*BAND OF BROTHERS* Ep 10 | Film Student Reacts | Points
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Reaction
22:09 - Final Thoughts
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Don't miss the follow up documentary. It's very insightful.
This!
@@adrianmorales5770We Stand Alone Together - the documentary.
She watched it. She finished the Band of Brother series in February on her Patreon. I don't know if she'll release her reaction to it on RUclips but you can check out her full reaction of the documentary over there.
It is a great watch!
And the making of!
The last surviving veteran of Easy Company, Bradford C. Freeman, died on July 3, 2022, at the age of 97.
The last Easy veteran portrayed in the series to pass away, was Lt Edward Shames, who passed away Dec 3 2021.
I didn't realize Shames was portrayed. @@shoehead65
Nothing has ever made me tear up as consistently, and without fail, as "I cherish the memory of a question my grandson asked me. Grandpa, were you a hero in the war? And grandpa said no. But I served in a company of heroes." Hell, I'm tearing up just typing it out.
Every time… Every single one…
same here. hard to even read the comment, lol.
Hell, I'm tearing up just reading it.
Lots of people get who said that wrong because Winters delivers those lines - they miss that he says it was from a letter too him by Mike Ranney (who led the Sobel mutiny and was demoted and was the guy in the trees in ep 2's attack on Brecourt Manor).
15:38 this is lowkey one of my favorite moments in the series. Not only is it a great conclusion for Speirs' character arc, but it's also very good thematically. You may recall that Speirs was the character who shot all those prisoners, and in episode 3 he told Blythe, "The only hope you have is to accept the fact you're already dead." He basically gave up his humanity to get himself through the war and function as a good officer. But in this moment, he sees the blood on his hand, and realizes that there's been enough bloodshed. He says "Have the MP's take care of this piece of shit." The MP's are the military police. Speirs is saying, we are no longer just wantonly slaughtering people. It's time to go back to the rule of law; to civilization. He's regaining his humanity and proving to everyone that it is possible to come back from the edge, even after you've been through the hell of war. It's really amazing stuff.
Spears stated the only thing stopping him from shooting that guy was he wasn’t sure he was the shooter and the other guy lived if one had been different he said he would of shot him, he shot a shavings platoon for trying to shoot him and unnecessary killing troops in assaults, the prisoners the airborne was told to shoot them as they could not guarantee safe keeping or that they would not become combatants again against a small force especially if the landings failed.
The actual Speirs later said (paraphrasing) he would've had no problem killing the guy except he couldn't be sure he was guilty! But I like your interpretation of the character here. I never really looked at the part with the blood that way. I always thought Speirs was just further disrespecting the guy by wiping blood on his clothes...
Ironically Spiers served as commander of Spandau prison-where all of the non executed Nazi war criminals served their sentances
Couple of other things about Speirs, he admitted to killing the prisoners just after D day about a year before his death. Also the run through the german lines in episode 6? It really did take place, but was almost 3 times the length that was shown in the episode.
The biggest clue from Spiers came in Breaking Point, at the end when he talks to Lipton about his reputation -- he wasn't going to end the debate once and for all -- he loved the mystery of _who they thought he was._ and this was the perfect way to add to his rep without actually doing it and ruining the doubt
So the real life story of the meeting between Winters and the German officer is actually more poignant than was depicted in the show. Firstly, the officer was a major, not a colonel, and secondly, Winters did in fact accept his sidearm as a token of his surrender, and as he was inspecting it, a while later, he noticed it had never been fired. Richard Winters kept that pistol until the day he died and made sure it was never fired once.
Winters accepted the surrender of multiple German officers, including a colonel and a major. The colonel he allowed to keep the sidearm, but he accepted it from the major.
I have genuinely lost count of the number of times I have watched this series. The one that has never changed is that hearing Major Winters’ voice break as he’s telling that story about the letter will always make me tear up.
My grandfather served in world war 2 he was a paratrooper in the 82nd airborne, basically the 101st airborne's sister unit. 101st airborne is the unit that the 506th infantry regiment is in, as depicted in the show. He fought in all the same major battles depicted in this series, D-day, market garden, the battle of the bulge, though he wasn't in bastogne, surrounded like the 101st was. The 82nd went in afterwards with Patton and Montgomery's forces to smash through the German lines and push back their counter offensive. He also saw the camps. His name was Armando Ortiz. I come from a military family I'm an OIF vet myself. I think I've watch every reaction on RUclips to this series it means a lot to me that young people care about this stuff.
Thank you for your service.
I'm so happy they managed to produce this series when they did, being able to add the context of the real soldiers made it so much more impactful.
one of the first things the production did was interview the vets. One of the first interviewees died while they were en route to see him, it was at this point that the producers realised they had to accelerate the rate of interviews they were doing so they didn't miss capturing anyone else's story
@@RaceDayReplayI’ve been hanging around the warbird community for quite a long time, decades. Back in the 90’s not a show went by where I’d see a WW2 vet standing next to a B-17, B-25 or B-29 touching it and just weeping. The stories from them were timeless, I’m honored to have gotten the chance to meet, and talk to them. But slowly over the years, time marched on, and I’ve watched that slow down, little by little, year by year until now, there’s essentially none left.
