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Emangelo
This was a good show
cuteandcuddly
As a Russian, totally love the show! Beautiful acting, cinematography, story.
Mister22
Dis nutz. I am currently rewatching this!
edelleaa
"close physical resemblance" yeah...they are male..close enough
SgtEziosRequiem
HI HO, SILVER!
MonsieuRoberts
God damn, Eugene's episode during the Battle of the Bulge was the climax of this series for me. So fucking sad. So much respect.
zeemode
My step father ( a Vietnam vet) said it is the closest thing to war he has ever seen. He especially connected with "The Pacific" also great
Idra
Markweisseq
Best series. Currently serving in the air force but i would literally do anything to have fought in WWII
somepeoplecallmeyou
Expected the actors to look better than the real soldiers in every case - was disappointed with some
AshyLawrence
Well, because they were cast for their acting talent. OP just made up that thing about resemblance.
T0niSt4
And now i need to watch it again. Band of brother and Company of heroes is ultimate WW2 combo.
thatFamilyMan
Either CoH or the original Call of Duty + United Offensive
ghostparasites
man all y'all white people look alike!
RogueRiverWarrior
ROFL! I guess so...
samb0ne
And because they were amazing actors.
Kopar
I was about to say...
rossalupus
And yet ive never seen no 10 in anything else big apart from lock, stock, where he was phenominal
Tarantoola
That's Dexter fletcher, he's worked solidly for years, great actor. He's even one of the kids in bugsy Malone!
rossalupus
AWESOME, ive gotta watch that agin then, see if i can spot him
averageideal
This is how casting of biopics work. Generally.
PollyFoxing
Easy company. +1
hood
Where's Ross??
J11Kuper
Cura-HEEEEEE
Canchocolatejustletmefinish
Malarkey is short for bullshit isn't it? Well, Private Bullshit!
DoDucHuy
Three miles up, three miles down
FinallyRElephant
Hi Ho Siiiilver
RevolutionRadio
FLASH
PresidentialRoboHobo
Shit!
ElBivo
High Ho Silver!
djcobol
We pull upon the risers, we fall upon the grass. We never land upon our feet we always hit our ass!
FantaToTheKnees
Mighty-highty-Christ-Almighty who the hell are we?
djcobol
Zip zam god damn, we're airborne infantry!
QueenSavcy
The real Winters was better looking than his actor counterpart. That rarely happens.
askmeaboutmysuperpower
I was looking for an excuse to re-watch, Thanks OP
LeadByBadExample
Why do you need an excuse?
supraman2turbo
Excuse? Its Thursday, good enough
HeWentForARipLikeOhFuckYeaBud
I started it yesterday. Always do around November!
TheRetiredColourman
I have to admit that most of them really look-a-like. Or, at least, the photos do.
JibbetyJibbety
Those are the faces of dudes who have seen some shit. Respect
Jwbgitar
Is it just me or do none of these guys look like anything like the originals.
BR934
I think it was they found actors who were skilled get had a close resemblance to the historical figures
dannei
The majority of the resemblance seems to be in terms of age, coupled with the fact they're all in similar clothing.
PleaseDontRespondToMySarcasticCommentsWithASeriousReply
I thought that was the joke...was that not the joke?
jackinabox57
Age. Keep in mind many of these actors were in their thirties playing men who were often only in their early 20's.
mrguyperson
I didn't want to be the one to say it. Thanks for taking one for the team.
embiggenator
I feel like the images could've been posted in any combination and it would've been about the same. My favorite is Bull. He also has a face!
legthief
OP's premise is bullshit, and casting directors have a ton of priorities that overrule resemblance to men who audiences don't know anyway.
foxfire1112
Exactly. Imagine a casting director casting someone because they sounded like them, even tho we've never heard him speak... just as stupid
Vorengard
The lack of color is a big part of it
xDownSetx
The image doesn't have any black people but I don't see how that's relevant.
alexicanz
Its not. I don't think they look much like the original guys. But I guess they got as close as they could.
themexicanwave
I'm sure it was more about casting actors that could best represent the personality rather than the looks of the guys.
CatSnakePlissken
I think they did pretty good with Nixon. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/23/e3/1b/23e31ba1abfbc053cc6a64d71cf24460.jpg
Buran
The guy playing Bill uh, Guarnere I think his name was, uncanny resemblence.
TheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia
They're trim white dudes of approximately the same age?
MediumPlatypi
I think we're looking at "compared to normal Hollywood standards" here. They were also trying to cast talented actors, couldn't exactly go
MediumPlatypi
find everyone's twin.
keyserv
They did a damn good job.
Mesattack0857
Spears, the baddest mofo of the whole show, and none of it was made up for the show. The real Spears did every one of those things.
jsnen
Spiers*.
