Film Student FALLS IN LOVE with *BAND OF BROTHERS* | Episode 1 Reaction
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In 2010, as a member of the 101st Airborne, I shook the hand of Dick Winters as we boarded the plane to Afghanistan. Every single solider in our battalion that left that day shook that mans hand. One of the most surreal moments of my life.
Fucking awesome. Wish I had done that before my deployment.
Holy sh**. What an honnor. As a fellow paratrooper (1st Para Infantry Regiment, French Army) and Afghanistan vet, I measure the depth and strenght of the moment you must have lived. I can't phathom how surreal it must have been. Salute Brother.
A year before he passed.
Now that was a day to remember...
Has to be a career highlight, especially for someone in the 101st.
Some people have trouble taking Schwimmer seriously, but I didn't because I've never watched Friends. I was going to check it out one time, but then Captain Sobel canceled my weekend pass.
I guess you shouldn’t have taken that can of peaches from his mess facility.
I had real trouble taking him seriously. After I dove into the actual life of Capt. Sobel I realized he actually nailed it.... seem he was spot on with Sobels actions and demeanor
Schwimmer killed it!
how were you going to fight the war with a footlocker full of condoms?
Its not a can of peaches. it is US Army property. Your pass is cancelled as well.@@va3svd
20+ years and this show still holds up as one of the greatest in tv history
Good for you you have understood what a man is and
What grandfathers has succrified
You can cross out "one of" - in my mind it's the greatest thing ever put to film! TV, movies, animation - nothing has ever moved me as much as this series!
It wasn’t the pettiness or hard-assedness of Sobel that led to the NCO mutiny. It was that they noticed his poor performance in combat exercises and they were convinced that he would get them all killed. No, they didn’t like him, but these were elite athletic specimens. They could handle the forced marches and running, etc. They drew the line at the perceived risk of his battlefield incompetence.
Almost everybody in E company after the war acknowledged the role Sobel had in their development, and his son even spoke at one of their reunions. They were nervous about how he would be received, but they had one of the most likeable remaining veterans introduce him to everyone and apparently the veterans were welcoming and warm with him.
Sobel did later have several different staff positions, but he was never actually given a combat command.
This was especially true for paratroopers, who suffered casualty rates as high as 40% in some battles. They could not afford to have added risk from their commanding officer, and if they had arranged for an "accident" to happen they wouldn't have been the only ones from WW2 to lose incompetent officers to an "act of providence". Is it harsh and unacceptable under pretty much any other circumstances? Absolutely. But this was a job where spending lives was already an accepted practice, this was just a single step further.
There's a long tradition of officers that are excellent at creating an army but unfit to lead one. George McClellan is their patron saint.
So true. I read Winter's book and I remember him saying that he thought that Sobel got a bad wrap, especially from the BoB book and series. Winter's also credits the performance of Easy Company to the physical training that they were given from Sobel.
As a veteran myself, I can totally see how Stephen Ambrose interviewed a couple of Easy Company guys, and then jumped to the conclusion that he was the worst commander on the face of the earth. I noticed when I was in uniform that when someone was hated, it was never enough that they were a d!ck, they had to be a sh!tbag in their job too (whether it was justified or not).
True, some officers are made for training people some for leading them to battle - and there's nothing wrong with that.
It’s a shame how tragic Captain Sobel’s postwar life was. He may not have been very popular, but he served his country with honor.
Funnily enough, Saving Private Ryan is a war film that's NOT based on a true story, other than the broader historical events of course. The Omaha Beach landing was obviously something that happened and the film's portrayal of it is supposedly very faithful in many aspects, but all the individual characters and the actual plot details are all fictionalized. Unlike Band of Brothers, that's based on real people and their recounting of events. (That's not to say BoB is not dramatized or even straight up wrong about certain major things, like the much brought up ending texts of Ep. 3 about Blithe.)
Edit: That said, Saving Private Ryan is still a great war film and probably without it we would not have gotten this series!
It is to a point. There was a man, Fritz Niland, who did lose all brothers(or thought they did) and was in fact ordered removed from battle to protect him, as his mother had received all letters at the same time. So that aspect is true.
But, he was found relatively quickly, and no squad members were lost in finding him. Niland was actually a friend of Malarkey's, and was able to catch up with him, and tell wha was going on near Carentan before he went home. It was later found that his brother in the Pacific, was not killed, but was in a POW camp and did in fact survive the war. The other two are buried in Normandy.
While I agree with you about SPR, I just want to remember the Sullivan brothers in the US Navy (PTO) where all 5 were KIA (afaiac). (USS Junea). That is worth remembering.
@@AndrewAHyndyes indeed
You are correct however, SPR was in fact “inspired by true events.”
And "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was based on the story of Ed Gein (as was Psycho and Silence of the Lambs, et cetera). Inspired by true events is just Hollywood speak for "we made it up, out of whole cloth, but some historical event vaguely resembles it, if you squint, in the dark and you don't expect anyone in the original story to be in ours."
Fun fact, colonel sink, the commanding officer, is played by the military adviser that trained the actors
Dale A Dye, Vietnam Veteran, Author and has been involved with many films. iirc.
@@uncoolmartin460 He also reprised his role as Colonel Sink in the Brothers in Arms video game which follows a different company in the 101st airborne.
He did the same for Saving Private Ryan. He trained the actors and even had a little cameo.
@@TheLanceUppercuthe was also in Platoon if I'm not mistaken.
The guy playing Lewis Nixon made a video diary of how the easy company actors were trained to be soldiers by Captain dale dye and his cadre. One of the things they loved to do was impersonate Dale dye. On picture day Michael cudlitz who played Bull randleman polished it off in front of Captain dye. “Grab a partner we are going to do open heart suuurgerrreeeee.”
