Another Das Boot Thread - Page 2

sharkbit · 03-18-12, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

EDIT: I'm gonna have to order the book sometime. Sounds like a good read.

Good book.

Brings out the boredom of a long patrol because there really is not a ton of action in the book. The author will spend a whole page describing the color of the ocean and the sky.

Sailor Steve · 03-18-12, 08:09 PM

Three things that affected me greatly.

1. The movie hints at it but the book describes how he befriended the enlisted men by standing bridge watches for them. Then he describes how heavy the binoculars became after two hours.

2. The lemons. He describes how the different officers spruced up their lemon rations. Of course the U-boot Coctail was the 2WO's method, but the LI eating a spoonful of sugar and then biting down on the lemon slice...I was amazed the next time I watched the movie. They don't mention it, but sure enough, he does it just that way!

3. Johann and Franz. Some things got changed for the movie, but it always annoyed me that their first names were used. Enlisted men are always called by their last names. So I read the book and was delighted when Buccheim commented on the same thing. Turns out that it was someone's idea of a joke to put them together on the same boat, because Johann and Franz were their last names! It's been awhile, and I can't check because the book is in my storage, but I think it was Karl Johann and Emil Franz.

Hinrich Schwab · 03-18-12, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Three things that affected me greatly.

3. Johann and Franz. Some things got changed for the movie, but it always annoyed me that their first names were used. Enlisted men are always called by their last names. So I read the book and was delighted when Buccheim commented on the same thing. Turns out that it was someone's idea of a joke to put them together on the same boat, because Johann and Franz were their last names! It's been awhile, and I can't check because the book is in my storage, but I think it was Karl Johann and Emil Franz.

*checks book* Page 45. August Johann and Karl Franz. In the movie, Franz only gets one or two brief moments of screen time while the book explains a bit more about the two. After reading how different they are in the book, I developed a bit of a gripe during Johann's "key" scene in the movie. Not a real big deal, but it was a big departure from the original text.

03-18-12, 08:09 PM	#17
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Three things that affected me greatly. 1. The movie hints at it but the book describes how he befriended the enlisted men by standing bridge watches for them. Then he describes how heavy the binoculars became after two hours. 2. The lemons. He describes how the different officers spruced up their lemon rations. Of course the U-boot Coctail was the 2WO's method, but the LI eating a spoonful of sugar and then biting down on the lemon slice...I was amazed the next time I watched the movie. They don't mention it, but sure enough, he does it just that way! 3. Johann and Franz. Some things got changed for the movie, but it always annoyed me that their first names were used. Enlisted men are always called by their last names. So I read the book and was delighted when Buccheim commented on the same thing. Turns out that it was someone's idea of a joke to put them together on the same boat, because Johann and Franz were their last names! It's been awhile, and I can't check because the book is in my storage, but I think it was Karl Johann and Emil Franz. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo