Band of Brothers: Part 2 Day of Days REACTION!
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- Band of Brothers Part 2 is a sneak peak to the promising future TV had back in the early 2000's! TV has come along way since then however this episode still holds up! Fantastic film making
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The interviews at the beginning are the most important part of the show. It reminds us that these events actually happened, and these actors are portraying what these veterans actually went through.
I know you guys are editing these in advance, but the opening and closing spots are great, please react to them in future episodes. You’ll learn who the real people are as you go, with some big reveals at the end. Loving this so far!
To anyone who's never seen this series keep an sharp eye out for a few young actors who are now big stars, they play minor roles but you can spot them.
a few? ;)
Are you talking about Jimmy Fallon?
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@@paulosa8823 I was talking about actors who actually have talent.
They already spotted Simon Pegg and Michael Fassbender. I think they are the only reactors I have seen that recognized both in the first episode.
Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Tom Hardy, and yes good old Lonnie Donegan of course
Keep in mind that what is being portrayed are actual real life people, the people interviewing in the beginning, and much of the action and dialog was approved by the guys that were actually there. So it probably actually happened like that.
They also try to work with what the people remember happening decades later. If you try to stick close to that, you end up with a series of very memorable moments that stuck in their minds, while the more uneventful stuff between those moments is pretty empty. You could pad it out more to make it seem more balanced, but at the end you got a very limited runtime for a story covering a whole year.
Actually they did show Guarnere's arc. He was not sure about Winters as a commander at the beginning, but after their assault on the guns, Winters had passed the "commander test" in Guarnere's eyes. Guarnere was from South Philadelphia and was a tough SOB. No matter the rank, you had to earn his respect.
Not quiet. Wild Bill risked getting lined up along a wall and shot as a traitor when Winters was getting fucked by Sobel. He (and everyone) in the company loved and respected Winters from Toccoa. The tension here is Wild Bill was out for blood because of his brother and Winters called him on his shit and he resented that in the moment but long term, as a good NCO, he knew full well he was wrong.
@@Reapster04 Sounds like one or both of you might be forgetting that Meehan was E Co. CO after Sobel was relieved up until that day, and that this was a TV show.
The friction between Guarneere and Winters was fabricated. In reality the ambush of the horse drawn artillery group of germans wasn't under a bridge, it was on a open road. LTCOL. Robert Cole of the 502nd PIR led it. He would later be awarded the CMH for his actions at Carentan. Guarneere had lost his weapon in the jump just as Winters had, and was unarmed during the ambush. He did gain a reputation as a killer though, and he was motivated by his brother's death.
Exactly. At the time of the incident, Winters wasn't even officially Guarnere's commanding officer.
@@rollomaughfling380 However, in this situation, Guarneere would/should have treated Winters as the CO, as it is hard to follow the command of someone who is absent, and at this point in time, Meehan has not been found, so can not lead. His respect for Lt. Winters aside, he blatantly disobeyed a direct order from a superior officer, for which he got little more than a slap on the wrist.
You will get to know these men very well throughout the series by sight, sound, and personality. It does an amazing job of telling their stories.
The depiction of what went on is pretty much spot on. Shell shock, panic, psychosis...
Winter's tactics to take out the artillery and 88 anti tank guns are still taught to this day. A true tactical ace and leader of men.
The thing with Guarnere is that he just had to get his anger out of his system. Winters being very competent in his attack let him realize that his directed animosity towards him was dumb and that he needed to just calm down and focus on the mission
"We're rooting for the British guy..." I'm pretty sure you're talking about Damian Lewis who plays Winters, but the main cast is filled with British actors. Doc Roe, John Martin, Joe Liebgott, and Floyd Talbert are just a few of the core group of soldiers played by British actors. Filming was done in England so it was a more convenient casting pool.
There are more British/Irish actors than Americans.
It is required of foreign film companies who work in England that at least 50% of the cast and crew have to be English. Plus British actors do a great job of using an American accent, much better than the other way around, so it's usually not an issue. Damien Lewis has family in Conneticutt that he visited often and with watching American TV shows he got really good at the US accent although he had to work at getting the Pennsylvania accent down that the real Dick Winters had.
One of the best tv shows - I'm a huge fan. For those who care about the real history of what this show portrays (and they are very close to the truth) then I really recommend History Buffs on TH-cam!
No spoilers - it gets so good. I prefer this over BoB but the Pacific is also good!
The interviews of the real soldiers, is at the beginning of each episode or just some of them? It's chilling hear the old soldiers telling his stories and realize that was based on a real stories.
