I would love for the next video to be about Winters’ leadership, and Damien’s performance as him. He gave an absolute masterclass in portraying a leader on the small screen.
@@master_samwise he is very understated regarding his contributions in it, so there’s some reading between the lines to be done for sure with that work.
@@master_samwiseBeyond Band of brothers and Biggest Brother are great reads to get an idea of who Winters was. My wife happened across a double first of his memoir and it's one of my cherished possessions.
Just as Henry V was Shakespeare's thesis on good leadership ('a little Harry in the night', et.al.) Band Of Brothers is very much a reflection of Winters as a leader.
Every time I re-watch this series, I applaud just about everything having to do with it, but *especially* everybody wearing their freaking helmets. I cannot tell you the amount of times other Hollywood movies or series show the actors' faces constantly in the heat of battle, when that would not have been the reality in an active warzone. BoB took the time to differentiate most of the characters from one another early on and in the slower scenes; then, when the pace and action pick up again, it doesn't matter who the characters are. They have their helmets on, and they're ready to fight, plain and simple. Love BoB so much, and thanks for your video!
I'll never forget watching Band of Brothers Live on TV, little Irish kid sitting down to watch the first episode not knowing what was in store but I knew something special was going on. One episode a week, I watched it all and been obsessed with world war two since.
Pause 0:49 this part made me cry the first time I watched it. “My endorsement sir, I request trial by court martial” Sobel: 😟 Lieutenant/Captain/Major Winters is the perefect example of a good leader. Actually cares about his men you notice this especially when he calls his men by their first names. BoB and The Pacific have to be watched at least once each per year ❤️
That’s true, but he requested trial by court-martial because Sobel was trying to get him in trouble for his own mistakes. Anyone with a spine and sick of taking someone’s shit would do the same.
The episode that primarily follows the medic (I think six? the second bastogne one) is probably one of my favorite pieces of film ever made. Just a nonstop blanket of dread, absolutely suffocating tonally, but ends with what I feel is one the most triumphant, uplifting payoffs I've ever seen. As I understand, it's the most "fictionalized" episode of the whole series but it's paced/ acted / filmed so expertly that it gets to another level than even the other episodes.
Band of Brothers is simply on another level of television, every time I re-watch it, it feels like I've seen it for the first time, props to everyone who worked on the tv series.
I think one of the greatest moments of this series is how, in the end, they humanize the Germans whom they have fought against for over 2+ years. That General's speech & how Winter's showed respect to the surrendering German officers was once what the German people were. Some still followed the honorable Prussian code in some of the German ranks despite how much the Nazi ideology had consumed most of the armed forces.
That ending quote never fails to make me tear up. It's so straight forward in what he says, but its impact is boundless in how much history it conveys in a single phrase.
Just rewatch after 20 years . Honestly one of the best show of brotherhood and WW2 . The impact of every scene so powerful . Episode 9 made me cry when they got to the camp just so much emotion. From E company to the prisoners the way they present everything was powerful.
@@master_samwise I get it. It's like when one of your friends finally watches a recommendation that you know they'll like after asking them for so long lol. Seriously it was a phenomenal show, I watched 2 episodes a day till I finished and ended up reading and doing a lot of research on everybody. I think an avatar video of yours brought me here, good stuff.
This show helps you appreciate what the “greatest generation” went through. We take the peace and relative comfort of today for granted..it wasn’t always that way and this series helps the viewer understand why.
I saw this when it first completed it's whole set of episodes, as a teenager back when it was still new. I forgot about it for years and now that I'm 35 and rewatching it, I still find it just as captivating and emotional as I did back then! Which I can't say for many films and TV series I watched earlier in my life. That fact alone, just cements how incredibly well this was made! Band of Brothers is exactly a timeless masterpiece! And I don't throw that out there lightly.
I learned from my dad, who is ex-military and big military history buff, that a lot of the combat maneuvers that EZ Company performed, while they did not win them a military awards for those who survived the war (because they weren't in the training books) were entered into the military training books for future soldiers to learn from.
Yeah the show mentions that Easy Company's maneuver used to take the German artillery on D-Day is still (as of 2001) used as an example of how to assault a fixed position.
By the end of Normandy the 101st had a presidential unit citation. As far as awards go that was a SHAEF directive. Winters was originally put in for the MoH but SHAEF had put in a policy of "only one MoH per division" for the invasion. Winters had his award downgraded to a distinguished service cross because the MoH for the 101st went to a colonel from another battalion that led a bayonet charge. Also most awards get downgraded my brother and his squad in afghanistan were put in for a bronze star with V device........when it was all said and done it was downgraded to an army commendation medal.
It is the GREATEST WWII miniseries ever made. And the fact that it was based on a true story, and real people makes it that much more intriguing. The screenplay, casting, and acting was a cinematic masterpiece. This production is now an immortal classic.
Band of Brothers is a flawless masterpiece from start to finish. Even the show’s mundane flaws (like some historical inaccuracies) aren’t enough to deprive it of a 10/10 rating in my book.
The feeling of brotherhood is why its so perfect and why I feel like The Pacific is nowhere near the same level, that and the interviews before every episode.
The Pacific was meant to show the sheer brutality of the Pacific theater which was more in line with combat on the Eastern Front. These were soldiers fighting in brutal conditions for much longer than any of the ones in France. It showcased the mental toll that this specific kind of war took on them not to mention the raw, encompassing hatred that both sides felt for each other. It's a mistake to compare the two. Each showcased a different kind of war.
