so I watched this again over the weekend

"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-) 10/24/2016 at 19:12 • Filed to: Band of Brothers, Television

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I still think this is one of the best series ever. I watch it again every few years, and every single time it leaves me at a loss for words. It’s incredible that this is based on real stories and real people. Plus, there’s an interesting mix of actors and cameos - I’m still noticing people that I hadn’t noticed years before.

Anyways, if you haven’t seen it, watch it; if you’ve already seen it, it’s probably time to watch it again.

Currahee!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 19:14

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The Pacific is good. I am glad I was in Afghanistan VS the Pacific island hopping campaign.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/24/2016 at 19:17

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I like the Pacific as well, but it never stuck with me like Band of Brothers did - I’m not exactly sure why that’s the case.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 19:24

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Well the Eagle’s Nest is pretty impressive at the end. I know a guy that was stationed in Germany in the 60's and got to check out all that stuff. He said there were all kinds of Nazi stuff stored in warehouses. They let him take curtains and furniture for his office!

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 19:28

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Was just discussing how good both this and The Pacific are with buddies at work today. The Pacific got me personally, as my Grandfather went through that with 2nd Marine (I think). I knew he was on Peleiu, Iwo, Guadalcanal etc, I’d seen the framed insignias in his radio room at home. The series really drove home for me what he had gone through, and presumably why he never spoke a word of it.

I’m also fairly certain his experience in the war played a part in selecting a first book to give my toddler-self: Seuss’s The Butter Battle Book.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/24/2016 at 19:38

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I think the only WWII-era stuff I’d want is a Luger pistol and a Garand rifle. Living in Canada would probably prevent those [surely legal] acquisitions.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 19:56

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I’ve seen each BofB at least 25 times as during the mid 2000' when the history channel used to play them everyweekend. Having just basic cable I used to always have it on while doing homework.

While the pacific was good, the first time I watched it I had such a problem telling who was who. That a lot happened at night didn’t help.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 20:18

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Also a half track lol

Nerd-Vol > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 20:47

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Re-watched it last year. It was fantastic!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 21:13

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Yup. It’s always onions at the end of that series.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash 10/24/2016 at 21:51

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Heck, if we’re going to that scale I’d have put some aircraft the list.

ttyymmnn > gin-san - shitpost specialist 10/24/2016 at 22:01

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If you have not done so, I highly recommend that you read D-Day and Citizen Soldiers . I couldn’t put either of those book down, but I never finished Band of Brothers . The book always seemed to be somewhat of an afterthought to me, but it’s very likely that the film is much stronger. And, IIRC, the TV series took from all of Ambrose’s books. Honestly, I’ve only seen a small bit of it.