The interviews are at the beginning of every episode except for the last one. The interviews are at the end of the episode in that one. I wish they would show the interviews because they are so vital to the story. These are the real people that are being portrayed here. They need to be heard!
For first time viewers, a fun exercise is to try and guess which real soldier being interviewed is being portrayed by who on the show. Who is Winters? Who is Malarkey? Etc. Then when they reveal the names at the end of episode 10 see if you were right. The actors did such a great job honoring the real men that by the last episode you've got a pretty good idea who is who.
Some of the things you talk about in the quotes and "comedic lines" were true quotes as recalled by the men there. I wish you would have shown your reaction to the ending comments by the actual soldiers there.
It only gets better, my friends. But seriously my favourite show. I've seen it so many times I can identify the characters in the background even if they don't have any lines that episode. Also just the sheer dedication that went into the show, the way the actors either contacted the veteran they were portraying or doing a ton of research and reaching out to family members to get the most accurate portrayal of that person, the two weeks of boot camp every actor did -as- the people they were portraying (no real names) being trained as they would have been for WW2, and just the real care everyone involved took to transport you into the lives of these people and their experiences.
The Pacific was good too, but I feel like it focuses more on the war and the Pacific theatre itself rather than the bond between the men. It just didn't have the same magic for me. Though in saying that, I will never not cry real tears during the scene were Ack Ack dies.
My 2 favourite characters in the series start to become more established in this episode, Lipton and Speirs. Lip is the glue that holds Easy company together.
Lioton has the right stuff.
love Lipton
Yeah, Speirs is my favourite in the series.
@@davidwiley4953 Because he knew how to hang tough.
In Saving Private Ryan, they talked about paratroopers missing their drops and wondered how the ones they came across could be so far off their mark. The beginning of this episode shows how that happened and it's completely understandable.
Making "funnies" before, after, and even during a fire fight is more common than many may think.
There is a reason why many vets have a gallows sense of humor.
Damian Lewis is an amazing actor. I didn't know for quite a long time that he was a Brit! His American accent is spot on. In my mind, the highlight of Damian's life wasn't doing this series. It was meeting the real Major Winters.
The change came from the combat , this is the first in combat experience they have the first time they've killed. Going through that intense moment and after knowing you can put your trust in your leader to do a good job. Also the realization of what's in store for them.
Everything you see happened. This a is based on true accounts from veterans that literally went through it so just keep in mind please. The men in the beginning being interview are the real men being portrayed they don’t tell you who is who till the end! Excited to see you react to the rest of the series. Trust me it will get tougher to watch going forward.
Great work fellas, this is one of my favorite shows ever and think it still holds up to this day.
There are some artistic liscense and compressing of events in the series. The ambush wasn't just E company, it was actually led by LTCol Robert Cole of the 502nd PIR, who later was awarded the CMH. Both Winters and Guarnere lost their weapons in the Jump, so Guarnere wasn't armed until after. Winters found a captured M1 Guarand under the seat of the wagon. Also, While Speirs did order prisoners killed and killed some himself, it didn't happen as depicted. But Popeye Wynn did apologize to Winters for being shot. Winters qas amazed and proud of Wynn.
Glad to see you guys covering one of my favorite mini-series!
Hurry up with the next one lads! Us lonely folk like reactions because it makes us feel like we’re watching the show with somebody. Some reactions I can’t stand, but youse too a pretty genuine man, sound guys.
Humor is a big part of military service. The Reader's Digest had a number of monthly collections of jokes and anecdotes from each branch of service, as I recall.
always great watching someone go thru this series. So well made and the performances are incredible, do your best to avoid spoilers. It's literally a journey watching each episode. They try to hint how everyone reacts under such situations.
Your reactions are priceless. I can see you're both genuinely swept up in the films you watch 😊
Keep going guys glad to see the young watch history. Best WW2 series of all time, not even a close second.
When you mention rooting for Simon Pegg's character for the British actor, of course Damian Lewis/Capt. Winters is British too, but it's easy to forget with his seemingly flawless American accent.
60% of the actors are British or Irish...
I can think of several Brits and one Scot (without any spoilers) although the only Irish I can think of is Michael Fassbender being half Irish.
Simon peggs character was in the plane that filled with fire
To avoid to much exposure from ground fire, paratroopers was dropped as low as possible, so at times from the point that the parachute was fully deployed, the trooper had only 10 seconds before hitting the ground.
That's how low they where dropped.
So if a paratrooper ended up in a tree at the low altitude, he would sustain serious injury if not fatal injury.
