Band of Brothers | Ep 3 | Full Uncut Reaction
Added 2024-06-11 10:08:31 +0000 UTCComments
Trust me, I do appreciate long comments like this. And what you said about that feeling of wanting these stories to be heard because it's your duty is so admirable and beautiful. Evil thrives in the dark. Your words are not falling on deaf ears. Thanks for sharing
Franklin
2024-06-18 18:40:40 +0000 UTCI appreciate you asking that question. Although I'm not very knowledgeable about all the events. And I don't want to speak for us all as a people, so I'll just speak from my own experience. I was born in 95 and haven't studied much world history so take all this with a grain of salt. Nigeria and some other countries in West Africa were colonized by the British, so we have deep deep trauma and feelings towards colonization and imperialism. I recently learned that some of the Nazi occupation actually found their way to some parts of Africa during that time. With all that said, we do know the parts America played in the war and how that led to liberation. To answer your question, movies, and shows like these are somewhat popular, but from my experience probably just for entertainment. I do remember my parents always watching the news about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan back in the day. So I would say we're pretty much informed. From my own experience in school, I learned more about colonization and the British, our independence, and other historical aspects around that time. In a lot of places around the world, America is typically not viewed as ''The good guys'', definitely more muddied and complicated just because of the different occupations America and its military have had around the world. Colonization, slavery, Wars and different things like that. I hope that somewhat answers your question. Again the answer might greatly differ depending on who you ask.
Franklin
2024-06-18 18:27:46 +0000 UTCHey Frank - I am just curious: what is the "cultural" significance of World War 2 growing up in Nigeria? Obviously in the West (as you know), movies and shows based on WW2 like Band of Brothers are SIGNIFICANT pieces of cultural material; both from a purely entertainment stand-point in addition to forming the basis for our modern social mythos. What is the West African worldview on these events? Are these types of movies and shows somewhat popular, or at least known? Are these events spoken about and studied to an extent? Are the Americans viewed as the undeniable "good guys" like we do over here or is it more "muddied" and complicated?
Benjamin
2024-06-14 22:02:37 +0000 UTCMy grandfather fought in World War I, my father in World War II. Our family was liberated by the red army who lost 23 million human beings in order to destroy Germany. A fact that is not taught in the US war UK. The Chinese lost over 20 million human beings fighting the Japanese after Pearl Harbor another fact not taught the United States or UK. When my family was liberated from Norway. They came to the US and made their way here to Alaska because it is so much like where we used to live and we knew how to thrive here. I was born just after the end of the second world war I am first generation American 79 years old. I am a great grandmother. These stories, being so true and so vivid, give me such admiration for the nations that fought against the Germans and their cohorts within Poland, Austria, and other nations. History can only be conveyed through living it, and if you get the blessing of being old, it is our responsibility is elders to tell the truth and never allow history to be revised or erased because it does great damage to the future generations as we see now we are repeating history. There’s a saying that says history may not repeat but it sure does rhyme. Right now in political terms, the two great nations that fought in World War too are consistently malaligned and demonized. Yet in the US, we see movies that show the truth from the perspective of the US soldiers that fought in these campaigns, not knowing that the US was the last to join in the war, and because of our political distance we benefited because none of our country was destroyed, and we became the youngest nation to become an empire. Since then we have become the world’s bullies something that should never have happened. if I have any book to ever offer you to read, it would be operation paperclip. Please also google who were the first NATO leaders. They were all from the SS under agreement from the United States. It’s a big dark part of history that is kept from the American people. Until we recognize and acknowledge, the past horrific deeds we were complicit to we cannot honor these young men/women or any young man/women who fought sacrificed and died in this horrific world war. We’re still in the second world war it’s just not kinetic. It’s all about the use of soft power, such as sanctions, etc. I know this is a long reply. It is because I’m short on lifetime. And somehow I feel if I don’t speak my truthof the knowledge of my life that nothing will change. It may not change all no matter what I say, but there’s an old saying plant seeds of trees, whose shade you will never know. God bless the world in this massive political shift.
Laura Thate
2024-06-13 01:37:54 +0000 UTCI think I like your representation of what Spears said better. I think I interpreted it like that because he's usually a very cold character, and I think he's also the one who gave the Germans cigarettes and then shot them. I never forget upham, anytime I watch a war movie he always comes to mind. Thanks for all the info
Franklin
2024-06-12 16:05:07 +0000 UTCI never knew something like that was even possible. blindness being a psychological issue. Wow. Good to know that blithe lived so much longer
Franklin
2024-06-12 16:01:20 +0000 UTCI appreciate it Mark. I'll look up the movie. Thanks for recommending
Franklin
2024-06-12 15:56:03 +0000 UTCOMG!! I watched Moonlight with you twice! I signed up 'casue I really wann watch Trick from 1999 with you...Please???
mark
2024-06-12 08:05:43 +0000 UTCWhen Spears says that they must accept that they are already dead, I took it to mean that if a person can process that aspect, then they will fight without hesitation. I am not articulating it properly, but I didn't take it as saying that they should surrender their humanity. I love the connection you made with Upham. I think this is a crucial point: all kinds of soldiers end up in war. Some of them kill prisoners, some of them get shot in the ass, some get shot and drop like a stone, sometimes they can't bring themselves to fight at all. I think BoB does such and excellent job of depicting a possible range of experiences. I think your comment sums it up that it's not a fair tail. Or, more accurately, it's not a typical Hollywood depiction of war. The Shermans are the M4 Sherman tank, so named for Gen. Tecumseh Sherman (a Civil War general). It was the main battle tank of the US and some allied forces during and after WW2. Purple Heart is a medal awarded by those wounded in action (by the enemy).
Jordan Long
2024-06-11 17:53:04 +0000 UTCSome people experience specific neurological symptoms (like blindness) due to severe psychological trauma. Blithe was likely having a visual impairment - but not because of an eye issue, because of a psychological issue. In addition, saying that Blithe died was one of the few incorrect things about Band of Brothers - he didn't die in 1948, he died in 1967 after also fighting in the Korean War.
Elizabeth
2024-06-11 13:29:36 +0000 UTC