The line from Nix perfectly encapsulates that generation. Dude is battalion S3 intelligence in the Army, not to mention a Captain and one of the only people in the 101st with 3 jump stars, but yet he said his parents will “expect him to make something of himself.” Just a different breed of human back in those days.
Well, bear in mind that he came from an old money, upper-class family and he tended to go against the grain from them. I think Ron Livingston said that Nixon joined the army because his parents didn’t want him to and he wanted to do something to help more than just working at the factory.
But to his parents (like so many up-class people of the time), the war was a blip on the radar and he was still expected to do something with his life afterwards because he was a Nixon and he was still pretty young.
Totally a different time.
@@charlesedwards2856 that’s good to know, I never knew that!
@@JoshDeCoster I mean, I hope you at least realized he was from an upper-class family. The references & jokes to Yale, prep school jerks, the fact that his family owned a company with the family name on it in a town named after the family, the fact that he said he saw the states, that’s why he joined the army, to see the world (although that was a bit of a sarcastic joke by him), offering to take Winters to Chicago.
It’s all a bunch of clues to his upbringing being from a wealthy family. As for him going against the grain, as I said, I think Livingston mentioned what I said before.
@@charlesedwards2856his family was close friends with the Vanderbilt’s so yes they were definitely very very wealthy in their heyday
Things come full circle. David Webster's book about sharks (Myth and Maneater) was used for reference by novelist Peter Benchley for his upcoming novel, which was later turned into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg.
Just as Stephen Ambrose got the idea for Saving Private Ryan by Malarkey telling him about the Niland Brothers
Jaws. The movie was Jaws.
@@arkadyfolkner that one I didn't know.
@@Crazyasianman286 I intentionally left that out so people would come to the conclusion on their own.
@@Crazyasianman286 haha
Check out the documentary We Stand Alone Together.
THIS!
She said at the very end that she would watch it right after
'Generation Kill' is another miniseries like this I'd recommend, it follows a Marine unit during the '03 invasion into Iraq
Seconded. Great piece of TV
Its amazing, that over 20 years later, this show STILL holds up beyond so many contemporary shows. The writing, the cast, the emotional gravitas, and the cinematography take you from the beginning to the end. You go on a full journey with the men of Easy. Thank you for doing this video response series, as I always love seeing people have these strong emotions and connections to a piece of media like this.
In every episode there's at least one point that really makes one think. Beyond the set-piece moments like the discovery of the camp in Why We Fight or the church choir scene, there are little moments, like Malarkey collecting his laundry, which just bring home the weight of the events in different, thought-provoking ways. For me, one of the most inspired and moving moments was created by them keeping back the names of the talking head veterans to the end of the final episode. Only at the very end did we see who was who, or indeed that these were the actual people we'd been following through everything.
My partner and I watch this series pretty much once a year. It never grows old and it never loses its power to move us.
Same. I've watched it every year for the past 20 years. It moves us and reminds us never to forget all those who put their lives on the line for future generations.
I saw something on RUclips a few months back with George Luz's son where they asked about his father's stories. The man was blessed. He changed places on D-Day with another trooper (that one was shot and did not get to jump, forget the actor and the name of the trooper). During the terrible bombing where Luz sees his two comrades hit in the foxhole, in reality, the two had offered to have him use theirs as Luz had not had a chance to dig one himself, he had been working on other things. His nature was not to accept charity and told them he would be fine digging his own. When the bombing took place, he was actually in his own foxhole, saved by his refusal of their charity. His son also said that he was home when production called his mother to ask about him (he had already passed), they asked what he did after the war, and she had said he was handy around the house. They thought he was a handyman. He actually worked at the Pentagon. He was absolutely loved by everyone though, his son said.
I think you are referring to Cobb who was hit in the plane and didn't jump.
In addition to the documntary, Ron Livingston also did a video diary of the boot camp the actors did prior to filming the series. I highly recommend watching. It's available on RUclips.
Please watch We Stand Alone Together after!!
THIS!
She has seen it on her Patreon page
Herbert Sobel's story after the war was a tragic one. He was married, had a family, but, got divorced, and, lost everything. In 1970, he attempted to take his own life, but, failed, only succeeding in blinding himself. He died, penniless, and, alone, in a VA nursing home in 1987.
Yeah, this is important. Many of the survivors cited the difficulty of training with Sobel as reasons why they ended up making it.
In the end, he couldn't get out of his own way. Tragic end for an insufficient man.
Captain Sobel did jump during the D-Day airborne operations as part of a company service support unit. He became separated from his section and found several misdropped paratroopers and proceeded to destroy a heavily fortified German emplacement. He continued to fight through D-Day and did take part in combat to capture and secure the town of Carentan. He did suffer a terrible ordeal after the war and would later die in a VA assisted home with the cause of death being assessed as malnutrition. While he is often cited for his lack of tactical leadership capabilities, many of the original Easy Company veterans stated Sobel's fanatic like training did assist them during their deployment to Western Europe.
