The Hunt for the Red October ...

"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher) 10/31/2015 at 21:13 • Filed to: Red route 1

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Is on the American Heros Channel right now (yeah, I’d never heard of it either). I usually hate watching TV on Halloween, because horror and zombie movies don’t interest me at all. I can’t watch this movie too many times. I loved it when I was a kid and didn’t understand a damn thing (my parents had no problem letting us kids watch rated R movies), and I still love it.

Dusty Ventures > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 21:19

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Forever one of my favorites

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 21:20

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THfRO has always been one of those movies that immediately puts an end to my channel surfing. Doesn’t matter how far into the movie it is.

Birddog > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 21:21

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It’s pretty high on my Shawshank Scale of Flipability.

If I find it on I have to watch it.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 10/31/2015 at 21:22

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Same here. Even if it’s on a channel that has commercials, I’m in.

shop-teacher > Birddog 10/31/2015 at 21:26

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I don’t always stop on Shawshank because it’s on so frequently ... But I often do. Doesn’t matter where it is in the movie either. I saw it from the beginning last week, that’s rare.

Steve in Manhattan > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 21:37

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I love it - in my top 10 even before I found out the SigOther’s boss was involved in its production. Also The Shining, Dr. Strangelove, Rush, Tinker Tailor, Casino Royale, a few others.

Birddog > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 21:47

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The Scale doesn’t require a stop every time. Especially during Football Season.

I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen it from the start.

shop-teacher > Steve in Manhattan 10/31/2015 at 22:24

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Oh cool!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 22:26

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Yesh.

Connery shouldn’t work in that role, but he’s so utterly perfect.

I also happen to like Sum of All Fears quite a bit as well. The score for that film is wonderful. I think Liev Schreiber is cast perfectly, and ex-Bennifleck isn’t half bad either.

The newest one is also okay, but Chris Pine only plays one person since he’s been in Star Trek.

Steve in Manhattan > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 22:32

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And I should have said - Jaws. If it’s on and it’s before Hooper arrives, I have to watch the entire movie. Again.

Carnage717 > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 22:49

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For what its worth the American Hero Channel used to be the Military Channel.

HammerheadFistpunch > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 23:09

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top 5 movies of all time for me

pip bip - choose Corrour > shop-teacher 10/31/2015 at 23:22

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my mum hates this film , i was showing on a flight from Melbourne to Cairns. nothing else to watch.

she refuses to watch it to this day , but i love it.

shop-teacher > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 10/31/2015 at 23:28

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Yeah, Connery’s accent is all wrong ... Doesn’t matter.

I haven’t seen the newest one. Do you remember what it’s called? I don't.

shop-teacher > Carnage717 10/31/2015 at 23:29

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I was thinking that may be the case, but I didn’t know that. Thanks!

Hot Takes Salesman > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 00:01

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It used to be the Military Channel. Then Discovery ruined it. Assholes.

shop-teacher > Hot Takes Salesman 11/01/2015 at 00:02

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Discovery is good at ruining things.

Hot Takes Salesman > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 00:04

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Seriously I’m pretty sure I’ve turned to channel 173 (AHC where I am) and found some shit like “Bible Secrets: Jesus’ Untold Story” or some other shit that belongs on the History channel, if of course the History channel had anything to do with history.

Hot Takes Salesman > Hot Takes Salesman 11/01/2015 at 00:06

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I'm so mad I said shit twice in one sentence and am not even going to edit that.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 00:25

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

I enjoyed it. But Red October will always be my favorite.

I read that book in 5th grade. I’m hindsight, it may have been a little beyond a 5th grader in subject matter, but oh well. I think I turned out alright.

Wacko > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 01:12

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I remember seeing it at the theatre this and if I remember correctly teenage mutant ninja turtles. My hometown is French Canadian, so normally French movies playing, except for Fridays, that was English movie night. They would play 2 movies and it cost under 5 $. I went that night for the ninja turtles, 11 at the time, but now only remember red October.

Ps I checked what else came out that year http://www.imdb.com/search/title?s…

I watched 48 of the first 50. Not all in the theatre some also on vhs.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 01:44

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I use this almost weekly. In real life. Non-hyperbole in light of current events.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 01:55

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I still love the part of that movie where Ramius puts Ryan in his place...

“I know this book... Your conclusions were all WRONG, Ryan. Halsey acted stupidly.”

“Most things in here don’t react too well to bulletsh.”

shop-teacher > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 11/01/2015 at 04:47

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I’ve been known to use it too ... People give weird looks when they don’t know where it’s coming from.

shop-teacher > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 11/01/2015 at 04:48

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“Yeah, like me. I don’t react well to bullets.”

My favorite line is, “The average ruski doesn’t take a dump without a plan, son.”

shop-teacher > Hot Takes Salesman 11/01/2015 at 04:51

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Ewe. What the shit?

shop-teacher > Hot Takes Salesman 11/01/2015 at 04:52

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Ha, I didn’t even notice!

shop-teacher > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 11/01/2015 at 04:58

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People don’t give kids enough credit. I’m sure you understood it at some basic level, and then as you grew and matured you began to understand the deeper intricacies of it. You certainly didn’t destroy your fragile little mind or anything :)

I distinctly remember watching THfRO on cable on a cold grey weekend afternoon with my dad, when I was 9 or 10 years old. I certainly did not understand everything, but I understood enough that I loved it. Swear words and shooting certainly didn’t break my little mind or make me want to shoot anybody.

shop-teacher > Wacko 11/01/2015 at 05:03

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That’s an interesting pairing of movies. I remember watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the theater, I was nine. I didn’t see THfRO until it came out on cable.

fryguy > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 08:38

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Two good Sean Connery movies that year - The Hunt for Red October and The Russia House with Michelle Pfeiffer. Three years earler “You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way.”

Dunnik > shop-teacher 11/01/2015 at 10:10

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Despite Connery’s bad hairpiece and worse accent, I still love it too, it is, by now, firmly a classic. One of these days I’ll have to read the book. Like much of Clancy’s earlier work, it’s a slim volume and probably tightly written, unlike his later doorstoppers.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > shop-teacher 11/16/2015 at 12:04

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Even better book.

Great movie though

shop-teacher > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/16/2015 at 13:41

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A couple of people have told me that. One of these days I’ll have to read it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > shop-teacher 11/16/2015 at 13:47

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Best part about old Clancy books is you can buy them on Amazon for pennies used:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi…

Awesome books, I’d recommend reading all of the original Clancy’s.