History Buffs: Captain Phillips

[@Isildun9]

Honestly, the main thing that I learned from this film, along with Cast Away, Apollo 13 and Sully, is that I am never traveling anywhere with Tom Hanks. Love the actor, but he seems to either break or lose every vehicle he's in.

[@GAndreC]

Where is wilson???

[@ThomasBahamas]

Or Turner & Hooch where the dog basically eats the car

[@ijustpostedth1s724]

Best. Comment. EVAR! Don't forget The Terminal.... Stuck in an airport while you'r country disintegrates. Only on Tom's watch. That or being forced to travel with the Griswalds anywhere in this planet of earth.

[@CharlesZane_]

Rather be with Tom Hanks or Sean Bean?

[@k1productions87]

And yet in Apollo 13 and Sully, he brought everyone back alive through a near-impossible situation. And I have nothing but infinite respect for Captain James Lovell, Commander of Apollo 13 (and CMP of Apollo 8, CDR of Gemini XII, and PLT of Gemini VII)

[@LivingDeathGuy]

Had a friend who after he got out of the navy became a security officer on a cargo ship, he says he's gotten more action in one cargo run than his 8 years in the military.

[@SalmonFeet]

Damn, scary

[@jamaphy8621]

Damn

[@casedistorted]

lol dang

[@Redman_real]

Damn Daniel

[@DisDatK9]

It’s true, that’s why we got paid the big bucks. We knew the moment they got a foot on the ship that us and the crew were all dead men. It was crazy how committed and borderline suicidal the pirates were, warning shots didn’t do shit to them. But by our ROE we had to, even if we knew it wouldn’t work. They’d just go full throttle right at us in these boats that were literally on the verge of sinking. It was really bad off of the coast of Nigeria. Some got smart and tried to snipe us from the direction of the sun so we couldn’t get a visual, but since they were using 40 year old kalishnokov’s they never hit anything but the breeze. Eventually even the crew got used to functioning under fire, it’s a different world at sea.

[@quique7764]

The Somali who played the Capt. stole the show. He was amazing!

[@DustyFlapjack]

His name is Barkhad Abdi, he was an actual refugee who fled the Somali Civil War along with his family. Long story short, he was taxi driver in Minneapolis, Minnesota before being casted for this film.

[@iainrocks84]

I think that captain was Tom Hanks, he's American not Somali.

[@benkaufman4159]

I agree. He really was amazing. I think you should do research on his background, though, it’s a great story!

[@fours4ker381]

@@iainrocks84 it was Barkhad Andi I know this is old but just sayin

[@totallynotasentientactionf9519]

@@iainrocks84 he's talking about the pirate captain, not the cargo ship's captain you dumbass.

[@harrismatthew5553]

Amazing how the actor who played the main pirate was actually a limo driver who got the part after walking into a audition and he was even nominated for a Oscar for the role.

[@brycemcqueen2235]

I believe he was from Somalia too?

[@patrickkanas3874]

I saw an interview with him where he said that he referred to Tom Hanks as the Forrest Gump guy when told he'd be working with him

[@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac]

@@brycemcqueen2235 yes - all of the pirate characters in this movie are

[@iunary]

"The pirates broke their word" WHAT!?!?! who could have seen that coming?

[@ObsidianHunter99]

Yeah you know pirates are only the most honest and trustworthy people

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

Kind of funny, really. The more traditional western pirates were well known for having very strict codes they would follow.

[@raphaelmunzar7073]

The navy was planing on killing the pirates before captain philips was going to be killed. So I think the navy were the people who broke their word.

[@ulyssessphoenix2745]

@@MrJoeyWheeler no they were not quit watching Pirates of the Caribbean

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Parlay?

[@salokin3087]

"look at me, i'm history buffs now"

[@toasterpastries5811]

lol, I was thinking the same thing

[@Reach1335]

Sure.

[@Crispy_Bee]

Hahahah me too, I'm just an hour too late ;D

[@Habu12]

Lol! How cold you not?

[@Brandonhayhew]

In the movie it's "look at me I am the captain now". It's a good quote from the film, but yes everyone and me we want to do that comment.

[@Hawks1980]

The best scene for me is the end sequence when he's just been rescued and the doctors are looking him over and talking to him. Looked more like a documentary than acting. Also worth nothing that those doctors were real doctors and they were performing the exact role they would do in real life.

[@timorvet1]

I was hoping they'd show that scene and comment on it. And your right that female Corpsman was speaking and performing her duties as a highly trained professional she is (once she got over the shock it was Tom Hanks who entered the infirmary.....lol). Having served in the Australian Army and deployed overseas with Navy, Army, and Airforce medical teams, I have seen these people at first hand and this is exactly how they perform in this kind of situation .

[@amazingprobst7518]

That scene caused one of the few tears I’ve ever seen my dad shed. Probably the only one due to media. It wasn’t sad, just hyper-emotional

[@silvesby]

I thought it was the best scene in the film.

[@frankstain9791]

actually one of the doctors is proctologist. fun fact!

[@chatteyj]

Hanks started crying didn't he?

[@RecoilCDS]

I just saw Capt. Phillips at a local taco shop in Burlington, Vermont. Born and raised here and it was a huge story here. His wife, who was an ER nurse, used to take care of me quite a bit, due to all of my health issues.

[@debysteele3806]

Sorry to hear you have health issues. We never appreciate our health until things go wrong it seems. So was he nice when you met him?

[@joecook5689]

That's cool. His wife was played by Catherine keener? Or someone.

[@Tinspiration0]

lol what taco did he get

[@ZekeorSomething]

That's pretty cool sucks that he had to go through that

[@stuglife5514]

@@Tinspiration0 askin the serious questions that help us define the character of the real man

[@alanhembra2565]

If it were a 80s movie Captain Phillips and have been bare chested with 2 M-60s fighting back wave after wave of pirates and played by Chuck Norris while Mr. T played the evil villain intent on world domination. And I would watch it.

[@Irraanos]

I pity the fool who thinks I'm not the captain.

[@jackj9816]

Basically under siege

[@jackliddy7340]

Holy shit... that might be the most awesome thing I have ever heard.

[@doctorlolchicken7478]

Yeah I think History Buffs should do Under Siege. Tbh I have serious doubts about that movie. And The Poseidon Adventure.

[@manintheplanetoidholme2091]

Give it some time. They'll make a flick about a historical SUCCESSFUL Somali ship that got their loot and hid in a cave. Two hundred years later a group of kids whose land has been bought out by Maersk to build a dock go searching for the treasure. Richard Donner's great, great grandson to direct. But Spielberg's great, great grandson will muscle in, direct more, only take a producer's credit but will put his name twice as big on the poster and be sued by Donner Jr., Jr., Jr for a credit and the script will be written by the great, great grandson of the guy who wrote "Little Girl Lost" for the Twilight Zone and...oh, wait. I said the loud part soft and the soft part loud.

[@ahmedabdullahi3258]

As a Somali, I'm happy that you mentioned; 1. Cause of piracy; civil war & act of protecting the sea. 2. That Somalis don't like pirates and have a negative impact on the country. 3. Foreigners dumping waste in our sea and illegal fishing.

