@@soulreaperiix_x8477 I thought his last movie was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Which I was very excited for but when I saw the beginning and the editing they had to do in his first fight...it took me out of the movie and never won me back. Shame. If Connery would have been a few years younger, that might have worked.
The transition from Russian to English is actually quite brilliant. Since the word "Armageddon" is the same in both languages, it makes sense to have that be the point where the switch takes place.
Agreed. The political officer reading from the Book of Revelations hits ... kind of close to the bone right now. Especially when you know what his name is.
@@Freakears Give me a break! What would the USA do if China built missile bases in Mexico or Canada? Putin just did the exact same thing that the USA would do if China flexed its muscles like NATO has been doing in Ukraine. Putin did nothing while Trump was in office, because he knew that Rump wouldn;t let him get away with it, just like he didn’t let Kim Jong whatsisname get away with threatening war either. The reason Putin wnet into Ukraine is because the US President of today is Joe Biden, one of the most corrupt and dishonest people in US politics and now a senile liability. The VP is a train-wreck waiting to happen and anyone with any sense would be terrified at that prospect, foreign leaders especially. No wonder Putin invaded Ukraine! If China was to do in Mexico what NATO is doing in Ukraine, the USA would invade Mexico in a heartbeat! It would be the only sensible thing to do! Putin does that and he’s the bad guy. According to the media who told us all that the vaccines are safe and will kill the virus. Why do people still take theeir word for anything?
For apparently not having seen very many films, Cassie is very intuned. I have seen a lot of films and I can predict quite a lot of the story and even complete writer's sentences. Film class in college was a breeze, for example. I hadn't met someone else as good at it until this channel. She asks good questions, connects the dots well, catches the important details. She is very good at this.
20:00: "Did he eject in time?" That's actual footage of an F9F Panther piloted by Cdr. George Duncan crashing on the USS Midway in June, 1951. Cdr. Duncan did not eject but did survive the crash (the cockpit section remained intact), going on to be promoted to Captain in the Navy and becoming a lawyer following his retirement from service.
Great review. Fun Fact I was on the USS Enterprise when they filmed this. There is scene at 19:52 - 20:04 of which most was cut, where a plane crashes on the Flight Deck which was actual old footage, they used a smoke generator to simulate the fire, ironically the smoke generator actually caught on fire and we had a real fire on the flight deck which was put out quickly.
The smoke machine caught fire... That's ironic! In the book, they were on the Kennedy (CV-67), and the guy who "crashed" was actually Jack's friend Robbie (who survived), but neither knew the other was on board. I'm not sure why they chose to film on the Enterprise. "Yours, Mine, and Ours, Star Trek IV, Top Gun, Hunt for Red October, and a few others I don't remember off the top of my head. Big-E always gets the screen time for some reason.
Also funnily enough that wasn't the Enterprise in Top Gun... It was super to be... But they used another ship for filming, the Ranger I think? I'll have to ask my buddy who was on it at the time.
Yes it was the Enterprise as VA-22 was assigned to it and I have a friend who was in it at the end when they Land he was a brown shirt with 3P on helmet. In the crowd.
The movie is based on Tom Clancy's first book, Jack Ryan is the protagonist of most of his books. There are a few other movies based on Clancy's books and an amazon series "Jack Ryan". Tom Clancy was probably the most known political thriller novelists.
As mentioned is this an adaptation of Tom Clancys book. There are others as well with various actors portraying Jack Ryan: *Clear and present danger* (Harrison Ford) *Patriot Games* (Harrison Ford) *The sum of all fears* (Ben Affleck) *Shadow Recruit* (Chris Pine) It is arguably a matter of taste whether or not one would like these films. Personally I find Red october an Sum of all fears, to be the best of them. I’m sure others will disagree.
@@muhest It think both Ford movies are equal. I wish they continued making them with Ford. The Amazon streaming show, and With Out Remorse movie is limp. They just use the IP to old onto the rights.
@@oldfrend I'm definitely younger than Mrs. Popcorn, and I'm not a native English speaker - but I know the word "defect". It's not a generational thing, it's a timeless word. I've never known anyone that has ever defected, during a war or otherwise, but it's just a word you know. If nothing else, you should have heard the word several times in school during history classes. But now that Mrs. Popcorn is seeing this many war/military movies and tv shows, her "war vocabulary" is surely increasing, lol.
I've watched a couple of other reactions to red October, the thing they all have in common is how upset everyone gets when Sam Neals character dies, he just wanted a pickup truck and to live in Montana, so sad
Interesting story: Scott Glenn actually based his character on a real submarine captain, who was the captain of a Los Angeles class submarine, where the actors were allowed to familiarize themself with a submarine.
I adore this movie. I saw this very young and it was my first exposure to a lot of more mature subject matter. I’m so glad it’s getting some play in the reactor scene. Despite his Jurassic Park fame, Sam Neill will forever and always be “I would like to have seen Montana.”
Love LOVE the HFRO. As a US Navy surface vet I gotta say, I have the utmost respect for the guys who serve in the silent service. You guys are one of a kind.
Also, the magazine in Jack's briefcase in the beginning, that's Proceedings. The monthly magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute. When Red October's author, Tom Clancy couldn't get his story published anywhere else, the USNI published it. I have a signed first edition. A gift from my wife. So, the magazine being in there, while definitely something someone in Ryan's position would read, was also a nod to the origins of the book.
I remember when I first saw this movie when it came out, and I was impressed with their method of having the Russians speak Russian in the very beginning, but using that "zoom in on lips" visual transition, they switched to all the Russians speaking English for the audience's benefit. Clever way of avoiding a major portion of the movie's dialogue from getting bogged down in subtitle hell, while letting us know that we're to imagine they are still speaking their native tongue.
I always loved that stylistic choice from the first time I watched this in the theater. Just a really original way of doing it. Glad somebody else appreciates that choice!
Based on the novel that launched Tom Clancy's career - the film and book were hugely popular when I was overseas working for NUSC and NUWC (most were prior-US Navy). Rumor was that Clancy was interviewed by Naval Intelligence; questioning how he knew certain details that were (apparently) Top Secret - as the story goes, Tom's assistants wheeled in reams of UN-classified and DE-classified material, and from all that Clancy said he just connected the dots and filled in the blanks, then asked - "Why? How close did I get?", to which they said, "You're in the middle of an investigation - How close do you THINK you got?" - I don't know how true that part is, but it makes for a great addition to a great modern-day sea story. "Red October" refers to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Russia, which led to the formation of the USSR. Clancy's character "Jack Ryan" goes on to appear in films such as Patriot Games (Paramount, 1992), and Clear And Present Danger(Paramount, 1994), and portrayed by one of your favorites, Harrison Ford.
The guy playing Admiral Greer is James Earl Jones, did the voice for Darth Vader in Star Wars. His dad was also James Earl Jones & was Luthor Coleman in The Sting.
Sean Connery is most famous for playing James Bond first, in 1962's 'Dr. No'. He won his first and only Oscar for his performance in 1987's 'The Untouchables', opposite Kevin Costner and Robert DeNiro.
This was the first & best of the movies made from Tom Clancy's books. They just got worse with Hollywood trying to cash in on his works. Clancy was not pleased with the others at all. Read them or get the Audiobooks if you spend much time commuting, they're worth it.
The books are always better. In the Hunt for Red October book, the crew is taken to America before being returned to Russia. There is an Ohio Class American boat sunk to make it look like the Red October has sunk. Another Russian boat has a nuclear melt down in their reactor. Finally the boat commanded by Tupalov gets rammed by the Red October, not sunk by a torpedo.
34:25 - Torpedoes are attracted to sound. This is why the torpedo finds the Red October again after Ryan shoots the cook. The captain of the Dallas then heads right toward the alpha sub, at the last minute the Red October turns away with the torpedo right behind it (mirroring the earlier move when the Red October almost ran into the sea ridge) the torpedo, like earlier, does not have enough time to react to the change and proceeds straight ahead. With all of the safety features disabled on the torpedo, it plows directly into the alpha, destroying that sub. The "arrogant ass" line refers to Tupolov (the captain of the alpha sub) believing he was superior to Rameus despite Rameus being his teacher. This hubris causes his death, and the lives of all under his command.
Epic movie. I used to be married to a russian lady, so this movie hit hard at the time. Basil Poledouris' score truly gets the importance of choir music for the soviets. My ex told me that the singers weren't russian speakers tho, and sang with a very thick accent, which is kind of a let down! But if you have Connery speaking russian with that accent, you can have anyone singing in the choir, i guess. I lost count of the times i watched this. Timeless classic.