MotherOfFlagons
At first the Germans didn't shoot at him. I think they couldn't quite believe what they were seeing...
MonsieuRoberts
"But that wasn't the really astounding thing. The astounding thing was that, after he hooked up with I Company, he came back."
MonsieuRoberts
Spears was literally the man, the myth, the legend.
Mesattack0857
Best moment of the whole series.
Koga90
I dunno, there's a good chance he killed those POWs, actually, it's more like we have to prove the opposite.
Mesattack0857
(2/2) in battle. The POW thing was a real rumor, but it was neither confirmed nor denied.
beartato
When Spiers was alive, they asked him if he actually did it. He just smiled and never answered.
Mesattack0857
That's so him.
Mesattack0857
I'm more in reference to the clearing of an entire gun emplacement nearly single-handed, and running through enemy lines twice to relay (1/2
oberkrom
Such a great tribute to an amazing group of men. The best parts were the actual interviews with the men of Easy Company.
NotAnotherFuckingDalek
I didn't know they were the real members of Easy Company until the last episode. It was pretty cool.
cajuninjun
yeah, that documentary is so emotional to watch.
MayorChapstickUK
"Were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said, "no. But I served in a company of heroes." RIP Major Winters
DHR000x
And how he says it in the interview, it always hits me right in the feels
Kethran
"We lost a lot of good men that day, but.. but you.. *voice breaks* you try to put it all out of your mind". Gets me teary-eyed everytime.
CoffeeyCore
I finished it just last week. Man, some seriously heavy-hitting lines in there..
AsgardMothership
I really wish HBO would do a series about the North Africa campaign. Follow the 34th Div all the way up through Italy. It would be great.
keeganrms
Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg are doing Royal Air Force next. I think they start production in summer 2017 but toy didn't hear it from me
AsgardMothership
Nice!
aviatorzz
its US Army Air Corps as well I believe. Based on "Master of the Air"
WhereDidYouComeFromWhereDidYouGoWhereDidYouComeFromCottonEyeJoe
The astounding thing was, after he hooked up with I Company, he came back.
MotherOfFlagons
Best line, besides, "He should have killed himself 3 years ago. Saved us a lot of trouble." -"Yeah, he should have. But he didn't."
LadyNetrex
That scene.. when he started running :O And when he went back, even more..
Smilinnoir
DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE GANGSTA
GlitteringSloth
I've always wondered if that actually happened. Does anyone know? While were on the topic, did he tommy gun those german prisoners or not?
RigidDirigible
The prisoner killings is still unclear, but I think the running to meet I company and coming back is true. IIRC a couple of troop 1/2
RigidDirigible
Including Carwood Lipton saw him do it. 2/2
centurionofrome72
Spears even states in the series that he doesn't disprove the rumors because his men respect and fear him for it
noonerspisms
I watched BoB a few weekends ago, I never realized Speirs was one of the dads on Gossip Girl. Made it so funny to me.
Appjz712
Favorite part of the series! Speirs was a beast!
ChazWayne
Yeah that's because the parts before it in the snow and woods are the most depressing.
CapnJackSparrow
Anyone want a cigarette?
EekamBokam
Haha +1
HiMyNameIsKevinIHaveChangnesia
I knew a Marine named Speirs. He got MRSA in MCT and was a colossal disappointment to me.
DatDarthCaedus
Loved that scene. Tried it in Battlefield 2, was surprised when it actually worked, with 5+ enemy soldiers and 2 tanks just staring at me
TotinosPizzaRolls
Never seen the show, but what was it that you tried/happened?
DatDarthCaedus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS1qfIsINh8#t=1m50s he ran straight through an enemy town to connect with another company, then ran back
DatDarthCaedus
The enemy were basically too surprised by it to shoot at him at first
RedStarBeograd
"Dër fucken waz dat?" sorry i dont speak german.
darkoshen
Ambrose's "Band of Brothers" was a good book - but the HBO series had a MUCH bigger impact because the actual vets described their exploits.
BenSwol0
My ex-wife took my BoB box set. Cunt.
HairyHarry
That dirty pirate whore.
RogueRiverWarrior
OMG! ROFL!
MyDogJake
Apparently the guy who David Schwimmer portrayed's family was not very happy, but the survivors of Easy Company wouldn't back down.
RogueRiverWarrior
I heard that Herbert Sobel committed suicide after the war. He struck me as a kind of "Frank Burns" (M*A*S*H) type: Mean and stupid.
LavaAxe
They talked shit about Cpt. Dike as well which is why he is portrayed as a chicken-shit coward in the series.
LavaAxe
Which is completely untrue.