[@ahmedabdullahi3258]

Aaron Herbert They are Asians, Arabs, and Western countries. It is really sad fact that humans like to take advantage of each other in times weakness.

[@ahmedabdullahi3258]

Reyon88 And you're smart and educated person.

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

I'm sorry for what's happening in your country, Ahmed. I wish people wouldn't be so scummy and hit others while they were down.

[@woutvermeulen4883]

He meant disgusted about the stealing fish thing, I think you interpreted it wrong.

[@ahmedabdullahi3258]

wout vermeulen thanks for the clarification.

[@pablodealvarado80]

I like how he shows footage of everyday Somali's condemning the actions of the pirates. It shows he really cares about portraying the dignity and civility of all people groups and isn't interested in branding all Somali's as pirates for the actions of a few.

[@hardwirecars]

oh i feel for the samali people that sucks what happened to them but the pirates fuck them the golden age of piracy pirates had class and manors these assholes are just thugs.

[@stevek8829]

@@hardwirecars I kind of think they were actually thugs back in the romantic golden age.

[@ekinkanal851]

hardwire The “golden age” pirates were much more fucked up, actually.

[@deadseven3474]

@@stevek8829 Piracy in general typically relies on brutality and extreme force to compensate for a lack of real naval/military training.

[@magicman3163]

Pablo de Alvarado They are all pirates

[@4TheRecord]

"he admitted if he acted as an hero it was accidental" Notice the language being used by the news reporter, it almost suggests that the Captain was claiming to be an hero but later admitted it was not true despite the fact the Captain had never claimed to be an hero. News reporters are good at twisting things like that. The only time a person "admitts" something is when they are in the wrong. The Captain never admitted anything. He simply corrected them on their false reporting.

[@hardwirecars]

na dude american media pulls shit like that all the time its why most of us have 0 faith in them anymore the news is entertainment now not fact.

[@Phukugoooglification]

IKR just like Foxnews

[@narrowstone5363]

@commiesarentpeople Recently dox news has become much worse. The only thing worse than lying to validating people's beliefs on how shit the world is, is validating people's beliefs that everything's fine

[@Redbird-dh7mu]

They pull that stuff all of the time, “oh shoot, this story was misreported by our guys? Just word it in a way that makes it sound like we didn’t skip steps in research, verifying, and gathering of info to get clicks fast, because that is exactly what we did”

[@michag4337]

Sounds like you're digging here. I've never felt that. If someone says "you're a hero" and you say "no i'm not" and they say "yes you are." you can say "then i admit, if i did act as a hero, it was accidental." is admitting to them that maybe he was a hero, contradictive to his view, and if that be the case then it was purely accidental.

[@dimlightbulb10]

Non lethal sonic weapon VS dudes half deaf from shooting very lethal firearms at people with non lethal sonic weapons. Who would win?

[@patchmoulton5438]

Sound Marines, obviously

[@crusadersteve7523]

The only way the crew would win would be if they had a SOUND plan

[@hellcatdave1]

Sonic weapons don't work because of your ability to hear, just an FYI.

[@erikmerrill8280]

Just another reason why “the international community” is a huge joke.

[@andrewjackson2011]

Hahahaha brilliant.

[@DepthofMart]

“Task force 151” we were on the verge of greatness

[@HumanGrunt]

SO CLOSE

[@prod.rhodamine]

@@HumanGrunt to what? I don't get it

[@HumanGrunt]

@@prod.rhodamine cod mw2

[@Callsign_Prophet]

@@HumanGrunt and the current... well at the end

[@canaanclb]

PurpleAki Task Force 141 from the COD Modern Warfare trilogy.

[@LimpistolenNelson]

This channel is a prime example of quality before quantity. I`m never disappointed when a new video pops up even if it might take some time, keep up the good work Nick.

[@drhotbananastud4242]

So true this channel is amazing and even though sometimes I may be a little impatient I still know that I’d rather wait for an amazing video than have just an ok video

[@kueller917]

For sure. I hate that the algorithms are so biased to consistency. He could review every historical film under the sun but instead we get ones that can be really praised or torn apart well. Hell, the Apollo 13 video was effectively a documentary itself in its first half.

[@stewie1237]

Did you know: Somali pirates are notorious for their inability to identify ships, often leading to cargo ships going into Somali being hijacked. However, this inability to identify ships also results in Somali pirates attempting to hijack frigates and destroyers, much to the inconvenience of the pirates.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Are there still Somali pirates? I thought it had died down (or is it an ongoing thing that comes and goes in waves).

[@magunner6240]

@@Kaiserboo1871 the piracy in Somalia is pretty much dead now as a lot of foreign navies are in Somalia’s waters to prevent any repeat of the piracy that terrorised the Indian Ocean

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@magunner6240 So it still happens albeit on a highly reduced scale.

[@magunner6240]

@@Kaiserboo1871 very very rarely it can happen like once every 2 or 3 years now but around 13 years ago there was a hijacking pretty much every week

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@magunner6240 Oh. Changing topic somewhat, does anyone have a video of Somali pirate footage with pirates of the Caribbean theme (preferably bass boosted) playing over it. I tried to find one but couldn’t find any.

[@THEfamouspolka]

Missed an opportunity mate, the corpsman at the end was the very same one that treated the legit Captain Phillip's.

[@OlOleander]

As a former corpsman, this pains me.

[@actually-will1606]

Throught that part seemed highly accurate

[@Shootskas]

That was the best scene in the movie. Probably Tom Hanks' finest scene ever.

[@nexalblaze1797]

That honestly disappoints me @HistoryBuffs :( She was so good in that scene that I couldn't believe she was an actress. Well now I know.

[@jamiestewart48]

Some of the best acting I've ever seen, by Tom Hanks portraying the complete shock.

[@yoavbenclaudia3073]

Chief Engineer Mike Perry is my neighbor. He actually told my friend, younger half-brother, and I the story. He still has the knife he used to take back the ship.

[@djcyclops7886]

holy shit thats awesome

[@eddieb7054]

AxCos miu ml nj .

[@nomar5spaulding]

@Destroy Liberals Speaking as a guy who worked in that part of the world as a container ship officer, it's pretty frowned upon to kill people.

[@nomar5spaulding]

@@Jtzkb Yeah what do I know. I'm only a guy who sailed those waters on container ships for 4 years.

[@ulty1472]

Noice

[@ah9694]

As someone who is in the Merchant Navy, maybe I could shed some light on your question as to why the Maersk Alabama's' Counter Piracy measures, weren't up to scratch or really in place. The pirate cages and the door to the engine room wouldn't be locked because quite simply the crew are transiting through those areas on a pretty regular basis. At the end of each watch for the engine room and for any form of maintenance on the outer deck and the engine room (Of which there is a unending amount, believe me!). Even though these security procedures are for the crews own protection, they would be easy things to let slip. Especially when the crew has been on for 4, 5 or 6 months at a time. Once you've been on for that long, the crew will naturally begin looking for shortcuts to make their lives easier as the volume of work just never lets up. So the only thing you have control over are the procedures around the job itself. The amount of times I've seen crew using angle grinders or needle guns without the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is staggering. The excuses always come down to essentially one thing, that its at the 'other end of the ship'. It sounds lazy, but once you've worked onboard for months at a time and you know your job, you get a bit slack with the little procedures. And locks on a anti pirate door... are pretty low down the list when you've got the bosun on you for completing your next work order. It would be like asking someone to wear something to protect you if you got hit by lightning, they'd ask "What are the chances?" Hopefully this helped. As a separate comment, I love all your videos and as a fellow history boffin, keep up the outstanding work! It surely must be Black Hawk Down for the next video? Or anything Nautical...

