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Generation Kill
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:37 pm
It's almost like a comedy. It's like the anti Band of Brothers. It is very cynical.
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Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:59 pm to doc baklava
Watched that series a few years back, and I was not impressed.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 8:59 pm to doc baklava
quote:good way to describe it. Its very anti war and critical of the way we handled that whole situation
It's like the anti Band of Brothers
Posted on 11/13/20 at 9:05 pm to doc baklava
It was accurate in depicting the attitude of the line soldier during that time.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 10:13 pm to WestCoastAg
I wouldn't call it anti-war, honest, but not anti-war.
Posted on 11/14/20 at 1:21 am to Lima Whiskey
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I wouldn't call it anti-war, honest, but not anti-war.
This. It's just true. There are heroes and dickheads fighting on the same side in a war where none of them really know why they're there. Completely different scenario than what Easy Company was facing at D-Day and after.
Posted on 11/14/20 at 9:30 am to doc baklava
I thought it was pretty great at the time. Need to rewatch it at some point.
This post was edited on 11/14/20 at 9:32 am
Posted on 11/14/20 at 11:08 am to The_Joker
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Completely different scenario than what Easy Company was facing at D-Day and after.
how do you know?
Posted on 11/15/20 at 9:38 am to Philzilla2k
I loved BOB, but I assume the banter in Generation Kill is much closer to how the men of Easy Company spoke.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 7:11 pm to doc baklava
WW2 was one of the most clear cut examples of good versus evil in the history of human conflict.
The invasion of Iraq was a muddled affair and the spirit of the soldiers reflects that.
The invasion of Iraq was a muddled affair and the spirit of the soldiers reflects that.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 8:31 pm to doc baklava
The sand was very evil
So many great quotes from this. I can't find the one where the driver gets mad during the firefight when the Brazilian guy keeps screaming in Portuguese or when none of the humvees would back up. "Can someone, please, back the frick up" while under heavy fire
So many great quotes from this. I can't find the one where the driver gets mad during the firefight when the Brazilian guy keeps screaming in Portuguese or when none of the humvees would back up. "Can someone, please, back the frick up" while under heavy fire
Posted on 11/16/20 at 9:49 am to doc baklava
I remember trying to watch this when it came out, when I was a sophomore in college. Couldn't get into it. I'm sure I just didn't "get it" at the time, and I need to go back and watch it.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 11:54 am to doc baklava
Posted on 11/16/20 at 11:56 am to doc baklava
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t's almost like a comedy. It's like the anti Band of Brothers. It is very cynical
I bought a haji copy of it on DVD during my second deployment in Iraq in 2008.
You know that scene in Spaceballs where Dark Helmet orders the tape fast forwarded to “now now”? That’s exactly what it was like, laughing at the banter and being like “wait...I’m living this shite right now”
This post was edited on 11/16/20 at 11:57 am
Posted on 11/16/20 at 2:12 pm to doc baklava
Read the book and saw the series. The larger point was that it was total misuse of military tool kit to utilize reconnaissance Marines as a ground force. The book communicated it better. Nathaniel Fick (Brads LT) wrote his own book on his experiences called One Bullet Away. Little more intelligent and less bitching. No series though.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 2:36 pm to msap9020
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Read the book and saw the series. The larger point was that it was total misuse of military tool kit to utilize reconnaissance Marines as a ground force. The book communicated it better. Nathaniel Fick (Brads LT) wrote his own book on his experiences called One Bullet Away. Little more intelligent and less bitching. No series though.
I will have to look that up.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 3:55 pm to doc baklava
Watch it listening through headphones if possible. There’s countless hilarious things being said in the background.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 3:55 pm to doc baklava
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Generation Kill
Oft overlooked in the HBO library
I loved it. When they sing "Teenage Dirtbag" in the Humvee it cracks me up.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 4:02 pm to Damn Good Dawg
The clusterfrickness of all of it is captured very well throughout, especially as exemplified by Capt America and Encino Man.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 4:19 pm to Lima Whiskey
quote:BoB is accurate right down to the shoe polish. Society just hadn't been as totally vulgarized in the 40's as it was in 2003.
I loved BOB, but I assume the banter in Generation Kill is much closer to how the men of Easy Company spoke.
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