Band of Brothers

Gavinmad

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Adebisi said:
Whatever that may be, I still get hard when Winters nearly goes infantry kill mode on Dike.

That's good TV
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Dike was awarded two bronze stars for valor, including one for his actions in Bastogne. The idea that he was some inept coward is a slander invented by Winters and Lipton because they personally disliked the guy.
 
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Adebisi

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This is the Band of Brothers miniseries thread

Not the what happened in WW2 thread
 
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Gavinmad said:
Dike was awarded two bronze stars for valor, including one for his actions in Bastogne. The idea that he was some inept coward is a slander invented by Winters and Lipton because they personally disliked the guy.
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A lot of officer medals are just participation trophies though. Their bar is many times lower than an enlisted soldier's.
 
Gavinmad

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Bald Brah said:
A lot of officer medals are just participation trophies though. Their bar is many times lower than an enlisted soldier's.
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Actual real life evidence of him being twice decorated for valor in combat vs the 40 year old testimony of men who were well known for their dislike of outsiders transcribed into a book by a man well known for making no effort to verify anything he was told which was then further twisted to make dramatic television.

The citation on his second bronze star is for personally removing multiple wounded men from the line while under heavy fire which directly contradicts the idea that he spent all of Bastogne cowering in his foxhole.
 
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As long as we, including A Araysar , recognize that the us entered the war 6 years late.
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but when they did


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Attog

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BoB is a masterpiece. Arguably the greatest mini-series of all time. I remember when The Pacific came out I was super hyped, then felt sorely let down comparing it directly to BoB.

I re-watched The Pacific for the first time last year, and appreciated it more on second watch. I bought the books is was based on, read them, appreciated it more. I started re-watching it for the second time this week. I begrudginly now stake a claim that The Pacific is also a masterpiece.
 
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Gavinmad

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Arguably the greatest mini-series of all time.
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Dunno if I'd go that far but can't immediately think of anything I'd say was better.

Opening the series with the dude who played fucking Ross from Friends as the hardass CO was a masterful touch of casting imo.
 
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Lanx said:
i mean, whats sad is that theyre now reinterviewing the now old actors who played young men, b/c the real original surviving vets are all almost dead
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The last surviving member of Easy Company died 4 years ago. If someone lied about their age and was 17 on D-Day they'd be 99 today.
 
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Kajiimagi

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Time marches on for all of us bro. It's inevitable. I'll watch this , then the BoB blu-ray or vice-versa. kroenen kroenen they give a date for the doc?
 
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I haven't read Major Winters' book but the titular book, Band of Brothers, didn't add anything to the show and wasn't all that great. I read it because I wanted more and while a book usually does provide more than an adaptation this time it did not.

The show is a 10. The book was like a 4.
 
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Went to France most of Normandy this summer with the mrs and girls. Saw a lot of ww2 places and museums in between the womens' shopping sprees. Visited Ohama and Utah for the first time, and various Easy Company and individuals soldier landmarks and memorials, saluted. Had a whole bright july day at the american cemetery, very profound experience. Sat by the roses and just tried to fathom it. Not ashamed to say I shed tears more than once. And so many workers keeping the grass and grounds impeccable. Surprised when going along the highway when they closed afternoon that there is a cemetery for german fallen soldiers too, but didn't have time to visit this round. Also found a few monuments for danish sailors lost on d-day as well. Didn't have the heart for Foy, albeit passed it driving back to Denmark. Anyway, I'll be watching the Legacy, obviously.
 
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Kajiimagi

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Went to France most of Normandy this summer with the mrs and girls. Saw a lot of ww2 places and museums in between the womens' shopping sprees. Visited Ohama and Utah for the first time, and various Easy Company and individuals soldier landmarks and memorials, saluted. Had a whole bright july day at the american cemetery, very profound experience. Sat by the roses and just tried to fathom it. Not ashamed to say I shed tears more than once. And so many workers keeping the grass and grounds impeccable. Surprised when going along the highway when they closed afternoon that there is a cemetery for german fallen soldiers too, but didn't have time to visit this round. Also found a few monuments for danish sailors lost on d-day as well. Didn't have the heart for Foy, albeit passed it driving back to Denmark. Anyway, I'll be watching the Legacy, obviously.
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Glad to hear you went and visited those places. I have nothing but contempt for France as a whole and do not plan to ever visit there. Oddly I'd love to visit Germany and Italy though. I'll also be watching legacy and when I told my wife about it she was all for it.
 
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Dr.Retarded

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WT...

Also, The Pacific was actually a good show!
 
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Izo

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'That is a man' - Winters, on Popeye. Lots of extra interviews. Loving it so far. Haven't seen We stand alone together, not sure how much is reuse. Now Bastogne, oooof.
 
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