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Not thread worthy but I watched Hunt for Red October and would encourage anons to rewatch if it's been a while. People talk about the sub maneuver to push into the torpedo before it's armed but I think there's a lot more going on. The captain wanting to defect and figure out how to stage that without needing all his men aligned. Lots of interesting content in that movie to be dissected.
Recently watched and yes its a great movie by its own right, but also lot of crumbs.
Some that I remember:
Originally Q was using the signature "Hunt for red october" however, after a news came out about finding a rogue Russian sub, Q changed the signature to "Red October". Double meaning right there.
Defection - I am sure plenty of people on the dark side defected, including people in Russian army.
Hayla Hutchin's (who was killed by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust) dad was a retired captain of Russian Nuclear Submarine (Yes!!) AND, Hayla grew up in Murmansk - the same place Ramius is from !
Of course the whole heading into the torpedo before its armed, exactly what the strategy with Operation Warpspeed was
Yeah great movie. One of the nuances I think you might be alluding to is the difference in motive between Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) and his loyal officer Vasily Borodin (Sam Neill). Borodin describes his American Dream of homes (and wives?) in both Montana and Arizona, and an RV to drive between them. He asks Ramius who replies, “I have no such appetites.” Ramius isn’t defecting the super-submarine technology to the USA in order to live a better life in America, he’s doing it on principle. He’s a very cool customer, your Lithuanian.