In fact, some torpedoes can be controlled remotely, just like TOW antitank missiles, via a thin cable connecting the projectile with the firing platform
35:51. The movie is based on the book written by Tom Clancy. He writes these kinds of books; fictional conflict based on real world political/historical relationship. Tom Clancy was never a soldier, or a politician yet his writing was so good and real people thought he had a person in the military. If you want another movie, there is The Sum of All Fears. It features Jack Ryan, the exact same protagonist from this movie.
Sean Connery was a Scottish actor, and the joke in this movie is that he played a Lithuanian with a Scottish accent. But he is best remembered as the quintessential James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.
The joke is he plays EVERY role with a Scottish accent! 😂 In Highlander, he’s supposed to be an Egyptian with a Spanish name, (Juan Villa Lobos Ramirez), but he still has a Scottish accent.
Loved your reaction to this! I initially did not think you would enjoy it, since it doesn't fit your genre, but you most definitely did enjoy it, genuinely, and I'm grateful for it! Another submarine film that you might enjoy is U-571 with Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, even Bon Jovi is in it. It's my favorite submarine movie ever!
One thing that doesn’t make sense in the movie is that Jonesy was initially says he can hear the plant noise and it sounds like a Typhoon class submarine. Even with the caterpillar, he’d still be able to hear the nuclear plant on the submarine. What else would power the caterpillar?
Sean Connery starred in 7 James Bond films as James Bond. The directors commentary with John McTiernan was also very interesting to watch as was some of the interviews on the DVD/Bluray special features. Scott Glenn got to go out on a US naval sub in war games for research, and the captain of that boat basically made Scott level ranked with himself and said, I;m going to have all the men come up and report things to you, and then I am going to tell you what we are going to do about it. Scott Glenn then said he credits his entire performance to that then captain (Rear Admiral at the time of the interview in 2001 I believe). It was cool to watch how they made the film after watching the film.
As massive as the Red october mockup is onscreen (it was a modified barge upside down) whats astonishing is that the real Typhoon class was much bigger than that (even considering the Red October was a bigger Typhoon variant)
Intro to Red October is probably the most epic in history, above Star Wars or else. BTW, the water displacement of Typhoon (Akula in NATO) is bigger than aircraft carriers in WW2.
The Soviets had one of the largest submarine in the world, which is this one you see it called Typhoon class by NATO. It also has a sauna and a swimming pool inside the sub.
Now that you've got the naval jargon down. I have another intense thriller for you to check out that takes place aboard a submarine, check out the movie, “Crimson Tide” with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman.
Crimson tide pales in comparison to Red October. Great soundtrack, great actors, bad plot. I get why people love it, but I was unfortunately spoiled by how flawless red October is
The Cutting Edge is your atypical story of two people who just can’t seem to get along..but they must because in skating..with a partner..you must have some trust..but the Olympics..that’s another level..somehow..it became a hit..a movie anyone can watch..
"I'm gonna tell you right now, if Dr. Ryan dies, I...am...done." Well, there are nine Jack Ryan novels in the series by Tom Clancy with _The Hunt for Red October_ being his first. There are 4 movies with a 5th coming out this year. After _The Hunt for Red October_ the movies become a mixed bag. They keep changing the actor playing Jack Ryan and each one puts a different spin on the character which is unfortunate. Although they are not bad films they also deviate from the novels in important ways. In one instance the enemies were changed due to political pressure. In _The Sum of All Fears,_ staring Ben Affleck, the movie studios insisted that the villains be changed to White "bad guys from WW2" German capitalists instead of Ar*b terrorists. As a result the plot is far less believable and convoluted.
Harrison Ford will always be the best Jack Ryan. They wanted him for Red October but he wanted to do another film (Presumed Innocent). When Patriot Games came along Alec wanted to much money and Harrison was looking to do an action flick. Harrison's price was double what Alec's was. The producers didn't think Alec was worth the money, but they felt Harrison was.
There's also a series on a famous streaming service. John Krasinski plays Ryan. I like him but I don't like the writing and the stories. It's action packed, I don't dislike it, but Ryan is the stereotypical action hero, thick plot armor and deadly aim included. It's quite a leap from this Ryan, who "writes books for the CIA". Krasinski's Ryan is an analyst, too, but with a strong military background (vet marine). The script is quite inconsistent, Ryan acts as if he's no hero and "just an analyst", one minute later he's more lethal than Riddick. The series isn't bad, mind you, if you like action, but superman Ryan kinda ruins it for me.
@@jckmisha I tend to agree. Harrison Ford is a fine actor but he was far too old to play Jack Ryan. When Ford stared in _Patriot Games_ and _Clear and Present Danger_ he was in his early 50s. And unlike Tom Cruise, Ford just cannot pull off being 10-15 years younger.
Scuttling the ship means to INTENTIONALLY sink it so as to prevent the "ENEMY" from capturing it and learning secrets that you do not want him to know.
Little late. The movie wasn't quite based on a true story, but it absolutely had inspirations. *There are real typhoon subs, six total, but today there is only one. *Real hunts for ships really happened, there was the battleship Bismarck, where a sizable portion of the British Fleet and some American assets were dispatched to sink Germany's largest warship after it destroyed in quick fashion Britain's most famous warship the Hood. *There was apparently a disillusioned Russian captain in command of a high tech surface vessel that mutilated against high command and was taken down with repeated attacks, supposedly this particular story influenced Tom Clancy the most in writing Red October. Glad you enjoyed it. Not a fancy full out action flick like the Bourne Identity, but absolutely a must watch for a glimpse at the Cold War era.
One detail the movie missed was that the wife or Ramius died of an easily preventable problem, botched by an incompetent drunk doctor. Since Ramius was at sea, he didn't see the funeral, never had closure, and since the doctor was close family of some high ranking politician in the USSR, he got away completely free. Sam Neill's character never made it to Montana to hunt raptor fossils, never almost got eaten by dinosaurs.
Scuttling a ship means they open the water tight doors and take on water. Sometimes there will be an explosive that will punch a hole in the hull of the ship so that it will sink. A captain may choose to scuttle the ship, rather than have it captured by the enemy. In a submarine they could open both the inner and outer doors of the torpedo tubes and the doors to the missile launch tubes to take on water that way.
There are exactly three female characters in the entire film: Jack's wife, Jack's daughter, and the flight attendant on the plane. When the flight attendant finishes telling him to try and get some sleep, that is the last line spoken by a woman in the entire film. This occurs about 5 minutes into the movie.
One of my favorite little unsung scenes in this movie is the part where Admiral Padorin is walking into his office that morning, and everything his orderly says to him is met with "Ya ya" as if Padorin just doesn't care at all. He's in a completely zoned out mood. But then his orderly tells him that there's a letter from Ramius for him, and when he finds the letter, his entire demeanor changse immediately, and suddenly it's "Ahh! Marco!" It's so subtle, but it really does so much to show how fond of Ramius he is, and how much he misses him... which makes it all the more powerful when he realizes what Ramius is up to, and the spilled tea. Such a good movie overall though. The moment I saw you had it in your list, I had to check out your reaction immediately! Scott Glenn got to spend time on an actual Navy submarine shadowing the captain to research his role as American Captain Bart Mancuso of the USS Dallas. He said he mostly just imitated the captain he was shadowing as the character, and he comes off so well in the role. I like Scott Glenn anyway, but this is one of my favorite roles of his, especially in his scene where Jonesie is playing the tape of the Red October for him and suggesting he's headed for Red Route One. (Courtney B. Vance is great as Jonesie too!)
Let me tell you, I LOVED your reaction to this movie. There is no way my daughter would sit down, watch this movie and enjoy it. For fathers everywhere, “you made us happy.”
I remember being able to see directly after my honorable discharge, at one of the last drive-in theaters in the country. Wow, what an experience in 1990.
He was in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! :O Sad that was his last live action role, but even sadder that he kind of faded away for an entire generation once he retired. I even liked him in this indie film called Playing by Heart from around....1998?
@@CaturdayNite haha "faded away". He was cancelled by the moron mob that is twitter for something he said nearly 50 years ago. That's the world we live in now.
Sam Neil is incredible actor: Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Event Horizon, Jurassic Park, he replaced sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, and lot more roles. He even appears in Peaky Blinders.
Two times I felt physical pain while watching this: when she said she only knew Sean Connery from the SNL skit and when she asked if James Earl Jones was "the Sandlot Guy."
Get this: The Red October is a modified Typhoon class submarine. (It's somewhat larger than a standard of the class) That class is the largest submarine type ever built, so if Red October were real, it would hold the record for being THE largest submarine ever built.