[@vcdonovan5943]

Dude your job sounds bad ass! I mean, I bet it's hard and sucks a lot but still sounds pretty cool... until you're getting boarded and held ransom by pirates...

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

Alasdair Horswill All hear is You don't do your jobs rite and this wouldn't have happen if America soviets and Europe didn't distable Somolia to such a degree. This is life or death to them not even a job. So take that into mind sailor.

[@ah9694]

You are absolutely right about the issues raised concerning the over fishing of Somalia's waters and the discharging of what I can only imagine is the ships grey and black water. As well as any number of discharges that a ships company normally has to pay for whilst alongside to safely dispose of. The fact that Somalia is a failed state I imagine has created some form of loophole where the normal MARPOL regulations don't technically apply, and therefore ships have free reign as its no ones territorial waters and yet not international waters nor internal waters. Or because no ones policing these waters its just easy to get away with it. This is of course wrong and is pretty much squarely on the heads of the ships masters that traverse these waters to correct on their own vessels. Or to be enforced by nearby local authorities from bordering countries. I was simply trying to relate my experiences at sea to those of a crew on a crude oil carrier, a type of vessel I haven't worked on, and as to why the shortcuts taken on their vessel were taken. Admittedly, the vessel's I've been on haven't required pirate cages due to the nature of their work. However many of our more sensitive area's, such as the ECR, Bridge and certain machinery spaces are magnetically locked, so there is literally no way someone can forget to lock it. Like I said, the worst things I ever saw were down to crew just not wearing a dust mask for grinding or gloves for needle gunning and being told to go and get the right safety gear. This usually results in them walking to the store in a huff to retrieve said item before resuming work. Thanks for the comment though, like you said, its important to keep the bigger picture in mind and how international shipping can have huge effects on the coastal nations of the world.

[@DJWeapon8]

I hope he does Black Hawk Down and 13 Hours.

[@leepost3122]

The Gronx I challenge you to work on that ship for 6 months strait with no days off and with no slip ups mr. Perfect. I doubt you even have a clue as to the work conditions of those men are. Think on that, non-sailer. You sound like your blaming them for doing their job.

[@dong7474]

21:26 Absolutely loved how you incorporated having to censor the deaths of the 3 pirates, with Cpt. Phillips Blindfold. Our blindfold comes off when his does and were left to see the aftermath. that was a great edit even if overlord youtube is the reason why it needed to be done.

[@Valery0p5]

It still looks like he just entered hell O_O

[@Omnifarious0]

Captain Phillips may not be a hero, but at least he has integrity, and that counts for a lot.

[@craigowenlindvalljr8300]

Not to knock him but the entire thing was on him alone. He is from Vermont as am I. So im aware of the lawsuits due to him making bad choices that put the crew in danger of pirates in order to cut time and make more profit regardless of the crew demanding the safer and legal route they were supposed to take. He went against the orders he was given for money knowing sailing to close to land would bring danger but taking the long route farther at sea would be safe but take many more days. He made a bad call. but made up for it with his actions tords the pirates. I say he made everything even by his courage.

[@Omnifarious0]

@@craigowenlindvalljr8300 - Yes, he made a bad call, but then tried to do what he could to shield the crew from the consequences of his bad decision. Integrity, owning your mistakes to the best of your ability, and honestly correcting people when they try to make you out to be better than you are. He's not a hero, but integrity counts for a lot.

[@incidentalist]

@@craigowenlindvalljr8300 too*

[@trethestar]

Every captain makes a bad call every now and then.

[@woodbag80]

In my opinions he’s a hero

[@tadghsmith1457]

The Somali pirates broke their word!? Who would think Somali pirates would break their word?

[@jackj9816]

i know you could see that coming ages away

[@nilocdg9752]

Well they could of got away with 30,000 so they kinda fucked up

[@tadghsmith1457]

Colin Obruba True. Keeping Captain Philips hostage on the lifeboat was their fatal mistake. If they’d just let him go they would have gotten away. The U.S navy isn’t sending a battleship to retrieve 30k in petty cash.

[@jackj9816]

They would have got nothing though the war lords would take it all

[@justin8788]

Inbreds gonna inbreed.

[@TheMrNut]

Somali Pirates: *we want $7,000,000* UK: “best we can do is £400,000 innit* Somali Pirates: *dEaL* That’s got to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

When your only other resource is about as useless as dirt farming, taking the lower cost is still a payday.

[@g.w.7893]

It's called desperation.

[@BadMoonRising92]

😂😅😂 government knew they were desperate for just about anything

[@heavybutternug5709]

Stonks

[@ya_aimgod_jesus5827]

*pirates of the Cari- Somalia starts playing*

[@christophercampbell4166]

One cool thing you forgot to mention is the guy who played the Somali captain was nominated for best supporting actor that year. He didn't win, but the fact that he was even nominated for his first movie ever is kind of awesome!

[@beverleyferguson8942]

The actor who played the Somali captain won a Bafter.

[@brightoneasterling9304]

Wow captain Phillips sounds exactly like Tom Hanks, great casting

[@broc8095]

Tom Hank’s sounds like Captain Phillips.

[@godchrist1595]

@@broc8095 thank you, i cringed when i read was written.

[@jenniferblane7550]

After hearing of his disgusting satanical group which he heads i cannot watch that Evil actor xnymore

[@caelodevorago608]

And sometimes, they go after warships Without knowing they're warships And then are confused when an attack helicopter takes off from the ship and obliterates their boats

[@whathappenseveryday2024]

Nah they don't do it anymore. Now they have the money so they run like a company with radars and more. I support them because they are protecting their side of the ocean. These ships are supposed to pay money for using somalia's water just like the banama canal.

[@aquastar7315]

@@whathappenseveryday2024 I don't know how to tell you this, but they no longer do it to protect their ocean. They go out of their way, many times into international waters, to take over ships and take many hostage, in some cases killing the hostages when they haven't been given money. These ships can go into Somalia waters because it's actually a law allowing maritime passage through national waters, as long as it's peaceful travel. These people break the law anyways, and what they do is highly illegal and wrong.

[@cynicalgold9992]

@@whathappenseveryday2024 i cant imagine openly supporting people like this.

[@OlOleander]

@@whathappenseveryday2024 This is the smoothest-brained take I've seen all day.

