By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 09:10 pm:

What is your favorite scene out of the whole miniseries? My favorite is..
When Webster gives the little boy chocolate. That is so heart touching. The look on their faces.


I also like when Buck sees Guarnere and Toye laying on the ground after the shells. And he drops his helmet. That is so sad...but a great scene.

Band of Brothers had the most amazing actors that played like it was real war the whole time

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 10:34 pm:

Hmm....kinda very hard to choose cause there are lotsa beautiful scenes to choose from but i like the scenes you chose!!!

gold

By Michael Aaron Secretan (Righty) (24.85.77.82) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 11:07 pm:

I would have to say my favorite scene would have to be either when they jump into holland, or when the squad of paratroopers are on a patrol in the forest just before they fing a concentration camp.

Righty

P.S.
this is my first post and im new to the site. i really enjoy it so far!

By John Nichols (Gordonfan24) (66.32.232.230) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 11:12 pm:

I agree with Marigold, kinda hard to pinpoint one scene. However, there are some that come to mind:
Luz imitating Maj. Horner and making Sobel cut the fence; the entire scene of the attack on the four German 105's at Brecourt Manor; Winters running across the field to the dike and starting the attack on the Germans; Speirs running through the German lines in the attack on Foy; the company entering Austria after the German surrender. I think one that stands out is the scene in Episode 3 when Malarkey goes to pick up his laundry, seemed to be in a great mood, but then when the lady asked him if Lt. Meehan was one of his, it seemed to have hit him like a ton of bricks. Then she started asking about the rest of the men, and he realized there were loses, but had been so busy since he hit the ground, he hadn't realized these guys were gone, and not coming back.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 01:02 am:

Nice choice Michael! Welcome to the boards!!! enjoy more!!! ;)

gold

By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (193.172.46.82) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 11:08 am:

hi michael and welcome! where are you from?
it's so hard to think of one particular scene that i thought was best....mmmm....boy eating web's chocolate was cute, indeed, but the moment that struck me is from epi 9: liebgott talking to the polish POW, and then when the POW tells him the women's camp is a couple of miles down the railroad....that moment when Lieb realises what the guy is saying and at the same time winters and nixon not understanding it yet....that was really gripping...especially because i knew from the start what the POW meant (i speak quite a bit of german)....


irene

By Chris Saunders (Space_Cowboy) (195.92.194.12) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 01:45 pm:

Tricky one. Most of mine have already been mentioned especially the scene where Luz imitates Horton. One that hasn't been mentioned was the scene from Episode 7 (The Breaking Point) where Spiers takes charge of Easy. Especially the bit where Spiers runs right through the Germans (Lipton narrating) to the other side of the village, jumps over the wall and then hops back over the wall & runs all the way back.

Chris

By Michael Aaron Secretan (Righty) (24.85.77.82) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 03:16 pm:

Hi,

Im from Winnipeg,Canada.I'd have to agree that all of the scenes you guys are describing are all pretty good. Band Of Brothers was very well made.

By Michael Wisotzkey (Afireinside) (24.171.107.160) on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 11:55 pm:

Oh yeah, that reminds me Chris.
The part where Lipton is talking about the lost men when they are all in the church after the battle of Foy.

Thats sad to see the soldiers there and fading away..

By Joshua Eggleston (Jegg9032) (24.67.100.85) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 04:26 am:

These are a few scenes that really stick out in my mind.

The first would be the scene in the convent where Lipton does a company roster and the soldiers whom were killed or seriously wounded slowly faded away. Also in this scene when Spiers says that Lipton had been the real leader of easy company is a great tribute to his bravery and leadership.

The other scenes all come from the last episode. The scene where Shifty Powers is saying goodbye to Maj. Winters and really doesn't understand how to explain everything that took place. I wonder if he struggled with these things later in life too.

Another scene is when Winters is giving Malarkey his send off to Paris. When Malarkey salutes Winters doesn't salute in return as usual but simply sticks his hand out for a hand shake. This was seemed to me to be Winters way of saying farwell and that they were now equal since the war was over.

