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[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I have been having a submarine fest. I have watched Phantom, The Hunt For Red October, and K-19. On tap I have Ice Station Zebra and Black Sea. I might even dust off my copy of the director's cut of Das Boot.

U-571 too maybe?

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Aug 25 2018, 12:31 AM

[haute ecole rider]

What about The Enemy Below?

[treydog]

Run Silent, Run Deep?

This post has been edited by treydog: Aug 25 2018, 03:35 PM

[SubRosa]

Oooh, good calls. I have U-571, so that goes on the list. I don't have the other two though I will have to check Netflix.

[treydog]

To really whet your appetite for undersea action, check this wiki page.

[SubRosa]

Now watching U-571.

To really whet your appetite for undersea action, check this wiki page.

Wow, I had forgotten The Hunley! I have that one. I will add it to my list. I have always been an Armand Assante fan.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Wow, I had forgotten The Hunley! I have that one. I will add it to my list. I have always been an Armand Assante fan.

Khajiit really likes the American Civil War era of naval warfare. So many interesting developments came about during this time. One of this one’s favorite subjects is the Battle of Hampton Roads.

[Decrepit]

Watched a feature-length video titled March of the Dinosaurs. Enjoyed it quite a lot. Very well done in all aspects in my opinion.

[SubRosa]

I finished up my submarine marathon last night with The Enemy Below. Netflix says I last rented it in 2010, so it has been a while. I am not much of a Robert Mitchum fan, but I didn't mind him this time out. Even though it is almost 60 years old, it is still a good movie. Good plot, good characters. A lot to like.

I watched Run Silent, Run Deep the day before that. Another oldie but goodie. Again, good characters, good story. Plus a nice twist near the end when the *spoilers*.

Before that was Das Boot. I own the director's cut. So it took a few days to get through all 3.5 hours of that. Another excellent film. While I was looking stuff up about it, I learned that Sky is doing a Das Boot tv series that should be airing in a few months. I'll have to remember to look for that when it comes over to this side of the pond.

Before the Boot was U-571. Another solid film. With Jon Bon Jovi no less!

Ice Station Zebra was before that. It was a still a fun movie. It has a very strong vibe of "look how cool it is to be on a submarine!" But it was a good Cold War spy movie.

One sad thing about all these sub movies is the 4K Curse. When they do exterior shots of the subs - especially when underwater - the filmmakers have to either use models or cgi. Which is fine on a standard def tv. But when you have a 4k, the models or cg really stands out starkly. For example, I have seen Das Boot half a dozen times now. But this was the first time I realized that they used models for the u-boat on the surface. With barbie dolls for the people in the conning tower no less!

I am out of submarine movies, so I turned back to the Jack Ryan movies I bought a few weeks back. I did Clear and Present Danger today. It was kind of meh. It doesn't have the clear and direct threat and goals that most spy movies have. It tends to feel murky, where Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games are pretty straight-forward stories.

So next up is The Sum of All Fears. Which sounds like a nightmare that an accountant might have.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Khajiit always liked Chavez in Clear and Present Danger. Patriot Games was good too. Richard Harris is a definite highlight in that film. Never saw the other Ryan movies. Say that reminds this one. There is a new series about Jack Ryan starring John Kazynski(sp?) of The Office fame coming on, Khajiit believes Amazon Prime Video.

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Sep 1 2018, 02:44 AM

[SubRosa]

I saw something about that Jack Ryan show on Amazon. I have Amazon Prime, so it might be free for me to watch.

But I'll never remember. I always forget I can watch movies on Amazon.

Oh wait, I still have The Hunley left!

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I saw something about that Jack Ryan show on Amazon. I have Amazon Prime, so it might be free for me to watch.

But I'll never remember. I always forget I can watch movies on Amazon.

Oh wait, I still have The Hunley left!

Khajiit checks it fairly regularly as sometimes they have stuff you can’t find on Netflix

[SubRosa]

Just take all of my money! Seriously, I cannot wait for Batman: The Animated Series remastered on blu-ray.

[SubRosa]

I forgot to mention that during Clear and Present Danger I noticed someone. Agent Coulson! He is in about one minute of it, and has two lines. He was young enough to still have hair. I only recognized him by his voice.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

I forgot to mention that during Clear and Present Danger I noticed someone. Agent Coulson! He is in about one minute of it, and has two lines. He was young enough to still have hair. I only recognized him by his voice.

Who is Agent Coulson?

[Uleni Athram]

I forgot to mention that during Clear and Present Danger I noticed someone. Agent Coulson! He is in about one minute of it, and has two lines. He was young enough to still have hair. I only recognized him by his voice.

Who is Agent Coulson?

MCU’s Adoring Fan.

[SubRosa]

Ouch!

Agent Coulson

I just finished watching Sum of all Fears. It was good. Better than Clear and Present Danger, that is for sure. Now I only have Shadow Recruit left in my Jack Ryan movies. I am not really looking forward to that one too much, because it stars Chris Pine. But I will still give it a try.

Plus of course The Hunley.

I also heard that Chris Pine pulled out of any more Star Trek movies. Which I consider excellent news. Chris Hemsworth also pulled out. Which is not so good news. But I wonder how he would be in another Trek film, seeing as he died in the first 5 minutes of the first Trek reboot. He would have been a much better Captain Kirk than Chris Pine. Maybe they will hire his brother Liam to be the next Captain Kirk?

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Oh, so Marvel stuff. Didn’t see any of that so... yeah. Well, GotG vol. 1 & 2 Khajiit did see but this one doesn’t remember this guy being in those.

[Kane]

Jack Ryan on Prime TV. Pretty damn good.

[SubRosa]

My Jack Ryan fest turned into a Ben Affleck-thon. I know, what? But he has made some really good movies. I started with The Town, followed with The Accountant, then did Argo. All solid movies, with plots, acting, the works.

Now I am working on State of Play. Though in truth this one is turning out to be more of a Russell Crowe movie than an Affleck one.

Maybe I will pull out Smokin' Aces after this one, even though it only has a small Affeck part.