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Offline smirnoff

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Das Boot Sky uk?
« on: December 14, 2018, 04:57:56 PM »
Anyone seen the new Das Boot series? It was supposed to be out 23rd Nov but i can't find it anywhere on UK TV

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2018, 05:23:27 PM »
It's on SBS (for those in Australia). Got some good recommendations from fellow wargamers here, so going to start on it this weekend.
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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2018, 08:22:41 AM »
Anyone seen the new Das Boot series? It was supposed to be out 23rd Nov but i can't find it anywhere on UK TV
It will be on Sky, currently labelled "Coming Soon".

[Edit] Note to self, read thread title. However Sky say it is coming soon, so expect next year.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2018, 08:30:01 AM by Ultravanillasmurf »

Offline smirnoff

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2019, 01:25:28 PM »
It's on Sky Atlantic now, Wednesday 9.00pm uk time.
Also on catch up.
Enjoyed episode 1

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2019, 01:30:41 PM »
As a german and kid of the '80 I tried it really to like this, but it is so not-boot. It is only a sky production for this time. I saw the oroginal Film, the original 4-Part-long-version and it is still magic. But this? Only a try to be "Das Boot". Like we say in Germany "Schade..."
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Offline smirnoff

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2019, 01:45:45 PM »
I saw the original way back in Chicago when it was released in 1982 not knowing what I was going to watch.
Blew me away. Helped I'd visited U-505 the day before.
I'll see how this develops....
« Last Edit: February 22, 2019, 01:48:27 PM by smirnoff »

Offline von Lucky

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2019, 01:48:03 PM »
Yeah - as also a German and kid of the 80s I wanted to love it too. Great look, went all Hollywood quickly. WAY too quickly. The scene in the movie where they're sitting at the bottom is INTENSE. I got none of this in the series.

Offline von Lucky

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2019, 01:49:33 PM »
It's not hopeless - I think they could have made it a stand alone new series and developed their own thing. Actually, I think if they changed the name it wouldn't carry such expectations.
« Last Edit: February 23, 2019, 03:34:26 AM by von Lucky »

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2019, 01:53:26 PM »
Just saw an ad for it on Sky. Seems kind of pointless to me. There are so many stories from WWII that haven't been adapted to the screen and yet they keep remaking the same ones over and over. I noticed there is yet another movie about the assassination of Heydrich coming out. Wasn't the last one only a couple of years ago? - That one with Cillian Murphy, must be the most depressing film I've ever seen, though I thought it was well-made.


Anyway, I'll probably give this a chance, but I'm not exactly optimistic. Nice to see a Sunderland in trailer, though. You don't see many of those in war movies.


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Offline M Blakey

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2019, 09:38:45 PM »
I stumbled across it a week ago on sky and loved it! Well worth giving it a go. Im sorely tempted to buy the empress u boat after watching  ;D

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2019, 07:16:41 AM »
Does anyone know where to find it in the USA?

Offline smirnoff

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2019, 08:15:26 AM »
3 episodes in.

Do not expect something that matches the brilliance and power of the original film.
It piggybacks the original's name and reputation with no real justification.

However, it's fairly mindless viewing with some nice kit.

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« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2019, 10:25:44 AM »

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2019, 03:42:41 PM »
I binge watched it a couple of weeks ago.
Starts well, looks good, great cast, big budget, and the action sequences are good.
But both the main U-boat storyline and particularly the secondary ‘resistance’ storyline set in La Rochelle, both get very silly and far fetched after about 5 episodes in. Not remotely credible in either case. Ridiculous in fact.
Still quite enjoyable though.
But not a patch on the original movie. Lacking the gallows humour in fact.

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Re: Das Boot Sky uk?
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2019, 07:59:29 PM »
Thanks, von Lucky.