In Eugene's book "With the old breed" he puts a lot of emphasis on how crucial the brotherhood between the marines and their espirt de corps was in order to endure all the sheer terror of the pacific campaign, but the show downplays it and focuses on other things for the sake of the narrative they went for
I just finished reading With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge, and it has changed my life completely. There is so much character for us to learn in the living memory of these men. If you want to relive again the feeling you got watching Band of Brothers the first time, pleeease read this book. I would love a video covering it and the Pacific in the future.
I don't know why, but its a family tradition for us to watch this every Christmas time, its absolutely brilliant, out of all the ww2 media out there, hands down this is one of the best, if not the best thats outside of a documentary style series/film
The BEST show/movie I've ever seen. I rarely ever watch a show/movie multiple times, but the BoB is an exception - I've watched the entire series multiple times, about every 2 years.
Band of brothers will be one of the few remnants that will remain from that greatest generation. You are right, the series is about the "brothers" (not about the Allied forces). I have loved this series every year . . . The cinematography, the script, the actors, the costume, (even the music of Michael Kamen) felt like it's always the first time. I do not mind about the 🪖 making them look the same . . . For, like them, i definitely looked like my brother!
As a musician, the score is what drew me in originally. Just a beautiful soundtrack. I had to purchase the series so I could rewatch as a reminder of those who paid for our freedom.
I implore you all to read the book the series was based on. It was beyond epic--it was legendary. I just hope I can operate at 10% of what the men of Easy Company performed if the call to serve my nation is issued.
More love for this Beautiful Masterpiece 💚💚 Currently watching it's successor "The Pacific" 😌🧡 Can't wait for "Masters of the Air" coming later this year 🤞
Well said sir. Every aspect of this series is top notch. There are moments when the editors made very astute choices. The cut in episode 8 when Winters orders his men NOT to go on patrol and they cut to young Lieutenant Jones (Colin Hanks) as he absorbs the lesson in leadership is very profound in its own way.
I JUST finished watching it for about the 4th time and I’m thinking about rewatching it already I love this show from A to B and every step in between its amazing
Men like easy have given much of the world a sense of peace they can live and show us that we can have the courage to fight for what is right when the need arises
If this piece of cinema was shown in every school, to every year, once a year... I genuinely think the world would be a better place! It's inspiring and humbling... It's the essence of humanity, it's flaws and it's awe, all at the same time, a warning and a beautiful lesson! What's important and what's meaningless! It's all of human life, emotion and mortality...
I’m thinking back, the only thing that comes close to match the interpersonal relationships I saw in Band of Brothers, other than Generation Kill, is The Lord of the Rings. I’m serious, I can barely think of anything that hit me that hard or anything done with that level of quality. I’m sure there are a few that come close or I would consider good, but for some reason BOB, GK, and LOTR stand out to me.
Band of Brothers is a masterpiece. It is peak cable television (not The Sopranos). BoB would be literally impossible to create in 2023 given casting requirements, the passing of nearly all WW2 vets, and Gen X’s general disinterest in history.
Your excellent narration expounds on the theme of brotherhood beautifully. Thank you. Job well done. It has been hard for me to articulate all the facets of this stunning masterpiece.
That's also because it's true. Men in the pacific were not there for the duration like they were in Europe. Also their battles were generally way shorter. Tarawa was over in 4 days. Iwo jima was over in 36. With the exceptions of guadalcanal and the Phillipines most battles were over in a month or so. Guadalcanal because America was on the Backfoot and outgunned while the arsenal of democracy shook off the depression era rust. And the Phillipines because it was the biggest land mass. The pacific was the same way for me the first watch on second watch in some ways I think it was much better. They did not shy away from showing the ruthlessness and brutality that was the barfight of the pacific. Just remember more of Germany lightning bolt boys surrendered then all of the Japanese army.......the pacific was America's eastern front and was in many ways ignored for decades because it was ugly, brutal and not as romantic as liberating Europe from evil.
WWII is one of my favorite eras in history and ive watched band of brother's annually since i was a child and its just as amazing each time. Ive been meaning to do a rewatxh and i probably will start aftee work
Flags of Our Fathers has something similar at its end, when the narrator says that, although the men may have fought for their country, but they _died_ for their brother besides them.
BOB is timeless for a myriad of reasons: the effects aged well, it´s well written, no cheesy dialogue or forced drama beetween characters, and you get the feeling of a jorney, from Toccoa to the Eagle´s Nest and finally at the end knowing who the people in the prologues were, everything makes you feel close and care abouth the characters.
I'd love to see you cover The Pacific and Generation Kill. Both also fantastic HBO mini series. If anyone here hasn't seen them, would highly recommend.
What’s insane is.. these guys existed.. this isn’t fake.. and many lived very long lives.. and even went back into war after ww2. These are very special peple. Very selfless
I hope you can compare and contrast "The Pacific" with "Band of Brothers" because it would be nice to have a very decent review in appreciating both on their similarities (which I think are few) and the vast differences that still makes both series appealing in their own right.
