The Last Ship (TNT Series)
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Good. I don't have any high expectations for the literary value of the book but I have been known to enjoy cheap mental carbs before, and to be susceptible to the right kind of Yankee patriotism.
I actually was re-reading Red Storm Rising for a second time when the September 11 2001 attacks occurred, which caused me to put the book down and back slowly away lest reading more Clancy should karmically cause more mirroring scenarios to come to pass for real.
I actually was re-reading Red Storm Rising for a second time when the September 11 2001 attacks occurred, which caused me to put the book down and back slowly away lest reading more Clancy should karmically cause more mirroring scenarios to come to pass for real.
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And also taken from the Last Ship Wiki article about Gustavo's Battleship.
Require highly specific, 1940s spare parts, which weren't produced for more than 50 years
Extremely manpower-demanding, requring a large number of specialists, trained on WW2 era technology.
Have no ammunition for main weapon left.
Unsuitable for modern naval warfare, having no practical defenses against air, missile & underwater attacks and very primitive sensor and fire control capabilities.
We had Greece in S4, along with an episode set at Naval Base Rota, Spain, but how things went during the plague in Britain, France, Germany, etc. would have been fertile ground for at least one or two episodes.
New York was apparently up and running in season 3 iirc one of the regional leaders was based there. How the hell did they clear all the bodies ? Realistically I think the major cities would be abandoned indefinitely. St Louis and Baltimore got lucky as they established quarantine zones. Where would the manpower come from to bury 300 million people ?
regarding others european nations, i am astonished how some larger and well trained corps like French or Italian Navy can have been destroyed in so small time; Russian and Greek Warships have been seen in this show, it's still a mystery for me how French Submarines (most isolated and protected French ships) will be inactive, same for german or italian .
Not to mention that in a real pandemic, there would be no energy -- no one to run the power plants, and no fuel transported to them. No electricity means no New York -- the skyscrapers are useless, because of the lack of elevators!
Not to mention the lack of food -- I'm an actual New Yorker, and I have no survival skills beyond shopping at the nearest supermarket. Same for pretty much the entire walled world.
Not to mention the lack of food -- I'm an actual New Yorker, and I have no survival skills beyond shopping at the nearest supermarket. Same for pretty much the entire walled world.
So I re-binged this over the last few weeks, and I gotta say, this remains one of my favorite shows of all time. More than a military thriller that stood out because of its gunfights, it was a character study and a study of leadership. Eric Dane's Chandler was a masterfully written character, especially in Seasons 3 and 4. While Season 5 did get a little ridiculous at times, it finally brought that arc to an end in a satisfying way.
Guys, for those who missed it, or haven't seen it on DVD or streaming, TNT has begun reruns of the series.
Every Tuesday night/Wednesday morning: 12 Midnight ET/9 PM Pacific. They have already rerun the first three episodes.
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