Was watching band of brothers...

Davy644 said:
Herbert Sobel was the first man assigned to Easy Company. A clothing salesman in civilian life, Sobel was not particularly athletic. Paradoxically, as the unit's commanding officer, he was in charge of training the men for battle. Sobel was a strict disciplinarian, handing out cruel punishments for seemingly harmless infractions of the rules. During training in England, he threatened to court-martial Lieut. Richard Winters for his alleged failure to inspect a latrine at the appointed hour. In response, Easy's non-commissioned officers offered to turn in their stripes out of loyalty to Winters. Shortly before the company headed to France on D-Day, Sobel was reassigned and became commander of a parachute jumping school. Despite Sobel's unpopularity, many credit Easy Company's success in battle to the rigorous standards that he set for his men.
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Someone has read the book :p

Sobel's discipline + Winters' commandeering in battle was a good combination.

Best series I have ever watched, of anything, ever.

And the book is damn good too :)
 
Loved this series has to be my favourite of all time.

Just wish someone would make a British version, sure there must be loads a great stories we could tell. :(
 
J.T said:
Loved this series has to be my favourite of all time.

Just wish someone would make a British version, sure there must be loads a great stories we could tell. :(
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I agree. A version based on our local British heros would be a good show. If they can get the crew behind BoB to create it, it would be very good.

My Grandad used to tell me a story everynight at bedtime about his time in the war. One story has stayed in my head ever since;

He was based in France somewhere and his Regiment (or whatever it was called) set up base with tents and used small buildings etc. He couldnt remember how many of them there was but he did say around 60 or so soldiers including officers etc.

He was on night watch with 3 others, walking around the camp/town and they got to a point where they heard a slight knocking sound. He said they all stopped and got down to see if they can work out where it was coming from. The noise got a little louder and more prominent. He told me all 4 of them were literaly crapping themselves. Not knowing if it was Germans or own army or not they ran back to the main area of the camp and got up lots more people, they all got dressed and armed and made the was back to the area where the noise was coming from.

No one could work out what this noise was and lots of the soldiers where getting worried and crying.

My grandad then said two soldiers came from round a corner with some things in there hands, turns out, the noise was ripe 'conkers' falling from a tree and landing ontop of the bonnet of a jeep.

Goes to show anything can get you in a state when lives are at risk. This is the sort of story I think would make a good segment in an episode of a war drama.
 
Good story, my grandad has showed me some of his equipment and papers but doesnt tell me anything. Being a medic he seen some very horrendeous things. My other grandad fought at Monte Cassino and lost a lot of friends.

A bridge too far is one of my favourite movies.

I was considering writing a letter to the bbc but they would probably ignore me.
 
Watched a few episodes on blu ray at a mates house last week, and the difference compared to standard dvd was amazing. Purchasing a blu ray player to go with my new 1080p telly i bought a while ago, and bob will probably be my first blu ray purchase, iirc it cost him £35.00 for the box set on blu ray.
 
I'm not so sure. Mate bought it on BR earlier in the week from Woolies, and I honestly prefer the DVD release. PS3 in 1080p on a 37" Samsung and the motion was jerky in places and smeared in others. Usual hallmarks of enhanced detail were there but the motion put me off. The quality of the DVD release is such that I don't feel it's worth the upgrade if you've a decent DVD setup.
 
Got the DVD and the blu ray copies, and to be honest theres little in it. The fighting is too fast on the camera to really be able to notice a difference, and the slow panning shots can fall for the usualy jerky effect if you dont have the correct TV.

Its not worth buying if you already have the DVD version, but if you have neither then sure, pick up the blu ray copy.
 
damian666 said:
I have a great ritual with this, every Christmas i spend a day with a bottle of southern comfort and my Band of brothers set, i watch it from start to finish and love it every time, i don't think they will ever make anything like this again or could for that matter. The story is immense and the detail is staggering.
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Generation Kill.

HBO are solid gold for mini-series.

Whilst it doesn't have the same flavour, as BoB is more dedicated to showing what happened and honouring the men, it is still a solid (And surprisingly humorous) watch.

The major difference is that it's journalistic rather than a researched retrospective, and is more about the 'Playstation Generation' fighting the World's Wars now.

But +1 for Band of Brothers. Love Ambrose. And if you do too, read Gen Kill the book by Evan Wright.
 
Right, bought myself a bottle of Vat 69, gonna watch it from start to finish with my dad at some point over the Christmas hols.

Gonna be fun!
 
OspreyO said:
The original Das Boot was a TV series which I think was excellent. If you like BoB you'll like Das Boot. Try to watch the original undubbed version. As theres a shorter dubbed version which ruins it a bit.
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I thought it was a film. I have the director's cut version.
I remember it being on TV too as a series (albiet with better music than the film had), probably about 20 years ago or thereabouts, and it was amazing then (although i got scared when that sailor got shot by the plane and bled everywhere) - very sad ending too :(
 
The DVD version is probably the highest quality DVD i have seen. Looks really really good for SD on my crappy 40" Samsung HDTV. Saw some of the Blu-Ray version and whilst it looks better, its not so much so to warrant an upgrade.
 
Jono said:
I thought it was a film. I have the director's cut version.
I remember it being on TV too as a series (albiet with better music than the film had), probably about 20 years ago or thereabouts, and it was amazing then (although i got scared when that sailor got shot by the plane and bled everywhere) - very sad ending too :(
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From the wiki theres a few versions. I originally saw it on BBC, when I saw the movie it felt shorter.

Several versions of the film and video releases have been made: The first version to be released was the theatrical 150-minute (2½-hour) cut, released to theatres in Germany in 1981, and in the United States in 1982. It was nominated for six Academy Awards (Cinematography, Directing, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, and Writing).

The movie was partly financed by the WDR and the SDR, and much more footage had been shot for the film than was shown in the theatrical version. In 1985, a TV miniseries of Das Boot was shown on German and Austrian television. Two different versions were aired. The broadcast in 1985 had three parts each 100 minutes long. In 1988, Das Boot aired in six episodes each 50 minutes long. These episodes had additional cutback scenes summarising past episodes. This version was first broadcast on BBC in October 1984 in German with English subtitles.

Petersen then oversaw the editing of six hours of film, from which was distilled Das Boot: The Director's Cut, 209 minutes long (3 hours, 29 minutes), released in 1997, which combines the action sequences seen in the feature-length version with character development scenes contained in the mini-series. This release also provides better sound and video quality.[citation needed] Petersen originally had planned to release this version in 1981, which for commercial reasons was not possible. The Director's Cut was released to cinemas in Germany on December 11 and on April 4, 1997 in the U.S.

The uncut miniseries version, running 293 minutes (four hours, 53 minutes), was released to DVD on June 1, 2004, as Das Boot: The Original Uncut Version with enhanced video and audio quality (inferior to The Director's Cut though). It omits the cutback scenes of the 1988 television broadcast and is therefore shorter. In addition to the "Director's Cut" DVD, a Superbit version, with fewer additional DVD features but a higher bit-rate (superior quality), has been released by Columbia Pictures.
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my sister in law used to share a flat with one of the lads in the series...

i have the DVD tin box and never get tired of watching it and hopefully the Blu-Ray box will be landing Xmas day !!

looking forward to the Picture-in-Picture commentry and not having to move to change the disc's :p
 
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