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Oh, it gets better. Bigtime! And yeah, "Band Of Brothers" is better than "The Pacific" which is pretty amazing, but this is almost cinema.
I could never get into the Pacific the way that BoB hooked me. Not that it's not a good show. It is. But BoB is absolute genius in execution.
@@aaronchandler1550 The Pacific is so heavy for most of the run. I had to watch it twice to fully appreciate it. There was some initial controversy over the Pacific because many looked down on the vets from the Pacific because the Japanese were truly hated in a visceral way compared to the Germans. And to be fair it was a different war there. All war is hell bit it was especially brutal.
Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg weren't satisfied after Saving Private Ryan, this isn't simply a T.V. Series, it's a 10-Part epic movie. 3 Miles up 3 Miles down ♠
Whoever was in charge of casting did an amazing job. There are so many amazing performances in this series, even the minor roles that were only on for 1 episode.
Winters tactics of attack on the artillery guns is still taught in warfare schools today. It was textbook perfect.
SPEARS!!!!!!
Speirs*. Nitpick I know but just a friendly correction
My favourite episode is later in the series when Easy Company reach the town of Bastogne. They're cut off and surrounded in freezing temperatures with little hope of re-supply. I won't spoil it here, it's terrifying.
I have been in combat and the joking is real it is the way you get through these terrible terrible things.
To better understand the combat scenes, I’d recommend watching a quick TH-cam video on American and German weapons/armoured vehicles of WWII. That bit of knowledge adds so much to your understanding of certain situations and battle scenes.
A large number of the cast were from the UK as it was almost totally filmed here. There are later scenes filmed in Austria but all else here. One of the main characters lieutenant Winters is played by British actor Damian Lewis for example
If you get the chance:
Kilo Two Bravo
This is a true story; it got a perfect score on rotten tomatoes; it is about British soldiers in Afghanistan; and I biased, I trained a few guys from the actual event
Best series EVER made. Yeah I said it
after the show is over you need to watch We Stand Alone Together, which Is all interviews, pictures, actual footage. Must watch.
A great WWII movie about the 101st Airborne at Bastogne is “Battleground!”
I was thinking that one of the changes from when _Guarnere_ disobeyed orders and the end, is that while _Winters_ did outrank him at the start, he wasn't his commanding officer proper. And that's what _Guarnere_ confirmed that at the end. . .and then gave _Winters_ a nod. Perhaps that's something to consider.🤷🏼♂️
While I much prefer _Band of Brothers_ over _The Pacific,_ I felt _The Pacific_ was an excellent (and necessary) follow-up. I also feel _BoB_ may even ease audiences into _The Pacific._
I hear the next one is on the Air Force. Personally I would like to see something more Navy specific. But that's a personal bias as my father was on two battleships at the end of World War II.
You made the comment about Simon Pegg being British. Just so you know, several members of the main cast were in fact British
Its an excellent show and this is a great episode. There are no bad episodes in the series all of them are very good to great. To me one of the most amazing things is what is shown at the end of the episode. That the tactics use by WInters to take out those guns are still taught as the US Military Academy as how a small force to attack a fix position. Think about it. the plan he drew up on the back of an envelope on D Day is still being taught as the way to do it over 70 years later!
Are you watching the interviews at the beginning of each episode and do you read the information regarding the action we have just seen?
Are you aware these are real people not ‘characters’.? Thanks for doing this.
Speaking of British, there are a few British actors playing the actual Veterans of 101st Airborne: example Damian Lewis as Lt. Winters
I don't think they realize Damian Lewis ("The Ginger Guy") is a Brit.
Thing that always gets under my skin is the idea of being up there and being shot up before doing anything. As you said.. spend months training for a jump and imagine being shot down by sheer luck overhead and never getting the chance to even ATTEMPT to jump. No dying in the face of the enemy or last stand type courage and bravery moment, just a guy a couple miles away shooting blindly into the sky happens to hit your engine that bursts and burns you up in the fuselage. ...That's it.
I guess it's the fantasy of war, that if you're going to go down, you'll do so swinging your empty gun taking a bunch of 'them' out with you...but that's fantasy.
The beginning interviews carry this beyond the actors and just an excellent series - as they are the real men who lived through the events depicted. You aren't told their actual names til the end so you do not know who survives and who dies. The Pacific is also excellent but the use of the real men in the interviews before each episode lifts this yet another level. Also the following of one company Easy Company makes for a more cohesive story following them throughout the war.
