Band of Brothers: Part 1 Currahee REACTION!
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- We embark on another TV Show reaction series! Band of Brothers, we both have seen only a few episodes of this series but when we were very young so don't really remember it at all!
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This series is something every teenager should be shown. By a parent or school.
If teacher shows before parent, request teacher to adopt.
My Holocaust Literature teacher showed us the scene where they come across the camp as an example of what it was like. I loved that teacher and class.
Not enough capeshit for teens.
Absolutely. I got my daughter to watch it (and then The Pacific) with me when she was 13, and it certainly made an impact. She still quotes from the shows, has favorite "characters", etc.
Especially American teens, before shady ass recruiters can lie and manipulate them into joining.
This series almost requires multiple watches to really get to know all the characters and subtleties. It's a masterpiece.
It's so hard watching reactions because I want to see new viewers of the series but as someone who grew up with it from a very young age, I've memorized all the names and at this point most of the lines so when they can't remember any of them on the first viewing I have to sit back and just remind myself.... It's their first viewing....give em time. lmao
I watch it at least twice a year since I bought the metal boxset years ago (2008?). Now countless reactions, it's wonderful reliving it through other people's eyes.
@@oscarjohnson2130 Well instead of watching reaction videos for the series just watch random clips of it instead.
I am an Army veteran and shows like this aren't usually something I enjoy but this series I could watch over and over, especially the interviews of the actual men who lived through this. I LOVE Band of Brothers and am so happy you're watching it.
Guys it came out in 2001 not 2010!!!! It was put on dvd on 2010. I notice lots of CZcamsrs get the release dates wrong cause they look at when in was released on dvd thinking that’s when it was first released. Nope. Band of brothers in 20 years old now.
They discuss that in the video.
@@scarlettmi yeah I saw. They waited till the end. I just hate when people get release dates wrong. I don’t know just a pet peeve. It bugs me
The man who wrote the book you held up, Stephen E. Ambrose, taught me history at the University of New Orleans in the 1970's. He is listed as an executive producer in the credits. He used the money he got from this to start the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. He was a great teacher. I am a teacher of history today.
It's funny that when it came out in 2001 it was a cast of unknowns, now it's full of huge film stars.
I know you guys probably recorded all of this a while ago (I remember you saying something about doing it for your Patreon folks in a previous video,) but I recommend watching all of BOB first and just falling in love with those characters. The Pacific just has a completely different tone. The brotherhood of these specific guys is what makes it special. My grandpa was in the 101st Airborne. Not Easy Company but somewhere else. He never wanted to talk about it because of all of the things you two are about to witness in the ensuing episodes. Most veterans I've heard from really appreciate this series. I look forward to your reactions!
My grandfather was over there too. He won a purple heart, which wasn't too hard to do in that war. He didn't like talking about it either. The men of that generation were a different breed. They didn't want to be called heroes, and they didn't like drawing attention to themselves. They treated their time served as if it was just doing their duty.
One of my favourite series of all time. Highly reccomend carrying on to watch The Pacific after this rather than at the same time. I think it could get a little confusing to do them simultaneously although both are excellent.
I love how it's shot like a documentary. Some of it looks like real footage. It's gorgeous.
Captain Sobel had a mixed legacy with EZ company. He was absolutely hated for the way he treated them during training, but a lot of them also credit him with giving them the abilities and confidence to survive what they ended up going through.
It's not EZ, it's Easy. The phonetic pronunciation for the letter E. Nowadays, Echo is used rather than Easy.
I've been told that they deliberately casted David Schwimmer (Ross from Friends) as Sobel, to give the viewers a taste of the love hate feelings the men of Easy company had for Sobel.
Viewers like Ross, but viewers don't like Sobel.
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The best way to watch this is to re watch every episode before u move on to the next just so you know everybody
"Band of Brothers" is the perfect "wait, isn't that xxxx?"-show. Like, EVERYONE is in it :D
"Oh hey, wait. That's Tom Hardy." Like 9 episodes in.
