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Band Of Brothers

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  • #32
    quad_red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭quad_red


    cdb wrote: »
    Generation Kill the HBO mini-series is excellent in fairness but it doesn't come close to Band of Brothers in my opinion.

    Band of Brothers is one of those timeless masterpieces that come along once
    in a blue moon. Hopefully The Pacific will be right up there alongside it and judging from this it looks like it might just do it.

    http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/06/21/must-watch-new-trailer-for-the-wwii-miniseries-the-pacific/

    Anyone know an alternate link for the trailer?

    It's been taken down everywhere.


  • #33
    quad_red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭quad_red


    Download it quick!

    Looks good :)

    http://www.pacificfans.com/trailer-videos


  • #34
    Figerty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭Figerty


    Band of Brothers was brilliant.....but I think the greatest of the all was DasBoot. The life on a WW2 sub was unnatural and this film captured it.

    It appeared on TV as a mini-series and also as a film. The realism of this film is incredible. I find it hard to top, although I love Band of Brothers as well.


  • #35
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,677 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Figerty wrote: »
    Band of Brothers was brilliant.....but I think the greatest of the all was DasBoot. The life on a WW2 sub was unnatural and this film captured it.

    I agree. Das Boot is still the best war (anti-war) piece of television I've ever seen. However, Band of Brothers was superb, The Pacific looks pretty good too. Nice to see that they are maintaining the very high production values of BoB.


  • #36
    missingtime
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    The Pacific looks savage.

    Trailer does remind me of The Thin Red Line though.


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  • #37
    Sleazus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 437 ✭✭Sleazus


    Looking forward to The Pacific. Band of Brothers is how you do a miniseries - I'm always surprised that it didn't do as well at the Emmys as later miniseries like John Adams or Angels in America did.

    It's like a ten hour epic.


  • #38
    spudz21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 216 ✭✭spudz21


    Got the boxset over the weekend:Dcouldnt believe the price when i saw it, only 23 euros?!!?watched it originally when it was on tv?!cant wait to get stuck into it!:D:D


  • #39
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Hello
    I just got this boxset as a gift, I was delighted and have been told by so many that it's amazing..

    I just watched the 1st ep ... and it was good ... but not amazing ...
    I am not dying to watch the next episode ... OK it's not the kind of TV like 24 or LOST ... but is it a "marmite" kind of program ?

    you either love it or hate it ??


    discuss.


  • #40
    Otacon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,721 ✭✭✭Otacon


    The first episode is just their training. Watch the next one and you will be hooked.


  • #41
    Rud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Rud


    you have to stay watching it.it really is great


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  • #42
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Great .... thanks ... looking forward to ep II now ...


  • #43
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,438 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    If after watching episode 2, you still dont like it....your banned :P


  • #44
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    :D ----

    have to say the blu ray looks nice too ... :) .... bargain on play.com too !!!


  • #45
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,175 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    It's an epic series, worth watching over and over. Can't wait for BoB: Pacific, hope it continues on to the same standard.

    Play????, get it from Amazon, cheaper even with delivery. I got it for Xmas and BluRay and its just wow. I wish I had a sound system to match the picture quality.


  • #46
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    You have to watch them back to back to back to back..... :)


    It's an awesome awesome show. My only complaint was David Schwimmer (sp) appearing in it.


  • #47
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    You have to watch them back to back to back to back..... :)


    It's an awesome awesome show. My only complaint was David Schwimmer (sp) appearing in it.

    Mine was tom hanks son. God hes so punchable.


  • #48
    Tristram
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭Tristram


    One of the few shows I've watched and re-watched. Now I'm waiting excitedly for The Pacific!


  • #49
    Luis21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭Luis21


    Kiith wrote: »
    If after watching episode 2, you still dont like it....yourE banned :P

    This.


  • #50
    RichTea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    Haven't watched it in aaaages. I had better check it out again before The Pacific starts.


  • #51
    ReacherCreature
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    the_monkey wrote: »

    I just watched the 1st ep ... and it was good ... but not amazing ...
    I am not dying to watch the next episode ... OK it's not the kind of TV like 24 or LOST ... but is it a "marmite" kind of program ?

    you either love it or hate it ??


    discuss.

    Keep at it monkey. It's a superb show and I've watched them all at least 6 times. First is slow going; it sets the scene. You'll rewatch it after watching the series and it'll make more sense knowing the characters. The second episode, third etc. get better!


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  • #52
    grimm2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭grimm2005


    I think this is possibly the only show I can think of that nobody can dislike, it's just brilliant in every way :D


  • #53
    ziedth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,081 ✭✭✭ziedth


    I agree with the op in a way,

    I watched the first episode without hearing how good it was and I put it on the back burner.

    Of course when I eventually returned to it I kicked myself. Have seen it twice more since,

    OP give it till episode 3/4 and you'll be deleting this thread :)


  • #54
    RichTea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    Yeah, the first episode introduces the characters nicely, showing how they bonded etc. After that it's full blooded intensity and cracking dialogue with some good humour chucked in there as well.

    Apparently with The Pacific the first episode is straight into the action so those who weren't enamoured with the first ep of Band of Brothers will be pleased!


  • #55
    JonathanAnon
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    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    It's an awesome awesome show. My only complaint was David Schwimmer (sp) appearing in it.

    have to agree. I think he was way to typecast as Ross when he did this, and didnt really fit in to the series. Sad story of the guy Sobel though, ended up killing himself in later life. The other characters were very well cast though. But when I see Schwimmer in this, I half expect Marcel to jump up on his shoulder.

    OP should be banned for not being able to watch television properly :-)


  • #56
    Auvers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,987 ✭✭✭Auvers


    JonathanAnon wrote: »
    Sad story of the guy Sobel though, ended up killing himself in later life.

    no he attempted to kill himself but blinded himself instaed and then died of malnutrition years later in a VA hospital


  • #57
    ziedth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,081 ✭✭✭ziedth


    Was Sobel who DS played?

    Very sad.


  • #58
    JonathanAnon
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    ziedth wrote: »
    Was Sobel who DS played?

    Very sad.

    yeah that was Schwimmer's character... I think he was picked cos of his physical likeness.

    Herbert Sobel
    band_of_brothers_herbert_herb_sobel.jpg

    Schwimmer
    tve15492-1-1365.gif


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel


  • #59
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    wow ... what a show .... have watched 4 eps now ..... awesome .....


  • #60
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    I do remember the hype when BoB was first previewed back in early 2001. Amongst a few other factors it was being sold to the public largely as show "starring David Schwimmer" (because he was hot at the time and the rest of the cast was pretty much all unknowns). I didn't give it much hope based on his prominence. Thankfully it turned out better than I expected. :)


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  • #61
    Limerickgal82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Limerickgal82


    The best show i have watched ... ever. I was a bit dubious at the start i must admit but i really got into it and have watched it through at least 6 times :D


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