Generation Kill...

[SixTwoSix]

Is it just a one off of 7 episodes? I watched the first today and really enjoyed it, hoping for much much more.

 

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Damn...all the good stuff never runs for long, Band Of Brothers, 10 episodes, Rome only got 2 seasons, this only has 7 episodes

At least HBO consistently make good quality tv though.

 

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bit boring in parts i thought... with not very much going on at all, intersected by firefights where not many ppl got slugged

(one particularly pertinent example was in one of the middling episodes where they ran through a town in humvees and got shot at but never really seemed to do much damage, nor take any back...

just seemed a bit soft to me.

That would be episode 2 which I just watched. From what I understand, this is made by the same team that brought us The Wire. TW was heavily character based and this is the same, that's the draw for me, it's more about the marines than the actual action.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Have just finished watching this and it's an excellent series, almost on a par with Band Of Brothers for me, have a few questions though if anyone knows a little more about it.

How much is based on fact, I know it's based upon a book but how much of what's in the series actually happened?

Were the recon marines that went into iraq really so under equipped and told to "make do"

What does Oscar Mike mean?

 

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On the Move I believe. Or On Mission.

This is what i thought...but then they'd say things like "we're oscar mike in 5 mikes"...it'd get a little confusing.

 

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There were two officers in particular who I always got confused who was who, one was Nate's Captain I think (not Captain America).

Was that the one officer who called a "danger close" fire mission and nate questioned him? Did you think he looked similar to the guy who took a swing at him during the football game in the last episode?

 

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The guy who called in the "danger close" fire mission was the Bravo Company commander "Encino Man" (Nate's Captain), who got punched by the Alpha Company commander in the football game. They did look quite similar and in some shots "Captain America" looked similar to them as well. Was most confusing the first time I watched the series

I thought encino man was captain america not from shots when they're together but from the talk between the men.

 

[SixTwoSix]

Who was playing themselves then?

Also what's the deal with the charms in the humvee?

 

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Wow, was just watching an episode of True Blood and realised that Brad(Iceman) plays Eric in True Blood...that's a pretty hefty role change

 

[SixTwoSix]

For those people saying parts were slow, well, thats kind of how it happened. They didn't Hollywood it up and i'm thankful for it.

Best thing about the series tbh, it felt authentic and real throughout and you really got a chance to know the characters inside and out.