Never overestimate the ability to suppress years of conditioning. Back when I did the Counter Intelligence course it was ‘all ranks’ (target ranks were Sgt - Maj) but every now and then they let a Cpl do it
No uniform, no shaving (daily), no haircuts, and most importantly no rank.
Anyone overheard by the instructors referring to another student as ‘Sir’ or by their rank and - if it was in the classroom a gold coin donation into a large glass jar. In the ‘field’ and it was an instant fail.
The jar was nearly full by the end of the week one and there were more than a few re-tests. We got better as the course progressed but…
He wrote the numbers in that pretty script you gay Europeans use. Americans write with our fists, like babies with crayons.
But honestly this is just a lazy screenplay. The guy has a much more solid American accent than the Irish dude from “Banshees of Inniskillen” and his baseball knowledge (guessing here because I can’t tell a baseball from a tampon) was spot on. We’re to believe that a dude like him, so prepared, so educated, isn’t going to know Americans write like baboons?! Nonsense!
I was trying to achieve a certain archetype in humor. Fell short.
I was going to look up the name. But as it was a made up movie name anyway I figured “close enough” My favorite movie of the decade, believe it or not.
If at the end there are interviews with Veterans of the 100th and if the characters and events we have been shown are as described by someone who was there, then I will gladly eat my hat. But for now I am struggling to piece this show together.
I liked Greyhound although a friend (an MOTA supporter) took some time to explain to me the many historical inaccuracies. What I liked was how fatigue affected Hank’s leadership in a relatable way. That one aspect of the film was all the hook I needed to keep watching.
Being 20 years after BoB I’m not sure there were many left to interview.
Ideally they should have interviewed all the vets back then, land, air, and sea, while they still had a good number left to talk with. Archival interviews from other projects don’t always work well.
Absolutely! That was total BS from a historical accuracy pov. But I think the idea was to convey that cat&mouse chase and fear of the unseen and unknown, to the audience. And as such I think it really worked.
That carried a large part of the movie for me too.
Yeah… That would’ve been a good idea. I really loved this in BoB.
Yeah, I’m guessing interviews, if there are any, will be historical/old ‘footage’ rather than specifically for the series and they have scripted it around them?.. Maybe that is why I am struggling with how all over the place the show seems.
Little late to the discussion but I actually liked that it wasn’t clear what he did to give himself away, or even if he really was an infiltrator at all.
I mean the resistance guys were ‘sure’, but were they correct? Not hard to imagine mistakes being made and the wrong person meeting their end. I’m sure someone who witnessed that would be wondering for the rest of their life about it.
I do agree that this episode did seem a little all over the place, but for the most part I’m still enjoying it.
I really enjoyed it, though I know absolutely nothing of naval warfare. I heard it was full of historical inaccuracies but the whole commanding-a-ship-experience felt immersive.
One of the key things with being an undercover officer, is make it as close to your real life as possible. If you’ve never ridden a motorcycle, you really shouldn’t try and come off as an outlaw biker. Same with trying to come off as having been in the military. If you’re off work life is deck shoes, chinos, and polo’s go by dope wearing a popped collar and ray bans. You’ll come off as waaaaaaay more natural than trying to dress and act like a biker. If you ride choppers in your off time, trying to dress like a club kid to buy dope at a rave isn’t going to work real well either.
