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Postby KInG » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:38 pm

Obviously Pacific it now showing on sky premiere, absolutely brilliant.

But I've also stumbled onto WWII Lost Films. Documentry style, whith rare and unseen footage from the Pacific and Europe... really good also.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby Spack » Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:41 pm

If you like The Pacific, watch Band of Brothers :) And of course don't forget Saving Private Ryan.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby killmaimburn » Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:08 pm

Spack wrote:Band of Brothers :)
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Spack wrote: And of course don't forget Saving Private Ryan.
Disagree.
For best learning\proper like doing an undergrad course one..I have to say world at war still hasn't been bettered..current ones might have more cgi, but they don't have the old generals sat drinking whiskky actually telling you stuff. I don't do war stuff, (no really) but even I have that sat on a shelf somewhere.*
I'm fairly impressed by the "now in colour" historical footage range stuff that several production companies have started releasing.. best one so far was a rich young hip lady who toured around india with her colour camera in the last days of empire.. awesome footage. (BBC4 regular)
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Re: WWII TV

Postby Ljundhammer » Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:43 pm

killmaimburn wrote:For best learning\proper like doing an undergrad course one..I have to say world at war still hasn't been bettered..


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Re: WWII TV

Postby mattjgilbert » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:43 pm

You should READ band of brothers.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby timewizard » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:50 pm

Better than the series?
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Re: WWII TV

Postby mattjgilbert » Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:57 pm

You get a lot more narrative and stories direct from the guys involved, and some pretty amazing ones not covered in the series.

I'll probably get the pacifc to read once it's finished on TV.

I've also still got pegasus bridge I've not read yet.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby skywalker » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:29 pm

Pegasus Bridge and D-Day by Stephen E Ambrose are good reads. If you have an Intrest in WW1 a book called Paschendale is excellent
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Re: WWII TV

Postby estarriol » Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:47 pm

Pegasus Bridge is an ok read, but you need other views on the actual action, Ambrose was a fanboy of Howards and so he can do no wrong. BoB suffers from a similar issue, as anectdotal reminiscences they are good, but they are not always good history.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby Spack » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:40 pm

I've got Das Boot at home on DVD too - that's a damn good film if you're up to reading subtitles. I prefer subtitles when watching foreign movies, I find dubbed voices far too offputting ...
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Re: WWII TV

Postby timewizard » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:45 pm

I prefer the subtitles as well, and Das Boot was one of the best I've seen lately.
Trying to catch "The Pacific" on cable over here, but keep missing episodes.
I'll have to get a kind soul over here to record it for me.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby Socaddict » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:54 pm

I think King should go watch Inglorius Basterds.

Totally real, honest.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby estarriol » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:57 pm

I remember watching Das Boot as a series on BBC2 long ago, I remember it being claustrophobic and excellent.
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Re: WWII TV

Postby timewizard » Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:14 pm

Socaddict wrote:I think King should go watch Inglorius Basterds.

Totally real, honest.


100% historically accurate in every way! :rofl
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Re: WWII TV

Postby mattjgilbert » Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:08 pm

timewizard wrote:I prefer the subtitles as well, and Das Boot was one of the best I've seen lately.
Trying to catch "The Pacific" on cable over here, but keep missing episodes.
I'll have to get a kind soul over here to record it for me.

No such thing as on-demand tv?
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