KK, they may remake it (Dam Busters) but I doubt they'll be able to live up to the legacy.
I hope I'm wrong!
Can't wait to see it.
JB, "Das Boot" is at the top of my list also. In my opinion it's an excellent story that most hard liners like us will enjoy. It's also the ONLY movie I've ever ran across that manages to depict life on a submarine accurately. It sucks. Even in a nuclear powered submarine...which can be worse as you NEVER have to make port...or at least it feels like never...
I spent a few years on a sewer piper myself in the mid 70's, and we never seemed to have near as much excitement and entertainment as "Hunt for Red Sean Connery" or "Run Silent Run Dry Deep" or "Grey Lady Going Down" or "K 19 The Widowmaker" or (God help me) "Crimson Ride" or the fatally flawed "U-571".
I never could forgive the revisionist screenwriters who decided to make the HMS Bulldog an American submarine so Mathew McConeaghey didn't have to learn the accent....
Sigh...
Never been depth charged, never had an (armed) torpedo shot at me, never even fought....but we spent many months on patrol playing tag with Russian subs...all that other cold war BS while on station...and I can promise you it's nothing more than work. Endless work. 12 on 12 off port and starboard with the bonus 4 hour watch to keep that 12 off from getting too cozy. I'm still catnapping trying to catch up...lol...
Of course...they are FINALLY talking about letting women on board subs in the US Nav...finally...so who knows....things are looking up!
Do you think Kate Beckinsale has a green card?
Regards,
Dan
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