[@dannycampbell5255]

@@whathappenseveryday2024 Ya not sure what your on about budy but pretty sure Somali waters dont extend 1000 miles away from there shores haha

[@rashkavar]

One thing to note about the piracy issue in Somalia is that a lot of the front line pirates don't see much of the money they "earn" - the warlords organizing these bands got the lion's share of the profits. Somalia's politics are a scary thing and a lot of those former fishermen were drafted by the early pirate crews at gunpoint. There's a companion documentary on the incident called "Captain Phillips: Somali Pirates Inside Story" that provides a bit more context about it, and there's an autobiographical account called A Captain's Duty as well. I found the documentary quite informative, and my father similarly enjoyed Captain Phillips' book.

[@krankarvolund7771]

So basically warlords acts like every corporation :p

[@rashkavar]

@@krankarvolund7771 I mean, they're a bit more direct. Most corporations don't actually shoot people. (Doesn't make them good, just, y'know, more insidious.)

[@junewilkerson2349]

​@@rashkavarI mean dole, Pinkerton, philip Morris, dow, and hundreds of others who still operate today did lmao

[@rashkavar]

@@junewilkerson2349 I did say "most" lol. Though do admit I was thinking more of PMCs and whatever you classify stuff like Wagner as beyond "objectively evil" Because those are definitely corporations and shooting people is literally in the contract.

[@filthyminges]

Yep animals and savages profiteering of death and plunder and r@pe

[@breffaloco]

2 of my somali friends played in this movie..the young one who hurt his foot I grew up in the same hood with. My other friend I went to school with good guys.

[@carjack9974]

Incredible actors who played the pirates

[@johnyreyes3567]

The guy who played the pirate captain was his first acting role as well

[@pteppig]

they didn't even have to act. just some somalis, playing typical somalis

[@jhaofficial5828]

They were actually from Somalia

[@underrated4499]

@@pteppig typical somalians don't act like that lol

[@madzangels]

@@underrated4499 But they do though - because in real life, those pirates, are from Somali.......................................................................................

[@unseenphantomamvsytp2186]

Please do "Hotel Rwanda" the truth about the event needs heard as much as possible.

[@aidanlynch8133]

The Invisible Mare great movie but the story behind it is incredibly heartbreaking

[@unseenphantomamvsytp2186]

Aidan Lynch the fact that they completely lied about the main character trying to make him look like a righteous hero is disgusting. He would charge people to stay at the hotel and also I heard he would horde supplies and food.

[@realtsavo]

The film may not have lied as you say. Though the director also acknowledges that Paul did make a mistake by antagonizing the current president, which of course led to backlash. The biggest faults with Hotel Rwanda lie in the way it condensed characters and events. "Shake Hands With the Devil" would be a far better film for him to review.

[@ColonizerChan]

The Invisible Mare Damn, never knew that. I read through 'shake hands with the devil', that Canadian genuinely cared, but what he wrote was pretty fucking gruesome...never knew rats could get that big.

[@ColonizerChan]

realtsavo Huh, they made it a movie?

[@arudegesture]

One thing that you failed to mention in the (excellent) video is that the whole problem was exacerbated by the fact that most shipping companies now sail under so-called "Flags of Convenience" (though this is not pertaining to the movie, but rather the general situation). That means that you register your ships in a tax haven in order to avoid having to pay tax. If your ship gets captured by pirates however, it's highly unlikely Lichtenstein, Bahamas or Switzerland are going to send out an armada in order to take care of the problem. And it turns out, that the countries *WITH* any actual navies are not that sympathetic to your problems when you've been trying your hardest not to pay your taxes there. Taxes that contribute to the upkeep of things like warships and sailors to crew them. It's funny how people never seem to remember the old adage: "You get what you pay for."

[@NeoSoldner]

If only those ships weren't banned from defending themselves.

[@arudegesture]

@NeoSoldner I'm not sure arming merchant vessels would solve anything. First off; Which vessels in which waters should be allowed to carry arms? We certainly can't allow all ships to be armed or we would have to act as if every single ship is a foreign warship and would then have to be monitored closely. Secondly; The number of drunk skippers, captains and crew are quite staggeringly high. We just had a ship running aground in Sweden, the Russian skipper having a 2.3‰ blood alcohol level. Adding weapons to that mix is not a good thing imo. Thirdly; We'd end up with people taking potshots at local fishermen as soon as they felt threatened. Fourthly; They are allowed to defend themselves, though not with firearms. A mate of mine described how they were attacked off Sudan (if memory serves me right) and how they fought them off using water. Laslty (and most importantly); If the big shipping companies didn't try to evade tax, this would be a non-issue. Because then the nation in which they are based would have to protect their ships.

[@DraccoKnightblade]

A Rude Gesture Personally I enjoy a story from a work associate of mine who was ex-merchant navy. They were attacked once and they did have weapons aboard due to it being a Naval ship. The captain locked himself in the damned room with all the weapons and left the rest of the 30+ crew members to fend for themselves. So...they got creative with buckets, gasoline and flares. He said "Pretty amazing how fast people on a ladder jump off once they realize they're covered in gasoline and you're holding a flare in their face." After that incident, they had an armed escort through any particular waters that were deemed 'a possible threat'. Pretty crazy.

[@arudegesture]

@DraccoKnightblade Haha! Yeah, that'd do the trick! Another mate of mine was sailing round the world with his family. Can't remember what size or type, but it was a small vessel with room enough for his family of four. Having heard there were frequent attacks in SE Asia (usually against anchored vessels and usually at night), he decided to take on some sort guard animal. Well, to his family's surprise and to the amusement of everyone of his friends he took aboard a couple of geese. Those geese turned out to be the best investment he ever made, because somewhere off the coast of Celebes there was an attempt by people to board the vessel in the middle of the night, however, the cacophony of angry geese that met them both warned him and his family and managed to scare the pirates off! He still laughs every time he reminisces about it, imagining the fright of the people trying to board only to hear the sound of angry Swedish geese in the dark off the coast of Celebes!

[@dukecraig2402]

A Rude Gesture Not to mention that if a ship's armed it can't sail into a port that they don't have very specific types of treaties with.

[@Nmille98]

"The U.S.S. Navy." The WHAT?

[@literallysquidward7170]

your profile picture is perfect for this comment

[@australianword3812]

I like to think there's a US Ship called the "Navy"

[@faimashuni9567]

It's U.S's Navy

[@kisaragi_san1378]

did you forget the naval-class destroyer

[@tansanbotilya1443]

"The United States Ship navy" If I'll be a commander of my own ship, I'll name it this way

[@jessehilton1337]

I’d just like to say that I found your channel a month ago and have binged most of your videos now and every one of them is just incredible. I cannot imagine how much time and effort it takes to make these but please know it is MUCH appreciated.

[@lizardlegend42]

You should do one on the movie "Michael Collins" starring Liam Neeson. It's about the Irish war of independence and civil war. I think you should do this because you havnt covered Irish history yet and other than the famine, most people don't know much about it.

[@GrainneMhaol]

Also, The Siege of Jadotville.

[@wholelifeahead]

lizard ledgend Feature History did a good 2 parter about the Troubles if you wanna check them out

[@jesswilliam5346]

He should also do the wind that shakes the barley

[@joshuawells835]

The Wind That Strikes the Barley is also a very good movie about the Irish War for Independence and Civil War. I also agree with The Siege of Jadotville, about Irish UN Peacekeepers holding off against French-sponsored mercenaries.