By Wicus Eksteen (Rsa101e) (168.209.98.67) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 08:35 am:

Hi all,
Haven't posted on here in a while, but while I read the remarks on the best scene, I thought about the first time I watched the end of ep10, and they show the Vets, and for the first time there names. I almost had tears in my eyes to see who was still alive. But then when Major Winters ended of the episode on the quote from Mike Ranney. Man I am sorry, I am a big dude, but that made me cry like a baby. I do not know how they showed it in your country, but the didn't show the documentary before the series, only after. But that really touched me.

Wicus RSA

By stephen stallebrass (Drstallebrass) (62.253.32.5) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 09:35 am:

Hi:

Me too buddy, come to think of it I bet there wasn't a dry eye amongst any of us in this forum!

I got a gang of mates to watch it one time, lads and lasses. I don't think they really understood what they were about to watch.

I played them episode 2 and when the Vet is on the verge of breaking dowm into tears at the beginning they realised that this is for real. If I reccal I'm pretty sure it was Sgt Martin?

They weren't prepared for how much it would hit them or affect them, at the start they thought it was just a film. Needless to say they loved it and all had lumps in their throats, tears in their eyes and a new found appreciation, gratitude and love for all WW2 vets that they didn't have before. All thanks to Band of Brothers!

Kind Regards

Steve Stallebrass
England

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 10:07 am:

I myself was crying at the end of episode 10 and tears and the lump in my throat aways returns when I think about it and listen to the opening song for the show. When it was played here in Canada the 1st Canadian Parachute Regiment was interviewed and they appeared during the showings, during episode 10 one actually broke into tears.

By chris Tucker (Nuttyjawa) (81.96.205.40) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 01:01 pm:

Hi i'm new to the boards.
My favourite scenes are among the above, i also like when Nixon reads the letter about a devorce from his wife at the time and how he gets very angry its very touching to me

By chris Tucker (Nuttyjawa) (81.96.205.40) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 01:05 pm:

Hi i'm new to the boards.
My favourite scenes are among the above, i also like when Nixon reads the letter about a devorce from his wife at the time and how he gets very angry its very touching to me

By chris Tucker (Nuttyjawa) (81.96.205.40) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 01:10 pm:

Hi i'm new to the boards.
My favourite scenes are among the above, i also like when Nixon reads the letter about a devorce from his wife at the time and how he gets very angry its very touching to me

By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (131.174.208.75) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 05:18 am:

welcome! (times 3 )

i too was crying my eyes out at the end of epi 10....and it's good to know the guys couldn't keep it dry either!


irene

By Matthew Jiles Holtmann (Matt) (65.69.86.212) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 03:50 pm:

Hi! I'm new here as well. One of the most moving scenes to me was when Luz was crawing towards Muck and Penkala during the shelling at Bastogne and he watches their hole get hit. The look on Luz's face when he see's that happen is heartbreaking. It's the look of someone who doesn't want to believe what he just saw but is forced to just the same.

By Matt Holtmann (Matt) (65.69.86.212) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 04:00 pm:

Another one would be the scen between Lipton and Speirs when he tells Lipton that the stories about him are just that, stories. You see Speirs as a person for the first time and not just some supposed killer. It's the first time you start to like him.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 11:54 pm:

Welcome Chris and Matt!!! You picked some cool scenes!!! Enjoy the site!!!

gold

By Timothy Montgomery Sinnett (Monty89) (198.26.125.12) on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:32 am:

I would have to agree with everyone, all these scenes were great. Malarkey in "The Last Patrol" really seemed to have aged, the scene in the shower you could really see the strain of war on his face. Monty

By irene vrinte (Gijoe) (131.174.208.82) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 04:36 am:

agree, that's a great one too....

irene

By christine (Tendmd) (202.163.252.147) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 11:43 am:

the first time winters & nixon saw the concentration camps, always brings shivers up to my spine and tears in my eyes. the ultimate answer to the episode title "why we fight"

one scene that makes my heart ache was the time where Lipton was making a list of all the soldiers and those that were killed or seriously wounded slowly fades away.

i also love the time when compton was shot and he wanted malarkey & guarnere to leave him to the germans coz he realize that it's impossible to carry him coz he weight more to the two combine but they won't let it happen. they solve their problem by smashing a door down and putting compton on it. always make me wished that i have someone like that in my life, never leaving you in times of great need.