I'll never get over Jimmy Fallon. Ugh I remember when he was trying to have a film career.
And quite a few of the actors in this was before they were well known too like James Macavoy, Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, etc.
Like Starship Troopers.
@@Yora21 And "Black Hawk Down"
David Schwimmer absolutely kills it in his portrayal of Herbert Sobel.
One of my all time favourite series. It captures war like no other. So moving with the interviews at the end.
Love this series. I hope you didn't end up watching it chronologically along with The Pacific, Band of Brothers deserves to be experienced in its own right. It can be quite immersive, and I think that's the best way to watch this masterpiece of a show. Thanks for uploading to CZcams!!
There’s a good podcast by HBO that’s been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the show, with a bunch of interviews with actors, writers and directors that worked on the show. Definitely worth a listen I’d say.
The box set came out around the time when DVD players were starting to get popular. Every time I went over to someone's house, they would have like 4 or 5 random movies and this box set.
This is my favorite series of all time! So excited to watch all of these uploads!
YESSS! Been waiting so long for this!😭😭
Yes
They are in fact making a third series, "Masters of the Air" which is supposed to be filming soon. (Maybe it already is?)
Getting my wings was a highlight of my life. Thanks for doing this.
Sweet Jesu, one of the finest things that has ever aired on tv.
I always loved that last shot. That's the hammer of god coming across the channel!
So I had to subscribe , just because y'all chose to do this series. It's incredibly powerful and I believe it should be required learning. I don't know who's who, but the fair haired fella looks a lot like an actor from another great war movie I recommend y'all check out if you haven't already, 1918. You'll learn a lot from the comments. Cheers. Glad to be along for the ride.
This is a true story whereas Saving Private Ryan is a fictionalized story. Some slight things have been changed just for dramatic effect or continuity, but these are real people and real events. To cut out the interviews in the beginning you loose a lot of context. The men being interviewed are the actual veterans being portrayed in this series. Leave the interviews in!!
They’re watching the interviews too. We are watching highlights of their reaction. We don’t need to see everything. Even though the interviews are great.
@@johnbrown8570 The interviews are important to the story. It would be nice to see their reaction to them too.
@@guitarman0551 then you gotta pay for their patreon lmao
@@ibuprofriends No other reactor does this. Not a single one.
This is not a true story. It is just based on real events, Stephen E. Ambrose is not a historian and is generally a hate figure among historians for distorting facts. Most of the events in BoB were attributed to the 101st, but they were carried out by several thousand men and not just the 15 you see in the show, Stephen depicted Dick Winters' squad as having done them all just for the miniseries because it's easier to get an audience attached to a recurring character than to depict different people in every episode. Dick Winters was never anywhere near a concentration camp and he certainly never sat in the Eagle's Nest with Nixon.
I hate when people perpetuate the myth that this is a true story.
Re-watching this show years later you start to notice all of the English actors that probably where unknown on American television and know are huge stars. I have seen this show so many times that i have list count and also read the book to a couple of times too
Slightly off on the release date, Band of Brothers premiered Sept 9th 2001.
Another note - Guarnere picked up Martin's jacket on accident. From what I understand during the stand down time while they waited for the invasion to commence, they essentially just tossed all their jackets in the corner of a the gymnasium and taking the wrong jacket was not uncommon.
These guys ain't ready for what's to come.
I'm so glad y'all have started watching this amazing series! One of my favorites and truly one of a kind.
I went to airborne school in 2007. That final night jump after I landed I looked up at all the other planes and a hundred parachutes and smiled because I knew I had just earned my parachute badge. I've been to Camp Mackall, NC...That's some thick brush
While watching this I noticed for the first time that when Sobel is laying into Winters he uses the word "irregardless," which isn't actually a word in standard English. I think it was a conscious decision in the script (or in Schwimmer's performance) to subtly reinforce that Sobel was "punching above his weight" when it came to his leadership skills vs. what was required for the job.
