Originally Posted by
Billy Wizz
I fully agree with the comments made be Captain Kong.I was not at sea as long as C.K. However I also was on a few Cunard ships Passenger and cargo,but having watched part one for 1.hour I had seen enough the facts remain it was a bit distorted.When you write a drama based on fact for T.V.or a film,your skatting on thin ice.In defence of Alan Bleasdale Im sure he did some fact finding.But it just did not come across as one of his best.That said,may I say to J.D.I dont know what your little game is but I think your comments are nebulus and wooly(now look that up in the dictionary) Move on,get over it.Lets be adults and not like kids in the bloody playground.Billy Wizz.
Sorry if my comments seem 'nebulous' to you, but perhaps you've arrived after the storm clouds blew up. I've no 'little game' whatsoever! I was just flying a kite based on Alan's thesis that the story of the Laconia was one of the great untold war stories that could do with finally being aired at last. I'm not naturally a conspiracy theorist and I'm sure he isn't either. His point was that the story reflected badly on all the major players apart from the U-boat captain and that as a result we've all erased it from our collective memories. The fact that few Liverpool sailors have even responded to this Thread seems to bear this out, while CK's response seems to me to border on the paranoid... Dunno about catching the conscience of the King (King Kong?), but my comments, which I think were quite restrained considering the personal invective, certainly seem to have hit a nerve!
I have no preconceived agenda, apart from believing that Alan has been treated pretty shoddily both by the BBC and the usual suspects in the press in recent years. Some examples: yesterday's Metro carried a review by their 'TV critic' mocking Hilda the blonde girl's 'fake German accent' ( Franka Potente IS actually German for f****s sake!); while CK's complaint that the lifeboat scene was chaotic and would never have happened like that in real life was rather discredited by the collective testimony of all the survivors on last night's documentary, which entirely supported Bleasdale's version; again, CK rubbishes the verbal delivery of the 'Scouse lad' in the drama - yet there he was in the documentary nearly 70 years later using almost exactly the same accent/ dialect/ speech patterns as the actor. Whatever else Bleasdale may be accused of, not having a good ear for dialogue is definitely NOT a charge that can justifiably be levelled against him!
However, believe it or not, I am genuinely interested in reading all genuinely independent comments, whether positive or negative. With that in mind I should be grateful if you could expand on your comment "I had seen enough the facts remain it was a bit distorted", which is at best nebulous, but also not very well articulated.
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Just some of the responses to Neilpendo's U-Tube video that Kong said he wanted us to watch as representing 'the real thing' - In fact they all relate to the Bleasdale drama that he feels so upset about... Confusing, isn't it?:
Fascinating footage. The crew of the Liberator must have been seriously stupid if they were unable to realise what the situation was with all of the survivors plainly visible on deck
krugerfuchs 18 hours ago krugerfuchs 18 hours ago did your great uncle survive i just found that the captain had been on lancastria too
krugerfuchs 18 hours ago krugerfuchs 18 hours ago The BBC joint production was excellent. I wonder if the American Commander was ever questioned about giving the go ahead to bomb them ? a fascinating story well told
wellohmeeeeeee 1 day ago wellohmeeeeeee 1 day ago The two part series on the BBC was excellent! Oddly enough the subtitles did not bother me at all. Better to hear the Germans speaking German than English with a bad German accent. The closing statement brought tears to my eyes. Very moving story.
lincsposter 2 days ago lincsposter 2 days ago I ve just finished watching all of the BBC 2 Drama ' The Sinking of the Laconia' extremely moving, my Girlfriend was in tears. I will own it when released on DVD and read up about it as my Father has 100's of books on WW2.
species6339 2 days ago species6339 2 days ago Amazing footage. I've just finished watching Episode 1 of the BBC series. What a hugely significant incident in the history of naval warfare.
zebidee55 3 days ago zebidee55 3 days ago The americans were incredibly heartless to bomb it, theres no way they could have missed 200 people standing on the deck..
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DefinitelyNotLying 3 days ago DefinitelyNotLying 3 days ago superb historical footage excellent well done for uploading for everyone to see
lz127graf 3 days ago lz127graf 3 days ago
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