You sank my...BATTLESHIP! Teaser Trailer

[CaptainCanada]

I think that the aircraft carrier took most of the fun out of ship-to-ship warfare. Fleets no longer come within visual distance of each other (hence, the obsolesence of the battleship).

That's the general consensus but I would argue that battleships were obsolete even before that. Jutland showed how risk averse nations were in using their battleships because they were so expensive. That's why most of the naval action in WWI centered around submarines and the destroyers hunting them.

Even if nations were reluctant to risk their deployment in battle (though Jutland had a lot to do with the specifics of the British/German strategic balance in the North Sea), they were still the measurement of sea power (ie, if you actually attempted a land invasion of Britain, you'd run into the Home Fleet's dozens of dreadnoughts, a massive deterrent).

 

[N-121973]

So the Corps gets Battle: Los Angeles...

The Navy gets Battleship...

The Air Force already got Stealth...

And I guess the Transformers movies feature the Army.

So, really, it's just a matter of completing the collection.

[pedant]The pilots in Stealth were Navy, not Air Force.[/pedant]

As an Air Force brat, I'd rather not have that movie associated with that particular branch of the military, thank you very much.

And aren't the 'soldiers' in Transformers Air Force as well?

 

[Skywalker]

At least in the first movie, they're part of a multi-service unit. Josh Duhamel's character was an Army Captain and a Green Beret, and Tyrese Gibson's was an Air Force Technical Sergeant. I don't know about the other guys, I never got a good look at their rank or unit insignia.

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Red shirts?

 

[captcalhoun]

I'm flexible. Let's make it France and market the daylights out of it in the UK. China was just an example.

make it the Royal Navy against France and you could be on to a winner.

At least in the first movie, they're part of a multi-service unit. Josh Duhamel's character was an Army Captain and a Green Beret, and Tyrese Gibson's was an Air Force Technical Sergeant. I don't know about the other guys, I never got a good look at their rank or unit insignia.

they're US Army Special Forces (although one muppet calls them 'Rangers'), Epps is with them as he's a JTAC - the guy calling air support.

NEST is a multi-national, multi-service unit, which seems to use a lot of US forces support.

 

[JRS]

..
Wait! Was that Liam Neeson in the trailer?
Is Liam Neeson going to have a somewhat substantial role in it?

Yes..and I hope he has, because judging from the trailer he is does the best acting in the film.
The guy who plays the main lead seems bit..wooden.
The design alien robot-ship seems like like something they cut from one of the Transformers films.
Maybe that thing will take control some of the other naval ships and we see some ship to ship action, who knows?

 

[Mistral]

I'm a big fan of naval stuff, so I could see it being enjoyable, so long as it isn't too stupid.

I think you are being to optimistic

I think Neeson would do his best to keep the intelligence level up.

 

[archeryguy1701]

Liam Neeson could read the telephone book and I'd watch it.

That's more or less where I stand as well.... Neeson is one of the few actors that I will go watch a movie just because he's in it.

Liam Neeson could read the telephone book and I'd watch it.

I don't know if I could stand watching a great actor demean himself fighting fake CGI aliens in a movie based on a board game. I think I would cry both for Neeson and the state of modern film.

Well, we don't know how much it's based on the board game.... with any luck, it'll be 'Battleship' in name only. Him fighting aliens shouldn't be that big of a deal. Plenty of big actors/ actresses have found their way into sci-fi movies. As for Neeson "demeaning" himself.... I wouldn't go so far to say that's the issue, even if the movie turns out bad. I seriously doubt that Neeson's in a place where he needs to accept every role thrown his way, so I'm sure there was something about this movie that made him interested in doing it. It may not go well, but I certainly wouldn't say that him doing this is reason to declare that he's demeaning himself.

 

[Myasishchev]

I want to go watch Clue now.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Ships you can put anywhere and peg-like missiles. It's Battleship alright.

The pegs slipped my radar lol.

 

[Yminale]

Even if nations were reluctant to risk their deployment in battle (though Jutland had a lot to do with the specifics of the British/German strategic balance in the North Sea), they were still the measurement of sea power

But that was a political judgement not based on reality. Even before WWI, people realized how vulnerable battleships were to fast torpedo boats, mines and submarines. The fact that losing just one battleship was a disaster limited them as tactical weapons. As for Jutland, that could have been a decisive victory if Jellicoe was more aggressive and Beatty's battlecruisers were properly armored. That being said Jellicoe's views reflected the views of the entire British Admiralty (except maybe Beatty) and showed how cautious naval commander had become.

(ie, if you actually attempted a land invasion of Britain, you'd run into the Home Fleet's dozens of dreadnoughts, a massive deterrent).

Even without the Home Fleet, it would be difficult to mount a seaborne invasion. The logistics alone would cripple any invasion. If the Germans didn't realize that than probably they realized it after the Gallipoli Campaign.

 

[Greg Cox]

Simply deciding for the purposes of your movie that a naval power equivalent to the United States exists is actually more plausible than throwing in an alien invasion..

In real life, maybe. But movie audiences accept alien invasions without blinking.

Why, I hear aliens even fought cowboys sometimes . . . .

 

[CaptainCanada]

As for Jutland, that could have been a decisive victory if Jellicoe was more aggressive and Beatty's battlecruisers were properly armored. That being said Jellicoe's views reflected the views of the entire British Admiralty (except maybe Beatty) and showed how cautious naval commander had become.

I've always taken the view that Jellicoe acted appropriately. Britain already had command of the seas, there was no need to risk losing it after forcing the Germans to withdraw. The Kriegsmarine was never to attempt to challenge the Royal Navy again.

 

[Kegg]

In real life, maybe. But movie audiences accept alien invasions without blinking.

Well, to say we can have battleships fight aliens, but we can't have them fight the Chinese because that'd be stretching plausibility, I do have to blink.

Generally let's say Pearl Harbor is closer to reality than let's say Transformers, but that doesn't mean Pearl Harbor doesn't fib a bit.

 

[Skywalker]

Simply deciding for the purposes of your movie that a naval power equivalent to the United States exists is actually more plausible than throwing in an alien invasion..

In real life, maybe. But movie audiences accept alien invasions without blinking.

Why, I hear aliens even fought cowboys sometimes . . . .

I'm looking forward to the prequel movie, Samurai & Aliens.

Actually...that sounds awesome.

 

[davejames]

Well if nothing else, it looks a lot better than either Battle: LA or Skyline (although I'm sure it's about the same quality of movie).

 

[Skywalker]

Battle: Los Angeles was surprisingly watchable.

 

[Gaith]

to say we can have battleships fight aliens, but we can't have them fight the Chinese because that'd be stretching plausibility, I do have to blink.

Apples and orthodontists, my dear Kegg.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

You know what should be a movie? Monopoly.

 

[Greg Cox]

In real life, maybe. But movie audiences accept alien invasions without blinking.

Well, to say we can have battleships fight aliens, but we can't have them fight the Chinese because that'd be stretching plausibility, I do have to blink.

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I see your point, but, in fact, audiences will balk at "realistic" stuff that seems to be inaccurate but will cut fantasy/scifi much more slack because they have nothing real to compare it to.