Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "The Drydock - Episode 113" video.

  1. Many years ago the British made a lot of naval warfare films, The Battle of the River Plate was a good one, The Cruel Sea was another and there were plenty of submarine films as well. But withe the exception of the one about sinking the Bismark, they didn't do well in America, (although the German Das Boot did okay there as well). Today the market for movies is even more international, so anyone providing money to make big budget films is more likely to pay for one that will appeal to American audiences. The United States is more inward looking than most other countries so they tend to be more interested in films that cover their own nation. Look at the film where they changed the story of how the Britsih captured a naval enigma machine from a sinking submarine to make it look like that was done by Americans. So my thoughts are that appealing to the American market is essential to getting finance for a big budget film and as the Americans were not at Jutland, no one will provide the money for a film about it. However I hope my thoughts are wrong and we do get a film about Jutland in the future.
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  2. That doesn't make sense as an enemy would know which ship to target to take out the admiral or commodore in command of the squadron.
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