It's funny because according to the plot, Red October is bigger than other typhoons (3 meters wider and 26 meters longer). But Its film version is 30% smaller than real ships of this class and therefore almost 40% smaller than the described Tk-210.
This was Tom Clancy's first book, and the start (not chronologically) of the Jack Ryan series. It was so well researched and detailed that the US government called him in to find out what he actually knew. He started the techno-thriller genre, and was one of the best authors of the 20th century, in my opinion. Great reaction!
27:00 To "scuttle" a ship means to deliberately sink her, either by opening valves to let seawater in, or setting off small explosive charges that blow holes in the hull.
‘Scuttling’ means intentionally sinking a ship, usually a warship, to prevent it falling into the hands of an enemy although it’s also used at the end of a ship’s service life, to, for instance, allow the hulk to become the basis for a new coral reef.
The greatest 1day loss of naval power in history was on 21 June 1919 when 54 ships of the German Imperial navy were deliberately scuttled by their own crews at the British navy base of Scapa Flow. They were being held there by the Royal Navy awaiting the signing of the final peace treaty that ended World War I. Fun facts: While most of the ships were salvaged over the past 100 years, there are still a few at the bottom. These are not only popular locations for scuba divers but a rare source of uncontaminated metal since they were made of high grade steel and sank before the first atomic bomb. This makes their hulls one of the few sources in the world of steel with no exposure to nuclear radiation.
@@Surfbird11 The demand for pre-nuclear steel isn't actually that high, which suppresses the value. What's being stripped in the past few years has mostly been the brass, which generally means cutting off the props (commonly 15 tonnes apiece on a battleship) and blasting into the engineering spaces.
I remember seeing a video documentry they did as a us carrier was scuttled to create a new reef and to later be used as a public diving training site. The preparations and removal of everything that could have caused harm to the sea and later be dangerous to future divers was enormous. Somehow they also managed to sink it pretty mutch straight down and have it sit almost perfectly upright on the ocean floor. They even hade cameras left inside the carrier as they sunk it to capture the water rushing in to diffrent parts of the ship.
Shiftry If you enjoyed that there’s a Discovery Channel special about sinking a Canadian missile cruiser at the end of its service life. Different branches took turns shooting at it. Another cruiser or destroyer used its main guns. 2 Canadian F/A 18s gave it a pass or two. An American sub was waiting confidently in the wings guaranteeing its torpedoes would break the proud ships back. It was sunk in an area where a reef was desirable. Crewmen who had served aboard the old ship saluted her as she slipped beneath the waves and it never failed to bring a tear to my eye, but the American cruiser unfurled an absolutely massive Stars and Stripes Battle Ensign to show respect. The thing was affixed amidships and the ends almost touched the water off the stern past the helicopter pad. I thought it was an absolutely classy move. It’s on YT, search ‘Discovery Canadian Cruiser,’ should pop up.
When this movie came out my father was home on leave. One of the very few times I saw him. He was on submarines in the Navy. We went to see this and I was wearing a USS Atlanta SSN 712 hat. The Dallas hats in the movie are SSN 700 and upon walking out people kept asking where I got the movie hat. I told them from him, pointing to my father in his uniform. Good times.
I saw this with my dad, who was a Navy vet who served on the very first nuclear powered boomers. Admiral Rickover personally interviewed every single officer who put in for the nuclear-powered boats. All my dad ever said was, when he left Rickover's office, the petty officer serving as the Admiral's yeoman asked "How did it go, Sir?" My Dad, a Lieutenant, answered, "I don't think he likes me very much." The yeoman smiled. "I wouldn't worry, Sir. Yesterday a Lieutenant Commander left here in tears." My father loved this movie, grumbling a bit about the unrealistic amount of space there was on the sets. We both laughed hardest when Van Pelt, Secretary of State, I guess? Defense Secretary? Anyway, he tells the Soviet ambassador "You've lost *another* submarine?" And the ambassador just sits looking like a kid telling his mom he lost his jacket *again*.
I've read some of the Jack Ryan series and kind of.... got the impression that Tom Clancy secretly wants to be Jack. Lol. I mean the guy becomes president. The Rock is awesome. I dont even like Nicholas Cage but it's one movie that I'll always watch if i see it on.
I give her a break for not knowing a lot. We have a whole generation who never knew a world with Cold War. The movie was based on the Tom Clancy book of the same name. Clancy in turn based ot upon an incident in 1975 where a Soviet frigate tried to initiate a revolution to overthrow the Soviet government. The political officer of the frigate felt that Breshinev had betrayed the ideals of the revolution. A combined fleet of Russian Naval and air forces stopped the ship before it reached its destination. The political officer was executed and other officers served prison terms for their participation in the incident. Clancy ended up being debfiered by the Pentagon and CIA because his book was so close to real operational details. However, all of his sources were open sources available to the public, so he ended up starting a revolution in publishing and wrote the Jack Ryan series of books.
I served in the Navy, on submarines, in San\ Diego, where this movie was largely filmed. My watch station was helmsman...means I actually drove the sub. Just watching you watch this is nostalgic for me.
Hey! Me Too! I was stationed in San Diego on the USS DRUM (SSN 677) and I was also a helmsman. We used to watch this movie all the time while out at sea, plus Das Boot of course.
And Tim freaking Curry, one of the best comic actors ever, in possibly the only straight role he's ever done. No mischievous grin, no one liners, no comedy whatsoever. I thought I was in the freaking Twilight Zone when I saw that. :-o
@@jayeisenhardt1337 I had forgotten that role, though I haven't seen Legend since it first came out on video so that's been a while ago, and it didn't stick in my mind since I thought it was a meh movie. I also haven't seen 'It' as David references above, so almost all my experiences with Tim Curry's characters are him being comedic. Even in his dark turn as Cardinal Richeleu in The Three Musketeers there was still some of the well recognized comedic antics in his portrayal.
October is the 'month' of the Russian revolution, hence 'Red October' The 'sandlot guy' is the voice of Darth Vader 'Scuttle' is to deliberately let water into the boat to make it sink. Submarines are called boats Ryan's wife was played by Gates McFadden; she plays Dr Crusher in Star Trek Next generation
I get a kick out the name “October Revolution” Russia was using an older calendar system that was behind the time. So the “October Revolution” actually happened in November for the rest of the world. Later Russia updated to the western calendar.
And submarines were invented in Ireland. Not many people know that (see also, hot air balloons, rippable stamps, hypodermic needles, flavoured crisps/chips, and many other things).
The officer in the helicopter telling Ryan what to do on the way to get him on the Dallas was David Graf, who played the gun-loving Tackleberry in the "Police Academy" films.
Sean Connery didn't do accents Sean Connery just played Sean Connery in every movie he was in and the movie adapted to fit him he was so legendary that it didn't matter, to have his name on your movie was a licence to print money
Well, now that you've heard Sean Connery as a Russian with a Scottish accent, it's time to hear him as an Ancient Egyptian who became Spanish with a Scottish accent playing opposite a Frenchman playing a Scotsman with no effort by either of them to do an accent properly. You need to watch Highlander.
Yes!! And she will get to watch two and a half love stories. "From the dawn of time we came... No one has ever known we were among you.......until now.
@@3Rayfire She does movies, but perhaps we could suggest a few TV episodes. Perhaps the comedy caper - "Stone of Scone" or the touching - "Saving Grace", or the adventure "Patient Number 7", or a moral dilemma one like "The Valkyrie."
Haha. Red October has always been the ultimate Dad flick. Serious, important men, having serious, important discussion about serious, important things... and gunfights... and explosions. Long-time favorite of mine, filled with a lot of great character actors. And you not really knowing anything about Connery made me feel very, VERY old...
My dad was definitely into Red October, and he got me (female) into Tom Clancy through this movie. It was the first action/war/spy type movie I ever enjoyed. I read the book, and Patriot Games, some years later, but it was only a considerable few years later that I read most of the others. Tom Clancy and John Le Carre together got me into the whole Cold War spy/thriller/technothriller genre(s), including such writers as Forsyth, MacLean, MacInnes, and Michael Crichton. Thanks, Dad.
The Caterpillar drive is a theory. It is called The MHD drive and uses superconducting magnets to accelerate water passing through it using a magnetic field, which is similar to how a caterpillar moves. The drive is often described as a jet engine for water that has no moving parts, making it very quiet. But it is not yet possible. We simply need stronger magnets and a TON more electricity.
"Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please." I think the Soviets should have twigged that Ramius would defect because both his Russian and his English carried a noticeable Scottish accent.
