Battleship - the "WTF, I went to see it regardless of the silly premise" thread. (Open spoilers)

[Bryan Ekers]

Originally Posted by AK84

While we have it

SPOILER:

One of the turrets of the Missouri was destroyed. Does not turret penetration mean the ship is doomed as the explosion will likely reach the magazines

Well...

SPOILER:

... there weren't any magazines, the armament was bare minimum - in fact one of the plot holes was how long-decommissioned Missouri had any armament at all, but I'm willing to wink and nod on that. Plus it kinda reminded me of the first episode of the rebooted BSG.

[carnivorousplant]

Originally Posted by Drunky Smurf

You must be old because that came in the second edition.

Get off my lawn!

[Baron Greenback]

Originally Posted by AK84

While we have it

SPOILER:

One of the turrets of the Missouri was destroyed. Does not turret penetration mean the ship is doomed as the explosion will likely reach the magazines

SPOILER:

Missouri's sister ship Iowa suffered a turret explosion in 1989, and she survived. Probably not quite as explodey as in the film, but it does suggest that the magazines are protected in this scenario

[carnivorousplant]

Didn't they learn about that at

SPOILER:

the battle of Jutland?

[Ashley Pomeroy]

Originally Posted by carnivorousplant

Didn't they learn about that at

SPOILER:

the battle of Jutland?

"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today". The mention of Battleship's box-office take in the US is interesting, because it's being spun as a big hit over here - as one of the other posters points out, it was released in the UK several weeks ago, and has made something north of $215m since then internationally. Avengers Assemble also came out first internationally, it seems to be a trend. I assume it's because we're so desperate for any old rubbish we'll queue around the block for, er, any old rubbish.

On a tangent, when did it go from being dapper Navy style to have collars turned up to having collars turned down? The Navy has traditionally been the best-dressed service, by a long chalk - note the jaunty hat angle - and I'm curious to know when the change took place. Upturned collars look a lot older, a kind of version 0.5 of "the look".

[mlees]

Originally Posted by AK84

While we have it

SPOILER:

One of the turrets of the Missouri was destroyed. Does not turret penetration mean the ship is doomed as the explosion will likely reach the magazines

SPOILER:

No. From wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_turret

"The loading system is fitted with a series of mechanical interlocks that ensure that there is never an open path from the gunhouse to the magazine down which an explosive flash might pass. Flash-tight doors and scuttles open and close to allow the passage between areas of the turret."

They are not fool-proof, but they work most of the time.

[Bakhesh]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

You say this but a post up above said Rihanna didn't appear in a bikini. My deeply held religious belief is that God meant Rihanna to be half-naked.

You are half right

[Munch]

FYI: The thread title says "open spoilers", so the spoiler boxes aren't all that necessary.

So, does "you sunk my battleship" even get said? And by whom?

[ralph124c]

So Rihanna isn't nekkid?
Drat-that takes the movie OFF my list!

[Noelq]

Saw it, had a great time at it. Good popcorn flick. Don't go in expecting too much plot, do go in expecting cool explosions.

[jharvey963]

Originally Posted by Bryan Ekers

I saw it and it was better than it had any right to be.

And there is a post-credit scene.

Crap, I missed it. Would someone mind describing what's in this post-credit scene? (In a spoiler.)

Thanks,
J.

[Rick]

SPOILER:

remember it was said that parts of the craft that crashed in Hong Kong came down all over including Scotland?
The post credit scene was some boys in Scotland find something and a local workman manages to get it open.
Scene ends with a three fingered hand reaching out from the interior

[medstar]

Originally Posted by Munch

FYI: The thread title says "open spoilers", so the spoiler boxes aren't all that necessary.

So, does "you sunk my battleship" even get said? And by whom?

I saw the movie on Saturday and really enjoyed it; almost as much as the Avengers. One of the older sailors on the Missouri said, "No one's gonna sink my battleship!". That's the closest I heard, anyway. I thought Rihanna did a pretty good job. In one article I read, the only problem that arose is that a Navy consultant noticed that she wasn't wearing a t-shirt under her uniform shirt, situation that was quickly rectified.

[cormac262]

Originally Posted by MsWhatsit

SPOILER:

Not. I was waiting for it the WHOLE DAMN MOVIE, too.

I think they should have had Liam say...."Release the Kraken !" (again ;-)

[Scubaqueen]

what's in the post credits scene?

i tried to keep my posse in their seats till the end, but the lure of adult beverages was too strong.

[Rick]

See post 62

[Larry Borgia]

Can someone spoil the post credits scene?

Overall it was exactly what it promised. Fun seeing the destroyer unleash everything it had. Not a great movie, nowhere near as cool as the Avengers, but it will tide me over till Prometheus and Dark Knight.

[Bryan Ekers]

Post credit scene:

SPOILER:

Three Scottish schoolboys find a smashed farmhouse and a large meteor in a field (recall that earlier in the movie it was remarked that debris from the destroyed ship had hit in multiple spots across the globe, including Scotland). They are soon joined by an adult handyman who tries various methods to crack the meteor open, including a large chainsaw and, ultimately successful, extended use of a welder's torch. After he cuts a door-sized hole in the meteor, they all freak out as the utterly predictable alien lunges at them - fast fade to black.

[JRDelirious]

Originally Posted by Ashley Pomeroy

On a tangent, when did it go from being dapper Navy style to have collars turned up to having collars turned down? The Navy has traditionally been the best-dressed service, by a long chalk - note the jaunty hat angle - and I'm curious to know when the change took place. Upturned collars look a lot older, a kind of version 0.5 of "the look".

Well, they ARE older, the turndown collar over the tie became the common style in "street clothes" after 1900, the previously standard exposed tie over wing collar being retained for formalwear. Now, remember, the Navy's "fore-and-aft" blues of the time were deemed everyday clothes, not formalwear, but they probably held out for a while. I'd think the Navy's change may have come with WW1 -- outfitting a large wartime force (and the need to maintain the clothes under battle conditions) led to a simplification of many uniform items (e.g. British Army officer jackets) and that must have included shirts made in what by then was the common civilian pattern.

[Bryan Ekers]

Originally Posted by JohnT

4. Did the screenwriter take the JJ Abrams Star Trek script and just rewrite it?

I enjoyed Battleship, I despise the 2009 Star Trek.