Starting at 8:40 the Lt. asked the replacement where he was from and the replacement said West Virginia and Lt. snapped what unit!! I love it. Good ole American boy.
Spielberg, Hanks and the movie's military advisor did use "Combat" as a standard and guide for the production of their movie "Saving Private Ryan". Within the limitations imposed by commercial television, censors and time & budget constraints, "Combat" the series was widely acknowledged as a "ne plus ultra" for realism and accuracy in television wartime action/drama.
I'm not trying to create an argument, just a different perspective. There were episodes with snow and rain, perhaps not as much as we've come to expect in a big-budget movie today, but this show already had production values that many movies couldn't match, especially with 30+ episodes per season. It would be impossible to produce today with advertising revenue the only box office ticket that anyone paid.
No quarrel here. I agree with grabit1's comments about production values and I remain impressed by the sheer number of quality episodes each year. Undoubtedly my thoughts are influenced by the significant number of trips I have actually made to Germany, usually during the autumn and winter. If I didn't admire the show, especially considering when it was made, then I wouldn't be commenting. My comments are more in the nature of just my opinion on how a great show could have been even better.
gdinoteimoso - Watch what you mean by explicit. It can take on a WHOLE different meaning depending if you’re a girl or a guy. ;) And I know which way I’d like these to go. Seriously thou, your comments are good. Great show for the budget back then much better than the crap produced today, and good choice Hanks, Spielberg; wouldn’t have thought of them.
Yeah, this program could be more explicit, but it was pretty awesome what they did with the budget they had. But I think the main concern in this program was not to be a "gory" or to be super realistic tv show, but to emphasize the soldier experience, throughout the war. And may I say, they were successful in achieve this objective. Some episodes simply are fantastic. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg could re-make this serie, with their touch this could be an outstanding show...
Like any series that went on so long, so many episodes, so many details, there's bound to be some mistakes. However this series was so great, do you really care? Why point them out?
You have heroes the show centers around this squad of about 4/5 guys of course if it was any other way how could Saunders complete every mission assigned to him? if it was real he would be one of if not the most decorated NCO in world war II along with K company it's a tv show ......
Yet another German machine gun behind the same log. Did the Krauts carry that log around? Still can't hit anything with it. The machine gun...not log. Oh well...if they did, Combat would have lasted two episodes.
My criticism when the episodes were first aired in the 1960s was that the series spent five years in the summer of 1944 in France. Some fall and winter episodes (shot outside southern California) would have added to the realism. I actually wish that the episodes were a little more realistic. Not blood and guts, but fewer guys running in the open just to be shot down, etc.
Gary 7415. Couldn't agree more. Add to that: Germans couldn't shoot even though they always seem to have machine guns, hide behind trees, never covered their flanks, no one ever ran out of ammo, and German rifles don't make Che bang sounds and ricochets don't always sound the same regardless of what they hit...especially dirt. To name a few. Oh yea, Kirby and Saunders were the most accurate shooters from the hip.
Good point Wayne. The Military was extremely segregated though. Blacks were only allowed to serve only in segregated units. After the war, Harry S. Truman signed executive order 9981 which ended segregation in the military. Many African-Americans did serve in combat arms units, and of course, there were the Tuskegee Airmen. Here is a link to a Wikipedia article on the military history of African Americans.
Starting at 8:40 the Lt. asked the replacement where he was from and the replacement said West Virginia and Lt. snapped what unit!! I love it. Good ole American boy.
Spielberg, Hanks and the movie's military advisor did use "Combat" as a standard and guide for the production of their movie "Saving Private Ryan". Within the limitations imposed by commercial television, censors and time & budget constraints, "Combat" the series was widely acknowledged as a "ne plus ultra" for realism and accuracy in television wartime action/drama.
I would watch any episode of COMBAT! again -on my phone - rather than endure the Spielberg pablum again.
I'm not trying to create an argument, just a different perspective. There were episodes with snow and rain, perhaps not as much as we've come to expect in a big-budget movie today, but this show already had production values that many movies couldn't match, especially with 30+ episodes per season. It would be impossible to produce today with advertising revenue the only box office ticket that anyone paid.