They don’t call these men The Greatest Generation for nothin. When the people called upon them, they answered valiantly. They refused to surrender, refused to quit.
ive watched this show so many times and as tv shows go band of brothers and the pacific are both masterpieces and at 12 watching this. its what sadly but thankfully made me join the military not as a soldier but a medic. to help both sides and help and let people survive war and learn... maybe it was for nothing but im glad i could save so many for such stupid reasons. EDIT.. cant lie after the hell that is war coming back to this movie after 5 years in the middle east bullet holes scars and ptsd... all this show showed hit so fricking hard. i think the show was more to show vets at the time and people thinking of joining. war is literal hell and those bonds you make are everything but can be lost. after all. its the bullet you dont hear thats the last.... i seriously hope one day war is considered unhuman and we can all hold hands as the brothers and sister of a special place in the universe and make it better fore all.
1:40 if I'm not wrong Sobel was what inspired the american drill sargent. and a lot of Easy company men did say that his insane training did help keep them alive. He was not a leader but he managed to create a unit by giving them something to connect about... the hate of him
As a 6 time volunteer, I see and saw many of the traits exemplified in BOB’s. For those who are curious I enlisted, volunteered for airborne and volunteered for SF; then I took ROTC, volunteered to go back on active duty. Volunteered for airborne assignments and then SF again. By the way, my first jump in jump school was 20 Jan 1985, one of the coldest days in Ft Benning’s history. Bonus points if anyone can tell us what city was colder: Anchorage AK or. Columbus GA?
2:50 I actually have the opposite complaint. The series is about Easy Company which had 140 men in it. The way it's portrayed you'd think they had maybe 50 at most.
Yeah I get that. Obviously there are serious limits of filmmaking that required a smaller cast, but also the sober fact that of those 140 men not very many were still with Easy Company by the end of the war comes into play. Even some who were there from beginning to end (Christensen, for example) are hardly featured at all in the series.
I’m on episode three right now and just had to look up the history of this series. It’s such a crazy good cast of big actors who are really big names today, so I was curious as to how they went about casting it. Probably the fact that Steven Spielberg produced it is a big thing.
I was a kid when this show first aired, and I'm still watching this to this day. I just wished there was less gore. It lessens the exceptional class of this show.
And to think... all of these men lived, and now none of them are alive today. All those men of the first and second world wars are gone now. Films like this help us to remember them and their deeds.
So many moments in that show are just heartbreaking. And they let you sit with them. They really dwell on the experience of these young men watching their friends die in their arms. As much as the show is about the incredible filial love of Easy Company, it acknowledges the very real pain that accompanies that brotherly bond.
Two scenes I think would make good videos. When Lipton and the other NCO's give up their ranks, and Doc using the cloth as a bandage that belonged to the nurse. Both show what you're willing to give up for the man next to you.
3:00 I'd even argue that works as a strength. This differentiates the situations the characters find themselves in: In the moments of reprieve, they are individuals, with their own personalities, stories, and quirks that make them recognizable. On the battlefield, they're just another man, in the same perilous situation, just as killable as the one next to him. As Napoleon Bonaparte said: "To cannon, all men are equal." This juxtaposition allows for the audience to care about someone who otherwise would just be "a soldier on a battlefield." We might not know who it is, but we've come to understand that whoever they are, they have lives, friends, family, and stories to tell. It's because we get those moments off of the battlefield that allows us to feel for those nameless soldiers in battle. The elation of their survival and the sadness of their deaths are felt by the audience even if we don't know who we are feeling for.
Love love love this show. One of those shows that really formed me when I first watched it as a teen. The themes of brotherhood in the show are just so rare, its something most other shows and movies don't want to touch. What are your thoughts on The Pacific and Masters of the Air series? They're both not as good as BoB for sure but I still find them solid and carry over the core themes from BoB in a good way.
I was able to hold the Emmy won by Band of Brothers when I took the VIP tour at the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans. It was surprisingly flimsy, almost to the point of feeling cheap!
I have very few regrets about the way I have lived my life, and even fewer regrets for things I have done. Almost all of my regrets are for things I didn't do or failed to do. Even though GWOT was a stupid, wasteful thing that should have never happened in the first place, and shouldn't have been as badly mismanaged as it was; the one true regret that haunts me is that my friends went and I let them go without me.
Popeye also apologised for being hit- that was his first instict, that he let his brothers down. Not the pain or uncertainty of a battle wound. Remarkable.
I gotta say I love "Band of Brothers". But I saw you haven't had anything to say about "the Pacific" on your channel. It's very similar if not more dark and I'm almost positive done by the same people. Everything you have said about the bond and connection between them I feel I saw more in The Pacific you saw the families and how people were connected through so much more than just a company. I agree BoB is one of the greats but The Pacific was the one that showed me how brutal and unforgivable war is. I hope you review that too you make great content subscribing just for even mentioning band of Brothers.
My wife and I actually just finished the Pacific last night. Her first time watching it, my second. Really, really incredible show but yeah, in a different way, largely since the fighting was so different on the two fronts. Definitely will be making more BoB and Pacific content in the future. It may not be super popular, but it's important to me.
@@master_samwise it's super important to me to thank you! I want to show my girlfriend but i think it might be a bit much. Can't wait to hear your take looking forward! Also your wife's take as a first time viewer!
Both The Pacific and Band of Brothers are amazing. I love them both. But I personally think they can’t be compared to each other because their both so different from each other. Apples and Oranges
@@wattsnottaken1 I agree different for sure but to me the emotions felt are very similar and that's the comparison I was trying to make. I agree different though completely glad to find some people that watched them both though!
