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  • NickPapageorgio
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    • Apr 2004
    • 8323

    #1

    Band of brothers is absolutely the best...

    It's probably been said before but goddamn this is a good series. It's the third time i've seen it. Been watchin it back to back from my Blockbuster delivery shit. Highly recommended watching...
  • BradM
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    • Dec 2003
    • 3397

    #2
    Nick... it's my alltime favorite form of entertainment. So well done, and the acting is superb. I try to watch it as spread out as possible because I don't want to saturate myself with it too bad.

    I LOVE IT

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    • NickPapageorgio
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      • Apr 2004
      • 8323

      #3
      Originally posted by BradM
      Nick... it's my alltime favorite form of entertainment. So well done, and the acting is superb. I try to watch it as spread out as possible because I don't want to saturate myself with it too bad.

      I LOVE IT
      It's just unreal how good it is. I mean, it happened so maybe that adds to it but goddamn. The sets are perfect, the acting is top shelf, I just can't stop watching it. I always cry at the end when the actual vets talk. I know....I'm a big baby but I can't help it.

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      • Rochard
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        • Dec 2001
        • 75733

        #4
        Yeah, it moves me every time I watch it. Great stuff.

        It really was the "greatest generation".
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        • NickPapageorgio
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          • Apr 2004
          • 8323

          #5
          I can't make it through the "death camp" scene without breaking down. I just can't imagine it...

          I mean it's the same with the soldiers in Iraq now. How do you go from being some kid out of high school, to a foreign country where you are seeing on a day to day basis, people being burned, shot, exploded, murdered, raped, tortured... You lose your best friends, you hold some of them while they die, you watch them bleed out in your lap. You get used to a life of barbaric proportions where death and destruction are the norm...

          ...then you come back to run a convenience store, or manage an office or whatever...

          ...how the fuck do you do that? It's amazing to me.

          My wife's grandfather was one of Darby's Rangers in Italy. Stepped on a landmine and layed in the snow for 3 days dying. Had a german soldier come up to him while he lay there and put a gun to his head, but opted to let him suffer in the snow instead. They found him and he came home. He's 80 and everytime I look at him, I just can't imagine what his eyes have seen and what his mind must go through every day. Nice as hell old man and you'd never think to yourself, "he used to kill as many men as he could get his sights on..."

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          • Marcus Aurelius
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            • Apr 2003
            • 14809

            #6
            I agree wholeheartedly. Best mini-series ever put to film hands down. I tear up at the end also. I had surgery 2 years ago and I was housebound I watched the entire run back to back one day and my wife comes in and im crying at the end.

            Another cool thing is the actors actually went through a very real bootcamp and learned all the basics of being an actual paratrooper, they have footage of it on the extra material.

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            • NickPapageorgio
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              • Apr 2004
              • 8323

              #7
              The end where Maj. Winters MAKES Capt. Sobel salute him is a riot I laugh so hard at that and the look on Nixon's face.

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              • Marcus Aurelius
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                • Apr 2003
                • 14809

                #8
                Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
                The end where Maj. Winters MAKES Capt. Sobel salute him is a riot I laugh so hard at that and the look on Nixon's face.
                Captain Sobel...CAPTAIN SOBEL...we salute the rank, not the man.

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                • Doctor Dre
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                  • Jan 2001
                  • 51692

                  #9
                  Never even heard about it.
                  Originally posted by rayadp05
                  I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                  • dij
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                    • May 2003
                    • 2163

                    #10
                    I just watched it about 3-4 weeks ago, could not stop myself
                    agree to everything said above, amazing movie

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                    • Serge Litehead
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                      • Dec 2002
                      • 5190

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Doctor Dre
                      Never even heard about it.


                      excellent series

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                      • Marcus Aurelius
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                        • Apr 2003
                        • 14809

                        #12
                        Its also good to see that something good came out of "New Kids on the Block".
                        Donnie Wahlberg did an excellent job as Carwood Lipton. One of my favorite scenes was when they were in bastogne in the chow line and Wild Bill ask how his nuts are (referring to a previous shrapnel injury that was inches from being an instant sex change). "How are them nuts sarge!?.....Doing fine Bill, thanks for asking".

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                        • sleazybunny
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                          • Feb 2005
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                          #13
                          I agree totally brilliant. Got the DVD box set for my birthday and trying to ration myself. You can get the book it's based on too. The old vet. soldier at the end is the one who wrote it I think.

                          I.

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                          • Marcus Aurelius
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                            • Apr 2003
                            • 14809

                            #14
                            Originally posted by sleazybunny
                            I agree totally brilliant. Got the DVD box set for my birthday and trying to ration myself. You can get the book it's based on too. The old vet. soldier at the end is the one who wrote it I think.

