Band of Brothers Rewatch

[Gazanimal]

I'll have to hold my head in shame as it's still on my "To Watch" list... along with Walking Dead and Breaking Bad.

 

[Junglist]

I'll have to hold my head in shame as it's still on my "To Watch" list... along with Walking Dead and Breaking Bad.

The real reason of shame should be even mentioning those two shows in the same breath as this one!

So many quotes are flying back into my head. "Yeah, he should've. But he didn't"

 

[Spacedeck]

I've rewatched this at least 3 times and actually might do so again now. The Pacific though, tried at least a couple of times and so far just can't finish it.

 

[jpaul]

assume this partly came up because the gang reformed Masters of the air - this friday Apple tv, was being review on r4 yesterday,
not sure Ncuti presence bodes well

Masters of the Air review: WW2 series is 'gripping' but 'creaky'

Apple TV+'s World War Two series, created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and starring Austin Butler, is "clunky" in places but reckons with the moral and emotional cost of war.

www.bbc.com

From Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman—the producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific. During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the

 

[Gazanimal]

The real reason of shame should be even mentioning those two shows in the same breath as this one!

So many quotes are flying back into my head. "Yeah, he should've. But he didn't"

I normally get grief whichever one I mention, so I take the hit all in one go

 

[TonTom]

Rewatched BoB and The Pacific early last month. They’re just top quality shows.

 

[Feek]

Yeah, you're not wrong. It's decent and I enjoyed the story but BoB I feel I can watch a fair few more times before I feel exhausted with it.

I put BoB on to rewatch towards the end of last year and I only managed a couple of episodes. It’s superb TV but I think I am exhausted by it. I just had no interest any more.

 

[mid_gen]

I was stuck in a hotel for 4 days a few months back (some political conflict going on in the city i was in so was told to not leave the room haha) and I powered through that and 'The Pacific' back-to-back, I'd watched them previously, both still excellent series...... If you've not seen 'Generation Kill' then I'd highly recommend that as well.

Generation Kill is just as good as BoB imo. Quite different setting and themes obviously....but will go down as a similarly powerful representation of a particular time of conflict.

 

[JamesH85]

I rewatch it almost every year, one of the best series out there.

 

[chrismox]

If you've not seen 'Generation Kill' then I'd highly recommend that as well.

Thanks for the tip, loved it. Bought the book too.

 

[chrismox]

assume this partly came up because the gang reformed Masters of the air - this friday Apple tv, was being review on r4 yesterday,
not sure Ncuti presence bodes well

Masters of the Air review: WW2 series is 'gripping' but 'creaky'

Apple TV+'s World War Two series, created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and starring Austin Butler, is "clunky" in places but reckons with the moral and emotional cost of war.

www.bbc.com

From Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman—the producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific. During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the

A poor review here - https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/masters-of-the-air-tv-review-2024

What a shame.

 

[Midlife Crisis]

Due to xmas stinking cold I smashed though BOB, Pacific and just about every other war film I could think of. BOB is in a league of its own but the Pacific is better with a re-watch, but does still lag behind a fair bit.

 

[toshj]

but the Pacific is better with a re-watch

Yeah I thought this too. It was decent on first watch a few years back, and then I'd done some reading on Peleliu a few weeks before Christmas and watched it back again. Much better the second time around. BOB is possibly the best series ever made, but The Pacific is very good if you judge it on its own terms.

 

[The_Arbiter]

I see the series is available on Prime to buy for £9.99 so I think I'll grab it.

Urgh, Prime. People literally give away copies of BoB and DVD players, why give money to such a terrible company for a digital copy?

 

[chrismox]

Urgh, Prime. People literally give away copies of BoB and DVD players, why give money to such a terrible company for a digital copy?

If you haven’t got the Blu-ray, I’d imagine Prime is in HD which might be a better option than SD DVD.

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

I've lost count of the amount of times I've re-watched Band Of Brothers. It never gets old

Same here!

 

[Uther]

Urgh, Prime. People literally give away copies of BoB and DVD players, why give money to such a terrible company for a digital copy?

I give that nice Mr Bezos hundreds of pounds a month to keep him in new Ferraris and yachts, another £9.99 isn't a problem.

 

[Martynt74]

Finally finished it.

Can’t believe I’ve never watched it before all the way through. Absolutely superb.

My wife has shown interest in Masters of the Air but might keep the Pacific to myself.

 

[One More Solo]

BoB is superb, I don’t know why but I often forget about it when talk of great TV shows comes up. It’s the only series that has ever made me cry which is some going.

 

[Droolinggimp]

BoB is superb, I don’t know why but I often forget about it when talk of great TV shows comes up. It’s the only series that has ever made me cry which is some going.

Going to finish pacific this week and start a re watch of BoB.

I am surprised there hasn't been a remake of it yet. I'm not bothered about remakes of TV or films but I would be somewhat triggered if Bob was re made....