when Lipton was hit by a granade blast and talbert was attending to him. Lipton was looking at his lower limbs and talbert checked out the wound and said “Its ok, lip. Everything’s where it should be.”

from the last episode, sobel just acknowledged winters without saluting, prompting winters to say “Captain Sobel, you salute the rank, not the man” and then he glances to nixon and the expression of nixon was priceless. It was like a silent reprimand to winters but it was funny. Love that scene. also the scene where the boys were playing baseball and short background on what they have done after the war,.

so far those were the scenes that comes into my mind at the moment from so many scenes to chose from. love them all.

By Doug MacDonald (Dmacd) (198.166.214.5) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:30 am:

After many months of lurking throughout this site I have decided to register and throw in a brief comment. I have greatly enjoyed many of the discussions, especially the ones that have featured contrasting viewpoints. I think my comment about a favorite scene will present one viewpoint that I haven't read much about elsewhere.

My favorite scene (currently) starts in Episode Three as Blithe lies in the aid station and his vision is drawn up to the clouds in the sky, just as it was at the start of the episode. The scene then segues from the sky to trees to an Engish lane where Malarky and More are riding their purloined motorcycle back to barracks.

This change of scene symbolizes a lot of the emotions that Band of Brothers evokes. Grief for a badly wounded comrade could give way in short order to the kind of fun that young men revel in. My father was an artillery officer in the Canadian Army 1939-1945. He did not speak in detail of his war experiences to me, but one distinct impression I received from his conversations with other veterans was that WWII represented the best times of their lives. I think for many citizen soldiers, life after the war could never measure up to the pure excitement and even fun, in the midst of a brutal war.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 - 10:35 pm:

Hey Doug! Glad you decided to come out!
Nice words...

gold

By cherub (Cherub) (68.161.66.40) on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 03:48 pm:

Hey all. The movie was very good and to pinpoint just one best scene is impossible. I agree with all that was mentioned above, so I'm gonna add some more that haven't been done so.

I liked it when Speirs raced across the German lines to climb the wall to hook up with I Company, and came back. Lipton was narrating and such, and the whole scene was great.

The first episode I think had some good moments. Like when the planes were gettin ready to take off. And the last scene where Winters sits by the door of the plane and looks out and the camera pans out to reveal so many planes and a great armada passing through the channel. That was amazing, even though it was just cgi and all...it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. Amazing scene. And Ike's letter to the men followed right after. That didn't help the goosebumps, either.

I think some of the best scenes in the whole series are summed up in the opening credits. I love watching the opening credits. The musical score is amazing. To me the most touching part was when they did a slow-mo of Winters sitting inside the plane on D-Day and he looks over to the guys who was in the plane with him.

By Li Bernardo (Hotaruanne) (66.185.84.80) on Friday, July 18, 2003 - 08:30 pm:

i don't know, there are just so many amazing points in the entire series that it's hard to choose just one....

By Jenny Barker (Jennyjo8) (12.208.136.215) on Sunday, July 20, 2003 - 05:22 pm:

One of the scenes that really sticks out to me is when Liebgott is having to tell the people in the concentration camp that they have to stop eating and get locked back up in there. Very, very powerful scene. Ross McCall was amazing.

Funny wise, I love the scene when Buck Compton and Luz hustled Babe and Toye during darts. And, when Luz was imitating Horton and Tipper knew what was going on, but the other kid looked kind of confused. That whole part was great.

By jenna marie wilt (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 12:04 am:

Hey everyone
I'm new here but just wanted to add a few good scenes. Most of my favorites include Luz's impressions like Major Horton and the "got a penny" lady in the movie. Very funny. When winters says "we're paratroopers lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded". One of my other favorites is when Winters tells Gaurnere that he isnt a quaker. I also have to agree with christine about Sobel not saluting winters. Pretty much the whole Bastogne episode is moving to me. Eugene Roe is a true hero. theres just so many beautiful scenes in this series you cant choose one definite favorite.