[@lizardlegend42]

Joshua Wells I completely agree. The wind that shakes the barley is also a good one but I just thought Collins because it portraits both the war of independance and the civil war better in terms of all the big events that happened

[@cajuncraftysue]

Have you reviewed Black Hawk Down? I’d be interested to hear your view on it.

[@jmullentech]

YES!!!

[@kevinc9065]

The biggest difference I've seen from actual footage is the timeline in which things occur, one example being the speed at which the smaller support helicopters landed to extract crew from the 1st black hawk, they touched down to help in about 10-15 seconds. The rescues and reactions to the helicopters going down were much quicker than the movie leads you to believe. Secondly the things individuals did in the movie were condensed into single characters, "HOOT" being a primary example. The things he did in that movie were actually a collection of things done by multiple different individuals and the character itself is a fictious combination of those people. I'm not sure the footage of the blackhawks going down and other recordings are public but details like the sizes of the streets in the movie are also exaggerated. The 1st black hawk went down in a very narrow street which made the extraction and defense logistics different than depicted in the movie and made the landing of the smaller support helicopters more impressive than the movies shows imo. That's the jist of what I recall seeing for myself and talking with a guy who was in the D boy squadron at the time.

[@CyanLink]

I know it's cliche but I recommend the book. Loved the movie but the book goes into what the men were thinking. Something a movie can't do. Also the book goes into the Somali perspective of the battle.

[@adrienpolo2255]

yes

[@Anvil35]

Will most likely be his most controversial video lol

[@bobbertknokno4090]

I'm a paramedic and have seen those who are in severe shock. Tom Hanks portrayal of a person in shock was spot on.

[@zxjoshxz]

Its crazy how many fantastic films Tom Hanks is in. What a great actor

[@orangewarm1]

He chooses good scripts. Once you have 2 Oscars and don't need the money, you can choose what you like. So it's not amazing. It would be amazing if he was poor and had never won anything. Plus the banks are more likely to invest in big name stars.

[@nomar5spaulding]

I actually know some of the guys who were on that ship. I've met the Chief Mate a few times and I sailed for 2 months with one of the AB's who was on that ship. I also know the other captain of the Maersk Alabama. The real heroes of the Maersk Alabama were the Chief Engineer and the Chief Mate. They were sneaking around on deck and in the engine room disabling equipment to prevent the pirates from being able to control the ship.

[@misterightnow]

Prove it

[@connork5339]

I didn't know any one from the Alabama and I never shipped for Maersk, but this is how I understand the events as well. As a retired merchant mariner, I found aspects of this movie a bit hard to believe. When it comes down to it however, Hollywood loves to embellish, America loves a hero and the general public likes to falsely romanticize the lives of sailors and working on ships. Have a good watch Captain_Dorja .

[@funnelvortex7722]

And I know the Easter Bunny

[@whityouyahbam]

To the people not believing him in the comments : The Merchant Navy is a small world, trust me it isn't that far fetched to have met/sailed with some of the crew, especially if they've stayed with Maersk.

[@kevinfromsales6842]

Tom Hanks never fails to bring an amazing performance.

[@vanilla8956]

rip pinnochio

[@michaelscheerer9075]

*American captain gets abducted by pirates US Navy : I have been waiting more then 200 years for this

[@majormojo9830]

My favorite video is when pirates attack a coast guard ship on accident. I didnt work out well for the pirates

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Butt Stallion Could you find a link to that said video? Thx

[@majormojo9830]

@@Ethan-mp7wr ill try. If you type in "Somali pirates attack us coast guard" it should show up

[@Ethan-mp7wr]

Butt Stallion thanks

[@majormojo9830]

@@Ethan-mp7wr sure thing

[@pteppig]

they also attacked a Danish military support vessel. As in "A big grey cargo ship with CIWS Gatling guns". Sadly, they went for trial in Denmark and received a light serve in a Danish hotel "prison". Always better to finally stop pirate attacks with low aimed warning shots.

[@RamblinRick_]

I suggest reviewing Disney's animated movie, "Lady and the Tramp". I doubt it's historical accuracy. For instance: 1) In the movie, Tramp is portrayed as a lovable scamp. The guy spent his life on the streets. You can't do that for long without get your paws dirty with some seedy, not-so-legit undertakings. 2) Was Lady really a "lady"? Raised in privilege, I bet she was really just a b1tch. 3) The spaghetti scene. I'm dubious. I mean, how can we believe they were eating the same pasta noodle? Sharing? Oh hell, No! They would be fighting like cats and dogs over that. Well, at least like dogs. Come on, Hodges. History Buffs want to know.

[@rs0h746]

I thought they were dogs?

[@solrac4512]

RS0h7 ??? Yeah they are y would u point that out?

[@wd-type9643]

What the fuck are you on about?

[@GAndreC]

It's not history its cartoon dogs

[@TANMAN9095]

Ether the dude is got a stick up his ass or this is a failed attempt at using snark and cynical humor.

[@ChrisCooper312]

I think one thing is for certain, whether you're on a ship, a plane, or in space, if you get into a dangerous, life or death situation, as long as the captain or commander looks like Tom Hanks, you'll be fine.

[@dtcarpediem]

Those sniper shots were the most badass and accurate thing I’ve seen in a movie. As a vet I can’t tell you just how happy I get when stories of what military really do is shown accurately.

[@willyburger]

It looks like yutoob dumped my comment but I pointed out how US spec-ops sat and waited for the best headshot.

[@geese5170]

Thank you for your service 💪

[@pyropulseIXXI]

Movies should show the part where they just gun down innocent Iraqi kids I have a few videos saved. Also them messing with the dead body and making jokes after. “Isolated incident” I’m sure

[@orangewarm1]

Citizenship guaranteed! (Starship Troopers).

[@Toons595]

@@pyropulseIXXI you sound like a massive dork who has no one who loves him

[@ethanhatcher5533]

Das boot please!

[@nwcarnelli6]

ethan hatcher as a former submariner, probably the most accurate portrayal; alongside, Periscope Down... no joke

[@santiago5388]

ethan hatcher It's a long way to typperely. It's a long way to go.

[@MrGoldenV]

ethan hatcher yes dad boot!

[@ZunaZurugi]

But its not a movie about a historic figure or event as i know. Sure it plays on a German Submarine in the 2nd WW but its not about a specific event.

[@ethanhatcher5533]

Bodhi de Brabander while I don’t care for the English dub, believe it or not, the German cast also provided the English voices

[@Alex-pj9jc]

somali pirates: we got your captain hostage crew: as do we

[@ausername2524]

Me holding a box of captain crunch and a glock: i got EVERYONES captain!

[@TheStig_TG]

@@ausername2524 Me with a personal army of 100 men armed with Desert Storm equipment I HAVE EVERYONE.

[@charpsteve36]

Its really jarring to hear "the USS Navy" again and again.

