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Hellcat
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 Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:53 am Post subject: HMS Ulysses |
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Just finished reading Alistair MacLean's "HMS Ulysses" an excellent novel on all accounts. Very gripping perspective on the Russian convoys, and many other themes of the human condition. I just happened to pick it up by chance at a used book store in Cambridge.
Kinda surprising that it was not made into a movie like MacLean's other works. (Where Eagle's Dare, Force 10 from Navarone, The Guns of Navarone...)
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Herman
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I gotta agree wholheartedly. That was an excellent book.
Why Hollywood would rather continuously re-hash old movies with sequels instead of looking for excellent new material like that is beyond me.  |
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Oberon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Herman wrote: | I gotta agree wholheartedly. That was an excellent book.
Why Hollywood would rather continuously re-hash old movies with sequels instead of looking for excellent new material like that is beyond me. |
Part of me is grateful for this *cough* U-571 *cough* |
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Herman
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Oberon wrote: | | Part of me is grateful for this *cough* U-571 *cough* |
You got me there. 
That movie was one hell of a dog. Ruff! :down: |
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Hellcat
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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I think that we can all agree that U-571 was merely meant as a popcorn flick and nothing more.
Hopefully one day it will become practical to make a movie of this scale despite the apparent lack of interest in the mainstream for this type of movie. Who knows stranger things have certainly happend. |
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