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Meh, Hollywood gets ages wrong constantly in war pictures.  Brad Pitt as a 50 year old Staff Sgt?  Bullshit.  They always want to portray every bit of warfare as these grizzled old vets worn down by life in battle.  When in reality, the world was saved by pimple-faced boys who answered a call.  The only one that really got it right was Band of Brothers.  They show them as smooth-skinned children at Taccoa.  Then they age a bit in England.  And by the end of the war, they bear their experience on their faces while the replacements show up young and naive looking.  It was perfectly done.  It reminds me of the lecture Danny DeVito gives the kid about regret on your face in "The Big Kahuna."  

R Lee Ermey was severely miscast in his military roles.

Thought FMJ got it right with the ages even with a  semi-competent Drill Instructor.

Things I didn't know until recently. Donald Malarkey was the impetus for "Saving Private Ryan," and introduced the story to author Stephen Ambrose at an Easy Company reunion in the 80s. Malarkey told Ambrose the story of the Niland brothers from Tonawanda, New York. One of the four Niland brothers was close friends with Malarkey's best friend in Easy Company, Warren H. "Skip" Muck.  They were from the same hometown. Muck had shared the story with Malarkey and he recounted it to Ambrose much later. Private Ryan is based on Fritz Niland, Skip Muck's buddy. 

On 6/4/2023 at 3:39 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

It is almost a blasphemy to mention that terribly inaccurate movie in this thread.

22 hours ago, Saint Tacky said:

Things I didn't know until recently. Donald Malarkey was the impetus for "Saving Private Ryan," and introduced the story to author Stephen Ambrose at an Easy Company reunion in the 80s. Malarkey told Ambrose the story of the Niland brothers from Tonawanda, New York. One of the four Niland brothers was close friends with Malarkey's best friend in Easy Company, Warren H. "Skip" Muck.  They were from the same hometown. Muck had shared the story with Malarkey and he recounted it to Ambrose much later. Private Ryan is based on Fritz Niland, Skip Muck's buddy. 

The biggest problem with Saving Private Ryan was that Band of Brothers showed us that the troops could be dropped willy nilly, out of position all over Normandy, and the Army could still locate them to deliver their mail. 

12 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The biggest problem with Saving Private Ryan was that Band of Brothers showed us that the troops could be dropped willy nilly, out of position all over Normandy, and the Army could still locate them to deliver their mail. 

You make it sound as if there was mail call on June 7th...

On 5/29/2018 at 10:54 AM, BearSchlong said:

My favorite show ever.  Binge watched the whole thing yesterday after getting home from spending the morning on the gulf in my boat with my Vietnam vet father.  Hell, I got teary eyed seeing a coast guard cutter coming down the channel, Memorial Day does that to me.  Seeing the guys at the end of the last episode I couldn't hold back the tears.

This morning my son starts Airborne school at Ft. Benning, so this hits incredibly close to my heart.

did not notice date until after rep. hope your son is well and thank him for me.

Mrs east Texan and I watched last three episodes this weekend. Problably watched series every year since its release. 

Wasn't that the USPS motto for decades?  

Neither rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, and not even an aerial assault of a fascist occupied continent will keep us from our appointed rounds?  I swear I read that somewhere.  But yeah, 'Saving Private Ryan' had too many cinematic cliches for my taste, though visually it's the finest feature length WWII movie ever made.  

But Band of Brothers was true to the story and they put great production value into it and it showed.  What a cast, what a story, what a ride.  

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On 6/7/2023 at 9:54 PM, YGIFS said:

Meh, Hollywood gets ages wrong constantly in war pictures.  Brad Pitt as a 50 year old Staff Sgt?  Bullshit.  They always want to portray every bit of warfare as these grizzled old vets worn down by life in battle.  When in reality, the world was saved by pimple-faced boys who answered a call. 

 

There were lots of older guys mixed in with the young on the battlefield including the front lines.  

 

All pics from Guadalcanal including a POW the marines took.  Surrenders were usually killed on Guadal.  

 

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On 6/11/2023 at 1:32 PM, Saint Tacky said:

Things I didn't know until recently. Donald Malarkey was the impetus for "Saving Private Ryan," and introduced the story to author Stephen Ambrose at an Easy Company reunion in the 80s. Malarkey told Ambrose the story of the Niland brothers from Tonawanda, New York. One of the four Niland brothers was close friends with Malarkey's best friend in Easy Company, Warren H. "Skip" Muck.  They were from the same hometown. Muck had shared the story with Malarkey and he recounted it to Ambrose much later. Private Ryan is based on Fritz Niland, Skip Muck's buddy. 

Malarkey had a rough go of it after the war.  The part where a buncha frat boys (his "brothers" even worse) will make you very ragey.  

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Just finished Currahee to start the annual Memorial Weekend watch. Three miles up, three miles down!

I got started early. Watched the first two episodes on Friday. Three and four on Saturday, five and six yesterday (dividing Bastogne over two days), and I’ll finish it off this afternoon/evening.

How many times have I watched this? Has to be at least 20 times. It hasn’t lost anything. It’s still every bit as amazing and moving as ever.

Also…new rule: Nobody gets to bitch about Jimmy Fallon without also bitching about Colin Hanks. (Yeah, I started a sneak peak of The Last Patrol yesterday.)

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At first, the Germans didn't shoot at him. I think they couldn't quite believe what they were seeing. But that wasn't really the astounding thing. The astounding thing was that after he hooked up with I-Company ... he came back.

Watching some of the BB marathon on HBO. Lt. Spears was such a fucking bad ass.

On 5/27/2018 at 8:54 PM, Parliament said:

Not sure there's a better scene in any war movie ever (Jimmy Fallon not withstanding):

 

 

Dammit.  I knew if I cleared on this thread -  and read a few posts - I'd start up the series for about the 10th time.  

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