My wife just said to me the other night "Band of Brothers is a show I can watch more than once a week." The Pacific is just so brutal (rightfully so) that we had to take significant breaks between episodes. She definitely liked it and appreciated both its high quality and its mostly unfiltered take on the combat, but yeah, it's a bit much.
Haven’t watched this since i was a young girl, i remember having my eyes held shut during the one sex scene in holland. My dad had watched it before so he knew id not be scarred by it and would be fine and i was. Now i really want to watch it again.
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
It's a hero's journey with beginning, middle and an end. And character growth! It's also why The Pacific failed miserably to emulate BoB. Everything in The Pacific is kinda anti BoB.
I wouldn't say that's why the Pacific failed, but rather was THE POINT of the Pacific. It showed an entirely different side of war, especially the war in the Pacific vs that in Europe.
You should do a review on "The Pacific", which is an obvious ww2 classic and "Assembly" this one is a very interesting and good moral and emotional story of the intangible sacrifices and values a soldier/person made for his country and future, would be interesting to see from your POV, fyi it's a Chinese film but i hope you are neutral while doing it's review
The Pacific spent way too much time on sex scenes and not enough on the battles. Band of Brothers didn't waste time with the former and the only battle they did poorly on was Operation Market Garden (Episode 4).
Agree on the overuse of sex scenes, disagree on the not enough battles. Combat in the Pacific absolutely SUCKED to a level that I could hardly stomach watching it. I wish they had instead spent more time developing side characters. Yeah when you read the book, Market Garden happens quite differently. In the show you don't really get a sense of what Easy is trying to accomplish other than capture a town for some reason. There's no added context, that that town is an essential link along the highway which is the only line of supply for the whole operation.
@@master_samwise The combat in the Pacific was so brutal, it should have gotten more attention. The famous "thousand yard stare" was the image of a man in the Pacific Theater for a reason, even though the phenomenon was found everywhere.
We already know about battles. Battles weren't the point of BoB either but the men. The Pacific is about the men but in other aspects that are important to understand.
@@kevinzhang6623 The men in BoB were all from the same company going through similar experiences. The Pacific covered men whose paths never crossed, and so the smooth continuity of story wasn't there.
I remember thinking omg Ross from Friends as a hard ass drill seargent? I dunno about this casting decision. Five minutes later, yep i hate him. Well played HBO and Ross from Friends
I would love for the next video to be about Winters’ leadership, and Damien’s performance as him. He gave an absolute masterclass in portraying a leader on the small screen.
That almost certainly will be my next Band of Brothers video. First I have to actually read Winters' book though.
@@master_samwise It's a fantastic read; you'll enjoy it. Thank you for making this video essay!
@@master_samwise he is very understated regarding his contributions in it, so there’s some reading between the lines to be done for sure with that work.
@@master_samwiseBeyond Band of brothers and Biggest Brother are great reads to get an idea of who Winters was. My wife happened across a double first of his memoir and it's one of my cherished possessions.
Just as Henry V was Shakespeare's thesis on good leadership ('a little Harry in the night', et.al.) Band Of Brothers is very much a reflection of Winters as a leader.
Every time I re-watch this series, I applaud just about everything having to do with it, but *especially* everybody wearing their freaking helmets. I cannot tell you the amount of times other Hollywood movies or series show the actors' faces constantly in the heat of battle, when that would not have been the reality in an active warzone. BoB took the time to differentiate most of the characters from one another early on and in the slower scenes; then, when the pace and action pick up again, it doesn't matter who the characters are. They have their helmets on, and they're ready to fight, plain and simple. Love BoB so much, and thanks for your video!
I'll never forget watching Band of Brothers Live on TV, little Irish kid sitting down to watch the first episode not knowing what was in store but I knew something special was going on. One episode a week, I watched it all and been obsessed with world war two since.
Used to play GI Joes or legos while watching the show as a kid. Great time.
Im irish too and loved watching every episode with my dad every week. It stuck with me ever since and still watch it every year
Pause 0:49 this part made me cry the first time I watched it. “My endorsement sir, I request trial by court martial”
Sobel: 😟
Lieutenant/Captain/Major Winters is the perefect example of a good leader. Actually cares about his men you notice this especially when he calls his men by their first names. BoB and The Pacific have to be watched at least once each per year ❤️
Winters was just incredible. An unbelievable man and leader.
I watch both annually
That’s true, but he requested trial by court-martial because Sobel was trying to get him in trouble for his own mistakes. Anyone with a spine and sick of taking someone’s shit would do the same.
Probably the peak of TV in my eyes, just so little to complain and all the things to praise
It's my favorite thing to ever be put on a screen. Just incredible in every aspect.
It's just sliiightly historically inaccurate, but then, it's a drama, not a documentary
The episode that primarily follows the medic (I think six? the second bastogne one) is probably one of my favorite pieces of film ever made. Just a nonstop blanket of dread, absolutely suffocating tonally, but ends with what I feel is one the most triumphant, uplifting payoffs I've ever seen. As I understand, it's the most "fictionalized" episode of the whole series but it's paced/ acted / filmed so expertly that it gets to another level than even the other episodes.
Also because you almost never heard a good Cajun accent on TV or movies
Sometimes on cold winter days I luke to watch the battle of the buldge episodes makes my situation paradise
As a veteran I rewatch BoB every year on Veterans Day.