Smord92
I read that the survivors did say that Sobel was part of the reason they were such a close unit, but they weren't his biggest fan it seems
MyDogJake
Haha. I read that too, but kinda read between the lines. I understood it to mean that they bonded b/c they had to b/c he was so inept.
lordkango
He wasn't inept. Basic is meant to break you down and build you up. He molded them into soldiers.
SmolTenk
incompetent when it comes to leading troops into battle. "why is there a fence? there shouldnt be a fence here!" "where are we?"
SmolTenk
I dont know shit about military but in the show I would say he is portrayed as a good trainer (is that the right word?) but completely
SpikeCanKickLestatsAss
Yeah, I read Dick Winters' and Don Malarkey's memoirs for a paper. Sobel in the show was pretty accurate.
Novirtue
I watched this with my grandpa when he was alive, he began having the shakes during the Normandy landing, rest in peace grandpa :\
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Novirtue
I never had a chance to ask, he only always said, learn from the mistakes we made and never repeat them.
imgurandchill
My grandfather served in the pacific theater he passed away when I was pretty young my mom said he didn't talk of it much. He was 1/2
Aggie05
It would have been weirder if you watched it with him when he was dead ; )
OptimusPantry
Down voting because that was DISRESPECTFUL. You should he ASHAMED of yourself you CRASS DISRISPECTFULLER!
yorozuya3
i lold
FinallyRElephant
During a private advanced showing of Saving Private Ryan for WWII vets, about 2/3 of them had intense flashbacks during the opening scene
AuntSharron
My friend who saw a shitload of combat in Kosovo started breathing hard and his pupils were needle-point but he tried to hide it.
Horsed
As a German I would love to have such a talk. But every not fascist is afraid of speaking about this time.
SteakNazisMustDie
Dad knew a German who stole a motorbike with 3 mates, rode back to Germany from Russia, and hid in his friends farm for the rest of the war.
Vollidiot
That sounds awfully familiar. Did they desert from Stalingrad? Because my great uncle (I guess) told me that he did something similar.
SteakNazisMustDie
No, he never was at Stalingrad, they were pretty much on the Polish border when they got outta Dodge.
Vollidiot
That would have been too much of a coincidence, I guess. Funny though that they escaped the same way
Horsed
My grandpa's sons heard about his grenade injury first time when he was in hospital at age of 85 and had a near-death experience.
Horsed
At the same time he said he volunteered for the Wehrmacht because otherwise he would have been forced into Waffen-SS
ADirtyHooker
The hell our grandfathers had seen. I can't even imagine.
ampedUP
That seems unlikely.Waffen SS wasn't sth. people were forced into. It was more like a group of "super" nazis and seen as a great elite group
LavaAxe
Wrong. Later in the war SS even forced Romanians into service to supplement their thinned ranks in the Eastern Front.
DrunkenIrishman
In 1943 the Waffen SS began conscripting men. Eventually it got so bad that they recruited Hitler Youth boys young as 15 1/2
SovietOnion
Have you seen "Our Fathers, Our Mothers?" It might be called something else. Generation War? Our War? It's a German-made war series.
DrItor
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gerontophilia
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mctex123
I've watched generation war and i honestly didn't like it, seemed like there was alot more Drama than necessary. stalingrad 1993 is good.
SmolTenk
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shiftingillusion
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boozel
Commenting to save because I've been looking for a German-made documentary for a long time. +1
FantaToTheKnees
Yes not a documentary, but so amazingly good. Basically Band of Brothers but German
ResidentOfWinland
Not a documentary. Still worth a watch.
DamnitBobby
One of the best HBO shows to watch with your grandpa. +1
Erries
I wish I could :'(
somtin
My Grandpa was a Sargent in the Rangers,Army Boxing champ, and POW. He knew these guys. Miss him a whole bunch.
graehall
I remember so clearly watching it with my housemate, Sam, (SUP VG!) on DVD after he'd get home from work. Make pasta, watch BoB. So good.
ArtsyChelsea
I wish I'd had the chance.
squijig
this^ that really hits home for me.
thatchrisprattissohot
All my grandparents are dead/
LadyNetrex
The Best HBO show to watch.
UmmIsThisThingOn
I dunno. Taxicab Confessions was pretty good, too.
SpaceDicks4Life
My grandpa was the one who introduced me to this. We finished it that day
Cincinasty
I watched this with my dying father. He passed 8 days after the last episode. Miss ya Dad.
freegiant
I don't have a grandpa, but if you do and this is something you can watch together to bond, I will give you +1
FemaleINTJ
Also watch The Pacific which was done by HBO. I really enjoyed that one as well as Band of Brothers.
funkjacket
My gramps was pro-Hitler and loves Russia these days, so I doubt it :)
Willis1magillis2
I don't think watching HBO with a dirt covered urn is the best idea...
laneymaire
What if you don't have a grandpa??
DamnitBobby
Would anyone be interested in a best tv/movie list of things you watched with your grampa, if you were fortunate enough?
