Down Periscope is amazingly underrated.
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Zonetrooper@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s a submarine comedy called Down Periscope from the 90s. The story is, of course, absolute ridiculousness (albeit highly entertaining ridiculousness).
I’ve repeatedly been told by navy veterans, however, that it comes closest to portraying actual life in the navy - in particular, that virtually every character in the film is someone you can actually encounter in the navy.
WordBox@lemmy.world 1 week ago
IamtheMorgz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My dad was in the Navy (submariner) in the 80s and he loves that movie. He told me they didn’t do the thing with the string like they do in the movie … Instead they strung it up when they were at depth and took bets on when it would break on the way back up.
You couldn’t pay me enough to be that far underwater.