Band of Brothers is simply on another level of television, every time I re-watch it, it feels like I've seen it for the first time, props to everyone who worked on the tv series.
I think one of the greatest moments of this series is how, in the end, they humanize the Germans whom they have fought against for over 2+ years.
That General's speech & how Winter's showed respect to the surrendering German officers was once what the German people were. Some still followed the honorable Prussian code in some of the German ranks despite how much the Nazi ideology had consumed most of the armed forces.
That ending quote never fails to make me tear up. It's so straight forward in what he says, but its impact is boundless in how much history it conveys in a single phrase.
Just rewatch after 20 years . Honestly one of the best show of brotherhood and WW2 . The impact of every scene so powerful . Episode 9 made me cry when they got to the camp just so much emotion. From E company to the prisoners the way they present everything was powerful.
The Bastogne Episodes are burned in my head...absolutely fantastic filmmaking... fun fact they did the recordings in a giant hall...mindblowing...
By far the best miniseries or show I've ever seen and I've watched it 10 times all the way through
just came in Netflix, finished in two days. incredible series.
This show is now on my list. I'll be back in a couple weeks to hopefully thank you for introducing me.
Somebody just liked this which reminded me about this comment. I loved it, 10/10. I even ended up reading Major Winter's memoir, thank you
The fact that my video caused you to go watch this show brings me so much joy, you have no idea.
@@master_samwise I get it. It's like when one of your friends finally watches a recommendation that you know they'll like after asking them for so long lol. Seriously it was a phenomenal show, I watched 2 episodes a day till I finished and ended up reading and doing a lot of research on everybody. I think an avatar video of yours brought me here, good stuff.
you wont regret it
Just rewatched it. Damn, thats some serious film making.
I finally binged BoB and loved it! It’s nice to see ppl still watching it even 2 decades later.
Very well said about Band of Brothers.
This show helps you appreciate what the “greatest generation” went through. We take the peace and relative comfort of today for granted..it wasn’t always that way and this series helps the viewer understand why.
I saw this when it first completed it's whole set of episodes, as a teenager back when it was still new. I forgot about it for years and now that I'm 35 and rewatching it, I still find it just as captivating and emotional as I did back then! Which I can't say for many films and TV series I watched earlier in my life. That fact alone, just cements how incredibly well this was made! Band of Brothers is exactly a timeless masterpiece! And I don't throw that out there lightly.
I learned from my dad, who is ex-military and big military history buff, that a lot of the combat maneuvers that EZ Company performed, while they did not win them a military awards for those who survived the war (because they weren't in the training books) were entered into the military training books for future soldiers to learn from.
Yeah the show mentions that Easy Company's maneuver used to take the German artillery on D-Day is still (as of 2001) used as an example of how to assault a fixed position.
@@master_samwise That's so cool.
By the end of Normandy the 101st had a presidential unit citation. As far as awards go that was a SHAEF directive. Winters was originally put in for the MoH but SHAEF had put in a policy of "only one MoH per division" for the invasion. Winters had his award downgraded to a distinguished service cross because the MoH for the 101st went to a colonel from another battalion that led a bayonet charge. Also most awards get downgraded my brother and his squad in afghanistan were put in for a bronze star with V device........when it was all said and done it was downgraded to an army commendation medal.
It is the GREATEST WWII miniseries ever made. And the fact that it was based on a true story, and real people makes it that much more intriguing. The screenplay, casting, and acting was a cinematic masterpiece. This production is now an immortal classic.
Band of Brothers is a flawless masterpiece from start to finish. Even the show’s mundane flaws (like some historical inaccuracies) aren’t enough to deprive it of a 10/10 rating in my book.
The feeling of brotherhood is why its so perfect and why I feel like The Pacific is nowhere near the same level, that and the interviews before every episode.
Agreed. Curious about how Masters of the Air will be. Very excited for it.
The Pacific is still great but its a different kind of story imo
The Pacific was meant to show the sheer brutality of the Pacific theater which was more in line with combat on the Eastern Front. These were soldiers fighting in brutal conditions for much longer than any of the ones in France. It showcased the mental toll that this specific kind of war took on them not to mention the raw, encompassing hatred that both sides felt for each other. It's a mistake to compare the two. Each showcased a different kind of war.
@@ashman8891I agree. I think they’re both masterpieces in their own right.
In Eugene's book "With the old breed" he puts a lot of emphasis on how crucial the brotherhood between the marines and their espirt de corps was in order to endure all the sheer terror of the pacific campaign, but the show downplays it and focuses on other things for the sake of the narrative they went for
*Sigh* Alright, I gotta rewatch it again now
Same.
Re-watched this again this week. It's probably the best single series of TV I've ever seen. Astounding stuff.
I just finished reading With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge, and it has changed my life completely. There is so much character for us to learn in the living memory of these men. If you want to relive again the feeling you got watching Band of Brothers the first time, pleeease read this book. I would love a video covering it and the Pacific in the future.
I just finished it two weeks ago. Phenomenal. There's a reason its considered one of the best memoirs of history.
When the old salty gunny finally breaks is heart wrenching
Truly brilliant video. Don't think I've seen a more profoundly simple yet accurate explanation of just what makes Band of Brothers so special.