Sgt Grant lived a pretty complete life, he suffered some tremors in his arm, and had severe headaches, but he was capable of owning and operating a tobacco shop for years. Also, the story of Speirs and the drunken replacement goes that Speirs pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed.
Band of Brothers is one of the best shows ever made. I have seen it so many times, and it makes me cry every time.
The final interaction between Winters and Sobel was not fiction. If you read Winters book "Beyond Band of Brothers" he describes the interaction. I believe the quote Winters used in reality was "Captain Sobel, we honor and salute the rank". One of the greatest and probably most quoted lines in the series.
I’ve loved every single reaction of yours for Band of Brothers. It has been a series that I’ve grown up with but also the 101st is one I grew up with too. Great grandpa was glider pilot for the 101st in WW2 and both my parents were in the 101st as well so I love every single reaction from every channel that does the series and learns a bit about their history. Yours has been one of the memorable ones, Thanks for the amazing videos and I can’t wait for the follow up documentary!
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve watched this series. At least once every 2 years since it came out. Every time it gets to the last interviews in this episode, I’m crying like a baby. Every. Single. Time.
That scene of the German general addressing his men was, I thought, a very good 'story' point because it reminds we viewers that the German's were not moustache-twirling cartoon villains and nor were the majority of them Nazi's.
The Wehrmacht was professional, disciplined and darned good soldiers and my grandfather, who was 8th Army, didn't have a disdainful thing to say about them.
As I have commented on your channel before, about him tangentially talking to me about it when I was a boy, he saw Belsen - but he did not connect the soldiers he fought in Africa, Italy and France with the monsters in human shapes that ran those places. I am also convinced that having seen what can be done to an unarmed people was the reason he never surrendered his Lee Enfield and it was near at hand (under his bed) to the day he died.
The interviews get me every time. These wonderful men. All the things they've seen and done and the influence it had on their lives. That's why there was such an explosion of innovation and advancement after WWII. These boys got sent off and came back as men that were experienced and capable and knew that life was fragile and they made the most of it.
Makes me think of J.R.R Tolkien. He was, obviously, a brilliant man in his own right but he also had significant life experiences that shaped him. He fought in WWI and was in the Battle of the Somme, one of the most brutal fights in the war. He saw suffering. He saw friends die. He saw how men act under pressure, both heroism and defeat. That shaped him. And through that he was able to write one of the greatest works of literature ever in Lord of the Rings and effectively created the modern "Fantasy" genre. There is incredible beauty that can come out of the experience of unthinkable loss and suffering.
So glad to have been on this incredible journey as you experienced Band of Brothers and thank you for watching. These are reactions I will be watching again, in addition to my annual viewing of the entire series, which I have on DVD. I had been in the Navy for five years when this series first aired and it was amazing and thought-provoking. I love the friendship between Winters and Nixon. Such an unbreakable bond. Richard Winters was truly an exceptional man and leader; I would love to have met him before he passed away. The part about 1600 people attending the funeral of George Luz when he passed away gets me every time. For someone who was not a celebrity or famous and hearing that that many people went to his funeral says something about the man. The actor who played the German general making the speech to his men was Wulf Kahler(I think I'm spelling that right) also played Colonel Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Most of the actors in this series I had never heard of before this series, but one I do remember was Scott Grimes, who played Malarkey. I watched him in some movies as a kid when I was a teenager in the 80's. Band of Brothers was the first adult role I saw him in. I am looking forward to your reactions to The Pacific, even though it is a much harder watch at times than Band of Brothers was. There is also the fact that some of the places the Marines fought in the Pacific I have been to during my time in the Navy. Walking on ground where people fought and died is an experience that makes you think. I felt the same during a trip to Gettysburg a couple of years before joining the Navy. Gettysburg is also a movie I highly recommend watching if you have never seen it.
Joe Liebgott was not a taxi driver before or after the war. He was a barber. Also, he was Catholic and not Jewish.
His children did not know he served until the book came out. They found his memorabilia in a trunk in the attic.
I believe his mother was Jewish, but converted to Catholicism. He was Jewish according to Jewish law and a First Degree Mischling under the Nuremberg Laws. He had every reason to hate the Nazis from that side. Plenty of Christian German Americans absolutely despised the Nazis because they considered them an insult. Chris
My daughter got the opportunity to go to France before D-Day and during as a class trip from her high school. Before she went, I sat on with her for a weekend and went through the entire series Band of Brothers, play them over again in episodes. She didn’t understand and explained it to her.
When she came back from France, she brought a little piece sand of Omaha Beach and a little bowl for me. And she cried and said thank you for showing me that series Dad. She explained her well. The French take care of the fallen soldiers and the cemeteries. Each village volunteers to take care of certain soldiers to take care of the graves and they still do it to this day. She said I wish we did that in America and I explained we do, most people just don’t know it.
