Das Boot (1981)

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Wikidata Q62730, film, IMDb tt0082096, TMDB 387: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Wolfgang Petersen as director (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman); 2 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Jurgen Prochnow: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Jurgen Prochnow → Das Boot. Prochnow came to Dune off Das Boot, prompting a joke about missing the ocean.
    “He'd been in Das boot.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:49:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (ship-genre-contrast): Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → Das Boot. Hodgman says the film uniquely captures the vastness of the ocean, unlike space or sea movies where you keep running into other ships or aliens.
    “unlike any other ship movie that I've ever seen, whether that is a sailing ship or a motor ship or a spaceship or friendship.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:57:48 · John Hodgman (0.60 sure it was them)

The Perfect Storm: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (director-arc): The Perfect Storm → Das Boot. Wolfgang Petersen's slide from serious movies to top-level to shitty popcorn is contrasted with Weir's consistency.
    “the arc from like DOS boot to perfect storm to Poseidon is what often happens to these guys.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 2:49:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Jurgen Prochnow → Das Boot. Prochnow came to Dune off Das Boot, prompting a joke about missing the ocean.
    “He'd been in Das boot.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:49:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (ship-genre-contrast): Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → Das Boot. Hodgman says the film uniquely captures the vastness of the ocean, unlike space or sea movies where you keep running into other ships or aliens.
    “unlike any other ship movie that I've ever seen, whether that is a sailing ship or a motor ship or a spaceship or friendship.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:57:48 · John Hodgman (0.60 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (director-arc): The Perfect Storm → Das Boot. Wolfgang Petersen's slide from serious movies to top-level to shitty popcorn is contrasted with Weir's consistency.
    “the arc from like DOS boot to perfect storm to Poseidon is what often happens to these guys.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 2:49:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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