AetherMcLoud
Not if your grandpa is German.
Pengarr
It was certainly more fun than when I tried to get him into "Sex and the City."
Berrypickerasfuck
I miss my grandpa.
AWellHungPriest
One of the best shows to watch ever!
Lulabel73
If you want to give him flashbacks
DinoKebab
The best.
imbatron
Not if your grandpa was in a somewhat different army, though.
earth2carl
My grandfather would get uncomfortable with the realism and walk out. That's what he did when we tried to watch Saving Private Ryan.
TheodoreWitchfucker
Exactly. My grandfather is dead, but my mother told me he quit hunting after the war, because he didn't want to hold a gun ever again. 1/2
TheodoreWitchfucker
2/2 it's not always a good idea to watch reenactment of war with a veteran.
awkworduse
Depends on age of grandpa.
obihobit
And on nationality.
NinjaGrizzlyBear
And on whether or not he was one of the people portrayed in the show
ImgurLurkingLurker
Wish I could but that time has passed.
Dordron
This show came out after my grandad died
gracilouten
"Grandpa where you a hero in the war?" "No, but I served in a company of heroes." Curl into ball and try not to cry.
ObviousCaptain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMUbF0ItdT0 I find myself watching this every once in a while, makes me realize how brave they really were.
gracilouten
This is amazing! Thank you for posting
HungLikeHorseFly
RIP Winters :(
surfvvax
All my grandparents are dead as fuck.
LieutenantDoge
Or one of the best HBO show to watch your grandpa
LAYGO
Fuck you, my Grandpa died when I was young. I'm not crying, you're crying.
acme64
am i the only guy on imgur who's grandpa didn't enlist?
emfiliane
Wasn't really a matter of enlisting back then. You were either too young, too old, too sick, too crippled, or you were in the service.
turbofang
My Grandpa was too young for WW2, but he fought in the Korean War
CountCarophyllale
As did mine. POW, he died last February. He lived a couple states away.. But I still miss him. I know my dad does too.
DrBurritoAKATheGoodSgtScooter
So did mine!
aersslan
So did mine. We are Chinese tho.
MitchBeaucannon
My grandpa was SS. So… no. :-/
OkNowKith
Damn grandpa... You got your asses handed to you!
FatalBazooka
That sucks. :( Is he German? My grandpa was a lieutenant (Wehrmacht, so normal army) in Stalingrad and luckily hated the system back then.
Drunk3nJ3sus
Same here, grandpa Leutnant in zeee Wehrmacht, 6 years gulag... Never talked about it... Never...
MitchBeaucannon
German minority from eastern europe.
FatalBazooka
German here. Like what's now the Czech Republic but used to be a part of Germany? Anyway, fingers crossed he may change his mind still. :)
Mailvirgo
Shots fired.
VEpsilon
Is he still alive, and if so does he still have the same beliefs? If you don't mind talking about it of course, I'm simply interested
MitchBeaucannon
Yes and yes, even though he won't speak out. But his remarks about politics have always made clear where he stands. :-/
Tharundilo
Tell us more
foxfire1112
That's pretty wild. Is he nasty towards other races or is this a private thing? What do you think of it?
VEpsilon
That's quite interesting, they were entirely different times. Nowadays any discriminatory view points are shunned entirely so people (1/10)
VEpsilon
tend to have more accepting views as it’s more socially acceptable, and it’s what we (for the most part) have been raised to believe. (2/10)
FoxySpirit
My grandpa was regular Wehmacht. He's dead though (at 94). He was a difficult man, large and imposing but with a soft voice.
PobesneliMrmot
I don't know why, but this comment made me very uneasy...
MitchBeaucannon
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~lovrus/whodunnit.JPG
PobesneliMrmot
Good point.
DrunkenIrishman
What division was he in? And where and how long did he serve, did he see combat?
MitchBeaucannon
Don't know exactly. All over germany (eastern front w/o russia, then western front), between 42 and 45. Yes. A lot, actually.
DrunkenIrishman
Ask if he still had his uniform, and look for a cuff title. Those tell what division he was in, like the 1st SS "Adolf Hitler" or "Das Reich
MitchBeaucannon
Nope. Says he was released from POW camp in civilian clothes. Not sure if that's true.
Oleur
So what? He is still your grandpa. Being on the losing side of a war does not invalidate the person he is/was. SS or not does not matter.
MitchBeaucannon
Yes, it does matter, because he won't watch US war movies or tv shows because acc. to him, "not all of us committed war crimes".
Oleur
So what. My granpa was SS, and escaped hanging by clerical error. He was still a decent guy until the day he died. not everyone is good/bad
MitchBeaucannon
WTF? I never said he's a bad person or indecent. Stop assuming.