I firmly believe a series like this should be mandatory in history with high school students before they graduate ! There are so many young in the century that don’t understand they turn their nose up after Vietnam! By the way, there were a lot more officers in the army and Vietnam than they ever were in World War II
Band of Brothers is one of the series I have to watch in full every year. I’ve seen it at least 30 times. I hope to carry this on every year for the rest of my life.
For the last seven years, I've watched the entire series every Memorial Day. It's one of my favorite days of the year.
I've really enjoyed / appreciated / marveled at your emotional and insightful perspective of probably the best thing ever made for TV.
Thank you.
This last episode reminds me of my father-in-law who was a waist gunner on a B-24 Liberator. He came home, married his sweet heart, had a daughter, went to work for GE, adopted a brother and sister (my wife) , became a lay preacher, and was generally a kind / gentle man who love to talk boxing (he boxed while in the army). His younger brother served in Korea and no one in the family knew, except his wife, that he had earned a silver star and purple heart. It all came out at Kenny's funeral. It's amazing that these men, so traumatized by war, went on to live content and productive lives.😊
Sad to see the series come to an end. Have been a wonderful journey with you. Thank you for these reactions!
What I remember most about the first time I watched Band of Brothers is that the first two episodes aired the Sunday night before 9/11. It was a jarring juxtaposition, every Sunday night afterward comparing what they had gone through versus what we all knew was coming for us.
Thanks, Kid. My dad ws one of the band -17th Airborne, decimated at Armheim, then 101st for the war's duration. They were remarkable men.
I don't know how many times I have watched this series and having your reactions, along with your technical commentary, was another fascinating wrinkle. I remember waiting each week for a new episode to air on Sunday nights while the country was trying to mourn and move forward from 9/11. I don't know if I will ever be able to watch it and not think about that day, however, seeing the heroism and humility of the Band of Brothers men was, and is, a reminder that we can move forward. Thank you for choosing this series to watch and react.
It doesn't matter how many times you see this series, it's equally impactful each time. It's sad to know that they've now all passed away, which is why it's so important for this to always be available for new generations to watch.
I speak from experience when I say that the scenic view from the Eagles nest is INCREDIBLE.
Easy Company is the most ironic name in military history. From D-DAY all the way to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, there was nothing Easy about it. I never want things I love to end, but you want the pain to end for these Men, and the peace to begin. The German Field Marshall's speech is actually what ties the entire concept of of the series together unexpectedly...No matter what side you were on you were suffering. I implore you to see "We Stand Alone Together" and Ron Livingston's (Nixon) Bootcamp Diary. It makes you appreciate the series even more. "Were you a hero in the War Grandpa? Grandpa says no, but I served in a company of heroes" Near tears every time. Thank you so much for taking this journey. Currahee! ♠
Winters may be the best, and Nixon may be one of the most entertaining. But Spiers might be my favorite. Also see "The Fallen of World War 2" to get some perspective on the scale of this tragedy.
You're one of the few that noticed "the lottery" for Shifty was rigged. The look on Welsh's face is priceless right before the "drawing. Love it
Band of Brothers is an amazing series that will stand the test of time! The greatest generation lives on through this series! Thanks for sharing with us! 🇺🇸
What I found especially interesting was how the writers, director, and actors effectively captured the sense of ever-increasing, oppressive fatigue as the members of E Company progressed through the war. Well done.
The last insert of major winters gets me every damn time! I am 53 I have known many veterans of the second war war including my own great uncles. And whenever I’m in their presence, I get an overwhelming sense of pride and humility from the men who have done and seen more as kids then we ever will and our adulthood .younger generations today. Are all lost in their own existential crisis. these kids had to fight and die in a world crisis for survival.! And they need to know that it might give them a sense of humility as well
That last line of the series always get me in the feels too because i had two of my great grandpas that died long before i was born that fought in World War 2 and i got to hear stories about both of them and i just know i'm here because they fought and survived, i also think that's why i have such a fascination with history.
My father was in WWII, in the Pacific, he was an officer in the navy, and took the Marines to Guadalcanal, which meant he was also paid combat pay. Before he entered the navy, he was a school teacher, making $150 a month. When, he got combat pay, his salary jumped to $1,100 a month. My mom and dad were married in January of 1941, and bought a house for $5,000 that June (That’s $112,000 in today currency.) He brought home so much money, that they paid off their home before the war ended. That gives you an idea how much Winters was making at that time. Keep up the good work! After finishing this series, you need a coupe of light hearted comedies 👍
For the record, I've seen the ending of this episode a half dozen times and countless reactions to it, and I tear up every time.
"He deserves death," said Frodo.
"Deserves it?" replied Gandalf. "I daresay he does. Many who live deserve death. And some who have died deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."