Couldn’t agree more. Greater love hath no man than this, to lay down his life for a friend…
I don't know why, but its a family tradition for us to watch this every Christmas time, its absolutely brilliant, out of all the ww2 media out there, hands down this is one of the best, if not the best thats outside of a documentary style series/film
The BEST show/movie I've ever seen. I rarely ever watch a show/movie multiple times, but the BoB is an exception - I've watched the entire series multiple times, about every 2 years.
Such an amazing mini series!!
Agreed 👍
Band of brothers will be one of the few remnants that will remain from that greatest generation. You are right, the series is about the "brothers" (not about the Allied forces).
I have loved this series every year . . . The cinematography, the script, the actors, the costume, (even the music of Michael Kamen) felt like it's always the first time.
I do not mind about the 🪖 making them look the same . . . For, like them, i definitely looked like my brother!
As a musician, the score is what drew me in originally. Just a beautiful soundtrack. I had to purchase the series so I could rewatch as a reminder of those who paid for our freedom.
I implore you all to read the book the series was based on. It was beyond epic--it was legendary. I just hope I can operate at 10% of what the men of Easy Company performed if the call to serve my nation is issued.
could you tell me whats the name of the book? Im interested in reading it after I watched the series
@@davitavazneli3506 Here you go! Happy reading: www.amazon.com/Band-Brothers-Regiment-Airborne-Normandy/dp/074322454X
@@davitavazneli3506 It’s the same: Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.
Just rewatching it after twenty years.
More love for this Beautiful Masterpiece 💚💚
Currently watching it's successor "The Pacific" 😌🧡
Can't wait for "Masters of the Air" coming later this year 🤞
Greatest show of all time.
Well said sir. Every aspect of this series is top notch. There are moments when the editors made very astute choices. The cut in episode 8 when Winters orders his men NOT to go on patrol and they cut to young Lieutenant Jones (Colin Hanks) as he absorbs the lesson in leadership is very profound in its own way.
God damn it, that ending. Every time. Every single time. It makes me tear up.
I JUST finished watching it for about the 4th time and I’m thinking about rewatching it already I love this show from A to B and every step in between its amazing
I can’t even make it past the intro without bawling my eyes out 😭
Men like easy have given much of the world a sense of peace they can live and show us that we can have the courage to fight for what is right when the need arises
This is the best TV series or movie I have seen about WW2 and I am seeing it 20 years later
I watched it with surround sound and at midnight... you can't beat it
If this piece of cinema was shown in every school, to every year, once a year...
I genuinely think the world would be a better place!
It's inspiring and humbling...
It's the essence of humanity, it's flaws and it's awe, all at the same time, a warning and a beautiful lesson!
What's important and what's meaningless!
It's all of human life, emotion and mortality...
I’m thinking back, the only thing that comes close to match the interpersonal relationships I saw in Band of Brothers, other than Generation Kill, is The Lord of the Rings. I’m serious, I can barely think of anything that hit me that hard or anything done with that level of quality. I’m sure there are a few that come close or I would consider good, but for some reason BOB, GK, and LOTR stand out to me.
Band of Brothers is a masterpiece. It is peak cable television (not The Sopranos). BoB would be literally impossible to create in 2023 given casting requirements, the passing of nearly all WW2 vets, and Gen X’s general disinterest in history.
No need to tear down The Sopranos just because Band of Brothers is really good. They're both masterpieces.
@@KyleOfTheNorth The Sopranos is often described as “the best of cable and HBO” while disregarding Band of Brothers.
We'll see with Masters Of The Air if Hanks-Spielberg can pull it off again. The book by Miller gives them plenty of fine source material to work with.
The wire>>
I think you mean Gen Z nd Millennials disinterest in history, not GEN X. GEN X is the last patriotic Americans (as a generation, not individuals).
Greatest show of all time. Very right in saying I watch it once or twice yearly and still love it
Your excellent narration expounds on the theme of brotherhood beautifully. Thank you. Job well done. It has been hard for me to articulate all the facets of this stunning masterpiece.
Requesting the Das Boot miniseries after The Pacific
The Pacific and Generation Kill ❤️ BoB is super good too
Oof I just watched in on Netflix and it was Probably like my tenth time. It’s an absolute journey each time. Timeless
This is also, what was missing from "The Pacific". While it was still a very good show, you never got the feeling of this brotherly bond.
That's also because it's true. Men in the pacific were not there for the duration like they were in Europe. Also their battles were generally way shorter. Tarawa was over in 4 days. Iwo jima was over in 36. With the exceptions of guadalcanal and the Phillipines most battles were over in a month or so. Guadalcanal because America was on the Backfoot and outgunned while the arsenal of democracy shook off the depression era rust. And the Phillipines because it was the biggest land mass. The pacific was the same way for me the first watch on second watch in some ways I think it was much better. They did not shy away from showing the ruthlessness and brutality that was the barfight of the pacific. Just remember more of Germany lightning bolt boys surrendered then all of the Japanese army.......the pacific was America's eastern front and was in many ways ignored for decades because it was ugly, brutal and not as romantic as liberating Europe from evil.
I think that was the point
WWII is one of my favorite eras in history and ive watched band of brother's annually since i was a child and its just as amazing each time. Ive been meaning to do a rewatxh and i probably will start aftee work
For me the episode describing concentration camp was the most stunning and heartbreaking 😢
Loved this show. It's pure quality and Art.
Flags of Our Fathers has something similar at its end, when the narrator says that, although the men may have fought for their country, but they _died_ for their brother besides them.
