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TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


Like for reals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrstrTN2y0

I wish there was more WWII stuff, more movies, more games.

Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UitLOeZENlU

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old wooden ships
Jan 22, 2015

TontoCorazon posted:

Like for reals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GrstrTN2y0

I wish there was more WWII stuff, more movies, more games.

Also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UitLOeZENlU

Sorry, but liking BoB is not currently in line with the goon hivemind. So gently caress off, thank you.

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
Oooooooo new tv....Might have to pop thisin. Thanks OP.

Dead Precedents
May 5, 2005

Precedents come and go, but death goes on forever.


Legit show

Kazvall
Mar 20, 2009

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

Happy Bear Suit
Jul 21, 2004

jimmy fallon was in it

Kazvall
Mar 20, 2009


drat, tell me more!

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

the pacific tried to be like thin red line but unfortunately thin red line is hard enough to like even though its really good in the first place if you give the film LOTS of patience

BoB on the other hand is 100% solid gold

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

i was watching BoB years ago really loud and it was the scene where the guys ambush these germans on horseback and its like all these gunshots and horses dieing and my roommate yells through my door like "NO KILLING HORSES IN THERE THIS HOUSE ISNT A loving GLUE FACTORY YOU KNOW!"""

Acid Haze
Feb 16, 2009

:parrot:
Crossroads best episode.

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005

Kazvall posted:

drat, tell me more!

IMHO, Pacific missed the camaraderie and story telling that BoB had.

Sure, it had action. It had drama. It had a guy tossing stones into a corpses blown off dome. It seemed more like a rushed, quickly written, quickly produced version of BoB.

Hell man, Bastogne alone. You've got an original member, fresh out of the infirmary, trying to rejoin the group. You've got a newly promoted...poo poo was it Major at that point? Regardless. He's trying to transition from Leading men, to ordering men. You've got a "brand new" LT with a sketchy past... This loving list goes on and on and on.

What I remember about the Pacific, and please realize I was horribly, belligerently drunk at the time of watching it.

No one wanted to be there. poo poo was tough getting from one place to the other. Satchel charges are loving sick, Yo. Pebbles and a cut open skull make a great target.

I watched the loving series once and said, DONE!

BoB, I've rewatched almost double digits. Now that I have a new tv, I'll watch the damned thing again. I bought the Blu-ray, I spent the money. I want to see fireworks blow trees apart and take a man's leg, from the knee down.

gently caress, what a good series that is.

a whole buncha crows
May 8, 2003

WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO HATE, WE HATE OURSELVES.-SA USER NATION (AKA ME!)

Kazvall posted:

The Pacific was a pretty big letdown after BoB.

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


Happy Bear Suit posted:

jimmy fallon was in it

Literally the only negative I can find in this whole series.

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


Seriously if you have a big loving TV and an awesome as gently caress surround sound system watch this drat series. Or some awesome headphones, what I'm trying to say is the sound design is downright top notch.

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


DICE make a Band Of Brothers game.

Al Nipper
May 7, 2008

by XyloJW

Acid Haze posted:

Crossroads best episode.

ya

Happy Bear Suit posted:

jimmy fallon was in it

seriosuly, worst cameo i can think of. HEYA BOYS, JIMMY FALLON HERE WITCHA AMMO. BE CAREFUL DOWN YONDER.

also Pacific was novel for attempting to show how terrible the pacific front was but succeeded to the point of being absolutely miserable to watch

also, better title sequence (don't act like you watched the 10 min BoB titles more than once)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahVL4u6rmI&t=25s

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax
as someone who read the book in like 6th grade or something i was actually kinda disappointed with it. its definitely well made tho. david schwimmer as sobel is laffo

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
History is stupid, except World War II, it explains everything so I don't need to learn history outside of it

Rod Munch
Jul 17, 2001

All this talk of Band of Brothers makes me want to eat a bacon sandwich.

Happy Bear Suit
Jul 21, 2004

Al Nipper posted:

seriosuly, worst cameo i can think of. HEYA BOYS, JIMMY FALLON HERE WITCHA AMMO. BE CAREFUL DOWN YONDER.
heres the best cameo, 6 seconds of simon pegg speaking in american

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCj5OtJ6bBk

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


Al Nipper posted:

seriosuly, worst cameo i can think of. HEYA BOYS, JIMMY FALLON HERE WITCHA AMMO. BE CAREFUL DOWN YONDER.


Dude could not stop blinking while talking, he takes me out of that scene so hard.

Wall Balls
Jun 3, 2007

Spanish Castle Magic

watch generation kill, it's kinda like a modern bob without the awkward tom hanks hero worship

The Aardvark
Aug 19, 2013


gently caress you OP, now I have to binge watch BoB again.

old wooden ships
Jan 22, 2015
So I was wrong, the hivemind does like BoB. OOORRRR do they only like BoB because someone said they wouldn't? Maybe it's Schrodinger's GBS?

TontoCorazon
Aug 18, 2007


The Aardvark posted:

gently caress you OP, now I have to binge watch BoB again.

gently caress you too man, I'm gonna start rewatching it soon. I just got super hyped for a rewatch.

Dead Precedents
May 5, 2005

Precedents come and go, but death goes on forever.
At least Chesty Puller was awesome in the Pacific. William Sadler rocks.

Chillgamesh
Jul 29, 2014

I literally just finished rewatching this show over the last couple of weeks. Nixon looting Goering's wine cellar will never cease to warm my heart.

Happy Bear Suit
Jul 21, 2004

ron livingston is a beautiful man and an underappreciated american treasure who deserves to be in more stuff

Chillgamesh
Jul 29, 2014

also w/r/t the pacific, it was every bit as loving grim and depressing as with the old breed was to read, but i guess that doesnt translate as well into a show

Also i like the part in band of brothers (the book) where ambrose is all like "yeah the western allies raped some germans, but not nearly as many as the russians so imo its ok"

concerned mom
Apr 22, 2003

by Lowtax
Grimey Drawer
Just wait for this to drop hopefully next year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMaW_AZpmJs

Absorbs Smaller Goons
Mar 16, 2006
An excellent show, and yes, The Pacific loving sucked compared to BoB.

Typical Pubbie
May 10, 2011

concerned mom posted:

Just wait for this to drop hopefully next year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMaW_AZpmJs

this looks like an awful discovery channel docudrama with a beefed up budget

Samuel
Nov 5, 2011
HERE THEEEEEY COOOOMEEE

Grade A acting.

Universe Master
Jun 20, 2005

Darn Fine Pie

TontoCorazon posted:

Literally the only negative I can find in this whole series.

Ross was pretty bad.

givepatajob
Apr 8, 2003

One finds that this is the best of all possible worlds.

concerned mom posted:

Just wait for this to drop hopefully next year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMaW_AZpmJs

That looks terrible

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

I used to think Band of Brothers was loving amazing, just like Saving Private Ryan

But then I rewatched Saving Private Ryan and it's actually loving terrible, even the opening scene that it's known for has aged badly.

Band of Brothers, in contrast, is still loving amazing

HBO got lightning in a bottle with that one that The Pacific couldn't get despite their efforts

Professor Shark
May 22, 2012

concerned mom posted:

Just wait for this to drop hopefully next year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMaW_AZpmJs

That looks really, really bad

Catpain Slack
Apr 1, 2014

BAAAAAAH
Goddammit I'm gonna have to rewatch it again now, aren't I?

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Samuel
Nov 5, 2011
I switched to Russian movies on my vacation (in russia) There's 9 rota ofcourse, The Admiral, and Hero fort? I think, I'll have to get back to you on the last one.

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