Without missing a beat dye chimes in “don’t think I won’t find out who that f---er is.”
Easy company is based on the world war 2 phonetic alphabet.
Able, baker, Charlie, dog, easy, fox and so on….. apologies for all the armchair officers who want to explain stuff to you.
Called “Easy” Company, not because it will be easy, rather “Easy” was the Military Phonetic Alphabet for the letter “E” (now it is “Echo”
The amount of young talent in this series is astounding. And it changed the way of some of the established actors were seen, David Schwimmer was no longer just Ross. Ron Livingston was no longer just the dude from “Office Space”. A real ensemble tour de force.
Damian Lewis will forever be Winters.
I feel bad for Schwimmer and Livingstone. This series didn't seem to be the lift on their careers as it was for everyone else. It really showed their acting chops.
But Schwimmer did well playing Robert Kardashian in that OJ Simpson TV movie.
@@kissmy_butt1302 Nah, don't feel too bad for Shwimmer. That man is set for life from Friends. He's a good dude, too, leveraged his own and Aniston's popularity to make sure the whole cast got good contracts.
"There are so many people in this I know".........
YEAH NOW!!!!!!! most of them were snot nosed kids fresh from cereal commercials.
Memphis Belle sent the actors through 'boot' camp same as this and it made the movie and performances so much better.
Yep, Sobel felt threatened by Winters, resenting how he inspired admiration and loyalty in the men, with them coming to see him as the true leader of the company. Making Winters the mess officer was a way of punishing Winters, as kitchen patrol duty was, and still is, considered one of the worst assignments. He'd basically be confined to the mess hall all day, making sure everyone's meals were prepared and served, that all the dishes were washed. He'd have to get up much earlier than even everyone else in order to organize breakfast.
In addition to that, the whole spaghetti dinner fiasco was Sobel's attempt to make the men resent Winters. He was hoping that they'd blame him for serving them spaghetti before the Currahee run because of him being the mess officer. This scheme backfired on Sobel when Winters chose to run Currahee along with everyone else, showing sympathy and solidarity. That's why Sobel made up that bullshit indictment next. If he'd just accepted the punishment it wouldn't necessarily have been a big deal, but it would've been a stain on Winters's service record, which is why he chose court martial instead.
From what I understand, Winters was technically at fault in the final incident. However, it was just a minor breach of protocol and essentially a miscommunication on Winters's part. Sobel tried to turn it into a charge of insubordination which Winters would not stand for. Winters also understood army culture well enough to know that the colonel would never approve a court martial over something like that.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 Technically speaking, yes, he missed his assignment, but that only happened because Sobel deliberately changed the timing of it without telling him. Sobel makes up an excuse that he sent runners and tried calling Winters to let him know that his shift had been changed, but as Winters pointed out, he was quartered with a family that didn't have a telephone.
Seeing as Winters is his executive officer/second-in-command, Sobel would have been aware that he didn't have a phone where he was staying, meaning he was lying about trying to call him, which heavily implies that he lied about sending a runner to look for him as well. Sobel purposefully set Winters up to miss his assignment, simply because he wanted to tarnish Winters's record out of jealousy and spite for making him look bad. He figured Winters would just take the punishment rather than be court-martialed for insubordination.
@@tehdipstickWhat he didn't count on was that Winters was wise to this trickery and that Sobel was just doing this as a power trip. He could've also had Col Strayer vouch for his innocence if this were to go for a court martial as Winters claimed he had been under his orders to censor the mail before Sobel's last minute and uninformed change.
Also Sobel would be hard pressed to explain how he tried telephoning Winters (when the latter didn't have access to a phone) and the name of the runner he supposedly sent to Winters.
Based on this presentation, his authority was threatened by Winters.
But that was entirely his own fault.
Funny enough Sobel acting like an SOB was what saved his life - he would've been in the plane that went down with Lt. Meehan and Sgt. Evans in Normandy.
Eisenhower cried in his car after seeing some of the Para's taking off, 80% were expected to die on Day 1.
Even if there was a drop at all, given the uncertainty about the weather. Could have been even worse if teh landing craft capsized and the paras didn't back them up.
Those were some tough motherfuckers
There were good reasons Ike was smoking about 5 packs a day circa WW2. Stress is a killer.
Eisenhower was a scumbag freemason it's hilarious you think he actually cared about them
They expected massive casualties on the Normandy beaches too, I read over 50% with the first waves expected to take 80% casualties. They were prepared to take those just to secure at least 1 beach head. In reality they received nowhere near those.
As a film student you might enjoy the fact that when the actors where chosen every actor and extra received period correct 1940's military training in a 10 day bootcamp. They where called by their characters names, had to wear 1940's uniforms and had to behave as 1940's soldiers and learn 1940's military procedures. Ron Livingstone (who playes Lewis Nixon) has also made a video diary of the entire series with a lot of behind the scenes footage.
And yes this series is based on the book 'Band of Brothers' by Stephen Ambrose. Stephen was a history teacher who lived in the same building as John Martin (one of the veterans) so through John, Stephen got into contact with all the survivors from Easy Company and wrote the book based on their stories.
Yep. The training was done by Dale Dye (the Colonel /commander of the 506th regiment) he was the films military advisor as well.
"everything about this is so good, everything is so good."
You ain't seen nothing yet.
I can not wait to join you on this journey. One of. the greatest tv series of all time, and yes, tied in with the Pacific, and I imagine Masters of the Air will be.
Being a history teacher I use clips from both this and The Pacific in class. They are so accurate and so damn good.
