Posted on 10/19/2006 8:30:57 AM PDT by Valin
Try Call of Duty 2. Much better game IMHO
Our media today attempts to enforce on our minds symbols of the nadir of military performance while in WWII the media attempted to enforce on our minds symbols of the apex of military performance.
I saw Richard Roeper's review of the movie over the weekend (Ebert was out sick - I forget who was subbing). Roeper liked it because it showed how we were all deceived by the military/media in WWII or words to that effect.
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Fantastic mini-series. Have seen in about 4 times. Dye also put the men through the paces for the movie "The Greatest Raid."
It does, however, mean breaking their will by crushing either their god (the Emperor and his Army) or their national pride (Germany)
Clint Eastwood has hemmed and hawed and said that the film can be taken "either way".
Sounds like a slimy answer and gives too much ammo to the agitprop anti-military, anti-American Left.
I'm sitting this one out until home video or a theatrical revival (say at a university or museum).
Please see #38.
"OK, gaffer, get over there and keep rolling Ben Affleck on the ground until he goes out."
Yep.
Unfortunately too many in America stoke the fires of "the insurgency" and march with banners that publicly declare "I support the insurgency in Iraq".
Cut and run is the DNC motto.
But there was one episode devoted to Bastogne - told from the medic's point of view.
I DIDN'T SAY THAT!
Well, that's my point. Bastogne wasn't the entire Bulge, and the 101st, heroes that they were, weren't the only guys who were there.
I know that...I was just adding to the conversation and not contradicting you.
(Maybe I'm just getting defensive in advance; argumentative people are coming to town at the end of the month.)
Thanks for the reply.
I have an uncle who was in the 101st and was sent to Bastogne. My aunt said he refused to talk about it. The only story she ever got out of him was that as he came over a hill with a five man squad, a burst of machine gun fire killed the other four and missed him.
Also, as an acting teacher, I disagree with this method because the actor responds to the terror as himself NOT as his character, which might be a completely different type of reaction. Shirley MacLaine once complained about this when Anne Bancroft unexpectedly threw a drink in her face in "The Turning Point."
Guadalcanal alone was more of a war than a battle.
I don't see how it could be done in four hours. The naval portion alone comprised at least four major battles - Savo Island, Santa Cruz, Eastern Solomons and Guadalcanal (which was a three-day slugfest). The land and land-based air fight were also unbelievably tense for so many months.
One looks to Iraq today and realizes just how small in scope that effort is compared to WWII. The Brits were able to pacify Iraq, Syria and Iran (the last w/ Soviet help) as almost an afterthought to their main efforts. Just looking at the Pacific War and what we accomplished in less than four years -- remarkable. The logistics alone boggle the mind.
Kol Beseder!
It's okay...
"whisked off on a propaganda tour to raise money for the war effort"
Think I'll pass.
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