Yes, along with 'misspelling court martial'.
It is a word whether you like it or not. Things like this happen in English all the time - another example is flammable and inflammable..... just because you disagree doesn't mean it isn't a word and I doubt David Schwimmer or anyone had any significant reason for using it other than it's meaning.
@@PiggyPigFace Did I touch a nerve there? You obviously feel very strongly on the subject. I didn't say that "irregardless" is not a word, I said it isn't a word in standard English. Don't believe me? Look it up in Merriam Webster and the first thing you'll see is the notation "nonstandard."
"I doubt David Schwimmer or anyone had any significant reason for using it other than it's meaning."
You mean "its meaning," "it's" is not possessive.
You seem like a very annoying person.
I love how Dale Dye plays Colonel Sink in this and he also shows up again in the Xbox game Brothers in Arms Hell’s Highway as the same character. Awesome
Dale Dye was also in Saving Private Ryan, although only very briefly, when they were discovering about the deaths of Ryan's brothers. In real life only two of his brothers died, the other one was a Pow of the Japanese. For Ryan, substitute the name Niland. Some of Easy Co. knew Niland (Ryan) in real life. And is mentioned in the book of Band of Brothers.
Watching both series chronologically seems like a terrible idea. I’m not sure what more enjoyment you could get out doing so and it seems like all it would do would be to dilute the experience of watching each.
That's a fine theory
especially if its your first time watching the miniseries. There would be too many characters to keep track of.
One of, if not the greatest mini series of all time.
Ross is flat out. AMAZING
"The one where Ross is an officer in the army." 😂😂😂
"The one where Ross is an officer in the army." 😂😂😂
I can remember watching the Series on BBC 1 back in the year 2000 or 2001, 20 years ago... .jeez.
Such an iconic show, favorite character-the elusive LT. Col. Speirs (shows up in later episodes)
I was on Currahee yesterday. It's part of the National Forest I work on.
@Wayne Kerry there's a road to the top and an official hiking trail - don't know if they are the same, but I doubt much has really changed.
Why cut out the interviews in the beginning? That’s the best part of this series.
I thought these two already reacted to this series?
@@bmorg5190 they posted updates on Patreon
@@bmorg5190 that I don’t know. I’m not on patreon. I think they reacting to it awhile ago and are just know uploading it on CZcams.
The Pacific is great but I find BoB a lot better still. Personally I'd prefer it if you finished BoB and then did The Pacific but either way will be great. Thanks for the content guys!
The third series about the Mighty Eighth bomber crews has supposedly been in development for a while and should be out at some point.
Glad you’re watching this- amazing series all the way through! My great uncle was shot and killed while parachuting into battle with the 82nd Airborne (in the 504th). RIP to the heroes! (Side note- The Pacific is definitely worthy and very well done, just obviously a very different series than BoB)
Band of Brothers is simply phenomenal from start to finish. A pure masterpiece.
this show is so good. im in tears everytime. you will enjoy it will be hard but so worth it
I saw this when it was first televised, obviously after the cinema release of Saving Private Ryan. This show isn't nearly as bloody but does have it's moments, in the ice and snow of Europe later in the war.
“Generation Kill” would be another good miniseries to watch alongside this and The Pacific, it is about the recon marines during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
I started watching Mamma's Family back in the 80's but never finished the series. I totally get it.
Nobody finished watching Mama’s Family.
The internet being what it is, no worries about saying something and getting it wrong. I'd figure the whole point of a reaction video is to see how other people with their different perspectives have their first take on something new. It's being familiar enough with a film that you can recite it in your sleep, but wanting to see the audience's reaction, what hits hardest and what might have been confusing or interesting for them, or new things that we tend not to see when something becomes that familiar.
Okay, I'm dropping a "like" already, & hope y'all comment on the veterans interviews at the beginning please, & not skip over them. I'll tag along with you guys. This is the greatest series ever produced & the producers/directors did an amazing job of accuracy & paying respects to those of that Greatest Generation.