@@kenkonwick6660 that casino royal guy hadly counts , and if we are going all the way back what about the radio bond . He wasn't even British in that jimmy bond .no way
On the language switching scene it showed them speaking Russian. Then it zoomed in to the actor's mouth and switched to English and zoomed back out. You're too assume they're still speaking Russian but for us watching the movie and made it English so we could understand it easier.
@@cardiac19 I've heard that apparently their Russian speaking was the equivalent of saying a word backwards, and then playing it in reverse. If you speak Russian, how good or bad was their Russian?
"I only know Sean Connery from that SNL sketch. What else has he been in?"
Suddenly I'm feeling very old.
if i remember, he retired quite a few years back, last movie was the rock if im not mistaken sad
@@soulreaperiix_x8477 I thought his last movie was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Which I was very excited for but when I saw the beginning and the editing they had to do in his first fight...it took me out of the movie and never won me back. Shame. If Connery would have been a few years younger, that might have worked.
Well, he was one of the better James Bonds in multiple Bond films.
@@topomusicale5580 The Original Bond! LOL
@@gregmikk And the BEST!
I love how Sam Neill's last words were "I would love to have seen Montana" and his character first appears on Jurassic Park in Montana
Spielberg must’ve loved this one
😂😂
That's great!!!
In the book he survives 😊
@@OPproductions22He must have!
If you liked Sean Connery in "The Hunt For Red October" you'll love him in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
True that
Junior!
Don't call me that, please!
@@williamellis8593 Lol
I didn't know u could fly a plane, fly yes, land no 😂
The transition from Russian to English is actually quite brilliant. Since the word "Armageddon" is the same in both languages, it makes sense to have that be the point where the switch takes place.
Agreed. The political officer reading from the Book of Revelations hits ... kind of close to the bone right now. Especially when you know what his name is.
And I wouldn't be surprised if the current situation snowballs into WWIII, all because of the guy the political officer shares his name with.
Wow, I didn't know that about "Armageddon." Brilliant indeed! 👍
My ex husband was on the Enterprise flight deck when they filmed Top Gun
@@Freakears Give me a break! What would the USA do if China built missile bases in Mexico or Canada? Putin just did the exact same thing that the USA would do if China flexed its muscles like NATO has been doing in Ukraine. Putin did nothing while Trump was in office, because he knew that Rump wouldn;t let him get away with it, just like he didn’t let Kim Jong whatsisname get away with threatening war either. The reason Putin wnet into Ukraine is because the US President of today is Joe Biden, one of the most corrupt and dishonest people in US politics and now a senile liability. The VP is a train-wreck waiting to happen and anyone with any sense would be terrified at that prospect, foreign leaders especially. No wonder Putin invaded Ukraine! If China was to do in Mexico what NATO is doing in Ukraine, the USA would invade Mexico in a heartbeat! It would be the only sensible thing to do! Putin does that and he’s the bad guy. According to the media who told us all that the vaccines are safe and will kill the virus. Why do people still take theeir word for anything?
James Earl Jones, while in many films and plays, is none other than the voice of Darth Vader.
Shut the front door....really?
@@OllieW501 and Mufasa of Lion King fame
Don't forget "This, is CNN."
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@@Wirenfeldt1990 I'm learning a lot today
The actor that played Darth Vader physically (ie. not his voice), died after getting COVID-19 last year… 😔
"In the sea this is the equivalent of two cars rolling down the windows to talk to each other"........ Best analogy I've heard for this scene..😊
For apparently not having seen very many films, Cassie is very intuned. I have seen a lot of films and I can predict quite a lot of the story and even complete writer's sentences. Film class in college was a breeze, for example. I hadn't met someone else as good at it until this channel. She asks good questions, connects the dots well, catches the important details. She is very good at this.
20:00: "Did he eject in time?"
That's actual footage of an F9F Panther piloted by Cdr. George Duncan crashing on the USS Midway in June, 1951. Cdr. Duncan did not eject but did survive the crash (the cockpit section remained intact), going on to be promoted to Captain in the Navy and becoming a lawyer following his retirement from service.
and that F9F was supposed to look like an F-14 Tomcat!?
Great review. Fun Fact I was on the USS Enterprise when they filmed this. There is scene at 19:52 - 20:04 of which most was cut, where a plane crashes on the Flight Deck which was actual old footage, they used a smoke generator to simulate the fire, ironically the smoke generator actually caught on fire and we had a real fire on the flight deck which was put out quickly.
The smoke machine caught fire... That's ironic!
In the book, they were on the Kennedy (CV-67), and the guy who "crashed" was actually Jack's friend Robbie (who survived), but neither knew the other was on board. I'm not sure why they chose to film on the Enterprise. "Yours, Mine, and Ours, Star Trek IV, Top Gun, Hunt for Red October, and a few others I don't remember off the top of my head. Big-E always gets the screen time for some reason.
Also funnily enough that wasn't the Enterprise in Top Gun... It was super to be... But they used another ship for filming, the Ranger I think? I'll have to ask my buddy who was on it at the time.
Yes it was the Enterprise as VA-22 was assigned to it and I have a friend who was in it at the end when they Land he was a brown shirt with 3P on helmet. In the crowd.
Here's to the Big E. She was a beauty .
@@generalgrievous696 Looking forward to the next one!
Sean Connery and Kevin Costner in The Untouchables. His Oscar winning performance.
Great movie. I'm throwing in my James earl jones favorite.... Field of Dreams
Eh....It was good. But not close to Connery's best. I mean, Come on.
Highlander is another classic with Sean Connery.
Here endeth the lesson.
Connery playing an Irishman with a Scots accent. :-)
The movie is based on Tom Clancy's first book, Jack Ryan is the protagonist of most of his books. There are a few other movies based on Clancy's books and an amazon series "Jack Ryan". Tom Clancy was probably the most known political thriller novelists.
As mentioned is this an adaptation of Tom Clancys book.
There are others as well with various actors portraying Jack Ryan:
*Clear and present danger* (Harrison Ford)
*Patriot Games* (Harrison Ford)
*The sum of all fears* (Ben Affleck)
*Shadow Recruit* (Chris Pine)
It is arguably a matter of taste whether or not one would like these films.
Personally I find Red october an Sum of all fears, to be the best of them.
I’m sure others will disagree.
Yeah, shame they butchered the movies though. Too much deviation w/out any thought to how the changes mesh.
I've read most of them along with a Tom Clancy personally autographed hard cover book given to me by my brother as a present. He is also a Clancy fan.
@@MatthewPettyST1300 -- Very nice! 👍
@@muhest It think both Ford movies are equal. I wish they continued making them with Ford.
The Amazon streaming show, and With Out Remorse movie is limp. They just use the IP to old onto the rights.
I feel old... the word “defect” was a term everyone in my generation knew.
Right?! That and when she didn't know who Sean Connery was... blew my mind!!
I had to read your comment twice- the first time I read it as DEfect. Then I thought--OH!! it's deFECT!!
i think it's a buzzword for anyone that grew up in the constant menace of the cold war, so our leading lady is probably innocent of those times.
@@oldfrend I'm definitely younger than Mrs. Popcorn, and I'm not a native English speaker - but I know the word "defect". It's not a generational thing, it's a timeless word. I've never known anyone that has ever defected, during a war or otherwise, but it's just a word you know. If nothing else, you should have heard the word several times in school during history classes. But now that Mrs. Popcorn is seeing this many war/military movies and tv shows, her "war vocabulary" is surely increasing, lol.
Right? I know people who actually escaped from the Soviet Union.
“What else is Sean Connery in...I don’t know.” Oh, bless your heart. 😅
It's sad, really.
🤣😂🤣
There can be only one.
Sean Connery is the OG James Bond, and to this day, probably the best one.
His friend Ian Fleming, who created Bond, did not want him to play him at all. After the first movie all he said was, “I’m sorry, I was wrong.”
He is the original, and best, James Bond, and that isn’t just my opinion.
Even though, he was the 2nd actor to play Bond he is still the original Bond.
@@CorneliusSchwarzenstein, now you've piqued my curiosity. Who played James Bond before Sir Sean?
@@LeeCarlson Barry Nelson in "Casino Royale" (1954)
I've watched a couple of other reactions to red October, the thing they all have in common is how upset everyone gets when Sam Neals character dies, he just wanted a pickup truck and to live in Montana, so sad
Yes, Americans do love their pickup trucks (I laughed when she said that).
Not that I can argue, I have two of them.
You should watch that Russian girl Dasha, who comments on how they speak Russian. But she didn't know what buckaroo meant.
"Sean Connery. What else was he in?" Adorable. 😄
Bond. James Bond.