By jen david (Jennie) (193.128.157.33) on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 05:35 am:

hay,
I think the best scene is at the end of episode five, when they are about to enter Bastone and a lt. bring supplies and he tells them that they will be surround and winters says we're paratroopers were suppose to be surrounded.Thats just one of my favourite scenes,I mostly enjoyed episodes 6 and 7,probably because it shows the bond and the friendship between the men.In a way I some times envy the men of easy company because of the feeling of belonging they must of had and still do with each other.
Jenn

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Monday, July 21, 2003 - 09:17 am:

My favorites are when they are in Carentan. The first one is when Winters risks life and limb to stand out in the middle of the road to get his men to move up admist MG-42 fire. The next is when one casualty is over a guy's shoulder and they are running through the streets when an 88 blows out the side of a building right behind them.

By Sarah Stone (Sestone) (209.86.203.5) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 04:46 am:

Hi y'all. I finally decided to stop lurking and sign up - this is a wonderful site.
There are so many great scenes in the series it is hard to choose. I was really moved by the scene in Breaking Pt. where they are taking Wild Bill away and still working on Toye. Wild Bill, despite what must be unbearable pain, is still smiling and joking - it said so much about his character and personality.
I also love the scene where Lipton has his first cigarette.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:52 am:

Woohoo! Glad you finally decided to come out and have fun with us Sarah! Nice choices of scenes. I still can't decide over it!!!

gold

By jenna (Chicachuck17) (65.24.89.47) on Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 06:13 pm:

i did the exact same thing sarah. it took me a while to decide to sign up. hehehe!! :-)
jenna

By Marc Brand (Marcfire) (194.138.137.11) on Monday, July 28, 2003 - 07:07 am:

One of my best senes is the one in Bastogne when they are on a patrol and that guy gets hit in his neck. He's just lying there and no one can get near him cause of the german fire. The other guys are shouting at him telling to lay still and i can't bear to see the look in that guys eyes. He's bagging for help but can't get it.

The one with Malarky in the Laundry shop is very touching too. The one where Winters stands up against Sobel and wants to face trial. The one where Lipton runs across Foy to attract the snipers attention and Shifty gets him. When Webster gets back from the hospital and receives no warm welcom.

Just some great moments out of this first class series about great men.

Marc

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.17) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 06:56 am:

I'll have to go think about it first... But for now, what I really like is the part where Winters is sitting on the Metro and he remembers the part where he shot the German sentry. *moons privately* When we finally get to see the sentry, we see a young boy, like one of the Hitler Youth, with that incredibly innocent look in his eyes which turns kind of scared when he realizes that he's about to be shot. *sighs* Uh huh... I think that's it for now...

By Yip Keung (Yipkeung) (218.102.39.129) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 11:07 am:

Hi all,

The replacement private who got hit in the neck is called John Julian. His foxhole buddy, Edward 'Babe' Heffron, tried desparately to help extracting him from the harassing German fire but his endeavours are unfortunately in vain.

I'm also new to posting in this forum although I've reading the message board for a while. I'm from Hong Kong (guess we don't have much fellows from HK here) and the Band of Brothers miniseries were just aired in May. But my fervent love to this great miniseries was developed when I bought the DVD boxset in December 2002. Since then, I've watched it for over seven times. =)

Eric

By Anna (Go_Anna40) (211.28.158.105) on Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 02:43 am:

I have LOTS of favourite scenes...many of them are really heart-wrenching.

- Webster giving chocolate to the Dutch Boy [EP4]
- Easy jumping in Holland [EP4]
- Julian getting hit and how Babe tried to get him [EP6]
- Lipton recalling who got hit and them disappearing [EP7]
- Malarkey getting his laundry [EP3]
- Thye doctor looking at Grant's head wound [EP10]
- The end of the EP10 [the music just made the crying a lot worse ;)]

I watch my brother's DVD boxset over and over again, and it has made me reliase at lot of concepts during WW2 and how much these guys have sacrificed for America.

By claire anderson (Canderson) (82.41.188.37) on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 04:05 pm:

All the scenes that are in BOB are fantasic, but i really enjoyed the scene of Doc Roe. in the foxhole praying.. it goes to show how one small thing could make someone a lot stronger under that mushc pressure.. They all did a great job in making it, and it was a fantastic thing to witness..

