Das Boot

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

In reality that submarine isn't moving a fraction of an inch as it is a mass of a thousan tons, surrounded by an almost solid mass of whater. In my experience, an exploding depth charge felt like a blow with a giant hammer ob ab immovable object - valve shafts break, fuses blow, light fixtures shatter, but the boat doesn't move.

Thanks for posting that, Rhodes. It reminds me of the discussion on the General Topics board a while back, about battleships moving sideways when they fire their guns. I've heard such things before, that the boat doesn't really move much; but I have also heard that the concussion can distort bulkheads and knock the crew off their feet, just as the big guns can have the same effect on the ships firing them.

On the other hand, I like the mod that makes the boat roll about when under attack. I guess the perception is important to all of us.

[Thniper]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

The (...) in the book, he is refering that sub movies have to be entertaning and dramatic, since life on a submarine was usuallt as visually interesting as watching paint dry.
After the part that a wrote here, the author says that none of the engineering officers in real life would have the talent and abilities ouf the chief enginner in the film. Mr.Scott syndrome? (this one is mine).

I think the chief engineer (LI) has to KNOW everything about his boat but not necessarily to DO everything by himself (concerning repairs, etc.).
He actually would have instructed other crew members to perform certain tasks he would not bother with.
So here the movie is deviating slightly from the truth.

[Rhodes]

Sailor Steve, and yes, I agree with your last paragraph. I also like when the boat rolls under attack, in the game and in the movie.
I over looked this phrase, is the next after "the boat doesn't move. One may have the understandable inclination to duck, but no one has to wonder why."

Thniper, if you want I can put here the paragraph about it.

[Thniper]

@Rhodes:
Yes, I'd like to read it!

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Thniper

@Rhodes:
Yes, I'd like to read it!

Oh yeah? Buy the book :p

Here it is:

"In addition,none of us engineering officers in real life would have had the talent and the abilities of the chief engineer in that film - truly a superman of our profession - otherwise we would have lost very few boats during the the war, and I, for one, am still puzzled as to how he got that damaged boat back to the surface. While the film was true to life in many of its aspects, especially the depiction of everyday life on a U-boat and also with respecto to the caracters portrayed, most of the battle scenes were overdramatized and defy any logic."

I think this end the das boot references in the book, but I can be sure.

By the way, the name of the book:

Another Place, Another Time.
A U-boat Officer's Wartime Album.

[Thniper]

Thanks, Rhodes!

I will see if I can buy this one in a bookshop in Germany, because I don't trust online shops!

[Canovaro]

Going to read the book next weekend on holiday just outside my tent, beer within reach :p

[Rhodes]

Good reading!

[Tobus]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

"Das Boot is probably the most over-rated sub movie ever made. The acting (if it can be called that) is juvenile, the production values look like they came out of someone's garage, and the writing is sophomoric at best. Quite a waste of good film stock and has no redeemable story value whatsoever."
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Okay, seriously, how many of you guys had a heart attack when you read that? We hope you have enjoyed your little soujorn to "Incredibly Dumb and Insupportable Things to Say about Das Boot" World. We now return control of your Internet provider back to you. Me? I'm gonna go watch Das Boot because it effing ROCKS! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

My god, I was about to come over to "the deep south" to smack you silly!

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by tcorken

I too watched Das Boot as a child on TV and loved it week after week. I was a bit disappointed when I recently got the "Directors Cut" as it was indeed cut. Cut to ribbons that is. I must try to find a copy of the original series, if that's possible.

You can get this off Amazon.ca ( Canada )as well.

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