I think those lines, written by a war veteran who had seen the worst of the fighting at the Somme in WWI, apply really well to what you mentioned about those three Easy Company men who went out to look for the camp guard who lived in the area and ended up shooting him. He certainly did deserve death, and the Americans were under orders to give it to him. But at the same time, like you mentioned, he was also a human being just as they were, and that brings up the issue of whether or not those soldiers were the ones who had the right to dispense justice, regardless of how deserving he was of punishment and the orders that they were following.
That and every other event in this masterpiece of a series is a demonstration of how war brings out in equal measure the highest and most honorable heroism and the lowest and most depraved evil that we humans are capable of.
Could the WWI Battle of the Somme veteran who penned Frodo and Gandalf’s conversation be J.R.R. Tolkien?
You HAVE to do the Pacific next! PLEASE 😂
Meh it sucks. I didn't feel any attachment or much of anything for the characters. Even the battles were confusing and hard to see what was happening.
@Gecko.... you are the only person I have ever seen say this in the countless people I have seen watching or reacting to that series. But everyone is entitled to their opinions
This show is just my escape from life it's that meaningful to me, especially when everything was okay after the war & they just carried on with their lives, struggling, working, trying new experiences. Like damn it just gives me a lot more hope in life that what I have is nothing compared to what they had to endure, it just makes me a lot more grateful for the things we have in this timeline in history and how these brave men were the ones who had to fight for it, so that we can enjoy this. They shall not be forgotten.
Dear Jacqui, thanks for your reaction to my favorite Series of all times.
I watched Band of Brothers so many times that i can not count it on both of my hands at the same time. You have my full respect for getting through Ep.9, many of the people i watched the series with ended up not watching that episode. And it is hard to watch, our modern mind, even though we know what happend, cant really put it in pictures, what a human can do to another human being. A thing Band of Brothers did really good.
I am German, born in the 90s, I am also a kind of a history nerd/buff. I love reading about history and taking it all in, consuming it. And for me especially WW2 is important as my Grandparents never really spoke about what they saw or what they experienced. Some didnt want to, maybe because it would open old wounds, some didnt remember because they were children during that time.
All i know is that my Grandma (fathers side) was born in Ukraine, in 1930 and that they first fled from the germans, only to flee from the soviets after. Or how my Grandpa's parents (mothers side) came from Königsberg, today known as Kaliningrad. And they got dispelled from there by the soviets post war.
I dont know why History is so important to me to be honest, maybe because i live the sentence "Never again", maybe because i feel like its important to know what horrible thinks people did to each other, in a time long before i was born, or my parents for the fact where born. I visited Concentration Camp memorials all over Germany, i have been to Auschwitz and i have to say, everybody should do that, so that we all say, "never again". Even though i, or my parents didnt live in that time, deep down i feel the need to remember people of what happend, because i fear what would happen if i dont.
Maybe thats why History is so important to me, why Band of Brothers is such a good series, why i watched it so many times. Maybe its the fact that these people, that can tell us about what they saw and experienced, however painful it was, get fewer and fewer every year.
When i was in school we had a Holocaust Survivor come to our german School, from her home in Israel, touching german soul for the first time every since she left and said to never return. She told us her story, what happend, how she barely made it out, showed us Photos. I remember to this day, how someone asked her if she is still mad at us germans and what she thinks about Germany today. She said:
"At first I was, they killed my family after all, but i ask myself if it would bring any good to hate people, would i then be not the way they were to me, would i be any better?"
"No, i dont hate germans, especially not those that listen to a old womens live story and learn from it!"
Later i found out she died of old age, only 4 months after that visit. We, as a class, visited the Camp she survived and laid down flowers at the site where the rest of her family was buried in a mass grave after the camp was freed by British troops.
I tend to ramble and write long text sometimes, sometimes i drift of with what i am writing. But i am telling this because i feel Band of Brothers is doing one thing in particular very very good. Letting those people, that really experienced it speak for themselves, tell their story, the memories they made, the friends they lost and putting that in a format that people can watch over and over again. As i said before these people sadly perish away every year. Every year there are fewer and fewer people that are able to remind our generation of "Never Again". But we at least have some of them in here, in this series.
If you read all of this, thanks for your time.
I joined the army in May 2001. Before I was finished with basic training, September 11th happened.
Before we deployed to Iraq in 2003, we watched this entire series for 'training.
It's always been emotional every time I watch it.
It is great watching others reactions on here. It feels ikea we have shared something even though we don't know each other.
I was stationed in Germany and made a trip to Austria...it is absolutely beautiful and I never wanted to leave.
Regarding Colonel Winters, his actions and behaviors are required reading for officers in the U.S. Army. His leadership has been used to instruct how officers should perform for decades.
Like many of the people on here, I've watched Band of Brothers too many times to count and I'm at a loss for superlatives to use for this series. I will just say it's the best I've ever watched. Your reactions just added to my enjoyment, sharing some of the same reactions as mine. And your knowledge of the technical side of film making highlighted things I knew little about, which also added to my enjoyment of your reactions. It was a perfect marriage between the series and your covering it. Thank you. One suggestion for the future, From the Earth to the Moon, about the space race in the 60's. A lot of the production people for Band of Brothers are involved in it also, again with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg .creating it.