[@yousef-amintillah3017]

steve huber

[@izzojoseph2]

😂

[@IgnoredAdviceProductions]

Or "Naval Class Destroyer Truxton"

[@andrewescocia2707]

the last part of the movie looks like typical war machine propaganda, they probably had a name repetition clause in the contract

[@wyomingptt]

@@andrewescocia2707 i had a long comment written out here but ill save u some time and just call you an idiot okay? 👌

[@jakebroz9116]

I know it was scripted but that "stop the tow" line was god tier, he knew exactly what needed to happen.

[@TheChaoticToaster]

I met the real Captain Philips at the Navy Seal museum in Fort Pierce, Florida back when I was a boy scout in 2010. He gave a speech telling his story from the scene where the pirates first hijacked the bridge to when the Navy Seals killed the Pirates. He gave a lot of appreciation to the Seals and even shook the hands of the three snipers that you see portrayed in the film. He was a really nice guy, gave me a sailor’s hat as a little gift. I still have that hat to this day.

[@LucasPauling]

Along with my fellow crew-mates, we watched Captain Phillips for the first time while transiting the Somali piracy area in the Gulf of Aden on a container ship :) We loved doing our own critique of the inaccuracies in the film. In fact on that ship it was a tradition to watch films featuring ships and laughing at all the stuff they get wrong. Captain Philips was a fun film though. Our largest complaint with what Captain Phillips did, both IRL and in the film, is that him and a few crew stayed on the bridge instead of also retreating to the engine room where they could secure themselves. Citadels were our main line of defense against pirates before we were allowed to carry armed security, but they only work if no hostages are taken. Funnily enough the Maersk Alabama appeared in maritime news that same transit, but becuase the security guards that were on board were arrested for taking and carrying heroin

[@jongon0848]

That's awesome do u guys also watch films with ships like Muppet Treasure Island? I know it's not the same at all, I just think it'd be awesome to jam out to Sailing for Adventure while on a real ship.

[@LucasPauling]

@@jongon0848 yea, we had quite a large collection of films featuring ships. From children's films to horror. The worse they were the better as we laughed more XD

[@jongon0848]

@@LucasPauling That's awesome! Safe travels to u and your shipmates!

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Smuggling herion eh ? Sounds like those guys were trying to get a side hustle going and fuel their habit.

[@ghost_1176]

Imagine if you got hijacked by pirates while watching the movie

[@dogmirian]

Looking at the comments I feel I'm preaching to the deaf, but I feel compelled none the less Thank you for putting in the nuance of Somalian piracy, rather than letting it go as another country fallen into mini-apocalypse. I would have liked a bit more info on the whole thing, but I recognize that is not in your channels scope. So I humble entreat you to let me give some context/info on the subject (though I will admit I have my own biases and encourage anyone interested to not simply take my word and actually engage with the subject actively) The illegal fishing that many global corporations engaged with on the Somalian coastline not only were never held accountable for the depopulation (and famines spawned by their illegal activity) but are also still illegally fishing to this day. The CTF 151 never policed any of the crimes committed by those corporations to any practical/meaningful extent (in my eyes punishing the people committing the lesser crime and not just validating the greater one, but enabling it to continue). Lastly, the reason I am focusing on the fishing companies rather than those that dumped waste in varying in toxicity levels, is that in theory, under capitalist ideals we likely have all rewarded this behavior. If you bought anything from a company that did this (and I will readily admit that I have) then you supported their continuing devastation of Somalia (since more than half of Somalia relies upon the shrinking fish population for sustenance by UN accounts). I would like to give some solid advice on actions you could take (rather than the whole, the world is bad and you should feel likewise spiel), but you can't even just not eat seafood anymore. So many companies have diversified so much that the company that you used to buy fish from also sells chicken, and with so many C.E.O's and other executives who made the decisions to strip the livelihood of other people to feather their own bed company hopping, the monopoly laws might as well be nonexistent. All I can say is try to be as informed as you can be about the stuff you consume, and try to help those willing to be similarly informed. If capitalism is ever going to work in a way where we don't exploit the suffering of others to justify why we should fight among ourselves for who should sit at the top of the pyramid, we need to hold those with power as accountable for the consequences of their actions as mush as possible. We may be at the bottom of our own pyramid, but out pyramid rests of the backs of many more pyramids that we're unaware of. Now before I sound like too much of a conspiracy theorist, those are allegorical pyramids, there is no cult of lizards on mars, but in my mind if we can unconsciously "imprison" ourselves into these social bonds, I almost wish there was some "Other" that could be rooted out.

[@MrRogerogerio]

Underrated, but admittedly quite lengthy, comment.

[@trumptydumpty2781]

dogmirian I agree with u bro..

[@Marinealver]

Never an innocent party, just who is the lesser @$$#013

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

I can get behind the original intentions behind the Somali pirates. They needed to protect their waters because their government completely collapsed and no one else could. But then, it just completely turned into pirating and targeting innocent people.

[@dogmirian]

Even in the first place, while I greatly sympathize with their plight, I find it hard to "justify" (as a well off never had my livelihood jeopardized by others, and likely never will), but there are somethings I would like to re-iterate/correct Other people could defend there waters (as shown by the ctf 151) and those international corporations could have not violated Somalian and international laws, or just be decent human beings. The reason I brought all of this up isn't that the Somalian pirates (or even the Somalian people) are under appreciated and/or wronged parties (though the Somalian people definitely are since they're both fighting against the illegal fishing and waste companies and the pirates), but that if you live in any first world country, you are responsible for this. None of us decided hey, lets go over and fuck up Somalia because they can't stop us (though obviously a few bad actors did), but our societies said that doing so was worthy of being defended from those affected by it, and our blind eyes and continued paying of taxes and consumption of services only feeds the systems that enable those few bad actors to get away with this. I will admit that I would much rather have some practical/straightforward response to this whole affair, but until anyone formulates a practical plan, we should all try to hold ourselves, and those who we empower, accountable as best we can (already sounding like a broken record) X/

[@incoldblood975]

Barkhad Abdi the actor who played the pirate captain was great in the role. Glad to see him go on and do other films.

[@fatsloth9209]

FINALLY A NEW VIDEO I LOVE YOU

[@TheHalz]

I appeciate the fact that you post your sources at the end of the video. Really professional. Have my like, sir.

[@charlesajones77]

6:58 I'm sorry, I know this is a serious matter, but I just love the giant NO SMOKING sign on the Sirrius Star Oil Tanker. If your employees are setting your oil ships on fire, you've got a bigger problem than pirates.

[@ohcaptainmycaptain9854]

First of all, it's not only for the crew also for shore crew and visitor's that might not realise the danger of smoking onboard a tanker. Secondly, you really do need to remind your crew, if things have been going good for a while and you are not in a special operation such as loading, venting, IG,... then safety is quickly forgotten and smoking on deck might occur. So better safe then sorry

[@rebeccaclark9131]

All cargo ships will have such a sign, fire is pretty much the worse thing that can happen on any ship

[@paulkielty8385]

My cousin in law works with a lad in the merchant navy who was captured on a container ship and was kept in a coffin underground for three days until ransom was paid. Nasty.

