Das Boot Is NOT a Chick Flick - Page 7

Drakken · 08-01-13, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by garren

Most women don't like war movies. Not enough excitement in them for women because they're all into all that mushy romance stuff that makes men want to run to the closest toilet to vomit.

Trust your girlfriend/wife to pick a good movie and she comes back with "Magic Mike"... See if you don't qualify for permanent and total disability from PTSD (recurring nightmares/flashbacks/suicidal ideation) after THAT! And the feminazis say men are sexually objectifying women?! The definition of feminist should be hypocrite.

Not true.

My GF and I watched the Das Boot miniseries version when we started dating, the whole 5-hours version I might add. She was thrilled by it, and she far from a history buff. Now when she hears a ping in any movie she immediately remembers how tense was Das Boot, and that it was real life story. She understood very well the drama of these poor sods and the tension of living in such squalor, where you could drown and die at each depth charge.

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Well, that is just it; I would argue that Das Boot is actually a very bad movie [snip]

Wait, wait, wait. What the Hell?

Quasimodo · 08-03-13, 09:21 AM

This lady has posted 150 reviews on Amazon. Rarely can you find one that's positive. She seems to have a complaint about everything.

I pity her husband/boyfriend. I'd probably rush to the recruiter and sign up for sub duty right away just to get away from her.

Platapus · 08-03-13, 12:44 PM

It is interesting at how much power and influence Midge has over some members of this forum. Some of you guys are FOCUSED on her. Wow.

I am pretty sure there are millions of people out there who also don't like Das Boot and millions more that have no desire to ever see it.

Other than political figures, I don't think we have had such an "outsider" like Midge have so much effect over people here.

And now we are starting ad hominem attacks against someone we don't know, who just exercised her right to post an opinion on a website.

Yikes! Why allow this woman to be that important to you?

Sailor Steve · 08-03-13, 01:41 PM

Because our lives are just as empty as hers and we don't have anything else to talk about. Don't you understand interwebseese?

Pisces · 08-03-13, 04:54 PM

I just noticed this thread.

So you all are saying Operation Petticoat wasn't the real thing back then? I've got to back up Midge on this. As it seems much more likely than Das Boot. Though I did find it a bit too much on the pornographic side though.

desertstriker · 08-03-13, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

Though I did find it a bit too much on the pornographic side though.

pornographic really? where at all is it pornographic?

Subnuts · 08-26-13, 08:39 PM

"FC's" review of Shattered Sword borders on being as bad as Midge's review of Das Boot. I've read the book three times and literally nothing in his review is true. It's the kind of over-the-top hyperbole that makes so many contrarian Amazon reviews so hilarious and frustrating to read.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R35HHAA...=&nodeID=&tag=

Aktungbby · 08-26-13, 11:36 PM

'WAR is HELL'- W.T. Sherman; 'They don't call 'em pigboats for nuthin'-Tony Curtis...nuff said, great flick.

darrincates · 09-02-13, 02:40 PM

Wife and I just finished the long mini series version .. SO much better with all the scenes! ... Wife enjoyed it too .... That girls review is horrific and couldn't be further from the truth!

Jimbuna · 09-02-13, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by darrincates

Wife and I just finished the long mini series version .. SO much better with all the scenes! ... Wife enjoyed it too .... That girls review is horrific and couldn't be further from the truth!

I doubt your alone in that assumption.

JackhammerJohn · 09-25-13, 05:21 PM

Would anyone hate me if I was do a little bragging? I worked on the movie See Arnold Run as an extra for nine days and got a lot of scenes (in the background) with Jurgen Prochnow!

At times he looked right me. It was very cool to actually be a few feet from him. As proof, I am in the lower left of the screen in this shot looking up at him. Just thought I would share.

Bragging time over. Take care.

Sailor Steve · 09-25-13, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JackhammerJohn

At times he looked right me.

Maybe you were creeping him out.

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As proof...

But how do we know that's really you?

JackhammerJohn · 09-25-13, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Maybe you were creeping him out.

