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Old 09-30-12, 08:59 PM   #68
Kaye T. Bai
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Originally Posted by Malakie View Post
Keep things in perspective... this is entertainment not fact and I am assuming more people know that. As entertainment and a reader of Clancy, Brown and others, I liked the story. If I look at it critically as a Navy man then I would agree with you but I am not doing that. I like a good story.. and this show has the start of one that hopefully does not go off into some weird screwed up alien supernatural idiotic and mindless direction.
Well said. If you watch this expecting "Das Boot", you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you watch it with some suspension of disbelief, it's actually pretty decent. I can forgive the factual goofs, such as drinking/having alcohol on board, saluting without covers, as they do not take away from the overall plot. As a TV drama, it's pretty good. As a documentary of life in the fleet, not so much.

That said, it's certainly better than "Battleship".
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