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Post by toshtego on May 10, 2024 9:31:24 GMT -5
"The Trollenberg Terror" aka "The Crawling Eye". 1958. Good old Sci-Fi movie. Models and matt paintings for the Special Effects. Corny by today's standards but still works for me as this is what I grew up watching. Forest Tucker saves the day. Also the ever lovely Janet Munro.
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Post by urbino on May 10, 2024 15:54:31 GMT -5
I think I saw that one. Matthew McConaughey? Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. No sign of Matthew. Must've been a different sub movie, then.
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Post by instymp on May 10, 2024 17:19:22 GMT -5
Except for Captain Langsdorff of the Graff Spee. I do not know if he was a Party member. I know that many Wehrmacht officers joined the party for the sake of their careers, without much affection for party doctrine. Rommel was never a member and survived due to his early friendship with Hitler. That didn’t last. Rommel was my Grandmothers second cousin, her maiden name was Rommel. Desert Fox was admired by many military leaders from his opposition. Remarkable man.
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Post by toshtego on May 10, 2024 18:02:45 GMT -5
I know that many Wehrmacht officers joined the party for the sake of their careers, without much affection for party doctrine. Rommel was never a member and survived due to his early friendship with Hitler. That didn’t last. Rommel was my Grandmothers second cousin, her maiden name was Rommel. Desert Fox was admired by many military leaders from his opposition. Remarkable man.
Even the Brits admired him. He had the courage to participate in the assassination plot for Adolph. At least I think so. Could be wrong.
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Post by toshtego on May 10, 2024 18:09:34 GMT -5
Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. No sign of Matthew. Must've been a different sub movie, then. I would like to watch the Anti-Sub movie with Tom what-his-name, the perpetual good guy. USN Destroyer Captain. I had trouble finding it without having to subscribe to some channel. I have enough subscriptions. Failing that perhaps the one with Curt Jurgens as the U-Boat skipper, "The Enemy Below". I cannot remember the American actor who plays the Destroyer Captain. My memory is fading out like an unreturned sonar blip.
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Post by urbino on May 10, 2024 18:25:31 GMT -5
Must've been a different sub movie, then. I would like to watch the Anti-Sub movie with Tom what-his-name, the perpetual good guy. USN Destroyer Captain. I had trouble finding it without having to subscribe to some channel. I have enough subscriptions. Failing that perhaps the one with Curt Jurgens as the U-Boat skipper, "The Enemy Below". I cannot remember the American actor who plays the Destroyer Captain. My memory is fading out like an unreturned sonar blip. Hmm, not sure what movie that would be. The only "Tom" I can think of who's always a good guy is Tom Hanks, and I'm not aware he played a destroyer captain. He did play the captain of that cargo ship the Ethiopian pirates tried to hijack.
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Post by username on May 10, 2024 18:42:23 GMT -5
The only sub movies I can think of are huht for red October and das boot. Neither had a Ton as far as I remember
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Post by Ronv69 on May 10, 2024 20:30:39 GMT -5
Greyhound. Apparently only streaming on Apple TV, which is why I never heard of it.
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Post by toshtego on May 11, 2024 11:45:43 GMT -5
Greyhound. Apparently only streaming on Apple TV, which is why I never heard of it. That is the one. I tried to sign up for the 30 day free trial but could not get Apple to accept my log in for some reason. I may try again or not. I have little patience for these tech glitches.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 11, 2024 11:50:32 GMT -5
Greyhound was a good movie!
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Post by toshtego on May 11, 2024 11:53:02 GMT -5
Watched "The Enemy Below" last night. Curt Jergens and Robert Mitchum. Very well done. USN DE versus Heine U-Boat.
One plot glitch. The writers stated the DE is diesel electric in an early scene which is correct. Later in the movie the crew is dealing with boiler problems. I doubt these ships were equipped with both but who knows?