Not to mention,
Highlander
The Rock
Last Crusade
@@jkhoover and who can forget, Zardoz
@@KMS2K Every year on Sean's birthday I try on the old thigh boots and bandolier mankini to see if they still fit. We all dressed like that back then.
@@KMS2K The gentle healing powers of time still haven't erased that one from my memory.
Time Bandits
Interesting story:
Scott Glenn actually based his character on a real submarine captain, who was the captain of a Los Angeles class submarine, where the actors were allowed to familiarize themself with a submarine.
"This will be easy! I don't have to act, I´ll just pretend I am this guy!"
And it was a great performance!
Connery is James Bond
Sam Neil is the “digger” in Jurassic Park who didn’t like kids.
She hasn't seen Jurassic Park. Evidently due to her reaction to Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day.
And Stellan Skarsgard as Tupolev
Sam Neil in Jurassic Park...
So, he did finally get to see Montana. 😜
@@BigDave423 Oh ya, I had forgot about that one. He was also in Event Horizon, now there is one for Cassy can react to lol
@Karl Zaraiva I gave it a 5 out of 5 for much the same reasons. It's not as good as Alien or The Thing, but it's not as bad as some.
I adore this movie. I saw this very young and it was my first exposure to a lot of more mature subject matter. I’m so glad it’s getting some play in the reactor scene. Despite his Jurassic Park fame, Sam Neill will forever and always be “I would like to have seen Montana.”
This movie is amazing. the acting, the story.. impressive. Cassie your reactions are so good and beautiful.
"What else is he in?"
You may have just broke the internet!
"Well that looks cold and miserable."
In other words...Soviet Russia.
Murmansk is inside the Arctic circle, and especially miserable. So it holds to the stereotype.
“A revolution every now and then is it healthy thing ....don’t you think? “
- Thomas Jefferson
Love LOVE the HFRO.
As a US Navy surface vet I gotta say, I have the utmost respect for
the guys who serve in the silent service. You guys are one of a kind.
Did you notice how Jack’s boss’ voice (James Earl Jones) sounded vaguely familiar? Almost like Simba’s dad in the Lion King or...DARTH VADER? 🤔😀
Also the "This is CNN" guy back in the day and Henry Hill in the first UFO abduction movie I ever saw and possibly ever made.
Also, he was in Dr. Strangelove ... On the B52 with Slim Pickens.
Also, the magazine in Jack's briefcase in the beginning, that's Proceedings. The monthly magazine of the U.S. Naval Institute. When Red October's author, Tom Clancy couldn't get his story published anywhere else, the USNI published it. I have a signed first edition. A gift from my wife. So, the magazine being in there, while definitely something someone in Ryan's position would read, was also a nod to the origins of the book.
"All Stop, Quick Quiet" is/was a command. it means what it says.
When I was a kid, we used to play jailbreak in the woods at night. We'd go in pairs, and we always used to say that whenever we heard somebody coming.
Best movie ever!!
One of my favorite movies and books. The "no tea anyone" is great.
The jellybeans he's eating at the end were a hallmark of the Reagan years.
I remember when I first saw this movie when it came out, and I was impressed with their method of having the Russians speak Russian in the very beginning, but using that "zoom in on lips" visual transition, they switched to all the Russians speaking English for the audience's benefit. Clever way of avoiding a major portion of the movie's dialogue from getting bogged down in subtitle hell, while letting us know that we're to imagine they are still speaking their native tongue.
Another thing to add is that when they switch the language from Russian to English they do it on the word Armageddon.
I always loved that stylistic choice from the first time I watched this in the theater. Just a really original way of doing it. Glad somebody else appreciates that choice!
in "the 13th warrior" the same director used this kind of language transition a second time, even a bit more elegantly...
They did it similarly in Clear and Present Danger with the baseball swing.
Agreed, very cool trick for the movie. A lot of other movies don't bother. I always appreciated how this one did it.
Jack's wife is Dr. Beverly Crusher.
Based on the Tom Clancy novel “The Hunt for Red October” which was based on the real-life mutiny in the Soviet cruiser Storozhevoy.
Based on the novel that launched Tom Clancy's career - the film and book were hugely popular when I was overseas working for NUSC and NUWC (most were prior-US Navy). Rumor was that Clancy was interviewed by Naval Intelligence; questioning how he knew certain details that were (apparently) Top Secret - as the story goes, Tom's assistants wheeled in reams of UN-classified and DE-classified material, and from all that Clancy said he just connected the dots and filled in the blanks, then asked - "Why? How close did I get?", to which they said, "You're in the middle of an investigation - How close do you THINK you got?" - I don't know how true that part is, but it makes for a great addition to a great modern-day sea story. "Red October" refers to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Russia, which led to the formation of the USSR. Clancy's character "Jack Ryan" goes on to appear in films such as Patriot Games (Paramount, 1992), and Clear And Present Danger(Paramount, 1994), and portrayed by one of your favorites, Harrison Ford.
I enjoyed the book as well as the movie
The guy playing Admiral Greer is James Earl Jones, did the voice for Darth Vader in Star Wars. His dad was also James Earl Jones & was Luthor Coleman in The Sting.
Sean Connery is most famous for playing James Bond first, in 1962's 'Dr. No'. He won his first and only Oscar for his performance in 1987's 'The Untouchables', opposite Kevin Costner and Robert DeNiro.
This was the first & best of the movies made from Tom Clancy's books. They just got worse with Hollywood trying to cash in on his works. Clancy was not pleased with the others at all. Read them or get the Audiobooks if you spend much time commuting, they're worth it.
After this movie The rest just plain sucked
The books are always better. In the Hunt for Red October book, the crew is taken to America before being returned to Russia. There is an Ohio Class American boat sunk to make it look like the Red October has sunk. Another Russian boat has a nuclear melt down in their reactor. Finally the boat commanded by Tupalov gets rammed by the Red October, not sunk by a torpedo.
@@Rick-Rarick you forgot to mention almost the entire Northern fleet of the Russian Navy, surface and submarine, chased the Red October.
34:25 - Torpedoes are attracted to sound. This is why the torpedo finds the Red October again after Ryan shoots the cook. The captain of the Dallas then heads right toward the alpha sub, at the last minute the Red October turns away with the torpedo right behind it (mirroring the earlier move when the Red October almost ran into the sea ridge) the torpedo, like earlier, does not have enough time to react to the change and proceeds straight ahead. With all of the safety features disabled on the torpedo, it plows directly into the alpha, destroying that sub. The "arrogant ass" line refers to Tupolov (the captain of the alpha sub) believing he was superior to Rameus despite Rameus being his teacher. This hubris causes his death, and the lives of all under his command.
The Typhoon class sub is the largest sub type in the world, effectively its two subs welded side by side
Epic movie. I used to be married to a russian lady, so this movie hit hard at the time. Basil Poledouris' score truly gets the importance of choir music for the soviets. My ex told me that the singers weren't russian speakers tho, and sang with a very thick accent, which is kind of a let down! But if you have Connery speaking russian with that accent, you can have anyone singing in the choir, i guess.
I lost count of the times i watched this. Timeless classic.
In fact, some torpedoes can be controlled remotely, just like TOW antitank missiles, via a thin cable connecting the projectile with the firing platform
Funny how younger youtubers call movies "stressful". Back in the day we called movies "suspenseful" and said "it kept me on the edge of my seat".
35:51.
The movie is based on the book written by Tom Clancy. He writes these kinds of books; fictional conflict based on real world political/historical relationship. Tom Clancy was never a soldier, or a politician yet his writing was so good and real people thought he had a person in the military.
If you want another movie, there is The Sum of All Fears. It features Jack Ryan, the exact same protagonist from this movie.
R.I.P Sean Connery! From a fellow Scotsman to another.
Sean Connery was a Scottish actor, and the joke in this movie is that he played a Lithuanian with a Scottish accent. But he is best remembered as the quintessential James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.
The joke is he plays EVERY role with a Scottish accent! 😂
In Highlander, he’s supposed to be an Egyptian with a Spanish name, (Juan Villa Lobos Ramirez), but he still has a Scottish accent.
Loved your reaction to this! I initially did not think you would enjoy it, since it doesn't fit your genre, but you most definitely did enjoy it, genuinely, and I'm grateful for it!
Another submarine film that you might enjoy is U-571 with Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, even Bon Jovi is in it. It's my favorite submarine movie ever!
One thing that doesn’t make sense in the movie is that Jonesy was initially says he can hear the plant noise and it sounds like a Typhoon class submarine. Even with the caterpillar, he’d still be able to hear the nuclear plant on the submarine. What else would power the caterpillar?
So Cassie your combined fear of the Ocean and confined spaces. Are we talking an Alien/ Segourney Weaver level of fear.
