Das Boot........

[Stablelad]

That's it. If you haven't seen it you're not a proper man and have no taste.

Watched for the 5th time tonight ('cos 'she's' oot )

[Baby Huey]

I hope that's the full 5 hour version you are referring too.

[Stablelad]

Baby Huey said:

I hope that's the full 5 hour version you are referring too.

Ah.

[StevenJJ]

Forget that the TV edit is still epic

[T89 Callan]

Stablelad said:

Baby Huey said:

I hope that's the full 5 hour version you are referring too.

Ah.

Real men watch the 5 hour version and spend those 5 hours on the edge of there seat.

[JustinP1]

T89 Callan said:

Stablelad said:

Baby Huey said:

I hope that's the full 5 hour version you are referring too.

Ah.

Real men watch the 5 hour version and spend those 5 hours on the edge of there seat.

+1

If you have not watched it, you have not seen Das Boot.

It is kind of like Band of Brothers was compressed into something the length of Saving Private Ryan. It would be just five battle scenes. Still great, but you lose out on all of the back stories and the development of the characters.

[FourWheelDrift]

T89 Callan said:

Stablelad said:

Baby Huey said:

I hope that's the full 5 hour version you are referring too.

Ah.

Real men watch the 5 hour version and spend those 5 hours on the edge of there seat.

With the lights off and a tap running in the background for effect.

If you have a light with a red bulb in it you gain extra points.

[FoolOnTheHill]

I'm listening to Das Boot in the car right now, the talking book.

[T89 Callan]

FourWheelDrift said:

T89 Callan said:

Stablelad said:

Baby Huey said:

I hope that's the full 5 hour version you are referring too.

Ah.

Real men watch the 5 hour version and spend those 5 hours on the edge of there seat.

With the lights off and a tap running in the background for effect.

If you have a light with a red bulb in it you gain extra points.

You need to leave the tap dripping...

[Raify]

Great film. I bought the 'extended' version for my grandad one Christmas, without even realising that he chased the boat around the mediterranean in a destroyer and contacted the author of the book after the war.

IIRC the U-boat was used again in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[Defcon]

FoolOnTheHill said:

I'm listening to Das Boot in the car right now, the talking book.

They say men can't multiskill, watch out for that pedestrian!

[FourWheelDrift]

Defcon said:

FoolOnTheHill said:

I'm listening to Das Boot in the car right now, the talking book.

They say men can't multiskill, watch out for that pedestrian!

No he's ok, he's got the subtitled version.

[LMC]

A true epic and an absolute classic. So many war movies show the enemy as faceless, soulless automatons, this really shows the other side of the coin.

[FoolOnTheHill]

LMC said:

A true epic and an absolute classic. So many war movies show the enemy as faceless, soulless automatons, this really shows the other side of the coin.

I'm always interested by the gulf between the old, often aristocratic, German officers and the new, manaical Hitler-obsessed generation.

[jmorgan]

Tried the dubbed to english version once and it was not right. So for me it has to be the subtitled in english, speaking in german.

And yes, it is the long one.

[Stablelad]

In a effort to redeem myself I have now bought the uncut version.

Domestic Management is out talking shyte tonight so I'm preparing for a long deep solo dive into the abyss....

All windows closed - check
Heating on - check
Dripping tap - check
red light-bulb - check
ear trumpet - check
B.O. - check
Machine that goes ping (adapted from my Python years) - check

Wish me luck!

Edited by Stablelad on Friday 3rd July 11:26

[Raify]

You forgot a stringy beard.

[Stablelad]

Raify said:

You forgot a stringy beard.

...fashioned from a smelly dishcloth?

check.

[FourWheelDrift]

Stablelad said:

In a effort to redeem myself I have now bought the uncut version.

Domestic Management is out talking shyte tonight so I'm preparing for a long deep solo dive into the abyss....

All windows closed - check
Heating on - check
Dripping tap - check
red light-bulb - check
ear trumpet - check
B.O. - check
Machine that goes ping (adapted from my Python years) - check

Wish me luck!

Edited by Stablelad on Friday 3rd July 11:26

And getting an airlock in the central heating system can provide an authentic ASDIC like ping effect when the destroyers are hunting the sub

[zac510]

FoolOnTheHill said:

I'm listening to Das Boot in the car right now, the talking book.

Is it in German? You must get some awesome looks when stopped at the lights