# Battleship: The Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294 "2011-08-03T06:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sealemon2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sealemon2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/1 "2011-08-03T06:37:45Z")
No, seriously. > **[M88 - Mansion88 - Link M88 alternatif tanpa blokir 2023](https://forwardbloc.org/)** > > M88 Mansion, juga dikenal sebagai Mansion88, adalah website online terpercaya terkemuka di Indonesia, menyediakan beragam permainan, rasio taruhan kompetitif. Kunjungi link M88 terbaru atau link alternatif M88 tanpa blokir untuk menjelajah. Liam Neeson, apparently needing beer money, is here to collect a check. The alien ship shoots pegs like from the board game. Oh, and there hasn’t been a battleship in the U.S. Navy in almost 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/2 "2011-08-03T06:43:12Z")
has it been 20 years since dessert storm? hey yah. they can always re-activate one iowa-class ship. since the 70s, there have been some stealthy destroyer actions against countries like iran but for the most part, the US navy’s surface ship-of-choice for coming within 20 miles of a hostile shore were iowa-class ships. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/3 "2011-08-03T07:56:41Z")
The resurrected _Iowa_-class ships are the _only_ reason I’m going to see this movie. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/4 "2011-08-03T08:04:20Z")
“Fire the weapons.” “Which weapons, sir?” “All of them.” Based on that exchange alone, I’m assuming that the screen writer has not only never served in the Navy, he’s never seen a body of water larger than his bathtub. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/5 "2011-08-03T08:28:11Z")
I’m rooting for the PT boat. At least that’s what I always called the two holed surface ship. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/6 "2011-08-03T08:41:37Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’m rooting for the PT boat. At least that’s what I always called the two holed surface ship. In one version of the game it’s a destroyer, in the other it’s a patrol boat (and the destroyer becomes 3 peg). I’m more used to the former. True they might not use battleships now, but that doesn’t mean they have to use them in the movie. The largest ship used is not a battleship, but for some reason the game isn’t called “Aircraft Carrier.” As long as they stick to the official ensemble of ships it should be ok, or else I’m boycotting because I totally expect this movie to be very serious. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/7 "2011-08-03T08:52:05Z")
I hope we get to hear Liam Neeson say “you sunk my battleship” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/8 "2011-08-03T09:07:30Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’m rooting for the PT boat. At least that’s what I always called the two holed surface ship. You know, everyone says the battleship or aircraft carrier are the most valuable pieces in the game, but I never really understood that - they’re the biggest, and hence easiest to find. It’s the little 2-hole destroyer that’s worth the most. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/9 "2011-08-03T11:21:54Z")
What the hell has happened to the movie business in the last five years? What a shockingly awful plummeting of ideas they’ve had since the earlier part of the 2000s. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/10 "2011-08-03T11:24:06Z")
Craptastic. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/11 "2011-08-03T11:39:17Z")
Remember: if you see this movie - _even if you do so ironically_ - it’s your fault that this sort of crap gets made. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/12 "2011-08-03T11:48:46Z")
I know Hollywood worships brand recognition, but that really is beyond parody. What’s next, a medical drama based on Operation? African river adventure, Hungry Hungry Hippos? > [@Miller](#): > > “Fire the weapons.” > “Which weapons, sir?” > “All of them.” Not even released yet, and already we have a new contender for dumbest action movie line of all time. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/13 "2011-08-03T11:54:11Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Remember: if you see this movie - _even if you do so ironically_ - it’s your fault that this sort of crap gets made. My apologies in advance then. This is a must see for me. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/14 "2011-08-03T12:04:31Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > My apologies in advance then. This is a must see for me. Buy a ticket for something else and sneak in. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/15 "2011-08-03T12:44:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > What the hell has happened to the movie business in the last five years? What a shockingly awful plummeting of ideas they’ve had since the earlier part of the 2000s. If you think this is bad, just wait for next year’s Eli Roth torture porn extravaganza, Operation: The Movie. Two men are drugged only to awake in a dank basement with a patient on the operating table. Can they remove his funny bone without touching the sides and receiving a deadly electric shock? Find out, Summer 2012! ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/16 "2011-08-03T12:49:57Z")
… or the steampunk gadget extravaganza **Mousetrap**! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/17 "2011-08-03T12:50:22Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I hope we get to hear Liam Neeson say “you sunk my battleship” Pretty sneaky, sis. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/18 "2011-08-03T13:09:10Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Buy a ticket for something else and sneak in. Please. I would but they physically inspect your ticket at the Alamo Drafthouse. Which is where I’d most likely go see this one so that I can have a bucket of beer sitting in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/19 "2011-08-03T13:11:42Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > I would but they physically inspect your ticket at the Alamo Drafthouse. Which is where I’d most likely go see this one so that I can have a bucket of beer sitting in front of me. Based on the concept alone, you’ll be wanting a very large bucket. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294/20 "2011-08-03T13:14:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > “Fire the weapons.” > “Which weapons, sir?” > “All of them.” “Including the Pop-o-Matic?” “No, we don’t want to start any Trouble.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-movie/591294.md?page=2)