I was thinking The Abyss.
I smell a Jaws reaction.
@@LegoTux she watched Jaws a few weeks ago.
Sean Connery starred in 7 James Bond films as James Bond. The directors commentary with John McTiernan was also very interesting to watch as was some of the interviews on the DVD/Bluray special features. Scott Glenn got to go out on a US naval sub in war games for research, and the captain of that boat basically made Scott level ranked with himself and said, I;m going to have all the men come up and report things to you, and then I am going to tell you what we are going to do about it. Scott Glenn then said he credits his entire performance to that then captain (Rear Admiral at the time of the interview in 2001 I believe). It was cool to watch how they made the film after watching the film.
As massive as the Red october mockup is onscreen (it was a modified barge upside down) whats astonishing is that the real Typhoon class was much bigger than that (even considering the Red October was a bigger Typhoon variant)
Intro to Red October is probably the most epic in history, above Star Wars or else. BTW, the water displacement of Typhoon (Akula in NATO) is bigger than aircraft carriers in WW2.
NATO reporting name is Typhoon. The Russians call it the Akula.
The Soviets had one of the largest submarine in the world, which is this one you see it called Typhoon class by NATO. It also has a sauna and a swimming pool inside the sub.
Now that you've got the naval jargon down. I have another intense thriller for you to check out that takes place aboard a submarine, check out the movie, “Crimson Tide” with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman.
"Crimson Tide" is great. I would also recommend "The Bedford Incident."
Crimson tide pales in comparison to Red October. Great soundtrack, great actors, bad plot. I get why people love it, but I was unfortunately spoiled by how flawless red October is
@@SweetLou0523 100% crimson tide is shallow garbage compared to red october. i hope cassie doesn't waste her time on that brain dead nonsense.
The Cutting Edge is your atypical story of two people who just can’t seem to get along..but they must because in skating..with a partner..you must have some trust..but the Olympics..that’s another level..somehow..it became a hit..a movie anyone can watch..
"I'm gonna tell you right now, if Dr. Ryan dies, I...am...done." Well, there are nine Jack Ryan novels in the series by Tom Clancy with _The Hunt for Red October_ being his first. There are 4 movies with a 5th coming out this year. After _The Hunt for Red October_ the movies become a mixed bag. They keep changing the actor playing Jack Ryan and each one puts a different spin on the character which is unfortunate. Although they are not bad films they also deviate from the novels in important ways. In one instance the enemies were changed due to political pressure. In _The Sum of All Fears,_ staring Ben Affleck, the movie studios insisted that the villains be changed to White "bad guys from WW2" German capitalists instead of Ar*b terrorists. As a result the plot is far less believable and convoluted.
Harrison Ford will always be the best Jack Ryan. They wanted him for Red October but he wanted to do another film (Presumed Innocent). When Patriot Games came along Alec wanted to much money and Harrison was looking to do an action flick. Harrison's price was double what Alec's was. The producers didn't think Alec was worth the money, but they felt Harrison was.
@@reesebn38 eh, disagree, I think Alec was the perfect age and conveyed the role better.
There's also a series on a famous streaming service. John Krasinski plays Ryan. I like him but I don't like the writing and the stories. It's action packed, I don't dislike it, but Ryan is the stereotypical action hero, thick plot armor and deadly aim included. It's quite a leap from this Ryan, who "writes books for the CIA". Krasinski's Ryan is an analyst, too, but with a strong military background (vet marine). The script is quite inconsistent, Ryan acts as if he's no hero and "just an analyst", one minute later he's more lethal than Riddick.
The series isn't bad, mind you, if you like action, but superman Ryan kinda ruins it for me.
@@jckmisha I tend to agree. Harrison Ford is a fine actor but he was far too old to play Jack Ryan. When Ford stared in _Patriot Games_ and _Clear and Present Danger_ he was in his early 50s. And unlike Tom Cruise, Ford just cannot pull off being 10-15 years younger.
Scuttling the ship means to INTENTIONALLY sink it so as to prevent the "ENEMY" from capturing it and learning secrets that you do not want him to know.
Little late. The movie wasn't quite based on a true story, but it absolutely had inspirations.
*There are real typhoon subs, six total, but today there is only one.
*Real hunts for ships really happened, there was the battleship Bismarck, where a sizable portion of the British Fleet and some American assets were dispatched to sink Germany's largest warship after it destroyed in quick fashion Britain's most famous warship the Hood.
*There was apparently a disillusioned Russian captain in command of a high tech surface vessel that mutilated against high command and was taken down with repeated attacks, supposedly this particular story influenced Tom Clancy the most in writing Red October.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Not a fancy full out action flick like the Bourne Identity, but absolutely a must watch for a glimpse at the Cold War era.
And also to "scuttle the ship" ,in Navy terminology, it is to sink your own ship to keep it out of the hands of your enemy...
One detail the movie missed was that the wife or Ramius died of an easily preventable problem, botched by an incompetent drunk doctor. Since Ramius was at sea, he didn't see the funeral, never had closure, and since the doctor was close family of some high ranking politician in the USSR, he got away completely free.
Sam Neill's character never made it to Montana to hunt raptor fossils, never almost got eaten by dinosaurs.
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“Captain spooked them out of the water!!!”
FYI the Admiral was a US Senator for Tennessee for a number of years...
I'll play your game, you rogue. I'll take "the rapists" for 200.
That's "Therapists," not "the rapists."
lol nice. I remember that one but I can't remember where it's from. Was it SNL?
What else is he in? Every James Bond fan simultaneously face palming. 3 years late just discovered your channel will be binge watching it tonight.
Scuttling a ship means they open the water tight doors and take on water. Sometimes there will be an explosive that will punch a hole in the hull of the ship so that it will sink. A captain may choose to scuttle the ship, rather than have it captured by the enemy. In a submarine they could open both the inner and outer doors of the torpedo tubes and the doors to the missile launch tubes to take on water that way.
"...with the twirly-eye on top...". - Periscope, now the twirly-eye forever in my mind.
There are exactly three female characters in the entire film: Jack's wife, Jack's daughter, and the flight attendant on the plane. When the flight attendant finishes telling him to try and get some sleep, that is the last line spoken by a woman in the entire film.
This occurs about 5 minutes into the movie.
And of course Ryan’s wife is portrayed by Gates McFadden…Dr. Beverly Crusher from ST: TNG
wow, watch it again to get the whole experience?!! .. That girl is a keeper!! And yes it truly is a great movie :D
Where women cried: "I'll never let go Jack"
Where men cried "I would have liked to have seen Montana"
Connery should have replied with, "Aye shall bury you there myshelf."
Then we smile again when we see him digging up fossils in Montana in Jurassic Park
My mom and I choked up every time we heard this line, and quoted it everafter. Chalk it up to Sam Neill; he’s so great.
Where men cried "I would have liked to have seen Montana"
And when Jim Brown died in The Dirty Dozen.
😭
One of my favorite little unsung scenes in this movie is the part where Admiral Padorin is walking into his office that morning, and everything his orderly says to him is met with "Ya ya" as if Padorin just doesn't care at all. He's in a completely zoned out mood. But then his orderly tells him that there's a letter from Ramius for him, and when he finds the letter, his entire demeanor changse immediately, and suddenly it's "Ahh! Marco!" It's so subtle, but it really does so much to show how fond of Ramius he is, and how much he misses him... which makes it all the more powerful when he realizes what Ramius is up to, and the spilled tea. Such a good movie overall though. The moment I saw you had it in your list, I had to check out your reaction immediately!
Scott Glenn got to spend time on an actual Navy submarine shadowing the captain to research his role as American Captain Bart Mancuso of the USS Dallas. He said he mostly just imitated the captain he was shadowing as the character, and he comes off so well in the role. I like Scott Glenn anyway, but this is one of my favorite roles of his, especially in his scene where Jonesie is playing the tape of the Red October for him and suggesting he's headed for Red Route One. (Courtney B. Vance is great as Jonesie too!)
The Los Angeles class attack sub that Scott Glenn studied on was the USS Salt Lake City which I only mention because Cassie is in Provo.
Let me tell you, I LOVED your reaction to this movie. There is no way my daughter would sit down, watch this movie and enjoy it. For fathers everywhere, “you made us happy.”
Lol, my daughters nor my wife. I am alone when I watch this.
@@DocMicrowave That's sad. They are missing a great story. Love Tom Clancy.
@@susanalexander6721 Sub Love. There's nothing like it.
True
I remember being able to see directly after my honorable discharge, at one of the last drive-in theaters in the country. Wow, what an experience in 1990.
