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Posted by Joss Weatherby on Jan-16-2011 02:16:

RIP Maj. Richard "Dick" Winters

Just saw this on another forum, and anyone who saw Band of Brothers knew how truly great a leader this man was and exemplified the greatest generation.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/in..._of_brothe.html

He was 92. RIP.

Posted by ivofivo on Jan-16-2011 02:23:

Fucin kiddin me?

Posted by Joss Weatherby on Jan-16-2011 02:25:

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Originally posted by ivofivo
Fucin kiddin me?

Posted by Boomer187 on Jan-16-2011 02:26:

yea, i was saddened when I heard about it. The dude was kick ass.

Posted by stren on Jan-16-2011 08:40:

RIP to the great man

Posted by aquila on Jan-16-2011 09:12:

His name deserves a giant snow cock erected in his memory.

Posted by Fledz on Jan-16-2011 09:20:

Oh man, my favourite character from that show and consequently one of my favourite actual soldiers in history.

The word hero gets bandied about way too much these days but that man certainly was one hell of a hero. It actually almost brings a tear to my eye.

Posted by Joss Weatherby on Jan-16-2011 09:37:

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Originally posted by Fledz
It actually almost brings a tear to my eye.

Same.

Posted by Jackson on Jan-16-2011 09:43:

RIP to a great man

Posted by Lews on Jan-16-2011 12:01:

Saw this on the news the other day, but I haven't gotten a chance to see the show yet. Still, RIP.

Posted by Fledz on Jan-22-2011 08:43:

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Originally posted by Lews
I haven't gotten a chance to see the show yet.

Blu Ray. Boxed copy. Now.

Posted by Joss Weatherby on Jan-22-2011 08:50:

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Originally posted by Fledz

Blu Ray. Boxed copy. Now.

Yea, seriously. The last episode is like eye candy... Amazing locales, makes me want to go to Europe BAD.

Posted by Zyklon_Jay on Jan-22-2011 15:44:

Band Of Brothers shits all over any war movie or series done in the last decade. They didn't go all out "USA USA USA!" like most efforts in that time period, and actually was way more "authentic" than i ever expected it to be. I've watched this series multiple times, and i will never get sick of it. The best time to watch is when you are sick and can watch the whole thing in one day.

That being said, I wish i could say the same thing about The Pacific. Not that it was horrible or anything...they just did not hit any chords like with Band Of Brothers.

Posted by Joss Weatherby on Jan-22-2011 18:06:

I haven't watched the pacific, just because I fear it won't live up to BoB enough that I can appreciate it.

Also the Pacific theatre is just way more fucked up... Its sort of a creepy campaign to watch. Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima was enough to put me off the Pacific theatre for a while... Which is saying something because it was my favorite theatre to study as a child since all my relatives fought in it.

Posted by Zyklon_Jay on Jan-22-2011 18:54:

I had family on both sides of WW2. I hate jews so i think i would like a better ending to BOB but whatev.

Posted by iammesol on Jan-22-2011 22:50:

Posted by Fledz on Jan-23-2011 00:01:

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Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
Band Of Brothers shits all over any war movie or series done in the last decade. They didn't go all out "USA USA USA!" like most efforts in that time period, and actually was way more "authentic" than i ever expected it to be. I've watched this series multiple times, and i will never get sick of it. The best time to watch is when you are sick and can watch the whole thing in one day.

That being said, I wish i could say the same thing about The Pacific. Not that it was horrible or anything...they just did not hit any chords like with Band Of Brothers.

The Pacific is good but it doesn't quite pull at the heart strings like BoB did. Still worth watching though (Nou).