For me, this is not only the greatest war series or film ever made, it is the greatest TV series ever made. Have watched it so many times, I've lost count, but every time it hits me the same way as the first time I watched it. I agree with your points, every aspect of it is an absolute masterclass in film-making. It has been so interesting hearing your thoughts on it from the artistic perspective.
I’ve seen this show all the way through at least 30 times by now, and i still break down at the end every single time. Best miniseries ever made.
Was a pleasure watching this through your channel.
Enjoyed your reviews and reactions very much! For more information and to answer some of your questions here are a few books that I've read. Some were written by the soldiers themselves. The BOB story is real life history - yes, the screenwriters had to fill in dialog where historical content was not available, but major actions were for the most part related very well. Hang Tough (letters of Dick Winters) - Dorr and Frederick, Saving My Enemy (Malarkey) - Welch, Easy Company Soldier - Malarkey, We Who Are Alive and Remain - Brotherton, Biggest Brother Life of Dick Winters - Alexander, Band of Brothers - Steven Ambrose, Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends - Guarnere and Heffron, Post, Beyond Band of Brothers - Winters, Shifty's War - Brotherton, In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers - Alexander, Airborne (Ed Shames) - Gardner, Parachute Infantry - Webster, Fierce Valor (Ronald Spears) - Frederick and Dorr Interestingly, accounts of some incidents in the BOB story differ between the original writers but that is to be expected. A couple of my recent reads were the book by David Webster of his adventures and the book about Spears by Frederick and Dorr - yes, Spears did execute enemy soldiers and shoot one of his own who refused to follow orders. But you have to read the book for context. Enjoy!
i dont know how many times i have watched this series and reactions to it, it is great to get a recap and see new people see the brilliance and emotions of this series. mini series? put all episodes together and it would be one of the top movies ever.
I was in Bastonge (Belgium) in 2022 to visit the Bastonge War Museum, when you watched "Band of brother" that museum is awesome. Also just a view miles down the road you can visit the Foxholes where easy-company was. There is also a Memorial with some names of the men of Easy who died there, names of men that also are on the show. Humble and awesome.
I am going on the Band of Brothers tour this coming year. It’s a bucket list item and I can’t wait. Thanks for the “heads up”.
This is the ultimate definition of a life changes series! Your reactions have been outstanding!
I served in the Army from 1997-2001 and i've had the opportunity to retrace the 501st Campaign through Europe.
I've watched this series once a year since the year it came out...including reactions to Band of Brothers on RUclips...i've probably seen this episode 75 times.
I'm 75 for 75 in tearing up/crying when that last line is delivered by Major Richard Winters.
The most amazing experience for me personally, about this series, was the way the series drew me in as if I had been with them from the start as well. I was with them in boot camp, I was with them in Normandy, in Carentan, Holland, Bastogne, Haguenau, and Austria. I felt as if I was a part of the group. The entire series was genius with its presentation in this respect. And when the series came to a close in episode 10, I felt a sadness at knowing I wouldn't be seeing my buddies anymore. Band of Brothers is a masterpiece from start to finish!😉 Now, if you have the internal fortitude, you should experience the sister series: The Pacific.👍
The final reveal of the real men of easy company always gets me. Glad was able to finally watch through your perspective. I picked up way more things about film and music through your watch.
This is probably the best mini-series of all time. The choice, to follow a single company right through their experiences in World War 2, allowed the audience to get to know all the characters. The settings, props, wardrobe etc looked spot on. I am sure that there were inaccuracies, but only real experts on the War are likely to have noticed them. Lighting was used to great effect, to allow us to see what we needed to in the dark without giving too much. You have to watch the documentary that came with the DVD boxset. That gives even more details on these extraordinary men that fleshes out who they were even more. Like many of your fans, I have watched this series so many times that I have lost count, but while watching your reactions, your reactions made my throat start closing up, and moisture fill the corners of my eyes. I await with bated breath for your next video.
Was a wonderful trip through one of the all time greats with you! Thanks for sharing! :)
I am a combat vet. As I watched you through this I could see the transformation in you. Slowly you spoke the names of the guys as if they were your buddies . It seemed more and more you became part of easy and now it's like you talking about old friends. Very cool to see the transformation. God bless you
The last line from Winters gets me EVERY time.
It's delivered by Winters but lots of people miss that it's from a letter to him from Mike Ranney (Stephen Graham) who led the Sobel mutiny and was demoted for that - he was also the guy in the tress at Brecourt Manor in ep 2.
The part with Spiers I love how even the soldiers of Easy - who were just beating the hell out of that guy - all flinched, backed up and looked away when Spiers pulled the pistol out. Like maybe 3 months earlier they would have all been on the same page and welcomed a quick execution but here they couldn’t stand to see it. It’s just an interesting thing that I take note of everytime I watch
I’ve really enjoyed watching each and every episode of your reactions. It’s been wonderful to see how you’ve come to appreciate this generation that fought to stop the enslavement of the world.