"what else is he in?" ... *collective gasp of entire audience haha
"Sean Connery, what else has been in? " he's frikkin James Bond!!!!
He was in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!
:O
Sad that was his last live action role, but even sadder that he kind of faded away for an entire generation once he retired. I even liked him in this indie film called Playing by Heart from around....1998?
@@CaturdayNite haha "faded away". He was cancelled by the moron mob that is twitter for something he said nearly 50 years ago. That's the world we live in now.
YES... he's friggin JAMES BOND!!! Sigh.
Ramirez.
@@mil2k11 I think you meant he was held accountable for hitting women. Fixed it for you.
21:00 The actor, Sam Neill, later starred in Jurassic Park as a dinosaur expert in Montana.
Sam Neil is incredible actor: Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Event Horizon, Jurassic Park, he replaced sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, and lot more roles. He even appears in Peaky Blinders.
Good call there 👍
Scott Glenn, Sam Neil, James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Stellan Skarsgard, Courtney B. Vance. What a great supporting cast!
You soon won’t forget Skarsgard. He was in ‘Thor’, ‘Chernobyl’ and in the upcoming ‘Dune’ as Vladamir Harkonen.
You are very correct, great supporting cast!!
@@campagnollo He could read a cookie recipe and make it sound intense.
Wilderness Girls
Actually I would call it ensemble cast.
Two times I felt physical pain while watching this: when she said she only knew Sean Connery from the SNL skit and when she asked if James Earl Jones was "the Sandlot Guy."
And, one moment of pure happines for me, is reading this comment before viewing, yet having no doubt at all to which SNL skit you are referring.
That was painful! She doesn’t know either James Bond or Darth Vader? Obviously she’s an agent from some other galaxy!
Ikr. How can anyone NOT know James Bond and/or Darth Vader. Both actors have decades of film work under their respective belts.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 And what "SNL skit" is that? Please tell us.
@@chadbattman6677 Celebrity Jeopardy. Will Ferrell plays Alex Trebek. One of many Celebrity Jeopardy skits. ua-cam.com/video/ImaYMoTi2g8/v-deo.html
Get this: The Red October is a modified Typhoon class submarine. (It's somewhat larger than a standard of the class) That class is the largest submarine type ever built, so if Red October were real, it would hold the record for being THE largest submarine ever built.
It's funny because according to the plot, Red October is bigger than other typhoons (3 meters wider and 26 meters longer). But Its film version is 30% smaller than real ships of this class and therefore almost 40% smaller than the described Tk-210.
This was Tom Clancy's first book, and the start (not chronologically) of the Jack Ryan series. It was so well researched and detailed that the US government called him in to find out what he actually knew. He started the techno-thriller genre, and was one of the best authors of the 20th century, in my opinion. Great reaction!
It's an amazing book. One of my favorites that he has written. Another one being Red Storm Rising
The Sum of All Fears is incredibly good as well
@@D4rkn3ss2000 don't forget Without Remorse
Yes, they wanted to know how a civilian got such an intimate knowledge of US and Russian nuclear submarines.
Jack Ryan is a character in a few movies that were books, i belive the next in the series is 'The sum of all fears'...
27:00 To "scuttle" a ship means to deliberately sink her, either by opening valves to let seawater in, or setting off small explosive charges that blow holes in the hull.
Thankyou comerade book'a'nov :)
Cassie: "If Dr Ryan dies..."
LOL, Jack Ryan has the best plot armor of all fictional characters of all time.
He really does. 🤣
This statement doesn't begin to adequately describe its power.
He eve becomes POTUS.
Equalled only by Batman
Well, how is he supposed to be President if he dies?
As a former US Navy sailor, I can says with certainty I can neither confirm nor deny that this is based on a true story.
Thanks for your service Shipmate. OS1 USN Retired here
@@RetiredSailor60 BM 2 thanks ya both
As they say on Family Feud, "good answer, good answer!" - and also, thank you for your service, even though I'm Canadian.
Thank you for your service. ET1 (SS). Silent Service.
It is, not a submarine but a cruiser.
I was on the USS Enterprise when they filmed this movie.
Under Kirk or Picard? Lol
@@kennethtilton6137 pike
@@Scoobydcs "Don't tell them your name Pike"
@@kennethtilton6137 Robert April.
It's always the Enterprise, it seems to be the one they allow filming on.
"Is that the Sandlot guy?" Yeah. Also, Darth Vader!
"... 's voice!"
Alex Haley ;-)
"You heard it hit the hull and the Galactic Empire was never here."
... and Mufasa...
And King Mufasa !!! And the King of Zamunda
‘Scuttling’ means intentionally sinking a ship, usually a warship, to prevent it falling into the hands of an enemy although it’s also used at the end of a ship’s service life, to, for instance, allow the hulk to become the basis for a new coral reef.
The greatest 1day loss of naval power in history was on 21 June 1919 when 54 ships of the German Imperial navy were deliberately scuttled by their own crews at the British navy base of Scapa Flow. They were being held there by the Royal Navy awaiting the signing of the final peace treaty that ended World War I.
Fun facts: While most of the ships were salvaged over the past 100 years, there are still a few at the bottom. These are not only popular locations for scuba divers but a rare source of uncontaminated metal since they were made of high grade steel and sank before the first atomic bomb. This makes their hulls one of the few sources in the world of steel with no exposure to nuclear radiation.
@@Surfbird11 I saw a video on how many old warship wrecks of WW1 & WW2 vintage are being stolen in their entirety even though they are war graves.
@@Surfbird11 The demand for pre-nuclear steel isn't actually that high, which suppresses the value. What's being stripped in the past few years has mostly been the brass, which generally means cutting off the props (commonly 15 tonnes apiece on a battleship) and blasting into the engineering spaces.
I remember seeing a video documentry they did as a us carrier was scuttled to create a new reef and to later be used as a public diving training site. The preparations and removal of everything that could have caused harm to the sea and later be dangerous to future divers was enormous. Somehow they also managed to sink it pretty mutch straight down and have it sit almost perfectly upright on the ocean floor. They even hade cameras left inside the carrier as they sunk it to capture the water rushing in to diffrent parts of the ship.
Shiftry If you enjoyed that there’s a Discovery Channel special about sinking a Canadian missile cruiser at the end of its service life. Different branches took turns shooting at it. Another cruiser or destroyer used its main guns. 2 Canadian F/A 18s gave it a pass or two. An American sub was waiting confidently in the wings guaranteeing its torpedoes would break the proud ships back. It was sunk in an area where a reef was desirable. Crewmen who had served aboard the old ship saluted her as she slipped beneath the waves and it never failed to bring a tear to my eye, but the American cruiser unfurled an absolutely massive Stars and Stripes Battle Ensign to show respect. The thing was affixed amidships and the ends almost touched the water off the stern past the helicopter pad. I thought it was an absolutely classy move. It’s on YT, search ‘Discovery Canadian Cruiser,’ should pop up.
When this movie came out my father was home on leave. One of the very few times I saw him. He was on submarines in the Navy. We went to see this and I was wearing a USS Atlanta SSN 712 hat. The Dallas hats in the movie are SSN 700 and upon walking out people kept asking where I got the movie hat. I told them from him, pointing to my father in his uniform. Good times.
I saw this with my dad, who was a Navy vet who served on the very first nuclear powered boomers. Admiral Rickover personally interviewed every single officer who put in for the nuclear-powered boats. All my dad ever said was, when he left Rickover's office, the petty officer serving as the Admiral's yeoman asked "How did it go, Sir?" My Dad, a Lieutenant, answered, "I don't think he likes me very much." The yeoman smiled. "I wouldn't worry, Sir. Yesterday a Lieutenant Commander left here in tears."
My father loved this movie, grumbling a bit about the unrealistic amount of space there was on the sets.
We both laughed hardest when Van Pelt, Secretary of State, I guess? Defense Secretary? Anyway, he tells the Soviet ambassador "You've lost *another* submarine?" And the ambassador just sits looking like a kid telling his mom he lost his jacket *again*.
Great memories for you. God bless!
Jeffrey Pelt is the advisor to POTUS-Nat Sec Advisor, I think
Tom Clancy book. There's a whole Jack Ryan series. Sean Connery is always like that, you'd probably like The Rock.
There is a great UA-cam video by a guy with a convincing theory that the guy Sean Connery is playing in The Rock is . . . James Bond.
LOVE The Rock.
I've read some of the Jack Ryan series and kind of.... got the impression that Tom Clancy secretly wants to be Jack. Lol. I mean the guy becomes president.
The Rock is awesome. I dont even like Nicholas Cage but it's one movie that I'll always watch if i see it on.
