# Battleship - the "WTF, I went to see it regardless of the silly premise" thread. (Open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331 "2012-05-18T16:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/61 "2012-05-21T17:51:57Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/62 "2012-05-21T19:18:54Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/63 "2012-05-22T00:31:13Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/64 "2012-05-23T17:46:25Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Not. :mad: I was waiting for it the WHOLE DAMN MOVIE, too. I think they should have had Liam say…“Release the Kraken !” (again 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/65 "2012-05-24T20:13:14Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/66 "2012-05-24T23:34:40Z")
See post 62 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/67 "2012-05-24T23:41:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/68 "2012-05-24T23:50:53Z")
Post credit scene: 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. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/69 "2012-05-25T01:23:29Z")
> [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](#): > > On a tangent, when did it go from being dapper Navy style to have collars [turned up](http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_admiral_jellicoe.html) to having collars [turned down](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Jellicoe_Admiral_of_the_fleet.jpg)? The Navy has traditionally been the best-dressed service, by a long chalk - note the [jaunty hat angle](http://www.pictorialgems.com/public/upload/productimage/28106-21691-4.jpg) - 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. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331/70 "2012-05-25T17:08:09Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 1. Did the screenwriter take the JJ Abrams Star Trek script and just rewrite it? I enjoyed _Battleship_, I despise the 2009 _Star Trek_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battleship-the-wtf-i-went-to-see-it-regardless-of-the-silly-premise-thread-open-spoilers/622331.md?page=3)