Great series with great actors!! Hopefully you'll watch The Pacific after.
I’ve seen this series over 10 times. Watching it reversed is messing with my head.
Great reactions 👍🏻.
That awkward moment when it's not just a historical drama but based on a real group of guys, so the deaths aren't put in for dramatic effect. When they die Is just when they died (or reasonably close) in real life. So if it hits you all at once, just imagine how the rest of them felt who saw it first hand and lived it.
In regards to joking around and talking during war, thats actually quite common.
My husband's a 20 year Veteran. The truth is that soldiers, like cops, joke about death A LOT. Yes...while in battle. It's a coping mechanism. The dialogue is realistic if you ask a soldier, he/she will tell you so.
Curious what TV are you watching this on? ie. a Tech question really.
yeah Guarnere earned the nickname "Wild Bill" in Normandy he killed every German soldier he came across as he was out for revenge for his Brother Henry who was killed fighting in Italy. so the show gets this wrong as Bill also didn't have a weapon during the ambush portrayed, BUT after the ambush shown here he got 2 P-38 pistols off the dead germans which he used in another ambush and later he picks up a Thompson
its true, while Lipton was crawling out there was a random soldier who was next to him, not at all involved with easy or the assault, asking where battalion command was, who got shot
Series gets AMAZING.
Wait so are they gonna upload these once a day? This was a very quick release
One thing to keep in mind when referencing storylines and characters is that it's actually real life events and real life people. The men in the interviews at the beginning of each episode are these "characters". There's some artistic license but if you go too far outside what actually happened, it's not the tribute to the men who lived this like it was intended to be. So it wasn't really about believable character arcs/storylines...it's just what happened.
Right. Guarnere didn't require a formal reprimand for the incident in question in this episode. Winters made his point when he yelled at him and didn't need to make it again. There was never another incident that happened, so there's no need to make one up for the purposes of character arc. You're right. That would be an absolute disservice to the real men.
"When the group was attacking the first gun, Wynn was shot in the buttocks and fell into the trench. Wynn apologized to Winters, who was leading the attack, "I'm sorry, Lieutenant, I goofed. I goofed. I'm sorry." Later Winters in his biography Beyond the Band of Brothers wrote, "My God, it's beautiful when you think of a guy who was so dedicated to his company that he apologized for getting hit. Now here was a soldier - hit by enemy fire in Normandy on D-Day, behind the German lines, and he is more upset that he had let his buddies down than he was concerned with his own injury. Popeye's actions spoke for all of us".
A little bit of historical background on the part where Popeye was shot in the ass.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wynn_(United_States_Army_soldier)
It's hard to comment on favorite episodes and characters at this point without it being kind of spoiler. As far as comparing this to The Pacific, Band of Brothers is a few levels above, and I really liked The Pacific. I think production wise they just had so much available to them as far as content, story, locations, set designs, props and everything else coming off of Private Ryan.
This episode hit me hard when I first watched it. The show has more of an effect than Saving Private Ryan, to which it was compared. The interviews with the Easy Company veterans always choked me up. No recommends with this series, it just wouldn't seem right.
@@urmintrude It has been years for me as well, but yes,I think the interviews appeared at the end of each episode.
In the scene where Malarkey runs across the field to get a Luger (which wasn't really a Luger)...spoiler alert....the real Marlarkey said that was pretty much how it happened except he didn't have to run half as far as the actor did. He also said it was one of the stupidest things he ever did.
I would have liked you to discuss Lt. Spiers a bit. Did he really execute prisoners? Was it justified on the first day while they were still surrounded by enemy forces? Also, just like that German soldier from Washington, I'm sure there were some German soldiers who were born or raised in England before the war and returned to the Fatherland in the 1930s. It would have been a good post-episode discussion.
If you watch the documentary about E company Winters actually retells the story about Popeye who gets shot in the ass. Apparently he said "I'm sorry, I goofed" or something like that but it did happen. Winters almost starts to cry when he tells the story. I think the documentary is on TH-cam if you want to see it. You should see it after you've finished the series though.
you guys should watch the bonus disc how they made the series :D and how the actors trained for the roles
This is an intense episode but, incredibly, it gets even more nerve wracking. It's just an insanely well made show.
Curious why some of the footage is reversed on the screen from the actual film, dvd? Noticed it in the attack scene on the guns.
One way to avoid a copyright strike.
God , l love love love this series
I love this series
I really think that you should show the interviews at the beginning and the ending remark I feel like both roles are very important to the show.