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:04 am:

Hi! I've just signed up, after looking round on the site for a couple of days. I borrowed the DVD collection of BOB from a friend. I watched the whole series in a week and am now watching it for the second time! The first time I watched the series, I had trouble keeping all the caracters apart. Now I am watching the series for the second time, things are easier to follow, as I now now most of the caracters.
Of all the scenes in the series, I have to say my favorate is the one in the last episode, were Winters says to Sobel: you salute the rank not the man.

By Rafn Ţórisson (Skytta) (193.4.198.10) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:32 am:

My favorite scene is in episode 7(The Breaking point)after Joe Toye and Wild Bill taka a hit from the artilery shot when Compton Calls for a medic and when Compton is at the medic station

Also it is in the 3 episode(Carentan)
When Blite is hiding in he hole and Winters orders(tells)him to fire his weapon

Rabbi @ Iceland

By Tash (Sorcy) (203.10.1.25) on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 09:52 am:

Gday all! My favourite scene, well one of them, is in Ep6 where Winters comes across Welsh's fire. That whole scene is great "We're in a dell"
"A dell? Like where fairies and gnomes live?" and then poor Welshy gets hit. Thats a good scene cause you've got humour as well as you can see how scared Roe is, where he freezes and that Winters can see how bad the war is getting to him... anyhoo nuff rambling...thats my favourite scene...among others

By Robert Briggs (Robert) (195.153.219.170) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 07:04 am:

Hi all.
Not necessary the best scene, but one that stands out not necessary for it's pyrotechinques or action is, in the first episode were ( I think it was ) Christenson has drank from his bottle on the night march and had to repeat all 12 miles again. And as he struggles up Currahee you see 4 other guys from Easy join him giving him support. It just shows you the closeness these guys had. They must have been exhausted from the first 12 let alone doing another.
It's only on the DVD. The episode on TV didn't show it

By Robert Briggs (Robert) (195.153.219.170) on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 07:06 am:

Hi all.
Not necessary the best scene, but one that stands out not necessary for it's pyrotechinques or action is, in the first episode were ( I think it was ) Christenson has drank from his bottle on the night march and had to repeat all 12 miles again. And as he struggles up Currahee you see 4 other guys from Easy join him giving him support. It just shows you the closeness these guys had. They must have been exhausted from the first 12 let alone doing another.
It's only on the DVD. The episode on TV didn't show it

By Tim Ross (Ghosthunter) (24.71.223.140) on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 08:55 am:

Robert,
That is a very good scene for proving the closeness of the company, it really showed how closely bonded everyone was to each other either in combat or in training. I do know for a fact though that it did show that scene when it was aired in Canada.

By Mercuskip (Mercuskip) (81.48.68.138) on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 11:23 am:

My favourites scenes :

1. Webster giving chocolate to the Deutch Boy
2. Utah beatch when they attack guns
3. Capt Speirs in hollande when he run during the battle
4. Skip Muck, Penkala and Malarkey at bastogne when he speak about Muck
5. Attack of Carentan, Foy-Noville

By Penil Chhiba (Penil) (80.225.47.121) on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 02:11 pm:

You mean Capt Spiers in Foy when he ran during the battle.

By Mercuskip (Mercuskip) (81.53.82.124) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:02 am:

Yes Capt. Spiers in Foy not in Hollande
Sorry I am French so I don't speak very well English.

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.51) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:45 am:

I love the scene where the Dutch are welcoming E Company into Eindhoven and everyone around them are rejoicing and look positively relieved and happy...
It kinda makes you think of what kind of tyranny and turmoil they were under when occupied by the Germans. I think the look on Frank Perconte's face after he gets "rescued" from the lady pushing his face into her bosom by Lipton is sooooooo cute! He looks so spun out!
Other than that I love it all and I can't quite pick out a scene I love the most!
BTW, I bought Stephen Ambrose's BoB book today! Eagerly anticipating reading it!

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.15) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:15 am:

Simone, it's great! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 11:22 pm:

alright!!! yer gonna love the book simone! happy reading!!!

