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Originally Posted by Jayems
I get that they've got a lot to cram into 10 episodes... but one minute they're regular civilians and the next they're on a boat about to invade a country. Band of Brothers, for example, dedicated an entire episode to training and character development. You got a feeling for who the guys where and what they were doing. We just got a pep talk from some old dude yelling about stuff and they were off. |
Old dude....he's probably in his forties...jeez...
This series covers four years of war and features three main characters who fight in different units. One of them (Basilone) is already a marine prior to the war. Another (Leckie) enlists immediately after Pearl and he is prominently featured in the first battle. The third character is not even in the marines yet and is apparently 4F with a heart murmur. Its pretty obvious that this series will have a much different format, as opposed to Band of brothers where all of the characters are in the same unit and do all of their combat within a one year period. Plus you have seen one episode and don't have the benefit of repeated watchings. I get a sense that this ones gonna get nasty. With all true stories about war, you'll get more out of it by checking a little background history, which is readily available. Just my opinion.