That what these brave men and women relied on eachother to survive the bloodiest war in history
BOB is timeless for a myriad of reasons: the effects aged well, it´s well written, no cheesy dialogue or forced drama beetween characters, and you get the feeling of a jorney, from Toccoa to the Eagle´s Nest and finally at the end knowing who the people in the prologues were, everything makes you feel close and care abouth the characters.
I'd love to see you cover The Pacific and Generation Kill. Both also fantastic HBO mini series. If anyone here hasn't seen them, would highly recommend.
What’s insane is.. these guys existed.. this isn’t fake.. and many lived very long lives.. and even went back into war after ww2. These are very special peple. Very selfless
I hope you can compare and contrast "The Pacific" with "Band of Brothers" because it would be nice to have a very decent review in appreciating both on their similarities (which I think are few) and the vast differences that still makes both series appealing in their own right.
IMO this is hands down the greatest miniseries ever made.
They don’t call these men The Greatest Generation for nothin. When the people called upon them, they answered valiantly. They refused to surrender, refused to quit.
ive watched this show so many times and as tv shows go band of brothers and the pacific are both masterpieces and at 12 watching this. its what sadly but thankfully made me join the military not as a soldier but a medic. to help both sides and help and let people survive war and learn... maybe it was for nothing but im glad i could save so many for such stupid reasons. EDIT.. cant lie after the hell that is war coming back to this movie after 5 years in the middle east bullet holes scars and ptsd... all this show showed hit so fricking hard. i think the show was more to show vets at the time and people thinking of joining. war is literal hell and those bonds you make are everything but can be lost. after all. its the bullet you dont hear thats the last.... i seriously hope one day war is considered unhuman and we can all hold hands as the brothers and sister of a special place in the universe and make it better fore all.
Ive never heard anyone say "yeah it was okay" when talking about BOB...such a claassic
1:40 if I'm not wrong Sobel was what inspired the american drill sargent. and a lot of Easy company men did say that his insane training did help keep them alive. He was not a leader but he managed to create a unit by giving them something to connect about... the hate of him
As a 6 time volunteer, I see and saw many of the traits exemplified in BOB’s. For those who are curious I enlisted, volunteered for airborne and volunteered for SF; then I took ROTC, volunteered to go back on active duty. Volunteered for airborne assignments and then SF again. By the way, my first jump in jump school was 20 Jan 1985, one of the coldest days in Ft Benning’s history. Bonus points if anyone can tell us what city was colder: Anchorage AK or. Columbus GA?
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO THE BOB VIDEO, AFTER ALL THESE REFERENCES ITS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FORRRRRR
Hahaha I'm glad you're excited. I hope it didn't disappoint.
An important document to show future generations
2:50 I actually have the opposite complaint. The series is about Easy Company which had 140 men in it. The way it's portrayed you'd think they had maybe 50 at most.
Yeah I get that. Obviously there are serious limits of filmmaking that required a smaller cast, but also the sober fact that of those 140 men not very many were still with Easy Company by the end of the war comes into play. Even some who were there from beginning to end (Christensen, for example) are hardly featured at all in the series.
I’m on episode three right now and just had to look up the history of this series. It’s such a crazy good cast of big actors who are really big names today, so I was curious as to how they went about casting it. Probably the fact that Steven Spielberg produced it is a big thing.
They are called the greatest generation for a reason
I was a kid when this show first aired, and I'm still watching this to this day.
I just wished there was less gore. It lessens the exceptional class of this show.
the chruch scene i can never forget
And to think... all of these men lived, and now none of them are alive today.
All those men of the first and second world wars are gone now.
Films like this help us to remember them and their deeds.
All you need to know is that to this day, BoB is still a Top 5 highest rated piece of media on IMDB (9.4/10)
The scene where they showed the concentration camp broke me. It's just too much... 😢
Doc's episode during Bastogne was also hard to watch...
So many moments in that show are just heartbreaking. And they let you sit with them. They really dwell on the experience of these young men watching their friends die in their arms. As much as the show is about the incredible filial love of Easy Company, it acknowledges the very real pain that accompanies that brotherly bond.
A great analysis.
Two scenes I think would make good videos. When Lipton and the other NCO's give up their ranks, and Doc using the cloth as a bandage that belonged to the nurse. Both show what you're willing to give up for the man next to you.
3:00 I'd even argue that works as a strength. This differentiates the situations the characters find themselves in: In the moments of reprieve, they are individuals, with their own personalities, stories, and quirks that make them recognizable. On the battlefield, they're just another man, in the same perilous situation, just as killable as the one next to him. As Napoleon Bonaparte said: "To cannon, all men are equal." This juxtaposition allows for the audience to care about someone who otherwise would just be "a soldier on a battlefield." We might not know who it is, but we've come to understand that whoever they are, they have lives, friends, family, and stories to tell.
It's because we get those moments off of the battlefield that allows us to feel for those nameless soldiers in battle. The elation of their survival and the sadness of their deaths are felt by the audience even if we don't know who we are feeling for.
Hopefully Masters of the Air will be as good as Band of Brothers.
Is that still happening? I’ve been waiting forever.
It's not. Nothing will touch bob dude. Just gotta appreciate what we have. Writers and creativity have taken a huge fall.
It’s very good, but nowhere close to as good as Band of Brothers. Over 20 years later and Band of Brothers is still in a class of its own
@@Giannis_Antentokounmpo amen.