I always wonder about these reactions though. What is someone going to do? Say they don't like it. See how that works out for them. I mean I think it's the best series ever made but if someone is reacting to it, there's only one answer they can safely give.
I WISH my teachers used Band of Brother/The Pacific to teach us about WW2 when I was in high school. That's super cool!
best and most memorable part of high school was learning about this series
When you have finished band Brothers, there’s a mini documentary where they interview the veterans of Easy company where they tell their side of the story and experiences it’s called. “We stand alone together” it’s a must watch. Some of the interviews you see at the beginning of each episode
A quick Military lesson. For Army / Marine Infintry Units.
4 Soldiers to a fire team
3 Fire teams to a Squad
3 Squads to a Platoon
3 Platoons to a Company
3 Company's to a Battalion
3 Battalions to a Regiment
3 or more Regiments to a Divisions
3 or more Divisions to a Army
2 or more Armies to a Army Group
This is in general and can be added to or deleted as needed to tailor for a specific need. Hope this helps a bit.
I understood that each Company had a heavy weapons platoon as well as 3 Riflemen platoons.
@garycrow1943 The answer I gave. Is just in general for a novice. To help someone who has not been exposed to any military organizations. Getting into the weeds was not the purpose here. But yes you are correct. Semper Fi
Semper Fi@@bigsteve6200
We are all going to need to learn some nomenclature after the next election. @@bigsteve6200
Thx!
Currahee is Cherokee, Native American tribe, for the mountain in Northeast Georgia near the town of Toccoa that the entire 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) ran nine miles to the top and back at least once every day. The mountain peak stood alone among the mountain range so the motto for all 506th PIR Soldiers later paratroopers was, "Stands Alone!" The most junior Soldier approaching another Soldier would say, "Stands Alone!" The other Soldier would respond, "Currahee!" I was honored to be assigned to this proud U.S. Army unit which stood alone with the Imjin River to our backs in the Republic of Korea's De-Militarized Zone (DMZ). We were outnumbered 300 communist North Korean soldiers to every one American Soldier. Amazing how those simple words reminding us all of the Band of Brothers who went before us motivated us to face and overcome the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that day.
Certainly, great leaders push their Soldiers to the breaking point and prepare them for war and then there are narcissistic leaders like First Lieutenant Sobel who care about their image pursuing and the next promotion. Sobel's "hard leadership style" masked his own weakness, fear (hesitating in the door) and poor map reading skills which is the kind of leader which kills many of his men in training and combat.
Salute from France!
Phil Alden Robinson directed this episode. He previously directed on Field of Dreams and Sneakers. This is also one of the Episodes where Tom Hanks wrote a large portion of the script. The DP (Joel Ransom) was also a relative unknown before this, he did a little TV work but this was his main start.
David Schwimmer was isolated throughout the entire bootcamp and training of the actors on purpose. They needed to create a rift between him and every other person on the cast. All the rest of the starting cast went through a multiple week training exercise with instructors leading runs, inspections, dining in a mess hall, sleeping in barracks, etc. Schwimmer did many of the same activities but just with him and instructors. The real Herbert Sobel did get sent off, but he successfully trained over 400 of the supporting staff through Jump school. He jumped in during the D-Day invasion with his men, gathered 4 troopers and organized the assault on german gun nets. Unfortunately in his later life he eventually attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head, he survived it and was placed into VA facility. He died from neglect and malnutrition in the VA facility, and the VA staff neglected to file for a memorial service or conduct military honors at his death.
The Invasion of Normandy was a massive undertaking as it was the first time such a coordinated strike by multiple armed forces was conducted requiring precise timing and planning. The other factor was it was all a giant fake out. The allies spoon fed information through leaks and back channels that the allies were going to do an Allied assault through Norway. They actually prepared supplies and setup decoy operations. Then on top of this they created plans for a fictitious invasion of Pas de Calais. They assigned General Patton to lead a small force but masked via massive false radio chatter, supply movements, and notices of fake soldiers getting married and causing a ruckus in town newspapers suggesting activity there. This was all in case there were leaks inside the Allies intelligence. They even deployed inflatable tanks and fake landing craft and simulated tire/tank tracks. They had an actor impersonate General Montgomery in Gibtalter so they could be seen scouting the Mediterranean. Then on the night of the Invasion just a few hours before they dropped dummies and radar chaff over Pas de Calais.
These methods worked to a decent degree. Forces were moved up to Norway. The german commanders believed Patton to be the most important person so focused the backup forces on his activities. And the night of D-Day a large portion of the German troops were routed 150-miles northeast to reinforce Calais.
Lt. Winters helping his men board the transport was more than simply symbolic. As the last trooper to board the plane, he would be the first one OUT of the plane when the green light switched on.
The Infantry officer motto is Follow Me for a reason.
21:35 "I request trial by courts martial" is just a simple saying in the military, as is your right as a soldier/officer. It's the salute that he gives right after that has gone down in cinema/TV history as the single greatest "fuck you, SIR" salute of all time
It's a little deeper then that. Without going too crazy into details, the military has basically 3 types of punishments. Immediate/low level, written formal, and trials.
The immiedate/low level is things like "do push-ups" or modern day counseling statements that may have a punishment like stand guard for x hrs, or write an essay.
Written formal is letters of reprimand for officers, or article 15s. Depending who issues these, they have different lengths before they expire. So it's a significant impact to your advancements, for a certain amount of time.
Then trial, aka court martial. These are most serious, as losing this trial results in serious penalties.
A soldier has the right to escalate those mid tier punishments to court martial. Here, Winters was willing to stake his career (win or lose the court martial) in showing their senior officers what type of leader Sobel is. He was committing professional suicide in essence, and IF he lost, he could face extremes like jail time. (modern day I think it's dishonorable discharge, forfetuire of pay, and 6 months confinement as the max penalties for failing to obey a lawful order, someone can correct me).
