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re: Band of Brothers and The Pacific are now on Netflix...
Posted on 9/16/23 at 12:27 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 9/16/23 at 12:27 pm to RollTide1987
Netflix has been real miss lately with their original programming, but they're doing a solid job of acquiring shows. First Suits, now these two.
I guess with the strikes they've had to pivot, but I've noticed they are doing a good job of adding shows to draw people in
I guess with the strikes they've had to pivot, but I've noticed they are doing a good job of adding shows to draw people in
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Posted on 9/16/23 at 12:28 pm to RollTide1987
If Band of Beothers never existed, The Pacific would be the greatest WW2 series ever.
But it does exist. And because of that Pacific is slept on.
But it does exist. And because of that Pacific is slept on.
Posted on 9/16/23 at 4:37 pm to RollTide1987
Thanks! Just started BofB last night for my 5th rewatch and will follow with my 2nd rewatch of The Pacific.
I highly recommend the book about Dick Winters. Great guy.
I highly recommend the book about Dick Winters. Great guy.
Posted on 9/17/23 at 10:36 am to zippyputt
My wife saw bitg of these on Netflix and asked about them I told her that both are amazing and are a lot deeper than just war. So she is going to give it a try. So far she really likes the show
Posted on 9/17/23 at 3:09 pm to OysterPoBoy
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I can’t remember if I watched The Pacific. I’ll go check it out
IIRC, Leckie’s Australian girlfriend had a nice rack.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 9:57 am to Methuselah
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I actually have a set of Band of Brothers DVD's in really great tin, but I haven't had my DVD player hooked up in years, so this will be much more convenient.
^^^ Same
Posted on 9/18/23 at 11:37 am to boxcarbarney
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Leckie’s Australian girlfriend had a nice rack
I prefer Vera.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 12:20 pm to Methuselah
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Rami Malek steals the show as cajun Merill 'Snafu" Shelton in a brillant performance.
One of the best performances I've seen. Made me feel what war must feel like. He was totally gone mentally - the scene where he's throwing pebbles into the top of a severed is straight eerie. And pulling teeth out of dead soldiers.
The writers did an outstanding job making you feel the impacts of war.
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:55 pm to Sao
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... and he said, GrandPa, were you a Hero in the war? And GrandPa said, no. But I served in a Company of Heroes.
I'm not crying. It is just allergies!
Posted on 9/18/23 at 4:58 pm to RollTide1987
We always seem to miss Currahee, then binge the rest of the day. Wife and I are both history teachers, so we don't leave the couch during the Memorial Day marathon.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 1:38 am to Locoguan0
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Currahee
Don’t miss it, it’s foundational.
Currahee Mountain.
Three miles up, three miles down.
We Stand Alone
Posted on 9/19/23 at 7:00 am to Mr. Misanthrope
Curahee is the best episode of the whole series for me 
ETA: I love a good boot camp episode or movie.
ETA: I love a good boot camp episode or movie.
This post was edited on 9/19/23 at 7:01 am
Posted on 9/19/23 at 7:03 am to The Eric
Hopefully this gives The Pacific a boost. It’s a better representation of war and perfectly captures the brutality of the island hopping campaign.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:22 pm to jlovel7
quote:I just started a rewatch of Band of Brothers thanks to this thread.
Curahee is the best episode of the whole series for me
ETA: I love a good boot camp episode or movie.
I've only seen it once I think, a long time ago, so my memory is fuzzy.
I'm on E1 and David Schwimmer's character is so good and so bad at the same time. Pushing his company to the limit is legit in my opinion, but he's also so thin skinned and petty, it reminds me of some of my time in the military. --- Not war time, especially not WW2, don't get me wrong. --- But how he does Damien Lewis' character, also an officer is terrible.
This is going to be a good rewatch for me. Again, it's been a long time.
Posted on 9/19/23 at 8:45 pm to RollTide1987
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For those of you who have never seen them, or for those of you who want to re-experience them, these critically acclaimed and popularly beloved miniseries are available for you to watch on Netflix.
Both of them are must watches.
But BoB is significantly better.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:23 am to Grievous Angel
My dad was at Iwo Jima and the only thing he would say when we boys would ask was how badly he wanted some ice water and how bad the sulfur smell was.
If he fell asleep watching tv I would go wake him and he would scare me to death. He would jump up like he was holding a rifle.
I finally mentioned it to him and he replied, " when you are asleep in a hole and someone wakes you, you come up shooting"
This was many years after WWII.
If he fell asleep watching tv I would go wake him and he would scare me to death. He would jump up like he was holding a rifle.
I finally mentioned it to him and he replied, " when you are asleep in a hole and someone wakes you, you come up shooting"
This was many years after WWII.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:46 am to OlGrandad
I just finished watching BoB for the first time. What an incredible series, so well done. I can't even imagine the things these men went through. Emotions all over the place watching this. That part where they come upon the concentration camp was intense. But I loved the last one with the baseball scene and the telling of the lives after the war. Then the interviews of the real men. I'm not crying, you're crying.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 10:00 am
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:33 am to OlGrandad
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My dad was at Iwo Jima and the only thing he would say when we boys would ask was how badly he wanted some ice water and how bad the sulfur smell was.
If he fell asleep watching tv I would go wake him and he would scare me to death. He would jump up like he was holding a rifle.
I finally mentioned it to him and he replied, " when you are asleep in a hole and someone wakes you, you come up shooting"
This was many years after WWII.
Thanks for sharing. Man, the hell that they must have gone through. Unimaginable. Different breed.
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:39 am to RollTide1987
Both are outstanding productions. Looking forward to seeing them again.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 11:40 am
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