The Germans were portrayed with dignity and respect. The one Nazi on board not withstanding. I knew an ex U-Boat Captain when I was a kid and sailed with him on his sailboat. So, I have a more tolerant view. This is not to say there was not excessive cruelty by others. Another old family friend included a CPO veteran of the USCG and the northern convoy route to Russia. He had a distinctly different view of the Germans from the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 11, 2024 12:10:01 GMT -5
Watched "The Enemy Below" last night. Curt Jergens and Robert Mitchum. Very well done. USN DE versus Heine U-Boat. One plot glitch. The writers stated the DE is diesel electric in an early scene which is correct. Later in the movie the crew is dealing with boiler problems. I doubt these ships were equipped with both but who knows? The Germans were portrayed with dignity and respect. The one Nazi on board not withstanding. I knew an ex U-Boat Captain when I was a kid and sailed with him on his sailboat. So, I have a more tolerant view. This is not to say there was not excessive cruelty by others. Another old family friend included a CPO veteran of the USCG and the northern convoy route to Russia. He had a distinctly different view of the Germans from the Battle of the Atlantic. It's fine to treat the enemy with dignity and respect after the war is over and you have won. During the war, when they are trying they are trying their best to kill you, demonize them any way you can. With the Germans it was easy.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 11, 2024 12:12:56 GMT -5
I remember watching a show when I was a kid that seems like it was set on a destroyer, or a PT boat. Anyway, in every episode it seems like they were launching depth charges. As a little kid, it looked like fun. We also had Victory at Sea.
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Post by toshtego on May 11, 2024 13:41:11 GMT -5
Watched "The Enemy Below" last night. Curt Jergens and Robert Mitchum. Very well done. USN DE versus Heine U-Boat. One plot glitch. The writers stated the DE is diesel electric in an early scene which is correct. Later in the movie the crew is dealing with boiler problems. I doubt these ships were equipped with both but who knows? The Germans were portrayed with dignity and respect. The one Nazi on board not withstanding. I knew an ex U-Boat Captain when I was a kid and sailed with him on his sailboat. So, I have a more tolerant view. This is not to say there was not excessive cruelty by others. Another old family friend included a CPO veteran of the USCG and the northern convoy route to Russia. He had a distinctly different view of the Germans from the Battle of the Atlantic. It's fine to treat the enemy with dignity and respect after the war is over and you have won. During the war, when they are trying they are trying their best to kill you, demonize them any way you can. With the Germans it was easy. Certainly true!
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Post by toshtego on May 11, 2024 23:13:16 GMT -5
Finally able to watch "Greyhound". Very well done. Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay and did a fine job of it.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 12, 2024 11:09:47 GMT -5
Finally able to watch "Greyhound". Very well done. Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay and did a fine job of it. Where did you find it?
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Post by lizardonarock on May 13, 2024 23:37:00 GMT -5
LBJ Woody Harrelson interesting spin on the events of the era 8/10.
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Post by trailboss on May 14, 2024 0:04:19 GMT -5
Watched "The Enemy Below" last night. Curt Jergens and Robert Mitchum. Very well done. USN DE versus Heine U-Boat. One plot glitch. The writers stated the DE is diesel electric in an early scene which is correct. Later in the movie the crew is dealing with boiler problems. I doubt these ships were equipped with both but who knows? The Germans were portrayed with dignity and respect. The one Nazi on board not withstanding. I knew an ex U-Boat Captain when I was a kid and sailed with him on his sailboat. So, I have a more tolerant view. This is not to say there was not excessive cruelty by others. Another old family friend included a CPO veteran of the USCG and the northern convoy route to Russia. He had a distinctly different view of the Germans from the Battle of the Atlantic. It's fine to treat the enemy with dignity and respect after the war is over and you have won. During the war, when they are trying they are trying their best to kill you, demonize them any way you can. With the Germans it was easy. My uncle was on Omaha beach, later the battle of the bulge. He said that he had more respect for the Germans, they operated more professionally. This was the viewpoint of what he encountered at the time snd no way absolves the cruelty that took place in the holocaust.
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Post by toshtego on May 14, 2024 6:45:54 GMT -5
Finally able to watch "Greyhound". Very well done. Tom Hanks wrote the screenplay and did a fine job of it. Where did you find it? Apple TV trial membership which I will cancel. There is nothing else on of interest to me that is not also available on the channels I already pay for. The movie is based upon CS Forester's The Good Shepherd. If I read the credits correctly, Hanks did the adaptation himself.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 14, 2024 6:53:43 GMT -5
We were the Lucky ones on Hulu, these young radicals protesting should have to sit through this series and see what people who endured the holoust went thru.
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Post by toshtego on May 16, 2024 20:56:10 GMT -5
Watched "In Harm's Way' again last night and started "Midway", the one from the mid '70s with actors who were Veterans of WWII. Finish it tonight. Then "Tora, Tora, Tora". I guess I could say it is Navy Week here abouts.
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Post by urbino on May 16, 2024 21:05:56 GMT -5
Watched "In Harm's Way' again last night and started "Midway", the one from the mid '70s with actors who were Veterans of WWII. Finish it tonight. Then "Tora, Tora, Tora". I guess I could say it is Navy Week here abouts. And here I thought you were landlocked.
