Das Boot - Sequel TV Series
Discussion
I was looking forward to this for ages-
Original film is one of the best war films ever made.
So first scene shows a u boat getting sunk-as it turns out by an American destroyer!!
Yes I know the yanks obviously sunk u boats but surely it would have been more realistic for it to have been the Royal Navy or the Canadians to have sunk it?
f
king ruined it for me already
Original film is one of the best war films ever made.
So first scene shows a u boat getting sunk-as it turns out by an American destroyer!!
Yes I know the yanks obviously sunk u boats but surely it would have been more realistic for it to have been the Royal Navy or the Canadians to have sunk it?
f
king ruined it for me alreadyRichB said:
and31 said:
... first scene shows a u boat getting sunk-as it turns out by an American destroyer!!
Seriously... 
If you’re going to make a historical drama,do it right eh?
and31 said:
I was looking forward to this for ages-
Original film is one of the best war films ever made.
So first scene shows a u boat getting sunk-as it turns out by an American destroyer!!
Yes I know the yanks obviously sunk u boats but surely it would have been more realistic for it to have been the Royal Navy or the Canadians to have sunk it?
fking ruined it for me already
Maybe it was U-173...Original film is one of the best war films ever made.
So first scene shows a u boat getting sunk-as it turns out by an American destroyer!!
Yes I know the yanks obviously sunk u boats but surely it would have been more realistic for it to have been the Royal Navy or the Canadians to have sunk it?
f
king ruined it for me alreadyhttps://uboat.net/boats/u173.htm
...but yeah, mid/late 1942 the USN weren't the most effective of u-boat killers, the RN was overwhelmingly responsible for u-boat losses.
cardigankid said:
Jonesy23 said:
Were the French resistance known for their land based antisubmarine activity?
Indeed. Were the French Resistance known for any activity?cardigankid said:
Jonesy23 said:
Were the French resistance known for their land based antisubmarine activity?
Indeed. Were the French Resistance known for any activity?I'm in two minds as to whether to watch this. The original was SO good, I struggle to see how a sequel could match up, plus is it really a sequel - most of the main characters died at the end of the film. Is the journalist in this? Or Francois, the girl who was pregnant by one of the crew? To introduce the Resistance element sounds like a big direction change form the original - it sounds more like a TV series about different people that happens to have the same name as the film.
Europa1 said:
it sounds more like a TV series about different people that happens to have the same name as the film.
This +1. I have just finished episode 5. The best way to watch it is to re name it something else in your mind and view it as a brand new tv series that happens to feature U Boats.I am enjoying it
OK but not great. 4 near misses out of 10 wasserbombe..
The sub crew just didn't have the urgency, desperation, terror or the ghostly pallid complexion after being kept in the dark for six months while they made it like the original.
Jurgen was such a good actor in the original lead as where the rest of the cast although largely unknown..
The sub crew just didn't have the urgency, desperation, terror or the ghostly pallid complexion after being kept in the dark for six months while they made it like the original.
Jurgen was such a good actor in the original lead as where the rest of the cast although largely unknown..
cardigankid said:
Jonesy23 said:
Were the French resistance known for their land based antisubmarine activity?
Indeed. Were the French Resistance known for any activity?They shot up some German officers in an outdoor restaurant and helped Sedgwick with a passage to Spain.
I saw it in the documentary 'The Great Escape'.
How is there the basis for a sequel for most things? Money. The Sweeney, Charlie's Angels, etc.
As someone else rightly put it, watch it and mentally call it something else and stop trying to compare it with the original and best. Ray Winstone was no John Thaw, but it was still enjoyable.
I've only watched E1 so far, but it's up there with my viewing with Black Sails when the wife falls asleep on the sofa.
As someone else rightly put it, watch it and mentally call it something else and stop trying to compare it with the original and best. Ray Winstone was no John Thaw, but it was still enjoyable.
I've only watched E1 so far, but it's up there with my viewing with Black Sails when the wife falls asleep on the sofa.
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