Band of Brothers Being Show on the History Channel

[Biohazzard56]

Starting Tomorrow a 9PM/8PM Central, the History Channel will be showing an episode of Band of Brothers every night. Just wanted to let everyone know, if you havent seen this series Watch it! and Please do your self a favor and buy some blank video tapes and record it!

[Squeeky]

Wrong, it starts tomorrow. I got my reminder E-Mail that i signed up for weeks ago, today.

BTW, Chapelles show marathon, tonight at 9 on Comedy Central.

[Biohazzard56]

Yep they show all Episodes starting a 9PM on Comedy Central, now stop Hijacking my thread.

Band of Brothers>Chappelle's Show

[Squeeky]

Wasnt hijacking shit. If your gonna make a thread, get the day right. It starts tomorrow.

[I Hate Pants]

WOW! I might actually start watching T.V. again.

[Setari]

BoB is the best WW2 movie/series I have ever seen. period. it is probably the best war film ive ever seen. It owns. I hope the Pacific Theater will follow up successfully.

[Henya]

squeeky why are you angry he said tommorrow

[Squeeky]

It is my favorite. And AFAIK, the Pacific Theatre mini-series is wrapping up it's pre-production stages and they're going to start shooting next month. (May be a rumor)

squeeky why are you angry he said tommorrow

Cause he started a thread without having his facts straight. And because he accused me of hijacking his thread :doh:

[Henya]

he has his facts straight lol

[Squeeky]

he has his facts straight lol

He edited his post :rolleyes:


http://www.historychannel.com/bandofbrothers/

[Navaron]

Band of Brothers rocks. Read the book if you haven't. Chapelle show keeps me up late every Saturday (I work at 6am so I have to get in bed early).

[Octavian]

Band of Brothers rocks. Read the book if you haven't. Chapelle show keeps me up late every Saturday (I work at 6am so I have to get in bed early).

I bought the book and we have the entire series on DVD. I watched it myself in 3 days.

EDIT - Has anyone noticed the similarities between some of the battles in BoB and CoD?

[Biohazzard56]

Has anyone noticed the similarities between some of the battles in BoB and CoD?

Infinity Ward did use Enemy at the Gates and BoB for lots of the game levels. Includeing The Battle of the Bugle Level in the upcoming Allied Offensive.

[Biohazzard56]

Cause he started a thread without having his facts straight. And because he accused me of hijacking his thread :doh:

I meant the stuff about Chappelle's Show.

[Derfud]

Heh, I'm going to a friends house to borrow his DVD set of BoB tonight :D

[Hamma]

I have the DVD box set, but I havent had time to watch them all

[Neon Apocalypse]

Aqua Teen Hunger force has new episodes starting april 18th on cartoon network every night at midnight you may want to check that out its a funny show.

[Squeeky]

I have the DVD box set, but I havent had time to watch them all

This man has the DVD Box Set, and hasn't watched em all! :mad: :mad:

I've seen it 2-3 times all the way through and i don't have no box set :(

[WildEagle]

ATHF<Chappelle's show

BoB is something I have never seen or read and am looking forward to seeing it.

[Indecisive]

Wrong, it starts tomorrow. I got my reminder E-Mail that i signed up for weeks ago, today.

BTW, Chapelles show marathon, tonight at 9 on Comedy Central.





Is wayne brady gonna have to choke a bitch?!

[Squeeky]

"Shit Son, It's Wayne Brady!"

[Dharkbayne]

"Shit Son, It's Wayne Brady!"
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[JetRaiden]

I have the DVD box set, but I havent had time to watch them all

same^

Ive watched all the exciting ones, but the rest Ive only seen once or twice. the best ones are bastogne (spelling?) and D-Day

[Octavian]

D-Day wasn't so good. Personally I liked the ending of Breaking Point. I think that's the one where they were taking the town. Speirs is my hero.

[JetRaiden]

D-Day wasn't so good. Personally I liked the ending of Breaking Point. I think that's the one where they were taking the town. Speirs is my hero.

o yea, I need to watch it again. Im forgetting everything.

[Biohazzard56]

Spiers killed 30 German POWs

[AztecWarrior]

I have to see the last episode. This series owns.