"How many famous people are in this?" - Better question, how many people who were in this, became household names afterwards?
Quite a few two of the biggest names that comes to mind is Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender
I don't think anyone was famous before except Ron Livingston and David Schwimmer and Dale Dye for his military advice
James McAvoy, Simon Pegg, Andrew Scott, Dexter Fletcher, Donnie Whalberg, Jimmy Fallon and Colin Hanks
This show got all the big names, that you recognize, started in their careers.
@@zzzzzzzzzzzk Don't forget Stephen Graham who later on played a great Al Capone in Boardwalk Empire. Terrific actor
"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops," Eisenhower wrote. "My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander's other prepared speech. D-DAY was never a guarantee...
There was also an extensive counterintelligence campaign run by the british and americans that was so successful that even at the end of the day during the invasion of normandy, German commanders held back forces because they expected the main thrust of the invasion to be at Calais. It wasn't until a full day after that they started to move forces south to try to county normandy and by then, it was too late for them.
@@ph1shstyx Including an entire fake tank division made of inflatable tanks commanded by none other than Patton himself.
I love the fact it was written in pencil on the back of an envelope. As if the idea of "I really need to write this out so I will remember it if the landings don't work" just popped into his head.
So glad to see you beginning your journey with the men of Easy Company. I had been in the Navy for five when the first episode was released, two days before the September 11th attacks. As a Veteran, I can say that Richard Winters is the perfect example of what a leader should be and he is someone I would like to have met before he passed away. I love the stories of each of these men and what they experienced in the war. I also like the impact these men had on the lives of the actors who portrayed them. Like hearing that Neal McDonough named his first-born son after the person he portrayed, Buck Compton. And there is a great picture of Richard Winters and Damian Lewis taken on Winters farm in Pennsylvania. I watch this series at least once a year. The Pacific is amazing as well, just a bit of a harder watch than Band of Brothers because of what the Marines went through in the Pacific, fighting in a very different environment and a very different enemy. Looking forward to your reaction to the next episode.
If you're going all the way with this...be prepared to grow, laugh, learn and suffer with these characters. The first episode is in some ways my favorite, if only for the innocence and the fact that I know what lies ahead for these men. This was when their biggest threats were "Army noodles with ketchup." I love the power move Winters makes by literally grabbing the pen out of Sobel's hand while he was abusing his power...it's brilliant, and a true story. Hard to call this a TV show honestly, it's a 12 hour Saving Private Ryan in quality...CURRAHEE! ♠
The first episode to me felt cheese, due to David Shweemer. Wearing a pilot's jacket in Georgia.😅
just wait. learning about these men changed my life. @@SDsailor7
I visited Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and Carentan last year and I was shocked at just how active the locals are with keeping all the monuments so clean, lined with flowers, and how much effort they put in to remembering those who came to liberate them.
There is so much passion in keeping all those museums running, passing on the many stories, and teaching the history.
I saw five buses full of school kids from some French school at Omaha Beach, and they all laid down flowers.
It was a little emotional to see that.
Say what you will about the French, but they, like the Dutch, are still very grateful to have been liberated.
Also, it was fun to see James Madio, who played Frank Perconte, actively involved with tour groups there.
I understand the citizens in Belgian towns have the same level of gratitude for the American and Canadian soldiers moving forward and in Market Garden.
I love how many people have been watching Band of Brothers lately, and yes, I'll gladly join you for this journey all over again!
I think it because of the release of Masters of the Air, which Tom Hanks is again involved in. The Pacific was also very good.
And every Memorial Day weekend.
Herbert Sobel was much older than the men. He was from a city, Chicago, while most were not. He was Jewish in an antisemitic world. He was disaffected from those he commanded and they from him. He was not able to overcome these issues to be a combat commander. Winters was born to lead men in combat. The men were lucky to have him, and they knew it.
It's more than that. Liebgott got shit for being a Jew but was otherwise accepted because he was competent and even Guarnere (the most obviously bigoted of the company) respected him. Sobel was hated because he was a glory hound and in real life barely managed to keep up with the minimums while he demanded excellence from his men. Combine with his incompetence in the field, and that mutiny happened for a reason.
@@RaderizDorretinterestingly, the real liebgot apparently was not Jewish.
@@Analysta654 His parents were Jewish but they had him convert to Christianity
@@RaderizDorret Sobel story is truly sad, as he attempts suicide but botched it, and spent the last pat of his life blind.
@@RaderizDorret thanks for clarifying. I think someone said it in reference to the scene when someone was giving Sobel a hard time for being Jew, and Liebgott got mad. Makes sense now while even if he was not “officially” a Jew, why he would still be offended.
In addition to James McAvoy, Tom Hardy, Jimmy Fallon, and Michael Fassbender, the series also features a young Andrew Scott (Andrew also cameo'd in SAVING PRIVATE RYAN). Tom Hardy in fact appeared in both BLACK HAWK DOWN (his first movie) and BAND OF BROTHERS (his first TV role) in the same year (BLACK HAWK DOWN is another movie with a huge star cast). Quite the launching pad for all of the actors.
Tom Hanks also does a couple of cameos. I don’t rember the episodes, but he is in the episode when they are passing by some French officers (he’s one of them) executing some Nazis; he’s also in the background of the briefing with the British commandos.
Stephen Graham is often missed as a big name now too.
Fresh off of his first big film role as Tommy in Snatch.
He's Sgt. (Busted to Pvt) Ranney.
@@lald01 Tom hanks must like working with him a lot, because he’s also in Greyhound as the XO of the ship.