I’m glad you’re going to watch the documentary.. The documentary shows, how good the casting for the roles in the series actually was.. Looking forward to your reaction
The german general giving the speech was Theodor Thormsdorf aka ,,Crazy Theo". That guy was wounded over ten times during the war. Several times it was serious, on enemy´s side of front or both. He was leading from the front like Winters even as a high officer, when really didn´t have to.
There is an older movie, called "The Big Red One" it's a WW2 movie directed my Samuel Fuller. Fuller was a veteran of WW2 of the 1st Infantry Division, "The Big Red One". One of his themes is the difference between killing and murder. A soldier in war time kills, if there is no war it's murder. It's worth a watch, Jacqui.
No member of Easy company is alive today. Bradford Clark Freeman, believed to be the last surviving original member of the historic World War II parachute infantry regiment of the US Army known as Easy Company, died Sunday in Columbus, Mississippi. He was 97.he passed in 2022.
One of my favorite little Easter eggs (so to speak) is the silver set that Harry and Winter’s split. To this day that is the main silver set for the Winter’s family.
A little thing that goes under the radar sometimes - the general 'interviewing' Winters said that he should be running one of the battalions - generally, that'd be a Lt Colonel.
I watch this series every year. To me, the story of Easy Compay honors all of our greatest generation that fought WW2. Soon, none will be left, but their contribution to history should never be forgotten.
I've really enjoyed taking this journey with you, young lady. Your reactions were genuinely insightful and the respect you afforded these men was truly beautiful. I hope you react to the documentary "We Stand Alone Together." (Keep the tissues handy if you do.) CURRAHEE.
there was a Band of Brothers symposium last year featuring panels by the cast, crew and relatives. It's all on youtube and well worth a watch for a deeper look behind the series
The last shots of WWII in Europe were officialy shot at village Slivice on 14th May. Last cohesive German force was in Protektorat Böhmen und Mahren (current Czech republic), what was left of Army group Mitte, over 1 million soldiers. On 5th of May uprising started all over Czech, the biggest one in its capitol, Prague. 7th and 8th of May were peak of the Prague uprising, germans were trying to get to americans for surrender, instead of russians. On 9th of May Red army finally liberated Prague and rest of the germans retreated at Slivice. When americans refused their surrender, they surrendered to the Red army.
This is basicaly forgotten outside of Czech republic, because Battle of Berlin is known as Last battle.
They are all gone now. For the Fallen-
Stand down now good and faithful servanst. Your long watch is over. We have the Conn now. Go rest high on that mountain brothers. Be at ease, Rest in Honored Peace. Go forth and war no more. God's Speed and God bless. Prayers for your families and friends. Prayers for those still on watch. Fair Winds and Following Seas Brothers
All Hands render Honors as the 24 Hallowed notes sound.
And one more time this old Doc whispers,
Semper Fi........
A few years ago, I got to meet Ed “Doc” Pepping; he was one of Easy Company’s medics
Thank you for allowing me on the journey. This, being the week of the 4th, is a stark reminder of what those men fought for and the importance and fighting for what is right. May God bless and keep you.
"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" is the one the few times (including episode 9) that gets me emotional in this series.
Hi Jacqui, I just recently discovered your channel and I absolutely love your reactions! I am a big fan of getting into the behind the scenes stuff of any movies or TV shows that I really like, so I’ve loved hearing you talk about the different technical aspects that you see in this show, from the sound to the lighting to the cinematography. It’s so interesting to hear about all of the subtle almost subconscious things that they do to put you as a viewer in a particular mood or frame of mind. Three of my grandparents were in WWII (one in Europe, one in the Pacific, and one at Pearl Harbor), and none of them ever talked about it, so seeing this show has given me a glimpse of what it must have been like for them. Thank you again, and I look forward to your reactions for The Pacific!
I am glad to have finished this series with you.
There is no perfect reaction to any program.
Don't let anyone take your feelings from you.
You did good.
My grandpa was a non combat veteran, however Winters story of his grandson's question about if he was a hero make me think of my grandpa and so many verterans that have lost friends and brothers. The real heroes are those that never made it back, the company of heroes are your brothers next to you. It brings a tear to my eyes everytime.
Also easy company is extremely unique because of their company reunions that still went on far past the shows production until the last death of the Tacoa men with Don Malarkey.