Love love love this show. One of those shows that really formed me when I first watched it as a teen. The themes of brotherhood in the show are just so rare, its something most other shows and movies don't want to touch. What are your thoughts on The Pacific and Masters of the Air series? They're both not as good as BoB for sure but I still find them solid and carry over the core themes from BoB in a good way.
Band Of Brothers is the greatest piece of TV ever made.
Speaking of which, time for my 900th rewatch
I was able to hold the Emmy won by Band of Brothers when I took the VIP tour at the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans. It was surprisingly flimsy, almost to the point of feeling cheap!
I have very few regrets about the way I have lived my life, and even fewer regrets for things I have done. Almost all of my regrets are for things I didn't do or failed to do. Even though GWOT was a stupid, wasteful thing that should have never happened in the first place, and shouldn't have been as badly mismanaged as it was; the one true regret that haunts me is that my friends went and I let them go without me.
The best TV series ever made, there will never be another it's equal (though generation kill is a close second)
Popeye also apologised for being hit- that was his first instict, that he let his brothers down. Not the pain or uncertainty of a battle wound. Remarkable.
Probably the greatest WW2 TV production ever
I gotta say I love "Band of Brothers". But I saw you haven't had anything to say about "the Pacific" on your channel. It's very similar if not more dark and I'm almost positive done by the same people. Everything you have said about the bond and connection between them I feel I saw more in The Pacific you saw the families and how people were connected through so much more than just a company. I agree BoB is one of the greats but The Pacific was the one that showed me how brutal and unforgivable war is. I hope you review that too you make great content subscribing just for even mentioning band of Brothers.
My wife and I actually just finished the Pacific last night. Her first time watching it, my second. Really, really incredible show but yeah, in a different way, largely since the fighting was so different on the two fronts. Definitely will be making more BoB and Pacific content in the future. It may not be super popular, but it's important to me.
@@master_samwise it's super important to me to thank you! I want to show my girlfriend but i think it might be a bit much. Can't wait to hear your take looking forward! Also your wife's take as a first time viewer!
Both The Pacific and Band of Brothers are amazing. I love them both. But I personally think they can’t be compared to each other because their both so different from each other. Apples and Oranges
@@wattsnottaken1 I agree different for sure but to me the emotions felt are very similar and that's the comparison I was trying to make. I agree different though completely glad to find some people that watched them both though!
My wife just said to me the other night "Band of Brothers is a show I can watch more than once a week." The Pacific is just so brutal (rightfully so) that we had to take significant breaks between episodes. She definitely liked it and appreciated both its high quality and its mostly unfiltered take on the combat, but yeah, it's a bit much.
Haven’t watched this since i was a young girl, i remember having my eyes held shut during the one sex scene in holland.
My dad had watched it before so he knew id not be scarred by it and would be fine and i was.
Now i really want to watch it again.
So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
I’m really sorry to hear that. Hope you find happiness.
@@Eilonwy95 it's from Office Space. I don't work in a cubicle... Thanks anyway for being so kind though.
@@slicedbread5692 oh that’s right. lol. Quality reference. Sorry I was confused.
holy shit what a great video. Makes me want to rewatch this show. Hell it even makes me want to get back in the Army....nah jk it's not that good lol
All I see when I look at Damien Lewis is his role in Your Highness 😂😂
Please make more videos about the 101st airborne
It's a hero's journey with beginning, middle and an end. And character growth! It's also why The Pacific failed miserably to emulate BoB. Everything in The Pacific is kinda anti BoB.
I wouldn't say that's why the Pacific failed, but rather was THE POINT of the Pacific. It showed an entirely different side of war, especially the war in the Pacific vs that in Europe.
Next is The Pacific series please. Tnx
You should do a review on "The Pacific", which is an obvious ww2 classic and
"Assembly" this one is a very interesting and good moral and emotional story of the intangible sacrifices and values a soldier/person made for his country and future, would be interesting to see from your POV, fyi it's a Chinese film but i hope you are neutral while doing it's review
The Pacific spent way too much time on sex scenes and not enough on the battles. Band of Brothers didn't waste time with the former and the only battle they did poorly on was Operation Market Garden (Episode 4).
Agree on the overuse of sex scenes, disagree on the not enough battles. Combat in the Pacific absolutely SUCKED to a level that I could hardly stomach watching it. I wish they had instead spent more time developing side characters.
Yeah when you read the book, Market Garden happens quite differently. In the show you don't really get a sense of what Easy is trying to accomplish other than capture a town for some reason. There's no added context, that that town is an essential link along the highway which is the only line of supply for the whole operation.
@@master_samwise The combat in the Pacific was so brutal, it should have gotten more attention. The famous "thousand yard stare" was the image of a man in the Pacific Theater for a reason, even though the phenomenon was found everywhere.
We already know about battles. Battles weren't the point of BoB either but the men. The Pacific is about the men but in other aspects that are important to understand.
@@kevinzhang6623 The men in BoB were all from the same company going through similar experiences. The Pacific covered men whose paths never crossed, and so the smooth continuity of story wasn't there.
A Bridge Too Far did a better job with the 101st and they had very little screen time in that movie!
The " Pacific"
I remember thinking omg Ross from Friends as a hard ass drill seargent? I dunno about this casting decision. Five minutes later, yep i hate him. Well played HBO and Ross from Friends
Haha b....,have pulled a trigger 😊