I give her a break for not knowing a lot. We have a whole generation who never knew a world with Cold War. The movie was based on the Tom Clancy book of the same name. Clancy in turn based ot upon an incident in 1975 where a Soviet frigate tried to initiate a revolution to overthrow the Soviet government. The political officer of the frigate felt that Breshinev had betrayed the ideals of the revolution. A combined fleet of Russian Naval and air forces stopped the ship before it reached its destination. The political officer was executed and other officers served prison terms for their participation in the incident. Clancy ended up being debfiered by the Pentagon and CIA because his book was so close to real operational details. However, all of his sources were open sources available to the public, so he ended up starting a revolution in publishing and wrote the Jack Ryan series of books.
I served in the Navy, on submarines, in San\ Diego, where this movie was largely filmed. My watch station was helmsman...means I actually drove the sub. Just watching you watch this is nostalgic for me.
Cool! I was based in Norfolk, and all of us forward folk took turns as helmsman.
Hey! Me Too! I was stationed in San Diego on the USS DRUM (SSN 677) and I was also a helmsman. We used to watch this movie all the time while out at sea, plus Das Boot of course.
"plus Das Boot of course" well that's a motivational one when you're on a sub😬
@@eltorrente1021 USS Sand Lance SSN 660
Thank you for your service, sir
Sean Connery: "What else was he in?"..... OhdearGod.
@@Bothorth NO! NO! NO GOD NO!
Time Bandits?? 🤔 😄
@@mattj2081 Time Bandits and Zardoz it is!
@@RideAcrossTheRiver AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
@@mattj2081 Robin and Marian?
And Tim freaking Curry, one of the best comic actors ever, in possibly the only straight role he's ever done. No mischievous grin, no one liners, no comedy whatsoever. I thought I was in the freaking Twilight Zone when I saw that. :-o
is just a push to the left is int "it" but he is a treasure in the Muppet s :)
Yo wasn't he in Legend with Tom Cruise? That didn't seem like a comedy to me.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 I had forgotten that role, though I haven't seen Legend since it first came out on video so that's been a while ago, and it didn't stick in my mind since I thought it was a meh movie. I also haven't seen 'It' as David references above, so almost all my experiences with Tim Curry's characters are him being comedic. Even in his dark turn as Cardinal Richeleu in The Three Musketeers there was still some of the well recognized comedic antics in his portrayal.
People mentioning Tim Curry.
Me: "Wilderness Girls"
I see him here, and keep remembering the role he played in Red Alert 3.
"I would like to have seen Montana..."
...sniff sniff... too soon...
:(
He did. Just in a different movie.
but he met dinos
and became a demon in space, but that was after the he did the best scream in film.
"hoooooaaaaaaAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
Bummer Sam Neill was killed before reaching the new world.
“Nooo, he was going to get a pickup truck”. My kind of lady 😀
I liked that, coupled with skimming right over having a summer wife and a winter wife.
@MrMpa31 she shares your last name, huh?
@@chrisbloomfield3350 Not yet 😉
Nothing you are about to see “ever happened”.
Classified.
October is the 'month' of the Russian revolution, hence 'Red October'
The 'sandlot guy' is the voice of Darth Vader
'Scuttle' is to deliberately let water into the boat to make it sink. Submarines are called boats
Ryan's wife was played by Gates McFadden; she plays Dr Crusher in Star Trek Next generation
So, I see you are a man of refined taste also...
I get a kick out the name “October Revolution” Russia was using an older calendar system that was behind the time. So the “October Revolution” actually happened in November for the rest of the world. Later Russia updated to the western calendar.
And submarines were invented in Ireland. Not many people know that (see also, hot air balloons, rippable stamps, hypodermic needles, flavoured crisps/chips, and many other things).
Also, Captain Tupolev of the Alfa-class submarine hunting Red October is Stellan Skarsgård, aka Erik Selvig in Thor and Avengers.
The officer in the helicopter telling Ryan what to do on the way to get him on the Dallas was David Graf, who played the gun-loving Tackleberry in the "Police Academy" films.
Sean Connery didn't do accents Sean Connery just played Sean Connery in every movie he was in and the movie adapted to fit him
he was so legendary that it didn't matter, to have his name on your movie was a licence to print money
Even Sean Connery couldn't save the 1998 "The Avengers" movie with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes.
Well, now that you've heard Sean Connery as a Russian with a Scottish accent, it's time to hear him as an Ancient Egyptian who became Spanish with a Scottish accent playing opposite a Frenchman playing a Scotsman with no effort by either of them to do an accent properly. You need to watch Highlander.
There can be only one
Yes!! And she will get to watch two and a half love stories.
"From the dawn of time we came... No one has ever known we were among you.......until now.
Ahem....."HEEEEERRRE WE ARE! BORN TO BE KINGS! WE'RE THE PRINCES OF THE UNIVERRRRSE!"
You left out the part where the Egyptian spent a lifetime in Japan.
@@3Rayfire She does movies, but perhaps we could suggest a few TV episodes. Perhaps the comedy caper - "Stone of Scone" or the touching - "Saving Grace", or the adventure "Patient Number 7", or a moral dilemma one like "The Valkyrie."
34:11 "You arrogant ass, you've killed US" One of the best lines in the movie
Haha. Red October has always been the ultimate Dad flick. Serious, important men, having serious, important discussion about serious, important things... and gunfights... and explosions. Long-time favorite of mine, filled with a lot of great character actors. And you not really knowing anything about Connery made me feel very, VERY old...
For my friends and I, all women, we think of it as a scenery movie.
Serious, important... serious, important.... and gunfights, and explosions! Dad flick. Ha!
@@rabidsamfanSean Connery as scenery?😂
My dad was definitely into Red October, and he got me (female) into Tom Clancy through this movie. It was the first action/war/spy type movie I ever enjoyed. I read the book, and Patriot Games, some years later, but it was only a considerable few years later that I read most of the others. Tom Clancy and John Le Carre together got me into the whole Cold War spy/thriller/technothriller genre(s), including such writers as Forsyth, MacLean, MacInnes, and Michael Crichton. Thanks, Dad.
But women loved it too! Not sure why it succeeded, where other action films failed. The eye candy didn't hurt, lol.
The Caterpillar drive is a theory. It is called The MHD drive and uses superconducting magnets to accelerate water passing through it using a magnetic field, which is similar to how a caterpillar moves. The drive is often described as a jet engine for water that has no moving parts, making it very quiet. But it is not yet possible. We simply need stronger magnets and a TON more electricity.
Probably nuclear fusion and room temperature superconductors
Same principle as a particle accelerator
"Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please."
I think the Soviets should have twigged that Ramius would defect because both his Russian and his English carried a noticeable Scottish accent.
Naahh, don't you know Scots and certain Lithuanian areas have exactly the same accent ;->
“Of coursh I’m Russian! Why do you ashk?”
"Give me a ping, Vashily. One ping only, pleash" There you go. Fixed it for you. :)
@@slugerama - LOL
The Soviet Union was very diverse.
They wouldn't suspect a thing
Connery was the original james bond . He has tons of great movies
Not the original, just the best. (Barry Nelson was the first, 8 years before Dr. No came out)
Yea so many movies she got to choose from.
She likes the military moves, but with a happy ending…. Sean Connery was great in “The Presidio” plus Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan…. Great movie.
He was not the original James bond. He was the second
@@kenkonwick6660 that casino royal guy hadly counts , and if we are going all the way back what about the radio bond . He wasn't even British in that jimmy bond .no way
On the language switching scene it showed them speaking Russian. Then it zoomed in to the actor's mouth and switched to English and zoomed back out. You're too assume they're still speaking Russian but for us watching the movie and made it English so we could understand it easier.
And it changes on the word “Armageddon” because it’s the same in Russian and English.
@@cardiac19 I didn't pick up on that when it happened and I didn't know that about the word.
@@cardiac19 I'd have accepted it switching from any one word to the next but if that's deliberate, that's an excellent detail.
@@cardiac19 I've heard that apparently their Russian speaking was the equivalent of saying a word backwards, and then playing it in reverse.
If you speak Russian, how good or bad was their Russian?
@@notsureyou I don't know - ask Beth of Family Guy
"Lets hope that History never forgets the name... ENTERPRISE."
Yesterday’s Enterprise.
@@emilymcplugger So true... a ship that has now passed into History. RIP CVN-65.
@@emilymcplugger proper Trek. Not that Kurtzman bollox
"Enterprise, surrender and prepared to be boarded."
"That'll be the day."
@@cleekmaker00 I think there’s going to be another one(CVN-80) built and launched by 2028. Enterprise lives on!