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I am still here as well despite having it sitting on my DVR since last Memorial weekend. Watched Ep 1 and didn't get any farther for whatever reason.Still have never seen and need to watch.
I am still here as well despite having it sitting on my DVR since last Memorial weekend. Watched Ep 1 and didn't get any farther for whatever reason.Still have never seen and need to watch.
Currahee has always been one of my favorites and very rewatchable.Why We Fight is probably the "best" episode but it's just so depressing.
So I think I'd go with The Breaking Point. I like walberg's character alot and he does a great job in this episode. Toy/garnere losing their legs is one of the more gut wrenching moments of the series
The Spiers run is the apex of the series as well. Just so bad ###.Why We Fight is probably the "best" episode but it's just so depressing.
So I think I'd go with The Breaking Point. I like walberg's character alot and he does a great job in this episode. Toy/garnere losing their legs is one of the more gut wrenching moments of the series
Oof.Why we fight gets me every time...every single time and yet I can't not watch it.
Blind?They are all so good.
The only one I don't love is the one with the guy who goes mute. Not sure why, usually skip that one.
Definitely in my top 5 of all time.
James McAvoy too. Had no idea.I came in to post, Fassbender and Hardy are two I didn't remember being in it.
It's great but dedicating over 2 weeks class time to a mini-series is a bit much.Greatest WWII anything.
Simply amazing TV.
Watched on and off while having a pool party at my house. My son (now 12) wants to sit and watch it front to back. Just an amazing series and IMO should be shown in every High School American History class as part of the curriculum.
My favorite has to be Bastogne...something about the snowy imagery and just the general mood of despair at that point is really conveyed well. You almost feel like you're there if you watch it on a good enough TV/sound system. There really isn't a bad episode though. I've seen the whole thing through probably 5-6 times.Love this series. Here is a tough question. If you only have time to rewatch one episode, which do you choose?
2 weeks to teach kids about the greatest generation ever and why we all don't speak German......well worth it.OrtonToOlsen said:It's great but dedicating over 2 weeks class time to a mini-series is a bit much.
OK...we'll just skip everything else about WWII and focus on one company.2 weeks to teach kids about the greatest generation ever and why we all don't speak German......well worth it.
Is that an appropriate age to have a child watch this (or Saving Private Ryan or similar)? My kid isn't quite 2, so I've got a long way to go - but this is definitely one of those things I want to sit him down to watch when he's old enough to appreciate it (and understand it's significance).Todem said:My son (now 12) wants to sit and watch it front to back. Just an amazing series and IMO should be shown in every High School American History class as part of the curriculum.
Yep.elbowrm said:The Spiers run is the apex of the series as well. Just so bad ###.
I showed my son these starting at 11 or 12. He had already read many WW2 books and had done two year-long school reports on the Ploesti air raids, including interviewing a veteran who had flown those missions. He had shown a good understanding of the gravity of the topic, particularly when interviewing the veteran. Our kids are pretty sheltered - we don't swear, and we are very conservative when it comes to media... but he was ready.Is that an appropriate age to have a child watch this (or Saving Private Ryan or similar)? My kid isn't quite 2, so I've got a long way to go - but this is definitely one of those things I want to sit him down to watch when he's old enough to appreciate it (and understand it's significance).
I loved how quickly he took off - like he had a full plan already prepared for just that situation and just couldn't wait to execute it.Yep.
Spears, get yourself over here! Get out there and relieve Dyche and take that attack on in.
Day of Days.TLEF316 said:Why We Fight is probably the "best" episode but it's just so depressing.
So I think I'd go with The Breaking Point. I like walberg's character alot and he does a great job in this episode. Toy/garnere losing their legs is one of the more gut wrenching moments of the series
Good choices.TLEF316 said:Why We Fight is probably the "best" episode but it's just so depressing.
So I think I'd go with The Breaking Point. I like walberg's character alot and he does a great job in this episode. Toy/garnere losing their legs is one of the more gut wrenching moments of the series
BoB was and always will be my favorite series/movie/whatever you call it.I was pretty disappointed by "the Pacific". It wasn't bad, but no way could it ever live up to Band of Brothers.
Had an uncle that was killed piloting a B-24 over Ploesti. Not Tidal Wave, but a later mission. Hollywood is missing a real chance not making a movie of that one.I showed my son these starting at 11 or 12. He had already read many WW2 books and had done two year-long school reports on the Ploesti air raids, including interviewing a veteran who had flown those missions. He had shown a good understanding of the gravity of the topic, particularly when interviewing the veteran. Our kids are pretty sheltered - we don't swear, and we are very conservative when it comes to media... but he was ready.
