Das Boot redeux (?)

Bill Nichols · 07-14-10, 06:18 AM

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

http://www.adrants.com/2010/07/torpe...anger-to-a.php

Moeceefus · 07-14-10, 06:27 AM

UnderseaLcpl · 07-14-10, 07:39 AM

Oberon · 07-14-10, 08:04 AM

Jimbuna · 07-14-10, 09:09 AM

Nice one Bill

07-14-10, 09:13 AM

I didn't get it.

frau kaleun · 07-14-10, 09:24 AM

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:

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 · 07-14-10, 10:13 AM

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

Herr-Berbunch · 07-14-10, 10:22 AM

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

August · 07-14-10, 11:32 AM

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"

07-14-10, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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:

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 · 07-14-10, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snestorm

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 · 07-14-10, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Also:

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 · 07-14-10, 08:25 PM

I noticed they borrowed the pressure squeezing hull sound from SCS's sims.

krashkart · 07-14-10, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

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?

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

Yea, you're probably right.

07-14-10, 06:18 AM	#1
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	Das Boot redeux (?) In case you didn't see this on the Subsim News page: http://www.adrants.com/2010/07/torpe...anger-to-a.php __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	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 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Even their ads that aren't supposed to be funny end up that way... __________________

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	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: 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!

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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" __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I noticed they borrowed the pressure squeezing hull sound from SCS's sims. __________________