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Battleship: The Movie


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Tomdincan
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PostPosted: Jul 27 2011 02:13 pm Reply with quote Back to top

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/battleship.html?showVideo=1#belowNav

Also, look for Connect 4: The Mini-series on ABC Christmas 2012.


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PostPosted: Jul 27 2011 02:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top

It could work. Other movies based on board games have been really good. The best is probably the porno flick Hi Ho! Cherry-O.


Pretty much the greatest thread of all time: http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14789

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Atma
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PostPosted: Jul 27 2011 04:07 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Surprisingly all of the Navy stuff I saw with the exception of the Battleship at the end looked legit. From the Uniforms, the Weapons, and the Ships.

Plot looks stupid though.
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kenthegod
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PostPosted: Jul 27 2011 05:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

"What weapons should I fire?!" "ALL OF THEM" lol Liam Neeson wtf are you doing here


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Atma
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PostPosted: Jul 27 2011 05:39 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I always loved when I played the game as a kid and the Alien Ship would rise out of my Game Board, create a dome over my house, then shoot bombs into the side of my plastic ships.
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PostPosted: Jul 27 2011 11:31 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Atma wrote:
I always loved when I played the game as a kid and the Alien Ship would rise out of my Game Board, create a dome over my house, then shoot bombs into the side of my plastic ships.

yeah. it was basically GG after that


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Fighter_McWarrior
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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 12:46 am Reply with quote Back to top

kenthegod wrote:
"What weapons should I fire?!" "ALL OF THEM" lol Liam Neeson wtf are you doing here


I actually saw an interview with him a while back. Apparently, since his wife died, he's taken every script put in front of him to keep himself busy. He said he doesn't even really bother screening anymore since it's the way he copes with the whole thing.

At least we know why he's been in so many shitty movies as of late.
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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 02:02 am Reply with quote Back to top

Awww, that's sad!



 
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kenthegod
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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 02:13 am Reply with quote Back to top

Oh.....well what's Pacino's excuse for Jack and Jill?


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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 02:16 am Reply with quote Back to top

kenthegod wrote:
Oh.....well what's Pacino's excuse for Jack and Jill?

his expensive Faberge Egg habit.


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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 05:15 am Reply with quote Back to top

IRS debt doesn't pay off itself.
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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 09:31 am Reply with quote Back to top

dead hookers dont bury themselves


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PostPosted: Jul 28 2011 09:54 am Reply with quote Back to top

username wrote:
dead hookers dont bury themselves

Wasn't Rihanna supposed to be in this depth charge?


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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 10:17 am Reply with quote Back to top

Can we talk about the Rock'em Sock'em Robots movie with Hugh Jackman in it while we're here? What's his excuse? Wife died too?


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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 12:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

kenthegod wrote:
"What weapons should I fire?!" "ALL OF THEM" lol Liam Neeson wtf are you doing here

lol you took the words right out of my mouth.


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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 05:44 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Atma wrote:
Surprisingly all of the Navy stuff I saw with the exception of the Battleship at the end looked legit. From the Uniforms, the Weapons, and the Ships.

Plot looks stupid though.

Someone pointed out to me the interesting fact that there haven't been any battleships in the Navy's service since 2006.


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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 05:49 pm Reply with quote Back to top

lordsathien wrote:
Atma wrote:
Surprisingly all of the Navy stuff I saw with the exception of the Battleship at the end looked legit. From the Uniforms, the Weapons, and the Ships.

Plot looks stupid though.

Someone pointed out to me the interesting fact that there haven't been any battleships in the Navy's service since 2006.

what did they do with them? they dont have any new ones? or they just stopped using them entirely?


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Lady_Satine
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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 05:57 pm Reply with quote Back to top

username wrote:
lordsathien wrote:
Atma wrote:
Surprisingly all of the Navy stuff I saw with the exception of the Battleship at the end looked legit. From the Uniforms, the Weapons, and the Ships.

Plot looks stupid though.

Someone pointed out to me the interesting fact that there haven't been any battleships in the Navy's service since 2006.

what did they do with them? they dont have any new ones? or they just stopped using them entirely?

Until Atma posts to confirm, I believe that means that none are being used; they're maybe decommissioned or just not manned and in drydock.


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Tomdincan
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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 07:24 pm Reply with quote Back to top

There are no battleships in US service. Battleships were made obsolete by aircraft carriers and modern missles/mines/other technology.

You are correct though. The last battleship was taken off the roles in 2006.


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Fighter_McWarrior
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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 08:59 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Tomdincan wrote:
There are no battleships in US service. Battleships were made obsolete by aircraft carriers and modern missles/mines/other technology.


See, that's actually what the movie's going to be about. A Battleship that rides into battle and quickly get hit by a missile, sinking it and killing it's crew.

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Can we talk about the Rock'em Sock'em Robots movie with Hugh Jackman in it while we're here? What's his excuse? Wife died too?


I expect nothing from the star of Van Helsing.
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Klimbatize
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PostPosted: Jul 29 2011 09:24 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Black Zarak wrote:
Can we talk about the Rock'em Sock'em Robots movie with Hugh Jackman in it while we're here? What's his excuse? Wife died too?

Well he has to do something while waiting for the next movie with Wolverine in it to be written.


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Atma
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PostPosted: Jul 30 2011 12:38 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Correct, no Battleships are commissioned in the US Navy.

A little history on the last one.
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USS Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991.

Missouri received a total of 11 battle stars for service in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on 31 March 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in January 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.


tl;dr
The last Battleship was Decommissioned in 1992.

I've been in the Navy since 2004, and I promise, we had no Battleships. They are LONG gone, made totally ineffective due to Aircraft and Missiles. The Main force of the US Navy Fleet consists of Aircraft Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, Amphibs, and Frigates.

Shown in the video at time 0:10-12 first is a Destroyer, then a Cruiser right behind it.
The ship at 0:34 is horseshit unless they're on a Battleship turned museum.
0:51 - Duh, Aircraft Carrier.
0:54 - Front of a Destroyer.

Something else I thought that was cool, was at time 1:50 whoever that is, is shown wearing the brownish flash hood around their neck. When we go to General Quarters (Battle Stations) we really do put those on, (except pulled up over your head and face) and not shown are the long white gloves also we wear. All fire retardant.

At 1:57, that R2D2 looking gun is real. We had one on my last Ship. It's called CIWS (Close In Weapon System) It's a 20 mm (0.79 in) 6 barreled M61 Vulcan Gatling Gun that fires up to 4500 rounds a minute. Primarly used for Anti-Missile defense. It's really a last defense sort of thing, since it only has about a 3 mile range, and you really don't want missiles getting that close.
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PostPosted: Aug 05 2011 06:55 am Reply with quote Back to top

I saw the preview for this a the Cowboys & Aliens film... I thought it was another Transformers movie
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PostPosted: Apr 29 2012 10:24 am Reply with quote Back to top

Since this piece of shit comes out soon, I figured I ought to give you my pitch for how I would have done this movie:

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PostPosted: Apr 30 2012 10:40 am Reply with quote Back to top

Hahahaha, perfect.
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