das boot

MarcLister · 9 Feb 2010 at 17:29

arc@css said:
One of the films I'm watching at the mo. Seems fairly good, haven't seen that much of it yet.

Fairly good?! I'll let you off until you've watched it all. Then you have to say how utterly brilliant it is. Or else.

finite · 9 Feb 2010 at 18:29

"ZWANZIG METER!"

The R2 Superbit version has an awesome German DTS track on it. Your sub will be practically silent running without it in the underwater scenes

arc@css · 9 Feb 2010 at 18:54

MarcLister said:
Fairly good?! I'll let you off until you've watched it all. Then you have to say how utterly brilliant it is. Or else.

Hehe, I've been watching the dubbed version which as dubbing goes I don't think is that bad. Will post back when I've gotten round to seeing it all.

Meridian · 9 Feb 2010 at 20:23

Technically they're all dubbed versions as the noise inside the replica sub meant that sound recording was impossible. But unusually the English version was dubbed by the original actors, so it will be much better than such things tend to be.

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Nitefly · 9 Feb 2010 at 20:25

... or as we call it in England, The Boot.

Haiku · 9 Feb 2010 at 20:45

physichull said:
Don't make the mistake of buying the dubbed version either. its terrible. you have to get the full thing and make sure its in German with subtitles.

Jawohl, Herr Kaleun!

Even without having watched the dubbed version I could almost guarantee it's not as good as the original.

arc@css · 10 Feb 2010 at 23:21

Hmm the dubbing did start to irritate me in the end so I've given this version a miss.

physichull · 18 Mar 2018 at 18:40

Holy thread revival Batman...but I just saw this:

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/first-look-das-boot-1202704646/

https://news.sky.com/story/german-u-boat-real-star-of-new-second-world-war-drama-11108070

New sequel series to Das Boot to be aired on Sky late 2018!

Hades · 18 Mar 2018 at 20:33

Interesting! Unfortunately the original was so good I can't see how this can approach it.

NickK · 21 Mar 2018 at 07:52

Hades said:
Interesting! Unfortunately the original was so good I can't see how this can approach it.

The directors cut had the feel of boredom interrupted by sudden panic. I don’t see how sky will make that a long term short-attention span hit, perhaps at the last 5 minutes of each episode they will shout ALARM! Leaving a cliffhanger for the next episode.

Truly one of the original masterpieces.

PlacidCasual · 21 Mar 2018 at 08:48

Both the movie version and the series version of Das Boot are stunning pieces of storytelling, can anyone imagine someone can do a re-make that's better? Some re-makes benefit from a spin on the premise or improved sets or special effects. I fail to see how any of that could be applied for Das Boot.

lurkio · 24 Mar 2018 at 17:21

bet they screw this up

Steampunk · 24 Mar 2018 at 18:59

Why bother? It won't be as good and you might as well just watch the original. It's just an another attempt to cash in on a known IP.

Ninco! · 24 Mar 2018 at 20:42

Agree, a remake is not needed. Das Boot remains one of the best war films/series.

Robert Harris' Enigma film is okay, however the book portrays the period and menace of the U-Boats much better.

P.S. Another made for TV war film which is worth seeking out - Riphagen is a good watch.

physichull · 7 Feb 2019 at 19:15

The Das Boot remake is now availavle on demand on Sky Atlantic. Not seen anything other than the first 15 mins and is good so far.

OspreyO · 7 Feb 2019 at 20:02

I watched a good bit last night. Seemed decent.

OspreyO · 7 Feb 2019 at 20:05

I rewatched das boot the shorter version recently still is epic. I watched the original TV show on BBC when it first came out. Brilliant. I have the longer director cut to watch on DVD somewhere.

Freakbro · 8 Feb 2019 at 11:37

physichull said:
The Das Boot remake is now availavle on demand on Sky Atlantic. Not seen anything other than the first 15 mins and is good so far.

Ahh, is it a remake? I spotted it yesterday and downloaded the first episode in 4K, I thought it was a remastered original

robfosters · 8 Feb 2019 at 11:46

I’m 2 eps in. Pretty decent, the U-boat looks great. Don’t like the other angle with the women though. I just can’t wait for the scenes to be finished so we can get back to the action.

Glanza · 8 Feb 2019 at 12:10

Watched the first episode so far, surprised when Lizzy Caplan popped up especially with it being subbed for the most part.