tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post7463928038963694961..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.536-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Pretty Good Old Style War Movie: GreyhoundDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-41903571487150270162020-09-21T19:03:03.426-04:002020-09-21T19:03:03.426-04:00I am probably going to cancel the Apple TV service...I am probably going to cancel the Apple TV service as well. Don't need yet another channel of WOKENESS,DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-41675149141080069872020-09-21T01:13:45.742-04:002020-09-21T01:13:45.742-04:00Just watched it -- pretty well done sea adventure....Just watched it -- pretty well done sea adventure. Convoy service had to be one of the nastiest jobs in WW2.<br />Unfortunately, the Apple rubbish is just that: rubbish. Jump through a bunch of hoops to get to watch the movie via a 7day free trial. Okay. Then search the app for what else might be of interest -- nothing but a load of woke nonsense TV and film programs. Mostly at outrageous rental prices.<br />Nah. Canceled it right after the movie was over.Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213832288872091311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-44501604169105291212020-09-18T04:57:33.512-04:002020-09-18T04:57:33.512-04:00The Good Shepherd is Forester at his best!The Good Shepherd is Forester at his best!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-45303740424738783592020-09-18T04:55:26.608-04:002020-09-18T04:55:26.608-04:00At least twenty years to old to play the 42 year o...At least twenty years to old to play the 42 year old George Krause!SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-13258078245645916512020-09-16T03:39:56.393-04:002020-09-16T03:39:56.393-04:00Tks David, all 3 times!
How did you do that,
all a...Tks David, all 3 times!<br />How did you do that,<br />all at once?!<br />OW~~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-68472175167217014832020-09-16T03:37:05.750-04:002020-09-16T03:37:05.750-04:00click click~~~
Tks Dip
OWclick click~~~<br />Tks Dip<br />OWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-32526451530353822792020-09-16T03:31:58.695-04:002020-09-16T03:31:58.695-04:00'I'll wait for it to come out on DVD,'...'I'll wait for it to come out on DVD,'<br />Me too Mr. Bee. Expect Hanks will be<br />advocating for the release, maybe in <br />Drive-In's - he's acting more like a<br />Polcat every day, perhaps the COVID<br />broadend his perspective?<br />On Watch~~~<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-44744180867071822702020-09-16T03:18:04.825-04:002020-09-16T03:18:04.825-04:00Tks Unk,
a great Price, it'l be interesting to...Tks Unk,<br />a great Price, it'l be interesting to<br />compare and contrast to the Apple production.<br />On Watch~~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54470533277729142792020-09-16T03:10:49.500-04:002020-09-16T03:10:49.500-04:00Tks John, for reminding me about USNI mag, and the...Tks John, for reminding me about USNI mag, and the movie...<br />On Watch~~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74228998080207788962020-09-16T03:05:29.965-04:002020-09-16T03:05:29.965-04:00Tks for the Title, David~~~
On Watch~~~Tks for the Title, David~~~<br />On Watch~~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66603356815698193352020-09-16T01:46:48.421-04:002020-09-16T01:46:48.421-04:00"Amen to that",
I humbly stand,
to 2nd t..."Amen to that",<br />I humbly stand,<br />to 2nd that, Amen<br />On Watch~~~<br /><br />“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters...These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep..."Psalm 107:23-30<br /><br />https://louisadole.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/they-that-go-down-to-the-sea-in-ships-that-do-business-in-great-waters-these-see-the-works-of-the-lord-and-his-wonders-in-the-deep-by-louis-a-dole/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-17704197148410973032020-09-15T16:05:05.948-04:002020-09-15T16:05:05.948-04:00Amen, to thatAmen, to thatDiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-18074120989151447322020-09-15T14:04:29.874-04:002020-09-15T14:04:29.874-04:00As an infant in 1940, to a small boy in 1945, I, a...As an infant in 1940, to a small boy in 1945, I, and my brothers, my mother, my grandmother, along with 40-odd million British: were only alive through the courage, sacrifice and sheer, unadulterated bravery of those on board the cargo ships which were convoyed by the British, Canadian and latterly American Navy sloops, corvettes and destroyers who served as the only defence against the killer U-boats of Nazi Germany.<br /><br />As far as I am aware, there have been only two novels written about British Merchant Navy life in wartime years, and I wrote of one in my post The badge of honour. https://mikecunningham.