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So why is the movie even called Battleship?
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:04 pm
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:04 pm
Seems like they paid unnecessary licensing fees to make an alien invasion movie
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:06 pm to BilJ
Makes no sense to me either. Are there really people that are going to watch the movie just because it's got a passing resemblance to the board game?
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:14 pm to xenythx
I posted this in that other Battleship thread.
I'm not sure about this but from what I have heard when the alien invasion begin in the film the invaders erect a force field around their mother ship in order to keep the humans from getting to them. When they do this they end up trapping one battle group inside the force field zone consisting of a number of ships that one would start off with when playing Battleship, it is then up to this one group of ships to take down the alien flagship.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:19 pm to Tactical1
Wow....
Posted on 4/18/12 at 9:55 pm to Tactical1
Aw man, that's exactly like the game!!
Where do I preorder tickets?
Where do I preorder tickets?
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:26 pm to BilJ
quote:
Seems like they paid unnecessary licensing fees to make an alien invasion movie
When I first heard they were making it I imagined a serious Down Periscope. I'll catch it on HBO.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:28 pm to BilJ
I watched it the other night.
Spoilers
They un-retire a Battleship that is currently a museum to kill the alien ship.
They use Tsanmi warning Buoys to create a grid and then fire using this grid.
G11 miss
B34 Miss
h12 hit
etc...
It wasn't the worst thing ever, but not that good. Though I saw a crappy cam version.
Spoilers
They un-retire a Battleship that is currently a museum to kill the alien ship.
They use Tsanmi warning Buoys to create a grid and then fire using this grid.
G11 miss
B34 Miss
h12 hit
etc...
It wasn't the worst thing ever, but not that good. Though I saw a crappy cam version.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:29 pm to Tactical1
quote:
I'm not sure about this but from what I have heard when the alien invasion begin in the film the invaders erect a force field around their mother ship in order to keep the humans from getting to them. When they do this they end up trapping one battle group inside the force field zone consisting of a number of ships that one would start off with when playing Battleship, it is then up to this one group of ships to take down the alien flagship.
This too, a carrier, two destroyers, an escort (no sub) and a battleship.
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:29 pm to Tactical1
I mean, truthfully it sounds like a fun plot. Until you realize how stupid the aliens must be to accidentally trap an enemy battlegoup inside the only place that their mothership is vulnerable when they are in the middle of the freaking ocean.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:29 pm to BilJ
This movie will bomb big time.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:32 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
quote:
I mean, truthfully it sounds like a fun plot. Until you realize how stupid the aliens must be to accidentally trap an enemy battlegoup inside the only place that their mothership is vulnerable when they are in the middle of the freaking ocean.
Spoilers again
Not in the middle , Hawaii is trapped (mainly Pearl Harbor), as that is where the beacon comes from, the Navy trapped in the field is the multi-national training fleet that was still close to the island when the field went up.
They keep the ships that could actually hurt them inside, and they do serious damage before a weakness is found.
Best part is the retired sailors, taking control of the USS Missouri to help out.
This post was edited on 4/19/12 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:34 pm to Napoleon
So apparently they have thought of everything....interdasting.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:39 pm to BilJ
They should have just called this thing "Battle: Los Angeles 2"
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:40 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
quote:
I mean, truthfully it sounds like a fun plot. Until you realize how stupid the aliens must be to accidentally trap an enemy battlegoup inside the only place that their mothership is vulnerable when they are in the middle of the freaking ocean.
Sounds like a free download class of movie. I don't pay to go to the theater to see shite like that. 
It does appear the movie as one redeeming quality: Brooklyn DeckerThis post was edited on 4/18/12 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 4/18/12 at 10:48 pm to xenythx
quote:
They should have just called this thing "Battle: Hawaii"
FIFY
Posted on 4/19/12 at 1:02 am to xenythx
I liked Battle. Mainly because I think it did exactly what it set out to do, and what I wanted to see with that movie.
Posted on 4/19/12 at 2:14 am to BilJ
this movie would be shitloads better if it was just 2 fleets of 5 shooting at each other for 2 hours
Posted on 4/19/12 at 2:16 am to Napoleon
quote:
They un-retire a Battleship that is currently a museum to kill the alien ship.
wait like the one that is badly damaged and submerged??
Posted on 4/19/12 at 4:54 am to St Augustine
Never heard of the Missouri, huh?
ETA: I see where the guy erroneously called it the Arizona in the spoilers.
ETA: I see where the guy erroneously called it the Arizona in the spoilers.
This post was edited on 4/19/12 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/19/12 at 6:31 am to BilJ
They should have called this Skyline:Battle for LA 2
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