Funny thing is thy were all relatively unknown at the time, which is why they were hired, and probably paid very low rates.
Almost all of them are famous thanks to this mini-series!
My favorite episode from a filmmaking standpoint is episode 5. The editing is stunning.
There is “connective tissue” between the story that inspired Saving Private Ryan and the events of Band of Brothers. James (Francis) Ryan was based on Fritz Niland, a paratrooper who had lost all his brothers and was evacuated from the front lines as part of the Sullivan law. Fritz Niland was good friends with Skip Muck (who he grew up with in Tonawanda NY) and Don Malarkey , who was close with Muck.
I’m excited for you to experience this series!
Regarding the nighttime lighting, I think the lighting person they had for Band of Brothers was unavailable for The Pacific, since parts of episodes 1,2, and 4 have battle scenes that are not well lit (though that may have been a stylistic choice to better convey the chaos and terror of only being able to see what’s lit by flares and muzzle flashes)
The Pacific is, in my opinion, every bit as good as Band of Brothers, but in different ways. I didn’t like it as much initially, since it dealt with a broader timeframe, unfamiliar places, and didn’t focus on just one company.
I think you’ll find a lot to love about both series, and I look forward to your incisive commentary!
Episode 5 was “Crossroads”… if memory serves. Directed by Tom Hanks. Definitely showed he had promise behind the camera, if that’s his goal.
To add to the nilands story it turns out his older brother was alive and was actually in a Japanese POW camp that was liberated by paratroopers near the end of the war acting quickly to save prisoners
@@daddynitro199Jungles are dark, even in the daytime... 🌴🌴
I am a 16 year army vet and I love that you are reacting to this series. I’ve had 2 commanders that were like sobel and they are a pain in the neck to work for. No one can live and work in that job without any faults or perceived faults. Sobel was just a petty a-hole who refused to let his troops have a moment’s respite for fear that it would make him look bad. Commanders like that don’t usually last very long for one reason or another. Usually the first and most glaring trend would be the retention rate and rate of transfer out of that unit. There would be indications of a toxic leader.
That said this series is a masterpiece with the history that is told and how they honor the soldiers that this is about.
My dad was a career AF NCO. I did enlisted basic and Field Artillery officer basic course before hurting my back and being retired as a 2LT who did and accomplished nothing.
From my perspective Sobel was toxic to morale but not unit cohesion because he became the enemy of the entire company. Everything I've seen from Easy vets is that his training was the anvil that hardened them for battle... even if they wouldn't follow him into it.
I remember signing a permission slip to watch the scene that comes up in like episode 6 or 7 and it was life changing. This show is incredible
Toye and Garrnier?
I just discovered reaction videos on TH-cam this past Summer. The first I watched was a Band of Brothers Reaction and have seen quite a few since. Several things that I really appreciate from those reacting. An observation of a quality story, notice of production quality and film techniques, an understanding of the background context such as the history of what is occurring, and the emotional connection. You have shared knowledge about creating a film, a strong emotional content which allows even those of us who have watched the show previously, to experience those initial emotions again, and at the very least if not a detailed knowledge of the history, at least a respect for it. I look forward to following you and sharing in your experience of a truly great show about truly great heroes.
Well said, I to have just found this reaction channel & I am in for her ride as well hoping to learn about the film techniques used as she learns about Easy company.
She should watch some of the TH-cam videos about the actors talking actors talking about their roles. These actors 'served' together, they became lifetime friends and get together... they have each other's backs... this series changed many of their entire lives and helped define them. The parallels to the real soldiers is beautiful.
Buckle up. Even with its inaccuracies, this is arguably the best miniseries ever done.
Some of the inaccuracies were because of Ambrose. Some were artistic license from the production. Overall they don’t impact a great series.
The men training for the airborne all have passed basic training and volunteered to go through the additional training to be paratroopers. If they wash out of AB training, they would be sent to a regular Infantry unit (and sacrifice the additional jump pay). The airborne were given the best training available and were a genuine elite (one of the reasons why an AB private got the same pay as an average sergeant)
Also an Airborne private was expected to make sergeant (or higher) level decisions after the jump when he first hit the ground. There might be no officers or NCOs there to give direction and orders. That private was expected to take the imitative, to know the overall unit mission and to work towards achieving it; alone if necessary. Indeed in some cases scratch units of men jumbled together from 3-6 units with minimal 'official' leadership captured objectives that helped get men off of invasion beaches and securing a defensible beachhead. For what they did they were criminally underpaid.
@@davidcorriveau8615Yes, and at D-Day it was up to a division level, with so.e examples of the men from 82nd and 101st mixed during drop. And on this level the were not expected to know details of other divisions objectives, yet were still able to achive most of them o that day
I regularly rewatch this series and it never fails to hold my attention, or my admiration for the young men who gave their lives to create what we all should have absolute respect for, and what we all still benefit from and enjoy today.
While watching BoB, I often contemplate the potential of all the many great minds and transformative individuals that were sacrificed throughout this war. Such a tragedy should never be repeated.
We may stand alone, but we are all here together. Lest we forget.
Oh, and yeah, I'm subbing. I am genuinely looking forward to the rest of your very perceptive observations going forward, Jacqui. Thank you in advance.
Thank you for joining the ranks of Band of Brothers reactors. Welcome aboard! I can see from your popup comments that you don't miss a thing. One of my favorite parts of this episode is when Winters asks God to bless his men, helps each one up and looks them in the eye. A born leader of men.
When you’re speaking of details around 31:37, one of things that I remember from when I watched it on HBO in 2001 is the man on the standing on the Jeep giving the “V” for victory salute . Just one of those details that makes it so good.