[@akuma862005]

Having worked this mission for 2 years in the US Navy, you did a great job explaining the history of piracy in the region and how difficult and lengthy the negotiation process is. Most of the time is spent talking the price down, and the families working so hard to raise money. Most of the offers are in the double digit millions to start, and the smaller companies that are hijacked and the victim's families have to beg for help. Some crews take years to get released because of this. In a combination of multiple countries doing patrols, EST's (embarked Security teams) on the merchant vessels we were able to drastically reduce the ships hijacked to almost nothing when I left the Navy in 2013. A mission that I actually felt good about being a part of.

[@Chewbaccafruit]

You put so much love and effort in these videos. I gotta say, it was a great idea to make the smaller videos to tide us over until the main videos were done. Feels like less time between quality content.

[@thevenator3955]

I enjoy movies or docs about modern pirates, because people often forget they exist

[@cathyprosser1050]

You did a great job at adding some actual historical details about this harrowing situation 👏 👌 😊

[@sergiod2442]

12:00 in Greece the law for armed guards in ships , was passed in early 2011 . Also it's very surprising to me how people thought that the sound gun would work at the sea and why wasn't it tested at the sea before it was issued...

[@TheShadowcompany1]

It might’ve been tested. The biggest issue with it is that once you’re ears are ringing from firing an ak, your ears aren’t going to be vulnerable to it.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Sound guns do work at sea they just don't work on people who don't care

[@fauxhuntyt2273]

FACT: One of the pirates plays in Pirates Of Somalia an this role in the movie is a former pirate who shows a journalist a ships that was actually captured.

[@kerbo312]

FauxHunt YT who? Source?

[@mysteriousgadget7879]

History Buffs: Das Boot? Please I want your honest thoughts about making this kind of episode Sean.

[@freefree9218]

This channel was the reason i watched captain phillips, so many good movies i can find from this channel, thank you

[@CynicalHistorian]

You took it way easier on this movie than i did. I can't get past Sony trying to hush-up the dissident crew members with NDAs. That about ruins the film for me

[@Nintendofan570]

The Cynical Historian oh hey it's the Cynical Historian everyone

[@gumgumdookuin7963]

Lol. Delusional C.H.: Damnit Sony! Why did you do this! This is your fault, including you Wilson! Woodrow Wilson: Aaaaaaa....

[@JustinY.]

"CAPTAIN" _what?_ *"LOOK"* I am the captain now.

[@Joshua-hz3cl]

Justin Y. Stop following me you creep.

[@eighteenYearOld]

Justin Y. YOURE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE

[@verbatim3752]

Stop likebotting pls.

[@Eshanas]

*screams of terror*

[@yellowyellow7476]

Justin Y. You are some kind of bot aren’t you.

[@jv11112]

Please do The Great Escape!!!

[@lesleeherschfus707]

The Great Escape admita it took Liberties. People condensed time scrunched etc

[@jonathanwest6564]

Interesting fact. The ship bridge crew first meet the Somali actors when they bursted onto the bridge waving AK's in their faces. It made it easy for the American's to look scared.

[@baddragonite]

That moment when a navy warship and a seal team show up to chase down your dingy know you've fucked up.

[@thebigh4752]

History Buffs is so good I actually hit the bell icon.

[@feelthepayne88]

TheBigH same here. And I almost never subscribe to anything much less hit the bell.

[@fpshooterful]

HEY MAN.. just want to say you're doing an amazing job.. please keep up the good work.. and please do more!! THANKS!!!

[@dachronicls420]

I've been binge watching your show. I love history and i love how you've made it entertaining.

[@obscureentertainment8303]

Mr Wayne, why do you have a set of giant mirrors set up around Gotham that reflect the image of the bat signal into your front room? Do your party guests ever ask about that?

[@TopHatDino]

You should do a video on the black hawk down

[@Aarzu]

I agree but I also have to ask: Have you read the book? If not, I STRONGLY recommend it. It goes into great detail about everything that went wrong during that operation.

[@aperson6859]

TopHatDino He has I believe

[@OpiumNomad]

Yeah, I thought he already made a video on BHD

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Nice suggestion.

[@pilotk5752]

Please do Hacksaw Ridge or Fury

[@joemcpoulet4150]

Mate ahahah, with realistic penetration the movie Fury would end in like 5 minutes

[@jasonpakkala9015]

Fury was a graphic novel.

[@AmericanGirlGymnasts]

Jason Pakkala they made a movie with it with Brad Pitt

[@jasonpakkala9015]

@@AmericanGirlGymnasts Uhhh, I'm perfectly aware of that. But Fury the Movie was based on a graphic novel. Fury is not a historically accurate movie as a story, only with the experiences of tank crews. I only know that from watching a theatrical short on it. I don't think this channel would waste it's time on it.

[@Ali_D_Katt]

Not sure about the story but the but the 3rd Armored Division was real and still exists "wardaddy" was a real tank comander (staff Sgt. Pool). The tank was named "in the mood" which was destroyed 3 times but yes the analysis of the movie wouldn't be worth his time since the movie is loosely based on this particular tank crew and is kind of an amalgamation of all of their different battles and exploits. Hacksaw ridge would be pretty interesting. There's a Netflix original series called medal of honor and it does a whole episode on hacksaw ridge and a bunch of other medal of honor recipient's stories all the way up to our current war very interesting

[@widgren87]

Great video as usual, also what are your thoughts about the 1977 movie "A bridge to far"?

[@widgren87]

which is why I am hoping for even a short video about it :-)

[@GlanderBrondurg]

The thing about "A Bridge Too Far" is that it is also based upon a real event in human history... namely "Operation Market Garden". The movie does a really good job of portraying people in that action, not so much using the book as source material. I haven't read the book, but having seen the movie I can say that given the other movies of the era that the people making the film really tried to tell a story about that event... perhaps "inspired by" some book too. It would be a reasonable thing to bring up when trying to research about the movie though.

[@haroldellis9721]

Cornelius Ryan was born in Dublin, Ireland, and his book, A Bridge Too Far in non-fiction, so no, not a Frenchman writing a novel in Indochina.

[@murgontreloar5254]

I believe you are thinking about "Bridge on the River Kwai" by Pierre Bouille (sic) which was made into a great movie starring Alec Guiness, William Holden and Jack Hawkins. Which, btw, Nick, please do "Bridge on the River Kwai"

[@grantmclean4744]

GlanderBrondurg that is the thing with all history buffs' videos. He compares the film to what happened in real life. That's what he does.

[@compgeek43]

I just found this channel but I am loving all the information and the way you break down the history on your videos Thank you.

[@ottovonbismarck7094]

Still waiting on downfall.

[@spade3779]

Saaaaammmmmeee m8

[@borismuller86]

Especially now that Bruno Ganz has passed away.

[@samrussell4065]

" I believe my ship is about to be attacked by pirates. " " Lock down your ship, turn on your fire hoses and follow your corporate proceedures. " " Is that all you're going to do: tell me that? " Long pause. " You're on a ship in the middle of the ocean. There are no aircraft near you. There are no surface craft near you. Teleportation does not exist. With the best will in the world, if you can't see a naval vessel on the horizon then you're not going to get support in anyway near the time it'll take for fast boats to close on your position. " What do you expect us to do? Call Gandalf? "

[@tumalditamadresita]

call f16 you had more than enough time

[@NotOurRemedy]

“Fly you fools!”