As proof...

But how do we know that's really you?

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LOL, because I donated to SUBSIM! LOL!

Also, you can compare my face to this pic with Ray Bradbury after performing in Dandelion Wine. hehehe

Sailor Steve · 09-25-13, 10:02 PM

But...but...but...we still don't know that's you. I'm gonna need to see a photo ID. And a proof-of-purchase seal. And your SS number. And a...

Actually that's pretty cool. You and Ray Bradbury. In fact that's very very cool!

TorpX · 09-26-13, 12:02 AM

I just stumbled onto Midge's review. I really can't be angry or upset; it seemed pretty funny to me. Come on Midge, don't sugar coat it, tell us what you really think! I'm guessing that her idea of a good war movie is more along the lines of The Sound of Music.

I'd kind of like to see her review of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or one of the Night of the Living Dead movies.

08-03-13, 12:44 PM	#93
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,957 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is interesting at how much power and influence Midge has over some members of this forum. Some of you guys are FOCUSED on her. Wow. I am pretty sure there are millions of people out there who also don't like Das Boot and millions more that have no desire to ever see it. Other than political figures, I don't think we have had such an "outsider" like Midge have so much effect over people here. And now we are starting ad hominem attacks against someone we don't know, who just exercised her right to post an opinion on a website. Yikes! Why allow this woman to be that important to you? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-03-13, 01:41 PM	#94
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Because our lives are just as empty as hers and we don't have anything else to talk about. Don't you understand interwebseese? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-26-13, 08:39 PM	#97
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	"FC's" review of Shattered Sword borders on being as bad as Midge's review of Das Boot. I've read the book three times and literally nothing in his review is true. It's the kind of over-the-top hyperbole that makes so many contrarian Amazon reviews so hilarious and frustrating to read. http://www.amazon.com/review/R35HHAA...=&nodeID=&tag= __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

08-26-13, 11:36 PM	#98
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,870 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	'WAR is HELL'- W.T. Sherman; 'They don't call 'em pigboats for nuthin'-Tony Curtis...nuff said, great flick. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

09-25-13, 05:21 PM	#101
JackhammerJohn Seaman Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 32 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Would anyone hate me if I was do a little bragging? I worked on the movie See Arnold Run as an extra for nine days and got a lot of scenes (in the background) with Jurgen Prochnow! At times he looked right me. It was very cool to actually be a few feet from him. As proof, I am in the lower left of the screen in this shot looking up at him. Just thought I would share. Bragging time over. Take care. __________________ "We may be pink and coming in by the grace of a woman's brassiere, but we're coming in."

08-03-13, 09:21 AM	#92
Quasimodo Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 14 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	This lady has posted 150 reviews on Amazon. Rarely can you find one that's positive. She seems to have a complaint about everything. I pity her husband/boyfriend. I'd probably rush to the recruiter and sign up for sub duty right away just to get away from her.

08-03-13, 04:54 PM	#95
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I just noticed this thread. So you all are saying Operation Petticoat wasn't the real thing back then? I've got to back up Midge on this. As it seems much more likely than Das Boot. Though I did find it a bit too much on the pornographic side though.

09-02-13, 02:40 PM	#99
darrincates Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 44 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Wife and I just finished the long mini series version .. SO much better with all the scenes! ... Wife enjoyed it too .... That girls review is horrific and couldn't be further from the truth!

09-25-13, 10:02 PM	#104
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	But...but...but...we still don't know that's you. I'm gonna need to see a photo ID. And a proof-of-purchase seal. And your SS number. And a... Actually that's pretty cool. You and Ray Bradbury. In fact that's very very cool! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-26-13, 12:02 AM	#105
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I just stumbled onto Midge's review. I really can't be angry or upset; it seemed pretty funny to me. Come on Midge, don't sugar coat it, tell us what you really think! I'm guessing that her idea of a good war movie is more along the lines of The Sound of Music. I'd kind of like to see her review of Texas Chainsaw Massacre or one of the Night of the Living Dead movies.