Run Silent, Run Deep

Ducimus · 05-30-06, 05:23 PM

ive acutally read a number of Edward Beach's books. The active sonar pings bugged me because it was seemingly whenever they were submerged. Thats a classical hollywood gimmick to add mood or atmosphere. Thats how i interpetted it anyway. its like whenver you see a sub in any old movie, what do you hear? *ping* *ping *ping* even when theres nothing around. Call it a pet peeve, but that grates on me. The sub was too spacious in the galley/crew mess. The conning tower and control room seemed semi accurate, but the crew mess was waaaaaaayyyy too big.

DeepSix · 05-30-06, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

...The sub was too spacious in the galley/crew mess. The conning tower and control room seemed semi accurate, but the crew mess was waaaaaaayyyy too big.

Yeah, but you gotta put the camera somewhere.

DeepSix · 05-31-06, 11:40 AM

One thing I noticed in watching the movie is that you only hear the pinging when there are enemy ships about - so it seems like the intention was to portray the constant active ping employed by the Japanese (not the sub pinging).

[OT edit: Also - I noticed that Clark Gable has a very noticeable tremor in most of his scenes... Does anybody know if he had Parkinson's?]

05-31-06, 11:40 AM	#3
DeepSix Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Music City Posts: 683 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	One thing I noticed in watching the movie is that you only hear the pinging when there are enemy ships about - so it seems like the intention was to portray the constant active ping employed by the Japanese (not the sub pinging). [OT edit: Also - I noticed that Clark Gable has a very noticeable tremor in most of his scenes... Does anybody know if he had Parkinson's?] __________________ Jack's happy days will soon be gone, To return again, oh never! For they've raised his pay five cents a day, But they've stopped his grog forever. For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, For tonight we'll merry, merry be, But tomorrow we'll be sober. - "Farewell to Grog" Last edited by DeepSix; 05-31-06 at 11:50 AM.

05-30-06, 05:23 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	ive acutally read a number of Edward Beach's books. The active sonar pings bugged me because it was seemingly whenever they were submerged. Thats a classical hollywood gimmick to add mood or atmosphere. Thats how i interpetted it anyway. its like whenver you see a sub in any old movie, what do you hear? ping ping ping* even when theres nothing around. Call it a pet peeve, but that grates on me. The sub was too spacious in the galley/crew mess. The conning tower and control room seemed semi accurate, but the crew mess was waaaaaaayyyy too big.