One of the best TV series ever made.
For you two young men, I'd like to recommend "The Battle Of Britain" (1969) and "Waterloo" (1970.) Well done.
Exciting to see you start this classic.
Welcome to a wonderful journey gentlemen.....
I watched this when I was younger and it’s so weird that all of a sudden it’s been trending on CZcams!! I have seen so many channels features it in the past year
Yesssss! So glad you're reacting to this series. It's bloody brilliant.
Let's go!! I've been waiting for you to post these!
We watched this episode in NCO school as an example of what to do and not to do as a leader.
Been waiting for you lads to upload this. My favourite , either series or movie this is the best showing of war ever put to TV
I was really looking forward to this series when it aired, but the first episode came out 2 days before 9/11 and I really didn't feel like watching TV for awhile after that. when the show was released on DVD I picked it up immediately. Easily the best TV show ever made.
So hyped for Masters of the Sky.. been waiting so long for it.
The letter Bill Guarnere read wasn't supposed to get to him. It was in his jacket by accident. I believe the note specifically said not to tell him.
I thought Saving Private Ryan was the most awesome WW2 experience I ever saw until this mini series came out. The best.
Have Y'all seen Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film "Full Metal Jacket"? If not, have You thought about doing a reaction to it? It is an Absolutely Incredible film with an Amazing cast.
Never guessed that Damian Lewis is a Brit.
I thought the same way about Idris Elba after seeing The Wire back in the day. I had no idea he was British until I saw Luther
Most of the actors in this series are Brits (or Irish).
@@GK-yi4xv makes sense. They shot it in the UK and Ireland. Much cheaper to hire the locals than fly an American cast over there.
Really appreciate someone mature enough to note that they had a good trainer- I always get caught up in how well he plays jerk.
That stare the guys had, the "thousand-yard-stare". The samurai had a term for it "Shishogan" Life-and-death-look. The stare you got when you'd seen so much death that it just became a blur in your mind. (According to Kozure Okami)
I am ecstatic that you are watching this series! It is the best television series I have ever seen. Have your tissues at the ready and be prepared for a dramatic and emotional journey!
You'll recognize quite a few familiar actors in this. Michael Fassbender, James MacAvoy, Tom Hardy...
Very excited to see your guys' reactions to this incredible series! Seems like you're pretty hooked already, and it's only going to get better from here. It can be a bit confusing with the all of the names and characters at first, but some episodes will have certain guys as a central focus which helps with remembering
Still the greatest mini-series ever made.
This was the first thing I ever saw Damian Lewis in, and, he does such a good American accent, I had no idea, until a year later, that he was British!
A majority of the actors in this are British, or Irish.
Liebgott, Blythe, Sgt Martin, the red-headed officer who chews out Sobel for cutting the fence (thick Scottish accent).
Christianson (Irish), Janovec, Popeye Wayans, Pvt Miller, Doc Roe, Sgt Grant, Alton Moore, Floyd Talbot.
Sgt Evans, 'Babe' Heffron, Lt Harry Welsh, Sgt Graham, Cobb, Alex Penkala, Pvt John Hall, Hoobler.
Etc.
Easier to list the non-British/Irish actors, actually. (It was filmed in the UK).
@@GK-yi4xv Well the show was made in the UK.
The end of the Pacific made me cry.
The coloration is supposed to be like old WW2 footage. And when they stare at the camera they are dramatizing real footage of paratroopers getting on the planes before D-Day
I've watched you guys since your first video and STILL can't remember who's who so forgive me if I say the wrong name but, TOM, black "Rum, and Ham" shirt. you said something that was so powerful I think a lot of people miss it. When Sobel (Ross) is told he's not going to war, that's a profound moment for that character because like every one of those men, HE'S WAITED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO GO TO WAR AND DO THIS, and he's so close but so far away. It would be like training your whole life to be a soccer player or whatever and the week or the biggest playoff games ever, you're told you're not playing, they need you to train the team at home, and you can't even be in the stadium.