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.93) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 05:09 am:

No doubt! I haven't got a chance to really get into it yet... I had a History test today on migrants coming to Australia after WWII and up to the Vietnam War. Had to study! But it's over now so I'll be reading it non stop until I finish!
Hey Gold, where are you from? I love it how we are from all over the world and still have this common bond! Really warms your heart doesn't it!

Simone

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:12 am:

never put the book down!!! LOL j/k!
I'm from the Philippines. Really far from where yer at!

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.91) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:26 am:

The Philippines! Wow! I'd love to go there. It's not that far from Australia, closer than England or America.
Did you end up buying BoB on DVD? Because I looked over some previous convos and you were talking about the re-airing of BoB...
I got mine from Russia that my dad brought back about a month ago. Can you imagine me not having seen all the episodes until a month ago!? It aired here about 2 years ago but I never caught all of the episodes.
The only bummer about the DVD's I got was that it didn't have that extra disc with all the special features on it...I was seriously considering buying the whole set again just for that one disc....Ah well...
I'm knackered, speak to u soon!

Simone

By emberly prothero (Emberly) (144.35.254.5) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 12:38 pm:

I'm new to this site and I just wanted to add a favorite scene. First off they were all very good scenes and they were all my favorite, but I guess I will pick the scene in the Bastogne episode were Winters was yelling at the men to "go forward". It shows that he cares about these men and he knows whats best for the company.

Emmy

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Friday, September 12, 2003 - 11:13 pm:

Hey simone, you're definitely closer to me than i ever thought! Yep. I actually have lots of Bob copies! I have the VHS tapes when the VCS/DVDs weren't available yet. I was able to buy the VCD copies out from the black market which we call pirated ones and when the real thing came out, i brought the original VCD copies. Plus, i also ended up buying the DVDs withouth the extra disk you put in the DVD-rom though.
Emmy, welcome to the group and i'm sure you'll enjoy it here

gold

By Rightwing (Rightwing) (63.150.227.63) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 03:13 am:

I liked Spears' speech to Private Blythe.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 08:37 am:

Hehe, don't get confused with Speirs and Spears! ;)

gold

By Michael Gerard Oberreuter (Jumpwing_81) (203.206.23.71) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:01 am:

Hello everybody! My Name is Michael and I am from Germany ( father German, mother from Mauritius). I am currently living in Sydney, Australia and I look forward to my studies beginning in march.

Like the others, I agree with the scenes. But my absolute favourite scene is in Episode 1, when Capt. Sobel makes E-Company run up Currahee after the men ate Spaghetti. Sobel yells at several people and the men start to sing the Airbone Anthem in defiance. For me, that is the birth of the Band of Brothers.

By Michael Gerard Oberreuter (Jumpwing_81) (203.206.23.71) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:05 am:

Hello everybody! My Name is Michael and I am from Germany ( father German, mother from Mauritius). I am currently living in Sydney, Australia and I look forward to my studies beginning in march.

Like the others, I agree with the scenes. But my absolute favourite scene is in Episode 1, when Capt. Sobel makes E-Company run up Currahee after the men ate Spaghetti. Sobel yells at several people and the men start to sing the Airbone Anthem in defiance. For me, that is the birth of the Band of Brothers.

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:49 pm:

Welcome Mike!

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.94) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:42 am:

Gold, do you think I should buy the original DVD boxset?? The ones that were brought back for me from Russia were pirated ones...so I don't know, what do you reckon, I do miss watching Ron Livingston's Diaries..and the quality may be better...?
It's about $100 Australian...so let me know ok!
Thanks heaps!

Simone

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.92) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:46 am:

P.S The book is thus far absolutely brilliant, I'm so into it I'm refusing to listen in class...turning to reading it instead!

Simone

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.10) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:16 am:

Whee!!! The book is really great, isn't it? ;)

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 04:46 pm:

Hi Simone.

I've just bought the 6 DVD set, and I really think it was worth it! It costs 100 Euro's here in Holland. I gues it works out about the same...

Kerry

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Monday, September 15, 2003 - 10:10 pm:

Simone, i would definitely and strongly recommend you get the original DVD set, they're worth it!!!
And yep, the book is absolutely good but do listen to your class :P Hehe...

gold

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.94) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 03:23 am:

OK, You've convinced me! I've gotta wait until I get paid for last wk, but as soon as I do I'll definitely buy it! Thanks for the tip!
Got anything else you might suggest?

