Band of Brothers
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Cara Van Man said:
Eric Mc said:
Probably the best US TV series ever.
Saying that, there are not that many to choose from of much quality IMO.
Edited by Cara Van Man on Saturday 8th November 18:27
adycav said:
Cara Van Man said:
Eric Mc said:
Probably the best US TV series ever.
Saying that, there are not that many to choose from of much quality IMO.
Edited by Cara Van Man on Saturday 8th November 18:27
te as a rule.Maybe narrow minded, but I wont be convinced otherwise.
Cara Van Man said:
adycav said:
Cara Van Man said:
Eric Mc said:
Probably the best US TV series ever.
Saying that, there are not that many to choose from of much quality IMO.
Edited by Cara Van Man on Saturday 8th November 18:27
te as a rule.Maybe narrow minded, but I wont be convinced otherwise.
For me, the most memorable part of BoB is when they find the concentration camp. Really powerful stuff. A great series overall.
adycav said:
Cara Van Man said:
adycav said:
Cara Van Man said:
Eric Mc said:
Probably the best US TV series ever.
Saying that, there are not that many to choose from of much quality IMO.
Edited by Cara Van Man on Saturday 8th November 18:27
te as a rule.Maybe narrow minded, but I wont be convinced otherwise.
For me, the most memorable part of BoB is when they find the concentration camp. Really powerful stuff. A great series overall.
adycav said:
Without taking anything away from BoB (which I think is great), what about The Wire, The Shield, The Sopranos etc...
The Wire was fabulous. I enjoyed every minute from start to finish.Rome was another superb HBO series (partly in collaboration with the Beeb) even if they took licence with the known story.
Deadwood was another one mixing true historical figures and events with modern story-telling. That was utterly engaging and secured Mr Lovejoy as a very flexible, believable actor in my eyes.
But back to BoB which was one of the greatest TV series ever. It really brought home the differences in their lives back then and ours now, notleast the clothing they had. The episode in Bastogne made me feel cold, even though I had read up on the series and KNEW it was filmed in a warehouse with paper for snow, and that the visible vapour in their breathing was added post production. I just imagined being there, in those conditions, today but wearing modern outdoor clothing. It *still* mkes me feel cold. My Grandad and his peers had life much much tougher than we do today.
Incidentally, you may be interested to know that Damien Lewis is in another TV series called "Life" which was just started airing on British TV. It's a cop-drama but quirky and so far (I'm caught-up with the US viewing thanks to downloads) very worthwhile. It's a lot less serious in tone than BoB (obviously) but Damien plays a credible American again (at least, he does to my British ears).
Mars said:
My Grandad and his peers had life much much tougher than we do today..
Only if your Grandad was American.The Brits in and around Bastogne were much better equipped and prepared for winter, and at the very least had the benefit of one hot meal a day.
In addition, the Americans didn't rotate frontline units for rest/refit/relaxation like the British or the Germans did - they operated like the Russians. I think Easy Company of the 501 PIR were in contact with the enemy for 94 consecutive days in late 1944. The British rotated every 21 days.
Dunk76 said:
Mars said:
My Grandad and his peers had life much much tougher than we do today..
Only if your Grandad was American.The Brits in and around Bastogne were much better equipped and prepared for winter, and at the very least had the benefit of one hot meal a day.
In addition, the Americans didn't rotate frontline units for rest/refit/relaxation like the British or the Germans did - they operated like the Russians. I think Easy Company of the 501 PIR were in contact with the enemy for 94 consecutive days in late 1944. The British rotated every 21 days.
BLUETHUNDER said:
MK4 Slowride said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
Mst007 said:
I was surprised to see that Winters was actually played by a Brit. Very good actor....
This series is Excellent.
Quite a few cast members were british.This series is Excellent.
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Very good series imo, one of the best factual-ish war films made.
And there was me thinking my Star Wars collection was worth a few bob 
Watched the series when it originally aired back in 2001/2002?
Got the tin box set as soon as it came out, cost me much more than £20 lol!
All in all its a great series, well written, and the special effects are very good. The colour saturation is great.
Damien Lewis did very well, along with all the other british cast members. Damien Lewis was also the guest host of one of the Have I Got News for You shows.
And, as also been mentioned, he is also in that new Life program. He was also in an old Victorian program too, can't remember what it was called.
Back to BOB, what made it more interesting was at the end of the series when you found out that the chaps talking at the beginning of the show were the soldiers the series was based on. Amazing!
Got the tin box set as soon as it came out, cost me much more than £20 lol!
All in all its a great series, well written, and the special effects are very good. The colour saturation is great.
Damien Lewis did very well, along with all the other british cast members. Damien Lewis was also the guest host of one of the Have I Got News for You shows.
And, as also been mentioned, he is also in that new Life program. He was also in an old Victorian program too, can't remember what it was called.
Back to BOB, what made it more interesting was at the end of the series when you found out that the chaps talking at the beginning of the show were the soldiers the series was based on. Amazing!
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