They did explain what Currahee is but it goes by quick, it's the native american name for the mountain the company was running up and down during training. (Which also translates to roughly "Stands alone", fitting to how paratroopers fight)
Love your analysis and insight on the technicalities of filmmaking. Subscribed.
Jacqui
Saving Private Ryan was based on cases of brothers killed in actions in one branch of the military. Normandy (Omaha Beach) used in as an actual event in where one brother of James Ryan killed during invasion. Stephen Spielberg actually used headstone of Captain Miller (Hanks' character) at Allied Cemetary at Normandy.
I’m an Oregonian so here’s a fun fact. Sargent Donald Malarkey of Astoria was the last surviving member of the original group of E company that dropped on d-day. He passed in 2017.
Malarkey, that means BULLSHIT right?😂
The final sequence of this episode from then-Lieutenant Winters helping his Soldiers into the plane, the C-47s taking off, and finally flying over the channel is my favorite scene in the entire series for the same reasons you brought up. Even after watching this series countless times over the last 20 years it never fails to bring a tear to my eye.
I hope you're ready for the best series to have aver aired on TV, and something that rivals the best cinema ever produced. It truly is a masterpiece that captures such a powerful story. Along with the accompanying documentary, I highly recommend listening to the HBO podcast series on Band of Brothers that interviews members of the production and the cast for the series' 20th anniversary. It's incredible to hear how this production impacted them and changed many of their lives.
All co. Commanders help their men into the planes and were the last one in, not just Winters but also all the other brave COs
In 2016 my daughter and her family were living in Germany, her husband having been stationed there by the Air Force. We were visiting that December and she got us tickets to the Band of Brothers reunion in Bastogne. I talked to the actor that played Doc Roe, who is featured in episode 6, Bastogne, for quite a while. He's an interesting, intelligent man and I enjoyed our conversation very much. I also got to tour their foxholes in the Bois Jacques. The motto, curahee, is a native American word that means "we stand alone."
Actually on D-Day, Sobel parachuted into Normandy with the rest of the 101st Airborne Division as commander of the 506th's service company. Immediately after landing, Sobel assembled four men and destroyed a German machine gun nest with grenades before joining the rest of the division near Carentan.
Sobel spent the remainder of the war as a staff officer in the 506th, and was appointed the regiment's S-4 (logistics officer) on March 8, 1945. Sobel remained in the Army Reserve after the war, eventually retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel.
The greatest WWII Miniseries ever made!
My older brother and sister used to watch this show every Sunday night on HBO for their history class.
From Producers Tom Hanks And Steven Spielberg.
Personally, I think "The Pacific" is better. But I suppose the two series don't differ that much.
@@BramGauntI'm looking forward to Masters of the Air.
Wrong, The World at War is the greatest series
When the man who was ordered to do the Currahee run with his gear was joined by several of his buddies, it symbolized the bond that was developing among the men in their shared hardship. It would be hard to overestimate the value of this bonding when the training was over and combat had begun
Awww yeah, you're gonna love this.
What's also crazy with the casting are some of the big names in this who weren't that big yet, and have smaller roles not listed in the opening credits. You already spotted Michael Fassbender. EDIT - And Simon Pegg.
I do love that sequence at the end of this episode. The men loading themselves into the plane. The planes all taxiing into position. Then the first plane throttles its engines up, and they release the brakes, and right as they start rolling the music shifts. A perfect "here we go" moment. And I'm glad they really let the engine noises in on top of the music a bit - there really is nothing like radial engines screaming at full throttle. Then there's that shot of a single plane taking off and flying over that gun emplacement, and as it passes over head and flies off we see dozens more aircraft already airborne and climbing. Then the scene at night where we see Winters sitting by the door, looking back at his men and then outside, and we zoom out from that one airplane to see countless other planes, and they're all flying over countless ships on the ocean below, and all of them are all headed in the same direction. Its a great way of reminding the viewer that while we're going to be focused on this one small unit of men, this is also just one small part of something truly enormous.
As a US Army Veteran of 25 years, 5 wars, and a paratrooper/Ranger who’s father was in an elite infantry unit in WWII, I can say I’m impressed with your insights as a civilian. Very astute observations and solid analysis from your artistic/cinema perspective. Strong work.
Congratulations, you’ve discovered the best thing ever put on film!
I must say, i watch many reactions to this series, but i really enjoy when someone else looks at how everything was shot and just gush about it. This series was shot at the turn of the century and employed some ground breaking technology. Very few things in this series look dated, even in 2024
You will get a full range of emotions with this seriwa. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will freak out. It will hit you hard and lead you to respect the men who lived this and the actors who brought it to the screen.
I'm 62, I cry every single time I watch this. My uncle was in Italy in WWII. My Dad served in Korea. The only time I ever saw him cry was when I had to sign up for Selective Service. Somehow this triggered his memories of Korea as a young corporal. He could barely speak of what he experienced. He was so traumatized, and from an era where PTSD wasn't even a thing...
_“War is young men dying and old men talking”_ ~ FDR
It's very hard to grasp the enormity of the undertaking that WWII was, how many lives it affected, how it impacted daily life... especially for these young men with so much of their lives in front of them.... just young men being bro's, many who never had a chance to return and be sons, brothers, boyfriends, husbands and fathers...
Humanity never learns from history... we keep killing each other like we always have.... SMH.
The final sequence showing the planes and ships heading across the Channel gives me chills each time. To me, it signifies a two-word message we gave the peoples of France, Belgium, Holland and elsewhere for real in 1944 - "We're coming"
i have that shot as a screen saver
Over there, Over there!