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/the-badge-of-honour/<br /><br /><br />I have been in storms, in seas so calm the surface is like a mirror, but to place yourself in all sorts of weather in the full knowledge that an enemy could be planning to sink your ship and send you to your death takes a strange fatalistic sort of courage.<br />Mike Cunninghamhttps://mikecunningham.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-85082684193834154722020-09-15T08:17:01.250-04:002020-09-15T08:17:01.250-04:00Best novel on convoy escort, IMO, is "The Cru...Best novel on convoy escort, IMO, is "The Cruel Sea," by Nicholas Monsarrat.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-4985271354932573602020-09-14T22:07:47.697-04:002020-09-14T22:07:47.697-04:00The August 2020 issue of US Naval Institute's ...The August 2020 issue of US Naval Institute's magazine Naval History has a four-page article about the movie titled "Voyage to the Screen" by Craig L. Symonds. Unfortunately it is behind a subscription wall on USNI's website.<br /><br />In the same issue, also behind a subscription wall, is a four-page article on how the movie was made: "Making Sure We Were Authentic, an interview with the film's director.JohnDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047054499672419633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-91367893933564918362020-09-14T21:55:50.809-04:002020-09-14T21:55:50.809-04:00The book 'The Good Shepherd' is available ...The book 'The Good Shepherd' is available from Amazon, in Kindle format, for $0.99. I just got it. So far very interesting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318515806738487562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62732477713063829912020-09-14T20:00:30.823-04:002020-09-14T20:00:30.823-04:00In the novel, Krause was twice passed over by prom...In the novel, Krause was twice passed over by promotion boards, on the point of being discharged from the Navy, and was only promoted to Commander and given a ship because of Pearl Harbor. It adds another layer to his self-doubts and need to prove himself.RNBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925618870483872727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-31777183529141684492020-09-14T19:37:25.189-04:002020-09-14T19:37:25.189-04:00This movie was supposed to be released in theaters...This movie was supposed to be released in theaters but it was shelved due to the Kung Flu. I presume it's necessary to sign up for Apple TV to watch the movie - with all that entails. I'll wait for it to come out on DVD - or if that doesn't happen I'll just have to live without it. I was looking forward to it but thems the breaks. Mr. Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180098780283366624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-44356277472306583482020-09-14T11:40:35.505-04:002020-09-14T11:40:35.505-04:00My wife kept commenting that Hanks looked too old;...My wife kept commenting that Hanks looked too old; the "explanation" was that he had been called back into service due to a shortage of personnel.DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-64405773201950576522020-09-14T09:25:25.599-04:002020-09-14T09:25:25.599-04:00'The Good Sheperd' is a classic. Not long...'The Good Sheperd' is a classic. Not long but exhausting to read, since it follows the actions of Commander Krause over two-plus sleepless days, almost minute-to-minute, trying to defend a convoy crossing the mid-Atlantic 'Air Gap.' Krause is as interesting a character, in his own way, as Horatio Hornblower. (And Hanks is twenty years too old to play him.)RNBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925618870483872727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66184093653063281912020-09-14T08:46:42.565-04:002020-09-14T08:46:42.565-04:00Ha! Great story!Ha! Great story!DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-72218123028280058022020-09-14T04:29:35.234-04:002020-09-14T04:29:35.234-04:00On your recommendation alone I will, was afraid wi...On your recommendation alone I will, was afraid without would get preachy.Skipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-3946476811735490642020-09-14T02:09:51.658-04:002020-09-14T02:09:51.658-04:00A good film from apple+.A good film from apple+.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601371414255702004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-33864018104720030452020-09-14T02:09:39.795-04:002020-09-14T02:09:39.795-04:00A good film from apple+.A good film from apple+.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601371414255702004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-16417661494258217612020-09-14T02:09:28.967-04:002020-09-14T02:09:28.967-04:00A good film from apple+.A good film from apple+.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601371414255702004noreply@blogger.com