It's not Winters story - people miss that it's from a letter written to him by Mike Ranney who led the Sobel mutiny and was demoted for that and who on D-Day was in the tree during the assault on Brecourt Manor. As for the last death that was brad Freeman he and Ed Shames (who was somewhat unfairly shown as a shouty officer in Breaking Point) were the last two Easy Company vets dying in 22 and 21 respectively. Freeman didn't join them till 44 though but Shames was at Toccoa just not with Easy at the time - he transferred to them after being a non-comm who gained a battlefield commission much as Lipton does when transferred to Battalion Headquarter in ep 10. Paul "Buck Rogers" & Shames famously took out a Tank at Foy with a Bazooka but it wasn't shown in the series (perhaps because Harry had already been shown doing that same thing in ep 3)
Funny thing is when spiers was appointed the american governor of spandau prison the prisoners hated him almost as much as they hated the russian governor as he was almost as harsh about the food and regulations as the russians were. Speer referred to him as 'that hard nosed american colonel' in his memoir
and sobels story does not have a happy ending. He tried to shoot himself in the late 60s but unfortunately for him not only failed but the shot went through his head behind his eyes, severed his optic nerves and left him a blind invalid for the rest of his life. He ended up dying in the late 80s from malnutrition and neglect in some badly run VA nursing home. As scummy as he was nobody deserves that, let alone a veteran. To top it off nobody attended his funeral including his ex wife and children
points was a way to try to bring some equity during the demobilization after the war.
Length of service: One point for each month of service in the Army, and one additional point for each month of overseas service
Decorations: Five points for each battle star or decoration, including a Purple Heart or a medal for merit or valor, such as a Silver Star
Campaigns:
Five points for each campaign (the war was broken down by campaign, not about battles although Normandy’s first few weeks was one campaign.
Children: Number of dependent children under age 12 i think was 12 points each
Jacqui, THANK YOU for letting us go through this journey with you! You are so right about getting more attached to the men who were portrayed in this miniseries each time you watch it. And, watching it with you made it feel like i was watching it for the first time despite the fact that I've seen it multiple times. I'm looking forward to watching your reactions to other movies and shows in the future. 🙂
Phenomenal show. Phenomenal reaction throughout. I've certainly enjoyed all the nuance in the discussion of the show and its more technical merits, but also your unabashed emotional reaction to the show and its characters and their journeys, whether long or short. While some other episodes, such as Bastogne, will always carry the emotional shock and horror of war, this episode, in spite of two terrible moments, will always carry that hopeful emotional impact and its subsequent relief of Winters sharing snippets of the future of some of the characters that we've come to love.
So glad I caught up in time to see the last one the day it came out. I love how much you appreciate this series. Looking forward to more of your videos. Might have to hop on the Patreon cause 30 min isnt enough lol.
Thank you very much for doing this series.
I know a lot of people cry at Episode 9. And rightfully so. But the baseball scene and Winter's voice over...gets me every single time.
Always a fan of yours.
So good!!!! And yes as others have mentioned watch the follow up documentary!!
The reveal of who is who at the end is amazing!!
Thank you for taking us with you on your journey. Well done, looking forward to more reactions.
End of WW2, dad had linked up with Russians, liberated concentration camps, was an SP at Neurenberg Trials, lost his general (Patton) went to NC 109th special forces, then to Panama and started jungle warfare school, then was an Enchon Raider in Korea, then went through a real nightmare.... Later became a doctor.
Jacqui, I hope one day you can visit the locations where Easy Company fought and died. I've visited the Normandy invasion sites three times, Bastogne, and the Bois Jacques near Foy in Belgium. Visiting these historic locations has been the closest to a religious experience I've ever had. The French Norman population and the people of Bastogne have not forgotten what these men from across the Atlantic did for them, and they continue to honor their memory.
This series and everyone involved are treasures!
Please do watch the pacific next!
The series makes only passing reference to the task those men faced at the end of this campaign. They were to be reassigned and begin training for the upcoming invasion of Japan, an event promising to be multiples in terms of difficulty and loss in comparison to the invasion they had just completed. My late ex-father-in-law was in an armored division scheduled for that invasion. After returning home from Europe, he had a period of leave at the end of which he was to report to a training base in California in preparation for that invasion. It was while he was hitch-hiking his way to report, that he heard the news that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima. He knew at that moment that he would not face being assigned to yet another invasion task force. It meant that thousands and thousands of American soldiers would now go home to their families rather than being killed on the islands of Japan. I think the soldiers portrayed in this series would be very pleased with your reviews and responses to the presentations herein. I sincerely hope that their stories are never forgotten, and they continue to serve as outstanding examples of both exemplary soldiers, and the senselessness of war. God bless the men of Easy Company.
Love your reactions!! So happy you made it through.
Thank you Jacqui for this serie reaction. I am a big fan of the show and I have learned a lot from your technical comments.
Thanks for sharing the journey. Great reactions and insights!
I’ve watched this series dozens of times. Been a fan since this came out, I even have the box set on VHS.
Loved to follow you in what is my personal favorite tv series of all time.
My biggest recommendation for a new show, which is now my 2nd favorite series of all time is 'Arcane" on Netflix. It's animated, but EVERYTHING is so well made: story, characters, animation, soundtrack. Definitely worth a watch. Does not matter if you are familiar with the IP either. It truly stands alone as a must watch
I can't think of the superlatives to use describing your reaction to this great series. Thank you! I cried. Again. For the umpteenth time. What touches me throughout is how losing men under his command weighs on Winters. Each and every one of them.