Hi Jacqui. I love watching reactions because I am verry empathetic so for me seeing the raw reactions is like reliving for the first time again. Yours was one of the best of mor then I can count. Seriously. I will keep this short and just say Thank you for sharing this with us and I hope you will be doing the other 2 as well. Im not one to give spoilers but I will suggest you watch shorts on Operation Market Gurden before seeing Episode #6 and somthing basic and short on Battle of the Bulge before Episode #7. It will give you much needed context on many things said and dun that they could not explain in the show due to timing constraints. Again, thanks for sharing, Bless and be well.
They run all the episodes every year on memorial day weekend. Watching it in order is truly an experience of a lifetime especially if you have fathers or grandfathers who secured your freedom with their blood and guts.
Winters requesting trial was him saying “Take this BS power move and stick it.”
"Easy" company is a way to spell "E" aloud. In order to say a word over the radio, sometimes one must spell it so "E" becomes "Easy. I think currently it's "Echo".
Yeah, current situation phonetic is Echo. Dog is now delta.
The NATO phonetic alphabet wasn't created until after the war. Before that, every national military had their own. Once NATO was created, they standardized and unified it so that all participating member states could communicate properly.
I have loved "Band of Brothers" sense the first time I saw it and I still watch it even today so many years after the release. Every one in the world should see this at least ones. Band of Brothers is the best series ever made. I would have been honored to have met anyone of them in real life.
getting to watch someone's real time reactions at watching Band of Brothers for the first time is amazing. Especially seeing you catch certain things or make certain predictions and break it down from the perspective of someone who understands film making and the importance of certain small details. I love this so much!
Glad to see you're reacting to this great series. Maybe you mentioned it in the intro and I just missed it, but were you planning on watching The Pacific as well? If you're going to watch Band of Brothers and Masters of the Air, you might as well complete the set
I really appreciate the commitment to historical accuracy in this. My family history is full of WWII veterans. On my Mother's side my Great Uncles served in NZ 2nd Division, the division that saw the most continuous combat of any unit in WWII. My paternal grandfather was actually a paratrooper in the British Army (who jumped into Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, the aftermath of which you will see in this show.) Saving Private Ryan was actually based on a true story about Easy Company, 506 PIR. Sergeant Frederick "Fritz" Niland Got the news of all 3 of his brothers being killed in action immediately after D-Day. He was sent home.
One of them wasn't dead though, just MIA believed to be KIA.
I love band of brothers and i think the 1st episode is honestly one of my favorites because it does so much right in terms of establishing the emotions, the character connections, how they bonded, and even drops a bit of foreshadowing to the hardships ahead with Bills brother passing only for it all to perfectly set up episode 2
My favorite detail is when Sobel is inspecting the company at the beginning. When he is talking to Lipton, you can hear Reveille being played indicating that they have been up for a while and before the rest of the base is even at morning roll call.
Great reaction. Smart and heartfelt. Terrific job. I look forward to the rest of the series. Subscribed!
Oh Im so ready. I hope you are prepared but have tissues on hand
I’m watching all your reactions, my grandfather fought in the 41st infantry division in the pacific, Papua New Guinea. I remember watching this series of band of brothers with my immigrant father, his father in law was the veteran. Every Monday it would be 3-4 of us talking about the episode we just saw, each of us had family that served in WW2. One friend then had a family member serve with Brazilian expeditionary corps, his grandfather was a “smoking snake.”
It’s a little disheartening to see many generations missed this amazing series when it was released
One of the amazing things about Band of Brothers is that it was made at the perfect moment. Cameras, effects, all that was finally able to be reproduce an authentic battle or war. After Saving Private Ryan there was an interest in telling stories about WW2 in a more authentic way. Combine those 2 things with the fact that quite a few of the people that actually served where still around and willing to tell their tale and you have something that is in my opinion simply amazing.
Great Review. I love this series and in my opinion the best series ever made. I know you have watched the whole series already but if you have not done it, I would strongly encourage you to watch the Documentary about Easy company made at the same time. Its called "We Stand Alone Togehter" and is where the interviews at the start of the episodes with the real veterans come from. There is a lot of information in that, that you learn that could not be included in the series.
You recognized Cary Grant. Instant thumbs up. 👍🏻
How could you not? Oh! You meant because of the generational difference. Then thats fair enough I guess.
'North by Northwest' is one of my favourite movies of all time from that era.
That closing shot as the camera pans down to the English Channel and you see the fleet of ships below makes every hair on my body stand up every time! The magnitude of the D-Day invasion summed up in one shot!
I Remember several years ago my father and I were traveling to S. Carolina. He was in WW2 and was telling me some of the things that he went thru. He was in the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. I looked over at him and saw rears in his eyes. I asked what was wrong and he said he had been afraid but never told me about it because he didn't want his son to think he was a coward. Needless to say I sat there in stunned silence. I told him that was something that never crossed my mind and told him anyone who said they were not afraid was lying.
To answer your question curahee means "stand alone" if memory serves.
I loved seeing Ross chewing out Magneto. It’s like “how a goofy guy pokes a traumatized bear”.
I'll never forget watching the episodes around the Battle of the Bulge during winter time at a friends house, we turned off the heat (thankfully, Florida), and wrapped ourselves in blankets. It really drove the experience home just a little bit extra.
That whole scene at 31 mins is absolutely fantastic. Watching those planes take off.
My grandad was RAF ground crew during the war. From what he described, I would imagine it exactly like this scene. He said the sky was black with planes and the noise was tremendous. They all stood and watched the planes leave….then waited….and then counted one by one when they came back😢
Just came across your channel Jacqui directly because of this fantastic series. Very much enjoyed your insightful & intelligent commentary. Think I'll stick around, looking forward to the next episode. These men of that "Greatest Generation" are among my heroes. Grew up listening to the stories from my grandfather & great uncles who served in the war. The pride, esprit de corp & honor prompted me to serve 24 years. I have the utmost respect for them.
