It wasn't really close to Band of Brothers for me until around episode 5 and the story with Sledge. Thought the series was kinda slow, but it got real good from 5 onwards when Leckie's story had finished
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I prefered those episodes too. It showed how much war changes a person, believe me I know. Granted the war I fought in was nothing compared to what the World War 2 soldiers had to go through.
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You're definitely right about the Sledge eps & the effect of war on a person but I found Leckie's story to be more interesting so I tend to replay those eps more.
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ARRET! C'est ici l'empire de la mort!
I find Leckie's story the most compelling - I simply ff through the Sledge stuff.
shareEpisodes with Sledge were more interesting for me. You don't get to see movies/series about mortar squads and how they operated.
The episode when then ran over the airfield and bombed the building was really rocking!
Also, as the episodes progressed, the stuff they saw was getting more and more sick. I realy asked myself how could anyone survive there for hours, not days/months like them. No wonder Sledge got broken in the end.
In a way, I think Sledge 'survived' because, as a mortarman, he had to hang back a bit from the regular riflemen & was just a bit less 'exposed' than they were.
Why can't you wretched prey creatures understand that the Universe doesn't owe you anything!?
Vastly. I don't even bother watching the other episodes anymore. I'm sure that Basilone's and Sledge's stories were interesting IRL, but I couldn't warm up to the way they were written and acted.
shareDefinitely. As a matter of fact, after I finished watching the series I read his book and got a dvd about the battle for Peleliu that featured him and several other veterans of the campaign.
I enjoyed it all but story of that innocent young man, what he went through and how it affected him is what really stood out for me.
Sledge's story is definitely the most developed out of the three. The story is so good that even the blah casting doesn't hurt it much. I almost wish the did the entire miniseries on just his two books. Even if it would have made the scope more narrow. But the story would have been better, especially with more great moments from the book that didn't make the cut.
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