[@NM-nv4bt]

They’re called Jets... Should have called Russia, they love killing these pirates

[@Alf763]

samurai jack I doubt there were any carriers within range at the time honestly

[@TheRagingStorm98]

Hire PMC for protection

[@leeoliver2969]

When you look through binoculars it's one big round view not that silly "two eyed" effect.

[@Fuesue]

Lee Oliver its to show the viewers that they're looking through binocular lens. It's not meant to look realistic.

[@davidallen3158]

When I was a kid, I got to use my Grandpa's binoculars. I thought something was wrong when I seen a single circle and not two circles.

[@troodon1096]

Yeah, movies and TV shows have been doing that for years to make it clear you're seeing a POV shot through binoculars, even though obviously that's not what you actually see. The convention has been so long established people are just used to it. Realistic? No. But blame a long standing movie convention, not the technical accuracy of the movie.

[@andrewescocia2707]

one hole view would look crappy in a huge wide screen cinema screen

[@klakkat]

If they're not adjusted properly, they frequently do have the "two eyed" effect. I've gotten quite familiar with it as apparently the distance between my eyes doesn't match that of anyone I know. Of course, you can't see well until you adjust it to the familiar circle view... my usual response is to just close one eye to skip the trouble.

[@MorrigansRaven3944]

I'm in awe at how well and hard he tried to protect that ship and all their lives!! ❤💯👍 I love how Tom Hanks always seems to get life-lesson or educational-type roles. True, modern-day "Hollywood Royalty"! 💯❤

[@mopanov]

I only recently discovered your channel, and I have to say it is absolutely amazing. Suggestions for reviews: -Alive. -Sully, Miracle on the Hudson. -The Imitation Game.

[@Horticarter41]

This is such a well researched and produced channel.

[@brendanmurphy4034]

Please review Enemy at the Gates.

[@Cityinlead]

Brendan Murphy yes! That movie has so many inaccuracies that need to be stated

[@deshmukhadhikari6748]

I second this

[@theamazingmikej]

Great suggestion

[@jamestang1227]

wait, we can propaganda? OH MY MEANS OF PRODUCTION, WE HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH.

[@aniruddhbhadra4434]

One of the other channels similar to History Buffs has reviewed it already. And it's anything but accurate. It's a pile of crap. Waste of time reviewing Enemy at the Gates when there are so many other movies upon which time can be invested.

[@vjrei]

I am addicted to this channel, it is like watching the movies but the good parts.

[@howardm2642]

Several crew members have pointed out and the Captain Phillips has admitted that they were doing a fire drill and not a security drill when the pirates attacked. Surprised the video repeats the movie version of a security drill which is not correct. In addition, the crew has pointed out that Captain Phillips refused to stop the fire drill despite the pirates being sighted apparently not concerned about it.

[@ybuRnoipmahC]

Somalian Pirates: kidnaps captain Usa: knock knock.. its the united states. with boats, with guns. Gunboats

[@williamhe1967]

Open up the -country- _ship_ . Stop having it be closed.

[@liamweaver2944]

The Great Kaiser Haha nice one

[@AeneasGemini]

The major problem with international navies getting involved is that trying people for these crimes locally (as dictated by maritime law) was impossible because they would be executed with barely a trial and this is a violation of human rights. Some countries care about that

[@1IbramGaunt]

Gunboat diplomacy haha

[@mallison117]

r/unexpectedBillWurtz

[@Ragingfirebush]

I always loved this movie, and after watching this it makes me love it so much more! Love when they put in the extra effort to make things real.

[@MrSpooner1985]

The guys playing the pirates did an amazing job acting, they made me sympathize towards the f`Ed position their country and them were in while also hating them for piracy actions. Tom Hanks character breaking down when being checked over by the Dr at the end was really done well because it was so close to how I've been and others I know after very traumatic events, then the emotional Rollercoaster after.

[@DrakeKesda]

Man, you are SERIOUSLY an incredible channel. I am in love with your videos. THANK YOU FOR THE RESEARCH, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND OBJECTIVE, PROFESSIONAL STYLE!

[@nem447]

Why are pirates called pirates? Cause they arrrrr.

[@ovs8691]

Fruits

[@Marinealver]

Even though the Tragedy of the Commons have been disproved, this does have some applications based upon the theory. It is just that the theory needs to be rewritten.

[@jmp7140]

You should do one on the HBO John Adams mini series

[@primalpropaganda9528]

I love the context you gave to this situation, so often misunderstood

[@connorwalters3240]

History Buffs recommendations: Memphis Belle, The Post, The Bridge of Spies, and 12 Years A Slave.

[@ovs8691]

Das Boot?

[@CaleTheNail]

Memphis Belle!

[@ethanhatcher5533]

Memphis Belle is relevant because the National Air Force Muesem in Dayton just finished restoring it

[@tekno898]

A bridge too far would be a gud one as well

[@MrSymon68]

The Dish. is a sweet and vastly underrated film that I would love to know how historically accurately it is.

[@ryanvandermeijs753]

Please do letter form iwa Jima and or flags of our fathers

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Do both...it's like Clint Eastwood knew connected storylines were gonna be a thing.

[@griz312]

Hieractiefgames ! Well flags of our fathers has one thing that compromises the movie that John Bradley never raised the second flag. Letters of Iwo Jima is almost impossible to compare the events since all of the Japanese soldiers were KIA during the battle and only a handful survived.

[@johnnybadboy3475]

Lol my history club advisor is always talking about flags of our fathers

[@kalashnikovdevil]

They're supposed to be shown together. That was Eastwood's entire plan when shooting the films. You can't do one without the other. You're literally missing half.

[@M0NK3Y4U2HUG]

Black Hawk Down? Would be dope if you did this masterpiece :D

[@KermitTheAmphibian]

Tom hanks and Barkhad Abdi were such great casting choices for this role. They counter each other perfectly and Abdi absolutely perfected his character

[@DueRag]

Oh hi mark

[@Mark-st4lm]

DueRag Hi.

[@tommywiseau7354]

yonderTheGreat Pretty good.

[@steel749]

DueRag we need a history buff on The room

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+yonderTheGreat He cannot tell you that, it's confidential.

[@calebabernethy6086]

Did you hit her?

[@d.o.a7552]

Speaking of Somalia could you do black hawk down next

[@BrotherPerun]

3 perfect headshots..... brilliant review again mate =)

[@ilyasali9338]

BrotherPerun yeah thes best baby is navy but the Somali actors were great actors

[@rizzorizzo2311]

When I was in Afghanistan we had one of those LRAD systems. Friend of mine was a recording engineer for his day job and he had setup the LRAD to play from his ipod. We used to blast ministry at people with it on post. Never used it on the local nationals in town. We also questioned how effective they would actually be.

[@user-iq4sr2mu1j]

Apparently it could be effective but I never saw it first hand.Of course with the military I learned to not trust anything the military gave us lol.

[@Ballin4Vengeance]

Rickrolling The Mujahedeens U.S. Army Afghanistan vlog #27