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Band of Brothers II: Pacific Thunderer

Bloods EndBloods End Blade of TyshallePunch dimensionRegistered User regular
edited May 2010 in Social Entropy++
There is a new trailer out for Spielberg and Tom Hanks new WWII series, the Pacific.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00022654.html

Ever since Saving Private Ryan, any time there is some sort of beach landing I expect everyone to brutally die.

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yes. Yesssssssss.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Band of Brothers is the best thing.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    oh shiiiii

    if this is anywhere close to being as good as Band of Brothers, i am definitely on board. Especially since its gonna be shown on hbo and with spielberg and hanks attached.

    man, now i wanna rewatch band of brothers again

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    watching band of brothers is never a waste of time.

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I read one of the books this is based off of - With the Old Breed. Fucking awesome WWII history novel. I can't wait for this series.

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The word epic is so overused.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    OH MY GOD YES IS THE BOX SET OUT YET

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I am pretty psyched

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Veretas wrote: »
    OH MY GOD YES IS THE BOX SET OUT YET

    What're you, retarded? The series itself isn't set to debut until late this year or early next year. It even says that in the link.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Oh man, tonight I'm gonna bust out a beer and watch all of Band of Brothers from my tin box set

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I'm sorry. That was mean of me.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    It's ok

    Wanna go watch Band of Brothers?

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I DO

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Yes.

    Also, I highly recommend With the Old Breed to you dudes. Great book.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I highly recommend actually reading Band of Brothers too.

    Also, go and pick up The Biggest Brother. It's an entire book about Captain Winters. He is such an amazing man.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Band of Brothers is a great book

    Captain Winters is holy fuck the most amazing man ever oh my god

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Did you know that Tom Hanks sends him gallons of ice cream every year for his birthday?

    It's usually Hershey's Ice Cream.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Spielberg has covered about every damn thing that happened in WWII.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Is Guarnere still alive, too?

    Last I saw he went to the BoB premier.

    Hard bastard doesn't use a fake leg.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    As far as I know he's alive and living in Philly.

    He was the one that the author of Biggest Brother contacted so he could get in touch with Winters. Apparently he's just as grizzled as ever and told the guy not to even fucking bother if he had only seen the series and not read the book.

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  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Word

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Spielberg has covered about every damn thing that happened in WWII.

    Has he covered the russian front? I wanna see him do the battle of stalingrad and all that good stuff.

    Also, has there been any great big ass war movies about the north african part of WWII? All tanks rumbling around in the desert and rommel acting hard

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2009
    Band of Brothers on blu-ray is a sight to behold. Thankfully they shot the whole thing in film, so they just took a repressing of the original print and stuck that up on some indestuctable plastic discs.

    It's absolutely beautiful in places, and gut-crushingly gory in others.

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    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • CristovalCristoval Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    "The true story of the battle which saved Australia."

    Oh, are you really so sure about that....

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    As far as I know he's alive and living in Philly.

    He was the one that the author of Biggest Brother contacted so he could get in touch with Winters. Apparently he's just as grizzled as ever and told the guy not to even fucking bother if he had only seen the series and not read the book.

    The actor sounds exactly like he does in real life. At least how he sounded in the series.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Veretas wrote: »
    DrZiplock wrote: »
    As far as I know he's alive and living in Philly.

    He was the one that the author of Biggest Brother contacted so he could get in touch with Winters. Apparently he's just as grizzled as ever and told the guy not to even fucking bother if he had only seen the series and not read the book.

    The actor sounds exactly like he does in real life. At least how he sounded in the series.

    Yep.

    Apparently Winters was hanging out on set when the actors were doing the Currahee filming. He and the guy that plays Bill hit it off. Winters had him going the distance as the entire cast ran up the mountain. I don't think he made it the whole way but he got really close.


    Edit: Seriously... buy and read this book

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Spielberg has covered about every damn thing that happened in WWII.

    Has he covered the russian front? I wanna see him do the battle of stalingrad and all that good stuff.

    Also, has there been any great big ass war movies about the north african part of WWII? All tanks rumbling around in the desert and rommel acting hard

    It is pointless to do a WW2 North Africa movie because Ice Cold In Alex made all the rest obsolete.

    Though parts of Valkyrie do take place in Africa. Furthermore, the Russian front was forever ruined by Enemy at the Gates.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I wonder if this series will cover the guy who was chosen to model for G.I. Joe

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    i actually kinda liked enemy at the gates. though the random rachel weisz sex scene in a roomful of sleeping soldiers was a tad uncomfortable and grody

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I mean it's not bad. And Ed Harris is superb.

    I just didnt like it.

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  • msuitepyonmsuitepyon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    OH GOOD GOD YES PLEASE

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    And Ed Harris is superb.
    This is the real truth

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Dick Winters is the only real man on earth, and the rest of us are merely shadows on the cave wall.

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  • msuitepyonmsuitepyon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Dick Winters is the only real man on earth, and the rest of us are merely shadows on the cave wall.

    I can go along with that.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hunter wrote: »
    Dick Winters is the only real man on earth, and the rest of us are merely shadows on the cave wall.

    also acceptable is Speirs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7TuCSnWlJk

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    This is how manly those men are:

    By just seeing these things on film, I feel like more of a man.

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    KrunkMcGrunk wrote: »
    This is how manly those men are:

    By just seeing these things on film, I feel like more of a man.
    Paradoxically, they are also so manly that seeing those things on film will make you feel like less of a man as well. So manly that the laws of logic are emasculated and tossed aside!

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  • SithDrummerSithDrummer Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Also, my grandfather's first name is Manley. 8-)

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Still though.

    Their whole attack at Breacourt Manor was fucking amazing. You know you did good when it becomes the textbook example for an attack on a position like that.

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Spielberg has covered about every damn thing that happened in WWII.

    Has he covered the russian front? I wanna see him do the battle of stalingrad and all that good stuff.

    Also, has there been any great big ass war movies about the north african part of WWII? All tanks rumbling around in the desert and rommel acting hard

    Desert Fox, Sundown, Sea of Sand, The Black Tent come to mind.

    Most of the films on North Africa are British made because we barely did anything and they have a fucking hard-on for Rommel.

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