I wish you would include your reactions to the real heroes speaking at the beginning of each episode...remember these are the men who lived thru this and to me really helps put everything you see after in proper context. Keep up the good work lads!
I have to say I'm well and truly gutted that you're not including the interviews at the start of the episode. They're what matters most in my opinion. Also gutted at how short the edited-for-youtube reactions are ending up being. I know this show like the back of my hand, so I know exactly how much good meat is getting wasted on the cutting room floor.
I know you said your comment about the Guarnere incident was nitpicky, but there's something that you need to bear in mind to help you from getting caught up in such things. This series is not just trying to be realistic. It is also considered one of the most historically accurate depictions of WWII ever made, if not the most historically accurate. Most of the surviving members of Easy Company were interviewed before filming. Most of the cast were able to interact with their real life counter parts. Much of the details and dialogue is pretty close to 100% accurate. For example:
-The incident with Guarnere and how Winters responded happened almost exactly as depicted.
-Malarkey running into the open field looking for a luger happened almost exactly as depicted.
-Toye almost getting blown up by a grenade twice and his reaction is 100% accurate.
-The commentary by some of the soldiers that you called joking around was pretty spot on to how it really went down.
-Losing weapons in the drop was a common thing because of the force of the prop blast.
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction.
Actually, Guarneere wasn't armed during the ambush. He list his weapon in the jump.
@@gravitypronepart2201 there was another ambush later that night also were Wild Bill used the 2 P-38 pistols he took of dead Germans from the 1st ambush
"It is also considered one of the most historically accurate depictions of WWII ever made, if not the most historically accurate." No, it really isn't. Stephen E. Ambrose is a hack who is looked down on by other historians. The show is based on real events but don't get carried away.
Guarnere's granddaughter has a tik tok account where she shares real info on him and the other men from easy. she also answer many questions with vids or in the comments too about Wild Bill as well as pictures of the real men.
Cross Roads and Breaking Point, are my two favorite episodes of this series.
Btw almost all the dialogue during the battles are nearly 100% accurate
I've intensely studied the veterans, and the battle dialogue is the most accurate thing in the show
And it's a VERY accurate show
actually a lot of these actors are British, even the guy that plays Winters
Hope you guys werent skipping the intros
I wish there were subtitles for the hand signals.
Amazing how many poms are in the show!
It was filmed in the UK so it's easier to cast locals.
I feel like you guys should post reaction videos with 3 or so episodes at a time.
Here's a great show to react to with lots of shocks: Mr Robot
The guy from Sherlock aka the Hot Priest 😁
Skytrain and most of the Army Air Corps did a poor job that morning.
Please show the ending commentary.
Remember these paratroopers are the first in history. People then never dreamed about jumping out of planes. It's like there was a legit book or school for paratroopers then. Every paratrooper has balls of steel back then. Paratroopers today are bad azz but...
The first paratroopers in history were the French who started to experiment with airborne troops in 1915, by the 1930's they had the Groupes d’Infanterie de l’Air, the first airborne regiments in the world. Though the first real use of airborne units wouldn't be until WW2 where Germany used them as part of their blitzkreig tactics to knock out enemy defences. Though the largest deployment in history is still to this day the early hours of D-Day.
You guys gotta show the interviews in the beginning, they're the most important part, and what are you talking about G
Buck didnt drop the grande for being clumsy, if you look better, another soldier hit buck in the back when he pass him running
I liked The Pacific more than Band of Brothers, but both are super important stories in world history.
I think you’re trying to rewrite history/facts. You mentioned you would have liked to have another confrontation/learning moment for Guarniere re Lt. Winters (that ginger guy.) This series was based on the nonfiction book by Stephen Ambrose who got the facts from the people who were there and witnessed it all. So, sorry but I guess no one knew of things happening to match your wishes. I really don’t mean to be harsh; I realize that we’re all used to seeing films coming from the imagination of the screenwriter. But, mainly, this ain’t that.
BTW, the ginger guy is Lt. Dick Winters. It’s worth knowing. For the assault on those guns at Brecourt Manor, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross; the US Army’s second highest honor, only one step below the Medal of Honor.
Really missing out a lot of the best lines and scenes
I loved Band of Brothers. I just couldn't get into the Pacific.
Please check out we stand alone together the band of brothers documentary after the show
Check out A Fist Full of Dollars Clint Eastwood.
I've seen your reactions to movies and I've always enjoyed them but I'm having a hard time understanding why you're leaving out the interviews with the veterans in the beginning of the episodes and summaries at the end of the episodes. Especially at the end of this episode.