How About Movies "of the Sea"?

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Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on July 5, 2011 at 1:13

Some of my favorite movies are "PT 109", "Master and Commander", "The Wake of the Red Witch", "K-19, The Widowmaker", "On the Beach", "The Hunt for Red October", and "Crimson Tide".  My favorite TV shows include "JAG", "Adventures in Paradise" (ran in the 60s), and "Victory at Sea".  

Permalink Reply by Jim Child on July 9, 2011 at 10:44

Whoa Terry! Quite a list!

JAG was good! I believe NCIS is sort of a JAG spin-off, or was, at least, developed by the same production team.

I read some of the Master and Commander books -- I tend to sway toward things set in the days of sail.

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on July 9, 2011 at 21:16

Jim, I don't know why I didn't think of NCIS!  It's one of my favorite shows.  Some of the old seafaring movies with Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster, Jr., and John Wayne were really good, too.

Permalink Reply by Jim Child on July 10, 2011 at 8:32

Terry, that NCIS really does not involve "the Sea" all that much, other than involving the occascional visit to a ship at sea (a/k/a "the crime scene"), probably explains why it did not jump to mind.  ;-)

I enjoy the new NCIS LA BUT it is SO FAR from the original show and, I'm willing to bet, a LONG way from reality -- Any "attachment" to the USN is mostly forgotten.

Terry Waldele said:

Jim, I don't know why I didn't think of NCIS!  It's one of my favorite shows. ...<snip>

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 10, 2011 at 15:56

Besides the numerous old Pirate movies (Captain Blood, Black Swan, etc) I think some of my favorites are Captains Courageous and the old Moby Dick with Gregory Peck.   Another really good but over looked is the Charleston Heston version of Treasure Island.  Not so much a "sea movie" but a Stranded on island with only your trusty knife and a Nun movie- (Heaven knows Mister Alison) and of course African Queen and Action in the North Atlanitc.   TV shows:  McHale's Navy!

Permalink Reply by Jim Child on July 10, 2011 at 23:53

YaY! McHale's Navy!  The REAL Navy! My Dad was a NROTC Ensign right at the end of and after WW2 and he LOVED McHale's Navy. I don't even have to close my eyes to see our family, each with our own folding metal tray table, having dinner in front of the console color TV, watching that show. -- first thing I remember seeing Tim Conway in.

Of course, my Dad liked The Flintstones -- he was a lot like Fred F.  yabba dabba DOO! 

Tobias Gibson said:     ...<snip>... TV shows:  McHale's Navy!

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on July 11, 2011 at 0:42

Jim, I agree with your observation about NCIS LA.  It may be aimed at a younger audience, and that might be why, IMHO, the original NCIS is more appealing, to me at least.  

Jim Child said:

Terry, that NCIS really does not involve "the Sea" all that much, other than involving the occascional visit to a ship at sea (a/k/a "the crime scene"), probably explains why it did not jump to mind.  ;-)

I enjoy the new NCIS LA BUT it is SO FAR from the original show and, I'm willing to bet, a LONG way from reality -- Any "attachment" to the USN is mostly forgotten.

Terry Waldele said:

Jim, I don't know why I didn't think of NCIS!  It's one of my favorite shows. ...<snip>

Permalink Reply by Tobias Gibson on July 11, 2011 at 9:07

FYI:  Had the USAF given the go ahead the show would have been called "OSI" instead of NCIS.   Good chow but not at all accurate in what these guys really do.

 

I enjoy the new NCIS LA BUT it is SO FAR from the original show and, I'm willing to bet, a LONG way from reality -- Any "attachment" to the USN is mostly forgotten.