[Squeeky]

Spiers killed 30 German POWs


Fucking waste of cigarettes :(

[Everay]

first and foremost, none of it was better than anything else, it was real, please remember that, 2nd battalion 506th 101st airborne had a 150% casualty amount, that means, their troops were either killed or wounded 240 times, though several were wounded several times, one 4 times. also, it really erks me when someone says there is a similarity between the game and the series, when it actualy happened. apparently infinity ward decided to use actualy battles, just about every battle you fight in that game happens, excluding as far as i know, the SAS and the later american missions. pegusis bridge, brecourt mannor, stalingrad, all that did happen. i know this may seem somewhat "nazi" to you, but after i read the book, i have a whole new respect for the men.


EDIT, though they never say spears did shoot them, there are 2 things i do have to say about it

A) before they jumped they were ordered to take no prisoners

B) every soldier that heard that story always heard it from a friend that heard if from a friend that was there. that was noted in the book.

[Biohazzard56]

Fucking waste of cigarettes :(

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Retroactive]

i saw Chappelle's show marathon :)
anyways, i cant wait to see Band of Brothers again. last i saw it was when my brother had his VHS set at the house - my favorite movies of all time. i just pray that History Channel doesnt cut tons of footage out, cause that would really suck.

[OneManArmy]

Band Of Brothers. Greatest. Show. Ever.

[Squeeky]

Band Of Brothers. Greatest. Mini-Series. Ever.


fixt

[OneManArmy]

call it whatever you want mini-series show hell call it a fucking movie still the best thing I have ever seen.

[Squeeky]

call it whatever you want mini-series show hell call it a fucking movie still the best thing I have ever seen.


Definetly agreed.

REMINDER, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT, 9pm! DONT MISS OUT



By the way,

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/949830/posts/%0D%0D

Theres more info on BoB:2. Alot of stuff has changed since July '03 though.

[I Hate Pants]

UHHH? wtf? I go to history channel at 9pm and I get this bullshit about the Alamo? wtf happened to band of brothers?

[321]

It isn't 9PM PST yet. It's still another three hours.

[I Hate Pants]

:doh:

So its gonna be on at midnight every night here? FUCK! I guess i'd be better off renting the entire miniseries instead of always trying to catch it on t.v.

[Duffman]

its on now

[ChewyLSB]

Yeah I'm watching it now.

[321]

I don't see it they are just talking about weapons and stuff on the History Channel.

[I Hate Pants]

huh? wtf? Theres a movie about the Alamo right now on it? Is the histroy channel different for Canadians?

[Squeeky]

http://bandicot.morpheus.net/upload/files/upload.23062.1.watchingbob.jpg


owned bio, owned.

[321]

I checked at 9PM PST and EST and they were just talking about the Alemo or whatever :groovy:.

[Biohazzard56]

Squeeky you didnt make a new thread, im dissapointed.

[Squeeky]

I still owned you hardcore *****

[1024]

first and foremost, none of it was better than anything else, it was real, please remember that, 2nd battalion 506th 101st airborne had a 150% casualty amount, that means, their troops were either killed or wounded 240 times, though several were wounded several times, one 4 times. also, it really erks me when someone says there is a similarity between the game and the series, when it actualy happened. apparently infinity ward decided to use actualy battles, just about every battle you fight in that game happens, excluding as far as i know, the SAS and the later american missions. pegusis bridge, brecourt mannor, stalingrad, all that did happen. i know this may seem somewhat "nazi" to you, but after i read the book, i have a whole new respect for the men.


EDIT, though they never say spears did shoot them, there are 2 things i do have to say about it

A) before they jumped they were ordered to take no prisoners

B) every soldier that heard that story always heard it from a friend that heard if from a friend that was there. that was noted in the book.
i was waiting for you to jump in this thread and show off your knowledge. :)

history geek. :p

[Everay]

read the book damnit! you said you would.

[JetRaiden]

I bought it today.

[Kikinchikin]

Do yall think I could rent this at Blockbuster? Midnight is kinda late for me to watch it when I get school the next day :(

[THrONeBeaST]

not sure if blockbuster would have it , but could goto netflix.com

[Biohazzard56]

not sure if blockbuster would have it , but could goto netflix.com

Blockbuster Rents it out as Seperate DVDs. Just buy videotapes and record it (if you still have Tape Player :scared:)

[Biohazzard56]

Tonight

Day of Days

A Great Episode where they take out the German Artilley pounding Utah Beach at Causeway #4, Causeways were traps germans setup to destory American Armor once they hit the beach. For you CoD players basically Brecourt Manor.

[Squeeky]

Yup, LT. Winters also loses his first man. This episode is a good one, don't miss it.