Simone

By Debbie (Dogpower) (165.21.154.9) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 06:13 am:

I'm dying to lay my hands on the DVD set... We rented the entire set to watch, and by some pure luck, my mother wanted to use examples from the series to illustrate some principles of leadership in her workshop. Thus, she managed to borrow the DVD (yay!) from her colleague. My brother and I, of course, snuck off some DVDs to watch. But until now my dad still doesn't want to buy the DVDs... It's pretty cheap here already. About $99, which would be a real bargain over there in Europe... Arrrrgh. *sobs*

By Marigold Papa (Marigold) (203.160.183.79) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:08 am:

Simone, i'm not so sure if i can suggest any more movies cause the BOB DVD is enough for me...;)
Debbie, good luck! i hope you can get the DVDs as soon as you can. And i have a feeling you will Patience is virtue...

gold

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:56 am:

Simone

A good old movie you must see is The Longest Day, about D-day. And ofcourse Saving Private Ryan. I also enjoyed watching Warriors (a BBC film) with Damian Lewis, about the civil war in Bosnia.
Enjoy!

Kerry

By Kerry Jones (Kerry) (213.51.0.208) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 11:40 am:

Today I had a fantastic experience that I would like to share with you all.

Today I was visiting Nijmegen for my work, on my lunchbreak I found a brittish war cemetary, so I decided to go and have a look. There was a group of WW2 veterans there, paying there respects to there old friends there. I spoke to them for a short while, it was great. I told them that I really respected them, and what they had done for our country. I was glad I could thank them personally. Tomorrow is the 59th aneversery of Market Garden, so I gues that's why they were here. One of the veterans said: I'm getting old, and I'm starting to forget things, but what happend here, I remember as if it were yesterday.... They were all members of the Normandie Veterans Association. It's a shame I couldn't spend more time talking to them...

Kerry

By Michelle Oakes (Exwildgirl) (67.4.65.19) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 11:12 pm:

My favorite scene...the one that sticks with me is where Winters has just had his first man killed (Hall) knocking out the German guns. He is walking along and sits and watches the city burning in the night sky. He makes a promise to himself and God, that when he is done, he will live a life of peace. It is the quiet respect for life that comes out of him that makes me cry. His unspoken message of "I have to do this now, it is necessary, but when my turn to have a choice comes I will chose peace." comes through loud and clear. It speaks of people doing things they know they have to, making the hard decisions and yet striving for a world of quiet and calm.

By Simone (Sirwen) (203.12.97.51) on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 04:13 am:

Thanks Kerry, I'll look into those ones too....
WOW! How I envy you so! I'm glad you got to express your great respect to WWII veterans personally. Thanks for sharing it with us. This site means sooo much to me, every day when I come home, I'm always on here straight away. I think its a great way of venting my passion and enthusiasm for this topic, like it is presumably, for everyone else too.
I'd just like to say a big thankyou to those who created this site and to anyone who contibutes because in doing so we're raising peoples awareness of WWII. Well Done! It means so much!

Simone

By Max Davis (Hilts) (195.93.32.14) on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 05:40 pm:

I like the scene at Upottery airfield and Winters takes each mans hand and lifts them off the ground, its just the look on all the guys faces, Damian Lewis was superb in that role

By ferris (Dayoffirstse) (216.190.241.87) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 01:50 pm:

the scene before the take off with winters was a good scene so was the scene when webster gives the boy chocolate my other fav scenese are the ones when leipgott tells webster to shoot the german officer and he says know speirs running through foy and the opening credits i love the slowmotion type thing

By Colleen Murphy (Colleen) (216.125.153.2) on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 03:39 pm:

1. The scene where Doc is telling Spina about his grandmother.It's very sweet when Doc smiles remembering his grandmother.
2. The scene where Speirs is telling Lip,"Hell it was YOU 1/Sgt." The look of pride and humility on Lip's face is very touching.
3. Capt. Winters saying,"We're paratroopers,Lt., we're supposed to be surrounded."

Colleen