Here are a few lessons I learned from watching Thrunderball, made in 1965.
1. The best way to meet foxy chicks when snorkeling is to wait until they get their foot caught in the coral, and then rescue them.
2. The best pickup line once you have rescued a hot babe is, "You swim like a man".
3. The best way to approach a shark encounter is to shoot one shark, to keep the others distracted.
4. The best way to get around when snorkeling is to hitch a ride on a trutle.
5. The best way to prevent a shark from harassing you when diving is to shoot it with your spear gun.
6. Good guys wear white tanks and red exposure suits. Bad guys wear black tanks and black expsosure suits. When one encounters someone in a black wetsuit with black tanks, shoot them with a spear gun.
7. BCD's and weights are not needed when diving off a helicopter, and wearing a white tank.
8. Making love underwater is entirely possible, but creates a LOT of bubbles, and scares the fish.
9. Always carry a huge knife on the leg, and a speargun in the event any divers wearing black wetsuits with black tanks are encountered. See #6.
10. Pen sized devices that replace the tank and regulator are highly desirable, and will save your life on numerious occasions.
11. If you have your mask ripped off you face by a bad guy, grab another mask off the dead guy that is found nearest to your location.
Vtdiver2
November 26th, 2005, 01:42 PM
Here are a few lessons I learned from watching Thrunderball, made in 1965.
1. The best way to meet foxy chicks when snorkeling is to wait until they get their foot caught in the coral, and then rescue them.
2. The best pickup line once you have rescued a hot babe is, "You swim like a man".
3. The best way to approach a shark encounter is to shoot one shark, to keep the others distracted.
4. The best way to get around when snorkeling is to hitch a ride on a trutle.
5. The best way to prevent a shark from harassing you when diving is to shoot it with your spear gun.
6. Good guys wear white tanks and red exposure suits. Bad guys wear black tanks and black expsosure suits. When one encounters someone in a black wetsuit with black tanks, shoot them with a spear gun.
7. BCD's and weights are not needed when diving off a helicopter, and wearing a white tank.
8. Making love underwater is entirely possible, but creates a LOT of bubbles, and scares the fish.
9. Always carry a huge knife on the leg, and a speargun in the event any divers wearing black wetsuits with black tanks are encountered. See #6.
10. Pen sized devices that replace the tank and regulator are highly desirable, and will save your life on numerious occasions.
11. If you have your mask ripped off you face by a bad guy, grab another mask off the dead guy that is found nearest to your location.
I hear PADI is coming out with a "007 Diving" specialty course.
C-Dawg
Gidds
November 26th, 2005, 02:49 PM
LMAO!
I beleive Al Giddings shot a lot of those underwater sequences :D
The Kraken
November 27th, 2005, 11:28 AM
Vt . . .
Be careful !!!! The power of suggestion is quite real!
the K
jtu
November 27th, 2005, 11:33 AM
Sounds good lets go!!!!
The Kraken
November 27th, 2005, 11:35 AM
Oh, about the B/C's . . . we didn't have them back then.
the K (note the ancient age wrinkles in the skin in the avatar)
drbill
November 27th, 2005, 11:41 AM
Wow... does that mean that DIR folks are really bad?
By the way, in 1965 we didn't use BCD's (at least the majority of divers I knew), but weight belts were in use.
ProfessorAronnax
November 27th, 2005, 11:52 AM
The red exposure suits kinda works for me!
http://www.obsessional.co.uk/ball5.jpg
The Kraken
November 27th, 2005, 12:03 PM
In all of my years of diving, I have NEVER seen any thing like that on a shore or boat dive !!!
And now, in my declining years, it wouldn't do any good if I did . . . just fog up my mask!!!
Alas . . . . .
the K
ProfessorAronnax
November 27th, 2005, 12:14 PM
"Diver's in Black gone bad!" : or "What's the deal with the fins?"
http://www.obsessional.co.uk/frenchlobby11.jpg
The Kraken
November 27th, 2005, 12:16 PM
I bet she could out run them.
the K
Vtdiver2
November 27th, 2005, 12:20 PM
I bet she could out run them.
the K
Then again, maybe she doesn't want to :05:
Looks like she has one of those "hurts so good" looks on her face:wow_2:
C-Dawg
JS1scuba
November 27th, 2005, 12:33 PM
Here are a few lessons I learned from watching Thrunderball, made in 1965.