[Kikinchikin]

argh why must it be PST...?

[Rbstr]

WAtching it right now its good stuff

[Dharkbayne]

In other news, BoB fscking owns.

[I Hate Pants]

In other news History Channel isn't showing BoB in Canada, because they fucking suck.

[Smaug]

I dunno what you guys are talking about but its on at 9 eastern, 8 central, 9 pacific, and I'm not sure about mountain timezone but I'm guessing its also 9.

[Everay]

In other news History Channel isn't showing BoB in Canada, because they fucking suck.


canada fucking sucks?

[Acaila]

I got the DVD set, fucking owns 'ardcore. Every time I sit down to watch an episode, I end up watching the entire thing, can't help, it is all good.

[AztecWarrior]

Blockbuster Rents it out as Seperate DVDs. Just buy videotapes and record it (if you still have Tape Player :scared: )
That's how I've seen it, by Blockbuster DVD. I have to see 9 and 10, and that's it.

[Biohazzard56]

Tonight:

Carentan Episode 3

This is a good episode were Easy Company takes the town of Carentan, another great episode.

[Squeeky]

woot, cant wait.

[Everay]

it wasnt just easy company that did this, it was the 327th glider infantry regiment from the north and the 501st from the north east, while the 506th would swing around and attack from the south. and when they did attack, they had fox company attack with them, with dog in reserve.

And the 506th is the regiment easy was apart of. 2nd battalion to be exact.

[Squeeky]

Jesus Everay, you know your shit. We're you a soldier in Easy Company? Holy shit, Everay is Winters! :-D

[Glaynor]

I don't know if anybody here has read the book for BoB, but it is a MUST READ. It takes the series and goes even deeper. It goes into such in depth explanation of what is going on it reallly made me appreciate the series much better. Highly, highly recommend the book. As unbelievable as it may seem, the book is one hundred times better than the series.

[Squeeky]

I'm gonna have to pick it up.

[Everay]

I don't know if anybody here has read the book for BoB, but it is a MUST READ. It takes the series and goes even deeper. It goes into such in depth explanation of what is going on it reallly made me appreciate the series much better. Highly, highly recommend the book. As unbelievable as it may seem, the book is one hundred times better than the series.

thats how i know the previously mentioned stuff, ive said it a million times, read the fucking book, now. and all im really trying to say, is that while it may be a kick ass show, each of those battles happened, and each man that died, really did die, and in the way it was shown, remember that when you watch the series.

[Squeeky]

I just asked my mom to swing by and pick it up. It better be worth $16.00 or i'm gonna fuck yo couch *****.

[Fragmatic]

I'm gonna have to pick it up.

Sqeeuky reading a book?!

WOAH

[Squeeky]

I read plenty of books Frag. :p

[Marsman]

It's been incredible so far. To quote Manitou "These guys are my heros." Will be glued to the tube for each show for sure. After all the book comments, I guess I might actually have to sit down and read it. Hell of a series so far.

[Fragmatic]

I read plenty of books Frag. :p

Year old Playboy and MILF Hardcore magazines do not count as books.

[Everay]

what about the articles? i read the articles.

[Squeeky]

Year old Playboy and MILF Hardcore magazines do not count as books.

Guess you missed the thread where my grandfather left me his Playboy collection. (Every issue from 1977-2003, including Pac-10 and and all other special edition issues).

[Fragmatic]

Guess you missed the thread where my grandfather left me his Playboy collection. (Every issue from 1977-2003, including Pac-10 and and all other special edition issues).

Woah... cool.

[Squeeky]

BTW, If they do end up showing the BoB interview section where they sit down with each person depicted in the movie and watch them give their first hand accounts of their experiences, watch it. It's a real tear jerker, i admit, i cried like a little schoolgirl when i watched those interviews.

[Everay]

id have to assume theyre on the DVDs?

[Squeeky]

That's a safe bet. I saw it on HBO.

[Glaynor]

The interviews are on the DVDS. My advice is read the book and then sit down and watch the shows again. For example, in the battle where the Germans beat the Americans (not sure if Bastogne). It is the one where the paratroopers pull out. In the book they talk about how they were on leave when they got pulled into action. All the resources form all across Europe were sent into this campaign. If they were successfull the would have ended the war in a few months. As it were, they lost mightily which cost them many, many, many months of war. In the book you get the magnitude of what was occuring, while in the shows you only get the feeling that it was a small engagement.

