U-571 question.

[techs]

In the movie U-571 the character played by David Keith, Major Coonan the Marine officer, who trains the men of U-571 for the assault on the german sub is last seen actually on the German U-571 after they board her.
I don't remember seeing him killed, yet he doesn't appear again in the movie.
What happened to him?

 

[IronWing]

He's still there. No one told him the war is over.

 

[Newbian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)

Deleted scenes

The movie was originally (in the USA) rated "R" due to a scene where Lt. Pete Emmett (Jon Bon Jovi) is decapitated by flying debris. To get a "PG-13", the shot was redone with Emmett this time knocked overboard by flying debris. This left many audience members not knowing what happened to his character. A death scene was also filmed for Maj. Matthew Coonan (David Keith), but the effect did not work well so it was cut from the film.[15]

 

[BrokenVisage]

Seen the movie many times, I always figured he was blown apart in the inflatable raft with the Enigma when their ship got torpedoed.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: Newbian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)

Deleted scenes

The movie was originally (in the USA) rated "R" due to a scene where Lt. Pete Emmett (Jon Bon Jovi) is decapitated by flying debris. To get a "PG-13", the shot was redone with Emmett this time knocked overboard by flying debris. This left many audience members not knowing what happened to his character. A death scene was also filmed for Maj. Matthew Coonan (David Keith), but the effect did not work well so it was cut from the film.[15]

Ah, that explains it.

 

[Slick5150]

Good movie to show off your home theater system. Depth charge!

 

[paulney]

Is that the movie where Americans, rather than British, capture Enigma? Although a good movie for effects and such, but the major history distortion peeved me a lot.

 

[silverpig]

Halfway through he realized he was supposed to be British...

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: paulney
Is that the movie where Americans, rather than British, capture Enigma? Although a good movie for effects and such, but the major history distortion peeved me a lot.

You need to watch it.

At the end they show a list of all the sub crews who actually did it.
The list inlcudes two British and one American sub.

If you're gonna argue history you need to be correct.
Anandtech has no remorse. Possibly even less than 4chan.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

You people actually liked that movie?

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You people actually liked that movie?

I was thinking the same thing. That movie was a steaming pile of dog doo.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You people actually liked that movie?

Paxton croaks in the first few minutes; what could be better?


Oh, wait I know:

Seagal dying at the beginning of "Executive Decision."

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You people actually liked that movie?

Paxton croaks in the first few minutes; what could be better?


Oh, wait I know:

Seagal dying at the beginning of "Executive Decision."

Ah! Blasphemy!

Paxton is awesome. The only actor better maybe Bruce Cambell! 😛

Agree with you about Segal however.

 

[paulney]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: paulney
Is that the movie where Americans, rather than British, capture Enigma? Although a good movie for effects and such, but the major history distortion peeved me a lot.

You need to watch it.

At the end they show a list of all the sub crews who actually did it.
The list inlcudes two British and one American sub.

If you're gonna argue history you need to be correct.
Anandtech has no remorse. Possibly even less than 4chan.

Holy effing batman, that text blip at the end of the movie right before the titles completely reverses the whole two-hour shit on history that they did! How did I not see that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...real_historical_events

There were some 15 captures of Naval Enigma material during World War II, all but two by the British. The Americans captured one in mid 1944, when no one gave a fvck, because the code has been broken long time ago.

Yeah.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: paulney

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: paulney
Is that the movie where Americans, rather than British, capture Enigma? Although a good movie for effects and such, but the major history distortion peeved me a lot.

You need to watch it.

At the end they show a list of all the sub crews who actually did it.
The list inlcudes two British and one American sub.

If you're gonna argue history you need to be correct.
Anandtech has no remorse. Possibly even less than 4chan.

Holy effing batman, that text blip at the end of the movie right before the titles completely reverses the whole two-hour shit on history that they did! How did I not see that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U...real_historical_events

There were some 15 captures of Naval Enigma material during World War II, all but two by the British. The Americans captured one in mid 1944, when no one gave a fvck, because the code has been broken long time ago.

Yeah.

The U-505 capture was important for the code books the Americans turned over to Bletchley Park which allowed Ultra to immediately access the Kriegsmarine messages without having to crack the ciphers.

Also rarely mentioned was that the Polish work on Enigma is what allowed Ultra to be set up in the first place.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Good movie to show off your home theater system. Depth charge!

Another great movie is the D-Day scenes when they taking the beach from S.P.R. I turn my subwoofer up to shake the house and often find myself ducking to avoids the shots from behind me. The Mummy is another great to for HT

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Good movie to show off your home theater system. Depth charge!

Another great movie is the D-Day scenes when they taking the beach from S.P.R. I turn my subwoofer up to shake the house and often find myself ducking to avoids the shots from behind me. The Mummy is another great to for HT

Master and Commander is also pretty good for a HT workout.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Raduque

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Good movie to show off your home theater system. Depth charge!

Another great movie is the D-Day scenes when they taking the beach from S.P.R. I turn my subwoofer up to shake the house and often find myself ducking to avoids the shots from behind me. The Mummy is another great to for HT

Master and Commander is also pretty good for a HT workout.

Master and commander is a good movie to fall asleep to.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You people actually liked that movie?

I was thinking the same thing. That movie was a steaming pile of dog doo.

Agreed. It makes K-19 Widowmaker sound like a good movie.

The only genuinely good sub flick is the Hunt for Red October.

 

[ddjkdg]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You people actually liked that movie?

I was thinking the same thing. That movie was a steaming pile of dog doo.

Agreed. It makes K-19 Widowmaker sound like a good movie.

The only genuinely good sub flick is the Hunt for Red October.

+ Das Boot

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: ddjkdg

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
You people actually liked that movie?

I was thinking the same thing. That movie was a steaming pile of dog doo.

Agreed. It makes K-19 Widowmaker sound like a good movie.

The only genuinely good sub flick is the Hunt for Red October.

+ Das Boot

Das Boot was three and a half hours of guys quivering during depth charge attacks. Super fucking boring...