                            I.
                            It was written by Stephen E. Ambrose, the old vet you are referring to is Richard "Dick" Winters, He was not the author of the book.ambrose was born only years before ww2 so he had no way of being a participant. He captured the heart of the lives that these men lived (and died) beautifully though.

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                            • squeezeboobs
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                              • Nov 2003
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                              #15
                              and the game sucks
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                              • Ace-wtf
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                                • Jun 2005
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                                #16
                                great and realistic

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                                • Screaming
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                                  • Feb 2004
                                  • 18972

                                  #17
                                  It is ok. Nothing to write home to mom about.

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                                  • Tom_PM
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                                    • Feb 2005
                                    • 16443

                                    #18
                                    I caught it the last couple of times on the history channel as well. Good stuff.
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                                    • WebairGerard
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                                      • Sep 2005
                                      • 8113

                                      #19
                                      I thought the series was amazing. As good as anything done on the subject. I have to get the DVDs.

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                                      • Violetta
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                                        • Jul 2004
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                                        #20
                                        I have only seen it one time, so I am looking forward to see it again!!! And you cant say that about every show on tv!
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                                        • Sosa
                                          In Tushy Land
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 40149

                                          #21
                                          Very great series. Well worth buying the whole dvd set.

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                                          • pornguy
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                                            • Mar 2003
                                            • 62912

                                            #22
                                            We dont watch tv, and had no idea about the show until we found it in BB. So we decided to rent one and see. It was great, and rented them all.


                                            We also found that we like the show 24. Have seen season 1, and 3, but the smart ass that owns the BB did not get season 2
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                                            • napoleon
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                                              • Feb 2005
                                              • 596

                                              #23
                                              One of the best...
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                                              • loverboy
                                                When it rains, it pours
                                                • May 2003
                                                • 20609

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Doctor Dre
                                                Never even heard about it.
                                                best mini-serious shown of TV. highly recommended

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                                                • Gouge
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                                                  • Mar 2005
                                                  • 1438

                                                  #25
                                                  BoB is top notch, watched the entire series at least 7 times now. I'm a huge WWII buff and collector, everything about the series is amazingly accurate.

                                                  There is also a new series from the creators of BoB called the www.the-pacific-war.com which im looking forward to.

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                                                  • Rob
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                                                    • Nov 2003
                                                    • 13310

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
                                                    It's probably been said before but goddamn this is a good series. It's the third time i've seen it. Been watchin it back to back from my Blockbuster delivery shit. Highly recommended watching...
                                                    I bought it for my dad as a father's day gift last year and he has yet to possess it.

                                                    I have watched it Marathon-style 4 times and it is a GREAT series! Col. Winters is the man!

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                                                    • NickPapageorgio
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                                                      • Apr 2004
                                                      • 8323

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by holograph


                                                      excellent series
                                                      They nailed Capt. Sobel too. Here's his real pic.

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                                                      • Cash
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                                                        #28
                                                        Excellent series, loved it!
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                                                        • potter
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                                                          • Dec 2004
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                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Rob
                                                          I have watched it Marathon-style 4 times and it is a GREAT series! Col. Winters is the man!
                                                          Three time marathoner over here! Absolute best way to watch it imo. BOB is the best there is.

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                                                          • onceapilgrim
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                                                            • Aug 2004
                                                            • 35

                                                            #30
                                                            If you did'nt know it was true, you would'nt believe it.

                                                            whats more unbelievable is thousands of other ordinary soldiers have similar stories.
                                                            I also think the speach by the german general was good, it showed not all of them were nazis and some were just normal men just trying to look after each other.

                                                            It show that when the very worst people do terrible things, it takes just a normal man to become the very best of people and stand up to them.

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                                                            • Icy
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                                                              • Mar 2002
                                                              • 864

                                                              #31
                                                              Awesome series, i have read that the second part is begin shoot, this time about soldiers in the pacific front:

                                                              THE PACIFIC (DATE UNKNOWN)

                                                              Inspired with the success of "Band of Brothers," executive-producers Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Hanks' Playtone producing partner Gary Goetzman are in early stages developing a new 10 part miniseries in the vein of "Band of Brothers" that will be set in the Pacific Theater.

                                                              The property will be an original work and not based on existing material (beyond historical fact, obviously) as "Band of Brothers" was. "Band of Brothers" screenwriter Bruce McKenna is already in talks with Spielberg and Goetzman as they work toward developing the series.

                                                              The potential series is "being finalized for HBO to partner in the miniseries, which is expected to require a "Brothers"-type budget of more than $100 million," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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                                                              • reed_4
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                                                                • Jul 2005
                                                                • 9640

                                                                #32
                                                                I would agree that this movie is the best. Aside from the story, the cast and crew are 100% perfect for the film. It is really worth collecting those dvds.

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