I enjoy watching reactors discover this series and watch it change their lives. Can’t wait to see the rest!
I've seen this series so many times. Your explanation of why it's so good just makes it even better. I knew the crew went through incredible lengths to make the best serie ever produced. I just didn't know exactly what they did.
The fact that you knew Cary Grant puts you light years ahead of most "re-actors"
This is one of those series I come back to at least once a year and I find something new to appreciate each time. Whether it's the cinematography, the music, the small acting choices that propel the characters forward, or diving more into the real stories of the men involved. There are so many things to love about this series and the real life people who went through the war.
Really good reaction. Excellent mix of film-making technique and empathy. As countless others have said, this just gets better, albeit heavier. It'll steal your heart and change your understanding of this important history forever. It will take you places no other film or series could. Epic stuff, and hugely important to remember that overwhelmingly, all this stuff actually happened, some of it actually underplayed in the series.
Nice work, look forward to the rest of them.
As a paratrooper and a war veteran (not WW2), i'm genuinly impressed by the way you can absorb the complexity of all tthose matters being a civilian young lady. You have my respects.
One thing you didn't get right though, is that Sobel is transferred to training rather than to combat at the head of E company becaused his men despise him. And that would not make him an effective CO when sh** hits the fan. (And he is not a good infantry officer overall).
The documentary on how they made the series is a good watch . It shows why All the acting looks so natural
I'm glad you finally found this series. I think you are going to enjoy the rest (it just gets better and better).
My grandfather was in the Army Airborn during WWII, and have found myself imursed in reactions to Band of Brothers. Thanks for tagging in!
It is so cool to get a Film major's perspective of what each scene means from a director's perspective. I've watched this film before, but now I understand the director's perspective, and what he wants me to take away from each scene
When this came out most of the actors were relatively unknown, David Schwimer and Dale Dye were the most famous people in it
12:00 captain dale dye did so much for this show. He even trained the actors in their “boot camp” to train for the show. Dale was involved heavily in Vietnam and is heavily decorated. He did a great job portraying col. Sink in this show
Back when the show came out, David Schwimmer was _by far_ the most famous cast member.
Now, we have Magneto, Prof X, Venom, Moriarty, a Billionaire, George Washington, a dahrk assassin-magician, a starfleet engineer, an ER doctor (later turned spaceship pilot), a former LA cop turned zombie hunter, and many other stuffs in this show.
Definitely looking forward to seeing you go through this series! It's an absolute masterpiece.
Your observations are great throughout. You make such a great point at the end - Eisenhower wrote his resignation in advance in case Operation Overlord failed.
I can’t wait for the next episode it’s amazing how much you pick up from your first watch of it
Band of Brothers takes place in the European theater of war, Utah and Omaha beach, Normandy invasion, Eindhoven, Holland, etc... The Pacific take place in the Pacific theater of war with battles like Iwo Jima.
Winters was loved and respected by his men. Captain Sobel was a narcissist who was solely interested in his reputation and resume.
Speaking as a veteran, there are different levels of punishment, a written reprimand, a company level punishment, a battalion level punishment and a court martial. A soldier may elect to request a court martial on anything above a written reprimand. A Court Martial trial is a full court trial hearing of military officials, just like any courtroom. The logistical nightmare that causes a commander in a war zone is unbelievable. That absolutely WAS a giant "F-U" when he requested the Court Martial.
Normandy wasnt calculated, we overwhelmed them with sheer numbers. Most soldiers that hit the beaches died within 15 seconds. Many didn't even make it to the beach.
We didnt initially break the Enigma machine, we found one on a German submarine we sort of stole. We almost sank the thing, then the destroyer crew jumped aboard while the German crew was abandoning ship and managed to salvage it over 3 days of keeping it afloat while being towed by their destroyer. Once they knew it wasn't going to sink, they started going through the sub for intelligence and found the machine with active code sheets. They may have broken enigma after that, but it was after we already had one to study and steal the German communications.
I am a combat veteran. I know you are reacting to how this was filmed and you seem to know what your doing. When it is all ove I hope the next time we walk past an old man we try to be respectful because we don't know what that man has been through. God bless you for doing this.
Cannot wait for this week to week, your inputs are so spot on. +1 sub
Very glad to join you on this journey. Looking forward to hearing your commentary.
You definitely hit the nail on the head when you said that the close up cinematography draws you in. It really does, and because you follow Easy Co's journey over 10 episodes you really do get drawn into their lives and their friendships and you almost start to believe that you know them personally. There are obviously main characters within the series, but there are lots of men who are in it all the way through who flit in and out as the episodes go by and it is worth watching the series again for that reason. Men like Grant, Sisk, Webster, Talbert, Moore, Cobb, "Smokey" Gordon, Toye, Christensen Hashey, Muck & Penkala . A great reaction from you for the first episode and I know I'm going to enjoy this journey with you. All the best.
Wonderful episode 1 reaction, excitement and insight into the characters, im super excited to see the remainder!
ive seen the series so many times, it is really cool to watch someone experience it for the first time
Thanks for your reaction Jacqui. It is interesting to hear your cinematic POV. When I watch series/movies, I watch them from a veterans pov and am focused on leadership, decision making, tactics, uniforms, weapons etc so hearing what you see is awesome. Thanks again.
I have the book Band of Brothers. In the book there is a statement made by one of the veterans that stuck with me to this day. "Winters lead Easy Company, Sobel made Easy Company." Xx