Band of Brothers Episode 1 *FULL LENGTH REACTION
Added 2023-07-31 15:00:10 +0000 UTCHappy B-andor Brothers Monday?
Sadly, Andor is done but it's time to start Band of Brothers!!
I've had many people mention this series since Saving Private Ryan, and so here we are. I was really not expecting to see Ross in this, but it was a nice surprise π
Very solid first episode, and even better that it takes place at the same time as Saving Private Ryan (well, the first episode basically leads into SPR, but it's still the same event during that war).
I'm looking forward to seeing more Office Space guy (Ron Livingston) and Homeland guy (Damien Lewis), in this 5 movies wrapped into 1 TV series. It seems that all the episodes are around 1h each, which is very impressive.
I don't have much to add to this, just that it's looking like a fantastic series!
For this style of reaction, you need your own copy to watch the episode. Also know there is an extension that allows you to do Picture-in-Picture in case you are interested: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/picture-in-picture-extens/hkgfoiooedgoejojocmhlaklaeopbecg?hl=en
Once I finish Band of Brothers, it might just be a Patreon poll vote for the next series to watch for Patreon (since I may not be done Clone Wars).
- Vero β πͺ
Comments
My recollection of the 501st is definitely from Clone Wars lol There is a LOT of military knowledge that I lack since I have never been around anyone in the military and war movies wasn't my go to for movies. I'm hoping with all of this I'll be able to remember and think of the scale of things going forward, thank you!!
Verowak
2023-11-09 13:19:23 +0000 UTCSimon Pegg is such a chameleon in this you can hardly tell its him. Until a later ep where he has more lines.
Ashley
2023-11-09 00:35:59 +0000 UTCThe Pacific is good but also its so much more brutal and hard to watch than BoB. I know you've finished BoB at this point so if you decide to watch it be warned its extremely violent and there aren't much in the way of interviews with survivors like there is in Band of Brothers which is kinda what makes this show so great IMO.
Ashley
2023-11-08 23:55:26 +0000 UTCI was surprised that no one posted any comments answering your questions. A lot of this is general military knowledge that will help you for many films in the future. This is specific to the US in WW2, but British and Commonwealth forces use the same terminology: Unit sizes and organization, smaller to larger: - Squad - smallest infantry unit. 12 men lead by a Sergeant, with a Corporal as Assistant Squad Leader. Called a "Section" by British. - Platoon - 3 Squads lead by a Lieutenant, assisted by a senior Sergeant. May have extra weapons like machine guns or anti-tank rockets separate from the infantry squads. Squads are numbered within the platoon, so each platoon has a 1st squad, 2nd squad, etc. - Company - 3 Platoons commanded by a Captain or senior Lieutenant, assisted by a Lieutenant and a senior Sergeant. May have extra weapons like mortars separate from the infantry platoons. In the regular (non-Airborne) infantry, a company will have an additional "Weapons Platoon" of heavy weapons like machine guns. Platoons are numbered within the company, so each company has a 1st platoon, 2nd platoon, etc. - Battalion - 3 Companies commanded by a Major, 2nd in command is a Captain. - Regiment - 9 Companies organized into 3 battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Has extra weapons like mortars and anti-tank guns separate from the infantry companies, as well as medical units, supply, etc.. Companies are designated by letters, so each Regiment has an "A" Company, "B" Company, etc.. Each letter is designated by a word for clarity on the radio or telephone, so "D"="Dog", "E ="Easy", "F"="Fox", etc. - Brigade - leftover from older organizations, not used by US in WW2. 2-3 regiments or 4+ independent battalions commanded by a 1-star general, called a Brigadier or Brigadier General. - Division - 3 or 4 Regiments commanded by a 2-star general ("Major General"). Older US organizations had 2-3 brigades per Division (4-9 regiments). Has additional support units like artillery, engineers, supply, repair, etc. Concept first developed by Napoleon. - Corps - from French "Corps d'Armee", another of Napoleon's innovations. 2+ divisions commanded by a 3-star general ("Lieutenant General"). Numbered, but not necessarily in sequence. - Army - 2+ Corps commanded by a 4-star general ("General"). Numbered, but not necessarily in sequence. - Army Group- 2+ Armies commanded by a 4-star general or Field Marshal. Numbered by US and British, but not necessarily in sequence. Germans used terms like "Army Group North", "Army Group Center" etc. or letters "Army Group A", "Army Group B", etc. In WW2, Allied Divisions, Corps, Armies, and Army groups were often noted by nationality (US, British, Canadian, French, Polish, etc.) because there might be several with the same number from different Allied forces, so "British 30th Corps", "US 3rd Army", etc. Unit numbers: 82nd Airborne Division was the first US Division trained in airborne operations. 101st Division was the second. Later the 11th, 13th, and 17th Infantry Divisions were also converted to Airborne status. Together, the 82nd and 101st formed the 18th Airborne Corps (US) In WW2, the 101st Airborne Division consisted of the 501st, 502nd, and 506th Parachute Infantry Regiments (PIR), and the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment. The "Band of Brothers" is E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th PIR (noted E-2/506). You may recognize "501st" from a couple of places: one of the 2 men with Private Ryan when we first see him in "SPR" says he is from the 501st. Also one of the recurring units of clone troopers in the animated "Clone Wars" is the 501st. In "SPR", when Tom Hanks questions the soldier who was deafened by a grenade (played by Ryan Hurst), he is from the 506th PIR.
JAKH
2023-11-08 22:30:19 +0000 UTC
