https://www.nme.com/news/tv/no-time...hanks-band-of-brothers-follow-up-2778457

What made the first so special was that the soldiers were still alive. Nonetheless, this should still be good.

Only if this is 100% historically accurate.

I'm not much in to film, and never have posted in any of the movie threads here. But BoB is something altogether different for me. I love it, have the box set, yada yada. Especially the Day of Days episode. Loved the Bastogne and Holland ones too. Still, I rate it as my favorite war film, even if it's a miniseries.

If the new one is half as good I'll like it too.

BoB came out on HBO just after 9/11. I remember how much I was looking forward to it, then that tragic day happened, and then BoB gave me something to look forward to, to feel positive about. I really enjoyed it and have watched it many times through. Love the opening music too. Can never have too much of this stuff, even if it falls short of that 100% ^

For whatever reason, and despite the anticipation, The Pacific fell sort of flat for me. Maybe it was the alternate narratives. Not sure. I hope though that the new one brings back the same vibes as BoB did for me.

Ooops, the debut was actually two days before 9/11.

Band Of Brothers wasn't yet still was fantastic.

This was promised 8-10 years ago after The Pacific and now with the covid shutting down or delaying filming of anything, I doubt we will see this.

I agree with No Fly Boy. Covid has thrown a monkey wrench into Hollyweirds production and profit margin. Until there's a cure or the Moguls make a drastic change on how they do things, There will slowing and no productions. For example, Zero Blockbusters, and just 1 hour, no name stars, mini series.

It was pretty darn close, and some of the mistakes were "honest" ones (the researches just got something wrong unintentionally, instead of the typical not caring whether it was right or wrong). And part of that was that the people being depicted were mostly alive and could cry foul when Hanks et al started getting too "Hollywood" on them.

This has been promised for a long time, and I am happy to see some sign of progress, but at this point I am very much afraid it will be "Hollywooded" and "PC'ed" to make it fit modern media sensibilities. A realistic depiction of the lives of those who fought and defeated the Axis in World War II is unpalatable to much of the entertainment industry at the moment.

Nothing is 100% accurate unless we are talking about documentaries and even those often have their own agendas. Some Hollywood produced films and movies have gotten close but not 100% as far as I know.

Read "Conversations with Major Dick Winters". Not saying that BOB was bad by any means but there were still a number of things, things you and I would not notice in all likelihood, that Major Winters didn't agree with. I don't even know what they were, the book doesn't go into detail. But at the same time Major Winters was pleased with the series, even though it wasn't fully authentic.

The idea that such a project is "only" worthwhile if it is "100%" authentic is just a bit much. How do you even measure "100% accurate"? If that were truly the criteria then we'll never have any more historical movies/series of any kind.

In Band Of Brothers who was killed the German POWs, one of them from Eugene Oregon? Was it the guy that lost his brother in Italy same day they jump into Normandy?

Speirs. It was only inferred, never actually shown, and added to his image as a hard-nosed no-compromise officer.

Was it true or fiction?

Exactly

Winters didn't care for Spiers, he was effective but he did not like him. He only put him in command at Foy, to replace Dike, because when he turned and looked for someone to take command Spiers was the first officer he saw.

Hmmm, If I remember correctly, in Winters "Beyond Band of Brothers", he spoke very highly of Ronald Speirs.

Quote, page 23 (paperback) "Conversations with Major Dick Winters":

"Ron Spiers, who took command of Easy Company during the Battle of the Bulge, was an incredibly capable commander. I respected his as a commander, but not as a man. He killed for the effect of killing." - Dick Winters

Page 32:

"There were a number of officers standing behind me, and as I turned, there was Lt Speirs from Dog Company. As acting battalion commander, I was aware of Speirs reputation, but more importantly, I had seen him in action. I simply said, "Speirs, take command of Easy Company and finish the attack." That was all there was to it. He performed magnificently and we transported Dike to the rear." - Dick Winters

Yes.

That attack on Foy is one of my favourite scenes of the entire series. Just love it when Speirs runs down and gets everything back on track.

Did he really run through German lines and back without getting shot or was it made up to make the show more exciting?