I doubt I'll be showing my current 9 y.o. at 11 or 12 since he's not a WW2 buff. I wouldn't show these to a kid if I felt they would see it as a bunch of cool explosions.
ETA: I had a memory of Saving Private Ryan being more extreme than Band of Brothers. Not really - there are scenes in BoB just as powerful as the Normandy scenes. The Pacific was the most extreme of the lot.
Babe Hawke is the family friend my boy interviewed. Shot down twice in Yugoslavia on trips back from Ploesti raids. He didn't seem willing to talk much about the second one, and my boy didn't press (good job, buddy!).WampusCat43 said:Had an uncle that was killed piloting a B-24 over Ploesti. Not Tidal Wave, but a later mission. Hollywood is missing a real chance not making a movie of that one.
I saw Flags and Letters. Both good.BoB was and always will be my favorite series/movie/whatever you call it.
The problem the Pacific had was there was no one company you could focus on that went from beginning to end so it was tougher to develop those personal relationships you felt with the characters in BoB. Different war but far more brutal IMO. I thought the way they did the series was about as good as you could. Really liked the Clint Eastwood offerings centering around Iwo Jima. If you haven't seen them you should, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima.
I love SpearsYep.
Spears, get yourself over here! Get out there and relieve Dyche and take that attack on in.
Im all for being a good solider but not a big fan of murdering unarmed POW's.dhockster said:I love Spears
But did he????????????????Im all for being a good solider but not a big fan of murdering unarmed POW's.
According to Winters he admitted it to him at a reunion.But did he????????????????
Were there other prisoners...Did they have the resources to take prisoners then?According to Winters he admitted it to him at a reunion.
During D-Day? Or any time during the war for that matter? Yes there were prisoners.Were there other prisoners...Did they have the resources to take prisoners then?
After the D-Day landings German surrenders initially came quite slowly. By June 9 only 4,000 prisoners had been taken, increasing to 15,000 by June 18. The total for June was 47,000, dropping to 36,000 in July; 135,000 were taken in the month subsequent to July 25. August’s total was 150,000. The total number of prisoners attributed to the Normandy campaign was 200,000.
Yes and yes.Were there other prisoners...Did they have the resources to take prisoners then?
I don't love him for killing German prisoners, but I love him for being psychotic enough to bravely lead men into battle against terrible odds. It's guys like that that can win the war for you.Im all for being a good solider but not a big fan of murdering unarmed POW's.
Those guys were indeed bas a**.
Weird how they made everyone out to be a great hero, then portray the doctor as a junkie.
Couldn't be farther from the truth. Doc Roe was salt of the earth and considered above reproach among his men. Morphine was a newish drug in WWII and regardless, in short supply. Coupled with the fact the town of Bastogne was completely encircled and they couldn't get resupplied, ALL of the medics looked like that during that period of the war. Read up on Eugene Roe, you'll find all the answers you need are out there to dispel that theory.I rewatched "Bastogne". He's running around the entire episode trying to score morphine. Now, he's not using all the morphine for himself by any means. But he's using some of it. Note especially the scene where he begins wrapping cord around his hand and saying a prayer. Implication is that he's injecting or popping into his fingers. You have to watch the flow of the whole episode as well, noting his changes in behavior and appearance, esp the time, apparently immediately after getting well, when he sits apart and doesn't let himself get drawn into the conversation around the campfire (I know there could be other reasons for this, but watch the whole thing). There are certain directorial choices which frame it that way, like including the soldier's asking him if he's really using it for himself, the opening scene showing how easily his finger bleeds, etc. The implication seems pretty clear to me overall, and I (we) see no other way of explaining the hand-wrapping scene.
Lewis Nixon was a drunk when he went in and became worse as the war wore on. It never stopped him from doing his job though and the men he served with respected that. That picture is the day after VE day and shortly after Nix was given access to Goering's private stock. Oddly enough Nixon sobered up in the 60's after having a rough go of it after the war, met a woman that straightened him out and lived a happy life until he passed away in the 90's. Sounds like a BoB trailer when I type it out...Also, online I found this actual photo of Lewis Nixon during the war. Incredibly epic.
You are missing a great event, not a TV series but an event. Also need to keep in mind when this originally aired there was nothing like it ever done.You would think I would've seen it since most of what I watch is war type stuff.
A real American hero!!Bronze Star for the Brecourt Manor assault (charging the four German artillery guns). Most time on the front lines of anyone in Easy Company.