It's hard for me to watch "In Harm's Way" since I found out how close it was to Kirk Douglas's behavior in real life.
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Post by toshtego on May 17, 2024 5:58:57 GMT -5
Watched "In Harm's Way' again last night and started "Midway", the one from the mid '70s with actors who were Veterans of WWII. Finish it tonight. Then "Tora, Tora, Tora". I guess I could say it is Navy Week here abouts. And here I thought you were landlocked.
It's hard for me to watch "In Harm's Way" since I found out how close it was to Kirk Douglas's behavior in real life.
Having known professional actors over the decades, I never expect anything from them as people. Sometimes they do not remember who they are if they knew in the first place.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2024 12:53:08 GMT -5
Watched "In Harm's Way' again last night and started "Midway", the one from the mid '70s with actors who were Veterans of WWII. Finish it tonight. Then "Tora, Tora, Tora". I guess I could say it is Navy Week here abouts. And here I thought you were landlocked.
It's hard for me to watch "In Harm's Way" since I found out how close it was to Kirk Douglas's behavior in real life.
Do you know about his upbringing, his angry father and the poverty and abuse that formed him? I am glad to watch any of his movies any time. People in Hollywood said that he waa difficult to work with. Oh well. He went through a lot in his life.
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Post by urbino on May 17, 2024 14:52:44 GMT -5
And here I thought you were landlocked.
It's hard for me to watch "In Harm's Way" since I found out how close it was to Kirk Douglas's behavior in real life.
Do you know about his upbringing, his angry father and the poverty and abuse that formed him? I am glad to watch any of his movies any time. People in Hollywood said that he waa difficult to work with. Oh well. He went through a lot in his life. I didn't mean he was difficult to work with. I mean he was violent to young women.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2024 15:27:24 GMT -5
Do you know about his upbringing, his angry father and the poverty and abuse that formed him? I am glad to watch any of his movies any time. People in Hollywood said that he waa difficult to work with. Oh well. He went through a lot in his life. I didn't mean he was difficult to work with. I mean he was violent to young women. I never heard that. It's hard to know what's true about anything coming out of Hollywood. Some of them have been canceled for things they didn't do, while others get away with anything. Charlie Chaplin and Roman Polansky for instance. Natalie Woods "sister said" after they were both dead doesn't swing me one way or the other. Most people are bad people in one way or another.
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Post by urbino on May 17, 2024 15:40:29 GMT -5
I didn't mean he was difficult to work with. I mean he was violent to young women. I never heard that. It's hard to know what's true about anything coming out of Hollywood. Some of them have been canceled for things they didn't do, while others get away with anything. Charlie Chaplin and Roman Polansky for instance. Natalie Woods "sister said" after they were both dead doesn't swing me one way or the other. Most people are bad people in one way or another. I don't really want to get into a discussion about reputations and Hollywood and whatever. I was just mentioning, since John brought it up, I can't really enjoy watching "In Harm's Way" anymore. I'll just add that I heard about this 20+ years ago, so it's got nothing to do with "cancel culture", and you can include Douglas in the list of people who got away with it. His career never suffered for it.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 17, 2024 18:22:16 GMT -5
I never heard that. It's hard to know what's true about anything coming out of Hollywood. Some of them have been canceled for things they didn't do, while others get away with anything. Charlie Chaplin and Roman Polansky for instance. Natalie Woods "sister said" after they were both dead doesn't swing me one way or the other. Most people are bad people in one way or another. I don't really want to get into a discussion about reputations and Hollywood and whatever. I was just mentioning, since John brought it up, I can't really enjoy watching "In Harm's Way" anymore. I'll just add that I heard about this 20+ years ago, so it's got nothing to do with "cancel culture", and you can include Douglas in the list of people who got away with it. His career never suffered for it.
I hear you. I was off of John Wayne for about 25 years, until I heard his side of the story.
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Post by lizardonarock on May 17, 2024 21:01:11 GMT -5
Oppenheimer movie 2024 Cillian Murphy makes the movie 8.5/10 , Dune 2 2024 8/10 , The Last Stop in Yuma County 2024 9/10.
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Post by trailboss on May 18, 2024 19:32:35 GMT -5
Saw The Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes.
There was a small part where an electrical switch was thrown in a sealed military installation, and the lights lit up in a post-apocalyptic world that seemed silly, but the rest of it was enjoyable.
Not a great movie, but it was nice to sit in the theater.
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