[REQ] inside lighting

[JScones]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

The only U boat I've been on is the U-505, well after she was captured. But my comment was more to the "Red October" comments. Also something of interest, I'm not sure how far back the practice went but crews going topside at night wore special red "glasses" up to an hour before their watch. That enabled a crewman to roam about the boat in areas not rigged for red.

Late 1943ish, U-boats were increasingly issued with red goggles. The procedure was that the Uboat would always stay white lighted, with crews about to go topside putting the goggles on about ten minutes beforehand.

[Kretschmer the IV]

First of all anyone who takes anything in a movie as the gospel truth, shouldn't. Plain and simple. Unless it is a documentary. Hollywood uses visual effects to keep the viewer interested.

Das Boot is no Hollywood It's Bavaria Filmstudios. I was in that Boat, it's quite fascinating (smaller interior than original one).

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Kretschmer the IV

Das Boot is no Hollywood

Yeah it is. It's full of the typical submarine cliches, and it's made for a non-technical audience. Don't get me wrong - I love it as much as anything - but "Hollywood" is a state of mind, not a place, and Das Boot is very much "Hollywood".

[kaa13]

Let apart the story and the characters in das Boot...but the technical aspect of the way the sub is handled in the movie is as far as i've read, very realistic. lots of details ...lots !Now , i am of course very curious of the inaccuracies in the boat management, there are probablly a lot too !

[Ziggy]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Yeah it is. It's full of the typical submarine cliches, and it's made for a non-technical audience. Don't get me wrong - I love it as much as anything - but "Hollywood" is a state of mind, not a place, and Das Boot is very much "Hollywood".

I think he was making a joke, since it is a German movie not made in LA.