Cue the IMPERIAL MARCH!
I mean, I’m sure a good many of you Daredevilers out there have noted the STRIKING resemblance between the bridge of the as-yet-unnamed BEHEMOTH (although “Behemoth” is starting to grow on me, and does have a nice/appropriate ring to it) and the bridge of a STAR DESTROYER. As ever our timing is apropos, what with the release of the brand-new STAR WARS trailer, including an EPIC shot of a crashed Star Destroyer that melted everyone’s brains over the weekend. Look Ma, we’re part of the Zeitgeist…FINALLY!
Seriously though, in the script the bridge of the BEHEMOTH (liking it more and more) was described to be much more reminiscent of a traditional submarine-style bridge – with low ceilings, no windows, and cramped quarters. However, Danilo (being the very smart dude that he is) threw all of that out the window and made the absolute right call in giving the bridge of the BEHEMOTH the gravitas it deserved.
Oh, and just a side note: I’d like to point out that we have been waiting for just the right moment to do the whole *translated from a foreign language shtick for a LONG time.
Be here NEXT WEEK for the FINAL page of Deep Dive Daredevils Volume One! That in-and-of-itself should be more than enough to bring you running back in just 7 days, but as you know we’ve never been content to rest on our laurels. So, NEXT WEEK you will get not just ONE, but TWO pages – a DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD, to be more specific!
Here’s how it’s going to work: The first part of the spread will post on Tuesday April 28th at 12:01am, as usual, and the second part of the spread will post 12 HOURS LATER at 12:01pm. A link to the complete spread will accompany the second post. It’ll be a first for us, and should be a heck of a lot of fun.
We’re leaving you guys/gals on a HUGE cliffhanger…a vision of something truly UNFORGETTABLE!
Anyways, till next week!
-Matt-
I dig this page!
Remember back in Pitch Black day, when I bemoaned that I considered the antagonists to be less well-developed – or more cliche – than the protagonists? Seems like these days are gone.
I really like the name Operation Reciprocity, because, as we all know, Nazi Germany always performed acts of war or brutality in reciprocation only. Makes sense that the Giga-Reich upholds the same standards. (Just in case: This is sarcasm!)
With regard to naming the BEHEMOTH: That name is possible in German as well, but it has Jewish / Old Testament roots, of which the Giga-Reich presumably would not be very fond of.
The obvious choice would be Götterdämmerung, but I suppose the movie Iron Sky kinda ruined that name forever? Lindwurm is an old name or word for dragon, but it sounds funny to modern readers because wurm means worm in German. So maybe one of the swords from Germanic mythology? Another choice that makes sense would be Barbarossa, which was considered a really cool name, up until Operation Barbarossa failed to take down the Soviet Union, which is still in the future for the DDD, but of course we don’t know how the timelines work.
I’m glad you dug the page, and as always, there’s a lot to digest here, Timothy.
You definitely have me second guessing calling the City-Sized Sub the BEHEMOTH though.
Very cool! But what’s “hexahedral breach” supposed to mean, anyway? Inquiring minds want to know!
I think it refers to the shape of their big-city thing and it breaching the surface of the water.
“Hexahedral” means “having six plane surfaces”.
That cube that the big city-thing appeared from was the hexahedral, coming through a breach (in the space-time continuum)/(in hyperspace)/(from Hammerspace).
Bingo, Miserchord. Right on the money!
BTW, today’s Google Doodle demonstrates that the Deep Dive Daredevils are part of the Zeitgeist in more than one way.
“The Council”…
Uh-oh, that doesn’t sound good. The only thing worse than one bad guy is a whole group of bad guys. One thing is for sure… this is a FANTASTIC way to end off volume 1!
The fun thing is that just a week ago I decided that the really bad guys in my WIP would not call themselves The Evil Conspiracy – I know, duh! – but rather refer to themselves as The Council.
You guys have no idea. THE COUNCIL is going to blow your minds.
I’m really excited for next weeks reveal. You taught me to expect the unexpected.
1- Why is the commander leaving the bridge during a battle, with The Custer no less? I hope Lt. Deitrich (I want to call him DeitReich) is wearing his brown pants.
2- It must be hard to work under such cramped conditions; I mean really, there is hardly enough room for a herd of elephants, and a small pyramid, in that Council Anti-Chamber.
3- I’m liking the name Tadpole (Kaulquappe) or Minnow (Minnow) or Guppy (Guppy) respectively, as the Land Behemoths were to be named the Mouse (Maus) and Rat (Ratte). You so seldom see good sarcasm from Nazis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
1. The Council must not be kept waiting. No matter what.
2. Yeah, get it together, Giga-Reich!
3. I love the idea of calling the City-Sized Sub the MINNOW. Hilarious!
Another fish name that is suitably unsuitable, and sounds pretty funny to German ears, would be Flunder (fluke).
Ok this is a really good page though am I the only one who found it amusing to see the actual ‘goose-stepping’ walk portrayed in here? Heck the evil commander even does it when no ones looking?
They are NAZIS, someone is ALWAYS looking…
But yes I thought it was pretty funny.
Hahaha!
Wasn´t my intemption to do the goose-stepping… Just long and determined steps…
I guess I exagerate with the perspective.
still Danilo I do appreciate the attention to detail. It adds a layer most certainly to the gravity of the situation.
What you do when no one is looking is a measure of your character.
… and so… we enter the chamber of the council… and find….
WALT DISNEY!!!
… nah… but if Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Joe P. Kennedy Sr. and John Rockefeller were part of the operation, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised. THESE four did their damnedest to get us into the war on the side of Germany right up to Pearl Harbor.
… and yes, goose-stepping when unobserved was not uncommon among the party faithful.
More likely Reinhard Heydrich; that guy was hardcore.
Things are gettin’ mighty dark around here.
I’m glad the Sarge had the guts to call this fact out a LOT of folks don’t know that Ford was a nazi sympathizer, even less know a certain OTHER major family funneled money to the nazi’s via the Bush-krupp scandal.
The Germans were not without humor. The largest tank ever built was the Maus. Then in WWI they had the Albatross, which was a great plane to fly.