Guys in white tanks don't need scooters.
Putting on a double breasted blazer immediatley following diving is chic.
Eye patches don't wilt when wet.
Hot women have "guardians"
No one has dive hair after a dive.
Calypso cameras need no light to shoot under a boat.
Doubles always look cooler than singles ....
<i was watching the other night too!>
Cheers
RonFrank
November 27th, 2005, 01:05 PM
Oh, about the B/C's . . . we didn't have them back then.
the K (note the ancient age wrinkles in the skin in the avatar)
They were used in other shots... I thought :D
The BC was introduced in 1956...
Actually I love watching the old Bond movies... don't ask me why :11:
http://www.bondmovies.net/girls/barbara-bach4.jpg
The Kraken
November 27th, 2005, 01:10 PM
They were used in other shots... I thought :D
The BC was introduced in 1956...
Actually I love watching the old Bond movies... don't ask me why :11:
http://www.bondmovies.net/girls/barbara-bach4.jpg
Didn't say they hadn't been invented . . . just said we didn't have them :D (but did sound rather universal, didn't it?)
I took the cheap course . . .
RonFrank
November 27th, 2005, 01:22 PM
Wow... does that mean that DIR folks are really bad?
By the way, in 1965 we didn't use BCD's (at least the majority of divers I knew), but weight belts were in use.
How did one dive without a BCD? You just fin to keep off the bottom? What happened to the poor soul that was 10lbs overweighted? Did they just sink like a rock until they hit the bottom?
The Kraken
November 27th, 2005, 01:32 PM
Watch some of the old "Sea Hunt" episodes and see how much of the time the divers were actually touching the bottom.
Different times, different concerns . . .
Keep in mind that back in the 50', 60's and into the early 70's recreational scuba diving was a very, very small industry/hobby/sport (you pick your definition)
the K
DA Aquamaster
November 27th, 2005, 08:53 PM
With no BC's they were a bit behind the times in "Thunderball" and even more so in the '83 Bond movie "Never Say Never Again". In that movie the bad guys graduated to black suits with grey stripes (and yellow stripes for the big cheese bad guy in charge.) But at least they still had one gratuitous speargun shooting.
I noticed lot's of Dacor 900 Pacer XL's in that movie as well as a 600 and what may have been a 360. Apparently Dacor did not pay for any branding in the movie as the decals on most of the purge buttons seem to have been removed.
PhotoTJ
November 30th, 2005, 12:10 AM
I still want a tank/dpv/dive light with pnumaticly fired powerheads. That would get you some respect!
quarrydiver68
December 3rd, 2005, 01:12 AM
Where are all the hot scuba babes these days anyway?
But no matter how hard we try we will never look as cool as James Bond when diving.
riguerin
December 3rd, 2005, 01:27 AM
The red exposure suits kinda works for me!
http://www.obsessional.co.uk/ball5.jpg
WOW, nice beaver ... tail wetsuit:05:
riguerin
December 3rd, 2005, 01:38 AM
Where are all the hot scuba babes these days anyway?
But no matter how hard we try we will never look as cool as James Bond when diving.
If you had one of these bad boys, then you and your buddies could go trolling for dive babes ... you gotta be able to score with a ride like this :05:
My personal favorite is in Tomorrow Never Dies where 007 takes the same breathing mix from a HALO jump (Usually 100% 02, I believe) to the bottom of the ocean.
quarrydiver68
December 15th, 2005, 05:02 PM
But remember Bond is not your average man.
archman
December 15th, 2005, 05:17 PM
"You swim like a man."
That's my favorite one.
500 PSI
December 15th, 2005, 05:45 PM
I always liked RED!! That must be a classic low vis wetsuit; very easy on the eyes !!
Rinkopr
December 15th, 2005, 06:23 PM
I think I need to take a cold shower, I wonder if my wife would wear one of those?