No quarrel here. I agree with grabit1's comments about production values and I remain impressed by the sheer number of quality episodes each year. Undoubtedly my thoughts are influenced by the significant number of trips I have actually made to Germany, usually during the autumn and winter. If I didn't admire the show, especially considering when it was made, then I wouldn't be commenting. My comments are more in the nature of just my opinion on how a great show could have been even better.
Kirby "Deal cried the loser and the winner put the money in his pockets" - a little personality showing through??
gdinoteimoso - Watch what you mean by explicit. It can take on a WHOLE different meaning depending if you’re a girl or a guy. ;) And I know which way I’d like these to go.
Seriously thou, your comments are good. Great show for the budget back then much better than the crap produced today, and good choice Hanks, Spielberg; wouldn’t have thought of them.
Good ole Bluefield... not too far from me..
Yeah, this program could be more explicit, but it was pretty awesome what they did with the budget they had. But I think the main concern in this program was not to be a "gory" or to be super realistic tv show, but to emphasize the soldier experience, throughout the war. And may I say, they were successful in achieve this objective. Some episodes simply are fantastic. Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg could re-make this serie, with their touch this could be an outstanding show...
All these part 1,2,3 and 4 can be difficult to piece together.
Like any series that went on so long, so many episodes, so many details, there's bound to be some mistakes. However this series was so great, do you really care? Why point them out?
SB Some people simply cannot enjoy anything... they think everything is a documentary.. SMH
SB I was going to say basically the same thing. Why do they even watch?
I thought I heard the opening to Star Trek 1:17!
久しぶりに見る、コンバット懐かしい小学生の時に夢中で見てた。父親の影響もあったかな…銃を所持したのもコンバットのおかげ？ケージのかっこええ。
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You have heroes the show centers around this squad of about 4/5 guys of course if it was any other way how could Saunders complete every mission assigned to him? if it was real he would be one of if not the most decorated NCO in world war II along with K company it's a tv show ......
Don't remember any flashback episodes before.
+MemphoOnTheMississippi There's one in each season except season two.
Kirby's PTSD fever dream at the start of SILVER SERVICE is a trigger for this Vietnam combat infantry veteran.
I'm surprised that Little John didn't drop his radio at the start of the firefight.
They never do. Even when doc could have held on to it in the rear.
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Yet another German machine gun behind the same log. Did the Krauts carry that log around? Still can't hit anything with it. The machine gun...not log. Oh well...if they did, Combat would have lasted two episodes.
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My criticism when the episodes were first aired in the 1960s was that the series spent five years in the summer of 1944 in France. Some fall and winter episodes (shot outside southern California) would have added to the realism. I actually wish that the episodes were a little more realistic. Not blood and guts, but fewer guys running in the open just to be shot down, etc.
Gary 7415. Couldn't agree more. Add to that: Germans couldn't shoot even though they always seem to have machine guns, hide behind trees, never covered their flanks, no one ever ran out of ammo, and German rifles don't make Che bang sounds and ricochets don't always sound the same regardless of what they hit...especially dirt. To name a few. Oh yea, Kirby and Saunders were the most accurate shooters from the hip.
I always wonder how anxious I would be if I were one of the German soldiers here.
where is Saunders in this?
At about 15:15, Hanley throws a grenade that lands in one place and goes off 30 feet away. Must have bounced ! lol
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I’m I really to believe that? I’d like more prof. Ha, Ha.
11:54...looks like a paintball hit on the rock!
wildcat052655 - Your making me LOL.
My comments must be reserved; to only what you can image!!! (Which I know you can, girl friend. )
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A doctor changing a dressing? I don't think so...
There were no black soldiers in WW2, so none in COMBAT.
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Clive Ocna there were a few
I had a black patient in the 1970s whose unit worked during WWII clearing
large areas before and after battles of booby traps and mines.
Uh, sorry, there were almost 1 million blacks who served in world war 2, maybe not in combat roles, but they served.
Good point Wayne. The Military was extremely segregated though. Blacks were only allowed to serve only in segregated units. After the war, Harry S. Truman signed executive order 9981 which ended segregation in the military.
Many African-Americans did serve in combat arms units, and of course, there were the Tuskegee Airmen. Here is a link to a Wikipedia article on the military history of African Americans.
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