathan · 11-30-07, 01:17 PM

So should I watch this movie?

neves_rats · 11-30-07, 02:15 PM

Quick answer, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

View Poll Results: How many times have you seen Das Boot?
Never...you disgust me!	4	3.17%
Once or Twice...I hate you!	29	23.02%
Five or ten times...I can live with you!	60	47.62%
Fifteen plus...NOW WERE TALKIN!	33	26.19%
Voters: 126. You may not vote on this poll

10-31-07, 11:44 PM	#1
mstgnymike Medic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Within the Abyss Posts: 163 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Polls i kno i kno but...HOW MANY TIME HAVE U SEEN DAS BOOT? just wondering? how many times have you seen the legendary film? From first to last minute! __________________ "We have met the enemy and they are ours..."-Oliver Hazard Perry "U-77 Creeps at Night in the Depths" U-77,my greatest command sunk May 4, 1945 by destroyer HMS Lamarn (Tribal Class) Based at Wilhelmshaven(2nd Flotilla) 39-41 Based at Brest(2nd Flotilla) 41-43 Based at La Spezia(29th Flotilla) 42-44 Based at Bergen(11th Flotilla) 44-45 (923,675 Tons)

11-01-07, 01:53 AM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Got my first VCR tape of it in the late 1980s. Last track of number of times viewed sometime in the 1990s. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

11-01-07, 07:02 AM	#3
PhantomLord XO Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 408 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Hmmm....am i the only insane who saw that movie more than 15 times??? __________________ ~^~ War does not determine who is right - only who is left. ~^~

11-01-07, 08:02 AM	#4
JackSparrow Seaman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: U-179 Posts: 40 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've seen it 14 times __________________ I, JackSparrow, Kapitän von U-179, wünschen dir gutes Glück und die gute Jagd.

11-01-07, 09:08 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Was ist Das Boot ? :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-01-07, 09:49 AM	#6
robbierob2005 Watch Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Beneath the surface..... Posts: 334 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	I stopped counting. I watched the long version last weekend

11-03-07, 03:41 AM	#8
Reventlow Watch Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 20 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I usually throw it on while I'm playing. It's nice to have it in the background while I'm surface cruising out into the open waters.

11-03-07, 07:12 PM	#9
Capa A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I've seen it quite a few times but I'd say I've sat down and properly engaged with it about twice, so that's what I picked. Not to bait or anything but I don't think it's some kind of tour-de-force mindblow to make the sub community weep. I think it's a great film, and definitely my favourite naval film for its authenticity, but I find it hard to believe a hardcore sub geek wouldn't find tons of inaccuracies in it. To the uninitiated it's as authentic as it gets, but it does have some glaring moments that make little sense. Giant cast iron flanges being repaired in 3 seconds flat, destroyers magically teleporting around the horizon (apparently), and I dislike the way the boat judders left and right violently as if (duh) it was rigged up to a structure that made it do just that. It would just go down as a slightly ropey special effect if it wasn't for the fact that Peterssen spent a lot of money on that rig in an attempt to make it look "as real as possible". I find it hard to believe a boat submerged in millions of tons of saline water would vibrate horizontally whenever under any shock. That is of course assuming she wouldn't have sunk somewhere within the first 40 minutes of the film in the first place. It's great though. I'd love to get hold of the series version.

11-07-07, 10:01 AM	#11
Thniper Planesman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Posts: 186 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Where is the "50+ times" option in this poll? :hmm: This great movie is way too short, even the TV mini series. I want more, I want more... __________________ "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." ------------------------------- Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726)

11-03-07, 08:21 PM	#12
U-Cass Mate Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 51 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Just watched again today. Got the DVD uncut version. German with english subtitles can't stand the dubbed version. __________________ A Frog, A Pond, The Frog jumped, PLOP!

11-04-07, 12:28 PM	#13
xboxer Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 52 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Only twice. I may be a sub fan and a WW2 fan but I am no nutcase.

11-30-07, 01:17 PM	#14
Jonathan 中国水兵 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 285 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	So should I watch this movie? __________________ SHIII Game Manual, In-Game Map, and Quick Reference Chart Can Be Downloaded From This Link: http://hosted.filefront.com/jnazari

11-30-07, 02:15 PM	#15
neves_rats Seaman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fife, Scotland Posts: 40 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Quick answer, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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