I've read the book the series is based on. It's called Citizen Soldiers. In the book the guys hated Sobel so much that even after the war they refused to use his name. Everyone just called him "HIM" as though he were Voldemort, he who shall not be named. Lol.
Actually, Band of Brothers and Citizen Soldiers are separate books by the same author. Both are excellent and on my bookshelf.
Damian Lewis (Ginger Guy) - who is British - was also great in the first two seasons of Homeland.
He was also in a British miniseries called Warriors which depicted a British peacekeeping force during the first Balkan war.
This will be a great journey 🤩
The first episode aired a few days before 9/11/2001.
Gentlemen: Would you rather serve in winter extremes (for example,The Battle of the Bulge with frostbite, artillery exploding trees into deadly flying shards) or the extreme heat of the Pacific theater with lice, trench foot, dehydration, Japanese prison camps)?
After this series, perhaps you could check out "Hell In The Pacific" starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mufune. Directed by John Boorman
As a Finn, fighting in the winter is child's play.
Just finished my tenth watch of BoB. Still as powerful today as when it was released.
Howdy from north Texas boys!!! Good on ya fellers! Y’all should definitely go over the Pacific in whatever form!
The music is everything. To me, it says “courage”. As far as doing the “The Pacific” right after, I’ll leave it up to you. If I was given the choice of facing the Germans or the Japanese, it would definitely be the Germans.
in a heartbeat I would choose the germans too, good lord the islands are proof that hell exists
If you read Stephen Ambrose's book, David Schwimmer's portrayal of Sobel fits the description of that character to the letter.
11:29 yes this is what I'm here for!! 😆👍🏽
This series are epic! It s very well done.
Do they have a version with no interviews at the start? i found them really adding value
Yes czcams.com/video/3w19SAl1OBQ/video.html may I ask what name of the movie in video
Watch this on HBO week by week. It was bigger than The sopranos maybe even game of thrones it's all people talked about. Loved it. England Ireland France USA Canada India plus how many others coming together to destroy an absolute evil. It must have been something to live through even as a civilian
I loved this, watched back in the day when it was on TV.
I LOVE Band of Brothers. I couldn't connect with the characters in The Pacific, but this show had me crying almost all the way through.
very good series. and according to the men it is about, pretty good historical accuracy as well. Some things that happened to two or more men are attributed to one man to keep the flow and time for the show. but very close to what actually happened. Great men for a desperate time.
After watching whole series of 10 episodes, watch the documentary that series is based on with actual retired Paratroopers - 1st group of 101st Airborne, 506th of Easy Company - Screaming Eagles. They plus Winters talks about their experiences.
I love this series you must watch The Pacific after this equally good, It shows the US Marine POV starting in 1942.
Absolutely perfect television,this series.
Band of brothers was shown in 2001 not 2010 I've seen it many times and never tire of it
I have four series where I have the last episode to watch 🤣🤣 so I totally get where your coming from.
Further back than 2010. This was like 20 years ago
Now that you mentioned it: we need a video of you two skydiving together for the first time!!!
Yes
Yes, awesome!!
Winters is coming.
if i'm not mistaken, i'm pretty sure if your set for a deployment of some sort, and you get a dear john or some other type of letter in the mail, i'm fairly certain they'll hold that crap until you get BACK, i could be wrong though
Lmao I can't wait until Episode 3. At least 50% of the comments are going to be people hating on the entire episode because "They got all the facts wrong about (A****t B****e) and the creators of the show should be ashamed of themselves" true story movies and shows always have mistakes. This series is one of my favorite pieces of war story media out there and I hope you guys enjoy the rest of it!
Apparently, Guarnere and Heffron went to what they thought was Blythe's funeral (I think the funeral was a different Blythe / or Blyth) and during interviews for the book, they told (mistakenly) the writer (Ambrose) that they had gone to Blythe's funeral.