I admit I got goosebumps numerous times when reading the books.

[Biohazzard56]

The Book is Great, the series has left out a few things from the book but its got all the good parts.

[Dharkbayne]

Who wins? :p

[AztecWarrior]

The interviews are on the DVDS. My advice is read the book and then sit down and watch the shows again. For example, in the battle where the Germans beat the Americans (not sure if Bastogne). It is the one where the paratroopers pull out. In the book they talk about how they were on leave when they got pulled into action. All the resources form all across Europe were sent into this campaign. If they were successfull the would have ended the war in a few months. As it were, they lost mightily which cost them many, many, many months of war. In the book you get the magnitude of what was occuring, while in the shows you only get the feeling that it was a small engagement.

I admit I got goosebumps numerous times when reading the books.
The invasion of the Low Countries was the one we lost. We pwned the Nazis at Bastogne.

[Everay]

it happened in belgium, and ill admit too, that was one episode in the series, but it took a big part in the book (a chapter), and there were many intense battles there.

[Biohazzard56]

Watching now. :D

[Squeeky]

Been glued to the book, read it until i wanted to take a nap. I just woek up and i'm gonna read some more, watch the next episode, and then read some more.

[321]

Just watched the movie and wanted to say that it is the best movie I've ever seen. The movie rocks. Thanks Bio and Squeeky for posting this here I would never think of turning to THC otherwise :lol:.

[Dharkbayne]

It's not a movie, it's a 10 episode miniseries. Nublet

[OneManArmy]

who fucknig cares what you call it. I call it a movie. explain to me why it bothers you soo much.

[Dharkbayne]

<Kaikou> but....it's still ....a long fucking movie
<[321]> Don't say movie Dhark will attack you
<Dharkbayne> eh?>
<Peace> hmph
<[321]> You need to say "10 episode mini-series"
<Dharkbayne> What?
<Dharkbayne> Yeah
<Dharkbayne> FUCKER
<Kaikou> ..
<Peace> We just riped the heart out of the NC on ish
<Dharkbayne> IT'S NOT A FUCKING MOVIE YOU FUCK
<Kaikou> a 6 DVD movie..
<Squeeky> it's a mini-series
<Dharkbayne> IT'S A FUCKING MINISERIES
<Squeeky> NO
<[321]> Here we go again
<Kaikou> I wonder how many hours that is
<Squeeky> it's a mini-serie you fuck
<Squeeky> lol
<Kaikou> it might even beat the titanic and lotr combined
<Squeeky> ......
<Squeeky> it does
<Squeeky> by a mile
<Squeeky> or two

[321]

:lol:

[Squeeky]

fap fap, good episode coming up tomorrow night.

[Octavian]

<Kaikou> a 6 DVD movie..

I must disagree, the first 5 DVDs are of the mini-series. The 6th is just extra features.

[HunterKiller]

i did not get to see this :tear:

[Biohazzard56]

Since im to lazy to do all the TONIGHT REPLACEMENTS BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Replacements Episode 4 is a good one dont miss it :D

[Everay]

you know, there at the end, where they mention that town getting bombed, in the book it said that part of the company was there, they expected them all to be dead.

no casualties. well, mabey wounded, but no dead, they were suppriesed to find then all alive.

[Dharkbayne]

Just finished watching that one. Wow. Just wow. That one was the best yet I think.

[SilverLord]

Which one Dhark?

[ChewyLSB]

I think he means part 4: reinforcements.

[Manitou]

Some pics of when I visited Bastogne. The 101st Airborne defended honorably there as seen in the BoB series. Those are the woods they fought in. I was stationed in Germany and drove down there. Pretty eery, what with all the blood that was spilled in that forest. (There is also a pic of Mrs. Mani in the tulip gardens in the Netherlands.)

http://www.dragonwolves.com/manitou/wwii/

[AztecWarrior]

There is but one bad episode in this series. I didn't like the one with the medic running around during the Battle of the Bulge.

[Setari]

thats the one on tomorrow.

[Biohazzard56]

These Episodes are Remaining:

Bastogne - Friday, April 16th
The Breaking Point - Saturday, April 17th
The Last Patrol - Sunday, April 18th
We Stand Alone Toghether: The Real Men of Easy Company, Sunday 18th (in the afternoon)
Why we Fight - Monday, April 19th
Points - Tuesday, April 20th

They plan to show it again in Early May :brow: