FIRST TIME WATCHING: Band of Brothers S1E7
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If you think "to each their own" why comment? It shouldn't matter to you what she does if that is the case xd
Jock
2024-07-15 21:41:37 +0000 UTCI hope you didn't take some of those comments to heart, I would look it up too if I got too curious. Peacock was like Sobel at the start, being completely clueless in the field like getting lost.
FatLittleButterfly
2024-02-14 12:56:56 +0000 UTCHoobler died from climbing over a barb wire and the wire caught his pistol and fired off, cutting the artery in his leg, but it was not a Luger.
Robin Fredriksson
2024-02-11 02:12:31 +0000 UTCI remember rewatching this how again after the newer X-Men movies and tripping out that when I realized both Magneto and Professor X had smaller parts in it.
Norm
2024-02-04 23:49:13 +0000 UTCanyone could apply for green to gold but you have to meet the requirements.
Kage Uzumaki
2024-02-04 19:29:44 +0000 UTCplease no
Kage Uzumaki
2024-02-04 19:28:01 +0000 UTCI hope you will watch One Piece next! I'm sure you'll love it, because it's basically Ted Lasso but with pirates:)
Ellie
2024-02-03 08:31:53 +0000 UTCI mean the point of reaction channels is to watch people react to things. So if you’re looking at things on your own that the show is going to show you, then that reaction won’t be there. The reveal of the soldier’s identities is a huge part of the whole series and one of my favorite things to see people’s reactions to. It’s why everyone puts “first time reaction” in their video descriptions. She of course is allowed to do whatever she wants, and her customers are allowed to be disappointed and share that disappointment in a constructive way.
Tay Schumaker
2024-02-03 02:59:11 +0000 UTCAt the end of the day they’re real people, not characters in a show. It’s not a “spoiler” it’s somebody’s life, and while I understand the omission of who lived until the end is to add another layer to the narrative, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to look up people from the show to put yourself at ease about their fates. Also she didn’t even look up Winters, she looked up Toye and Guarnere since it was their final episodes
Daniel McGuinness
2024-02-03 01:03:13 +0000 UTCBecause everybody encouraged her not to do research after episode 1. It's reaosnable to get annoyed at this 🤷♂️
LightsCameraJake
2024-02-02 18:14:29 +0000 UTCIt’s clear the real vets at the beginning of episode 5 are talking about Winters surviving the war. And it’s pretty obvious Guarnere was going to survive his injuries so idk why you’re so bent out of shape about her looking those things up.
Noah Catalino
2024-02-02 17:16:46 +0000 UTCSo the random bit about the other company crapping in Easy's foxholes was basically that the Germans were shelling that area so hard, the soldiers weren't willing to come out of their foxholes even to defecate.
Bpark
2024-02-01 19:46:00 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing your reaction with us! This was an emotional one for me.
David Winegeart
2024-02-01 18:09:47 +0000 UTCor hear me out, as a paying subscriber I'm allowed to give feedback and air the occational dislikes. She literally spoiled parts of the show that others told her to wait on doing. So, please kindly, step off 🫷
LightsCameraJake
2024-01-31 23:35:15 +0000 UTCSeems like a pretty small thing to complain about. Maybe instead of ranting here about someone not reacting the way YOU want, try some introspection and ask yourself what is wrong in your life that you feel you have a right to dictate what a stranger on the internet is allowed to google?
Allan Rumberger
2024-01-31 23:25:47 +0000 UTCHey, I'd love to see Daredevil Season 3 brought back in the polls? I know that whole defenders stuff is a lot, but at least DD S3 would be cool to see to finally finish it off! I think it's the best season and was really looking forward to your reaction to it :)
Loading Screen
2024-01-31 22:20:58 +0000 UTCThis episode started calmly but OMG it escalated fast... has to be one of the hardest episodes to watch. BUT this show is a show that everyone should watch to maybe understand what our troops go through for us all. I would go as far to say that this is something that all high school students should watch as well. Great reaction Nat...
Baggie Mark
2024-01-31 15:02:34 +0000 UTCIt was Malarkey who spoke with the POW. And yes, it's true. Some of it is a bit exaggerated or dramatized, but it's true. I don't want to say too much the sources if you haven't finished the show. But after you finish, go listen to the official HBO 20th anniversary podcast series with the writers, producers, and cast. They'll talk about it some there.
Jordan Malloy
2024-01-31 13:43:04 +0000 UTCPlus the usual talking over things that makes her miss something so she doesn’t understand and then talks about that (Peacock in this case).
Tay Schumaker
2024-01-31 13:17:50 +0000 UTCOn the situation of 1st Sgt Lipton, he wasn't technically a candidate for being a commanding officer because he was an NCO, or a non-commissioned officer, meaning he was on the normal Army ranks, E1-E9. E1-E9 being what most people know as starting as a private and working your way up to being a Sergeant Major, or an E9. Those are the people that go to the recruiting stations and say I want to enlist, and get put in the Army. Lieutenant, Captain, Major, etc. are considered CO's, or commissioned officers. In today's times, to get that, you have to go through ROTC in college and get your bachelors degree, which if you noticed throughout the show, the guys would ask Buck, Winters, and Nixon what the college experience was like. Now you can do whats called Green to Gold meaning you get enough experience and do well enough, you can go from NCO to CO. Requires paper work and applications, and all that good stuff. Not sure how often it happens, but I'm pretty sure its not a common thing. But that's more or less what happened with Lipton in this episode. Not a very common thing to happen, but with his hard work and Winters vouching for him, its the only reason he was able to be moved into the Officer ranks. Thought I'd throw in my two cents about why it's a big deal that he was made a Lieutenant. Also, to the question you asked early on about why no one would take a smoke from Speirs, it's because of the stories told about him. If you remember from either episode one or two, he gave a bunch of German soldiers cigarettes before gunning them down. It was when we met that German soldier that was from Oregon IIRC.
ReidCMXV
2024-01-31 09:22:07 +0000 UTCYeah I was very annoyed watching her just google some of the things the show reveals in episode 10. Couldnt wait three more episodes to get her answers.
LightsCameraJake
2024-01-31 06:18:03 +0000 UTCNat this is gonna be some harsh feedback and people may dislike me but why are you looking up the soldiers who lived or died here? You couldn't wait THREE more episodes? The show reveled this stuff in the last episode. We been telling you this since episode one to wait. Garnere and Winters is two of the people who gets reveled in Episode 10. We have been expressing patience to you since the first episode to wait and here you go just spoiling the best parts of the shows end. Genuinely the most annoyed I been at a reactor in a while. Instead of telling us your thoughts about the episode in the conclusion you spent the whole time looking up answers to your questions that this show answers (much like with any tv show) Sort of ruins the hype a bit to continue watching this knowing you looked up the two biggest names out of sheer impatience three episodes away from some of your questions getting answered.
LightsCameraJake
2024-01-31 06:02:44 +0000 UTCI feel like researching the people in the show before you finish it makes no sense and kind of ruins certain things for you, but to each their own I guess
Tay Schumaker
2024-01-31 05:17:11 +0000 UTCYou definitely spoiled it for everyone
Tay Schumaker
2024-01-31 04:31:12 +0000 UTCNo need at all to feel bad about crying, and about being deeply affected by watching this - if I'm typical, veterans appreciate your empathy. Too many Americans don't know or care about important history; a friend's wife once shocked me by not knowing whether we were for or against Germany in World War II, and she laughed at me for it bothering me. She couldn't see how it mattered. You get it. Thank you.
Jim Finley
2024-01-31 04:29:13 +0000 UTCAs far as Dike goes, maybe the portrayal isn't fair, maybe it is. I don't know, I wasn't there. He got medals for other stuff sure, but my experience in the army was that officers get undeserved accolades all the time not just promotions and positions. Lol
Aaron
2024-01-31 02:18:35 +0000 UTCOkay so did he kill the POWs or didn’t he? Because I thought we saw it objectively happen after Hoob (I think?) bonded with the American Nazi POW before it was turned into a story after repeated retellings? 😅🤨 Episode 2 Spiers: War criminal, Apocalypse Now-style crazy Episode 8 Spiers: Hot and competent, also maybe a war criminal The run was badass tho I blushed 🫡
Daniel McGuinness
2024-01-31 02:04:24 +0000 UTCDon’t apologize for crying. I’m 50 years old, have seen this series dozens of times, and there are still parts that make me tear up. I would worry about anyone who could watch this without being affected emotionally.
Craig
2024-01-31 02:02:15 +0000 UTCit wasn't a luger that shot him, it was likely something else like a P38, or a belgian .32 auto that he found off the german. the luger was added to the show since lugers are more infamous/synonymous with german officers. they end up being sensationalized in movies/TV. lugers were issued in the pre/early war, but they evantually switched over to the Walther P38 as the most commonly issued sidearm for the officers. eventually, once they began to lose and overall production struggled, they started using misc sidearms from captured manufacturing plants and supplies. the germans were using things like browning hi-powers, walther P38/PPs, .32 autos, etc.
OhSomeABeanLoadin
2024-01-31 00:01:24 +0000 UTCthey didn't crap in their foxholes to be jerks. they did it because the germans were shelling them and it was too dangerous to leave the foxhole.
Ashley
2024-01-31 00:00:09 +0000 UTCI still remember watching this show live, it was an event if there ever was one. Literally started the weekend before 9/11 which was really weird timing. I had just started my senior year in HS and there was a lot of enlisting talk from a bunch of people. This episode was a rough one, and even after seeing it multiple times and knowing all the story beats, it still hits hard. Glad you finally watched it and I'm looking forward to the end! Also I always remember that Nickelback’s Silver Side Up album released on 9/11 because that friggin’ How You Remind Me song was in my head and with all the news happening it just kind of melded together into a memory. Brains are weird.
Mike Hell
2024-01-30 22:55:49 +0000 UTCIn defense of Lieutenant Dike, part of the reason he faltered during the attack on Foy was that he was hit by German fire during the assault. According to at least one member of Easy Company who was there during the battle (Clancy Lyall), Lt. Dike's injury left him physically unable to advance. After Lt. Dike got out of the hospital, he never returned to Easy Company, but was assigned to regimental headquarters instead. Having said that, it's also true that many of the men in Easy Company (including Captain Winters) had very low opinions of Lieutenant Dike and his leadership ability. I suspect the show accurately portrays those opinions.
Chris Gronau
2024-01-30 22:47:26 +0000 UTCWinters couldn't pull a company CO to go home on the PR tour, but he could pull a platoon leader. He chose Peacock because he just wasn't very good. In one of the books they talked about how Peacock had every Army manual practically memorized but he wasn't good at independent thinking. He was really nice, all the guys liked him, but they didn't have a lot of respect for his leadership. That charge across the field toward Foy was BRUTAL to watch. All of these brave, highly-trained solders ended up just spinning in different directions and almost helpless because Dike was giving them confusing and counter-productive orders. As you saw and as others have mentioned, Dike wasn't quite as bad as he appeared. He had a few admirable moments here and there. But he was a shitty company commander and he absolutely fell apart at this crucial moment. Winters couldn't pull him because he had a bad feeling about him. But he could absolutely pull him after botching an operation that badly. If I could have made one alteration to this episode it would have been to add a scene where Dike had to walk back to that tree line and look Winters in the eye. I loved the scene when Winters was unslinging his rifle, ready to go take over personally. I really thought that's what was happening until Sink called him back. But as soon as he bellowed Spiers' name I felt such RELIEF. Spiers got out there and literally within ten seconds Easy was on the move again and doing their job.
Rosanne Stewart
2024-01-30 21:01:40 +0000 UTCDeleted my comment because just got to the end, and saw that Nat actually looked a bunch of this stuff up, so not a spoiler obviously.
Jeff K
2024-01-30 20:32:08 +0000 UTCNat: regarding you talking about things at the end, particularly with Dike, it's important to keep in mind that this is all from the perspective of the men of Easy Company, and how they viewed things. They didn't like Dike, so what you see is what the surviving members told Stephen Ambrose. As with most things, when you're only hearing stuff from one side, there's inherent bias, and the truth is always probably somewhere closer to the middle. Not knocking any of these men, because fucking hell are they genuine heroes. But when you're writing book based on the recollections and opinions of only a select few people, who were all closely bonded, you're probably far less likely to get a 100% accurate assessment of how things actually were. (Similar to how the third episode said that Blithe never recovered from his wounds, which is obviously definitively untrue; the men of Easy just didn't know what happened to him and Ambrose ran with it.) EDIT: Also, since you looked up if Guarnere survived... yeah, since this is no longer a spoiler since you know he survived, the last episode features a talking head thing for Wild Bill, and if you thought the actor was doing a cartoonish accent, just wait until you hear the real guy. It's fucking dead on.
Jeff K
2024-01-30 20:26:34 +0000 UTCAll good points guys. German engineers great at planes and cars tho!
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 20:01:07 +0000 UTCYes, too many people don't realize what 'shell-shock' really means, nor how profoundly so many soldiers suffered from it.
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 19:48:57 +0000 UTCI’ve seen Settle in Into the Westand of all things, gossip girl.
Lord Byron
2024-01-30 19:18:24 +0000 UTCGreat reaction Nat! This was definitely an intense episode
Steven Hok
2024-01-30 19:03:55 +0000 UTCI read somewhere that due to the luger's sophisticated design at the time, it did not mix well with the winter elements.
TrackHoodie
2024-01-30 18:57:59 +0000 UTCYep. Peacock was a good man, and they all liked him, but he was just not good at this and everyone knew they'd be better off without him, despite him being a nice dude.
Jeff K
2024-01-30 18:56:52 +0000 UTCAll in due time my friend. It will be revealed at the perfect time.
TrackHoodie
2024-01-30 18:55:39 +0000 UTCAll the things about Spiers was all true apparently, a bit exaggerated but it happened. It was confirmed later by a specific veteran in the show but I won't mention the name as it would be a spoiler at this particular point in the series.
AlimarM
2024-01-30 18:51:34 +0000 UTCEven in good condition, the Luger is an overly complicated piece of engineering, like many German weapons. In comparison, the US M1911A1 standard issue sidearm was simple, straightforward, and easy to use. In combat, the last thing you need is something complicated.
Ed Bartlett
2024-01-30 18:45:05 +0000 UTCMy grandfather brought a Luger home with him too, but I think I only saw it once. He kept it locked up pretty tight. Wonder if it's in part for that same reason. (In addition to the other obvious safety reasons.)
Jeff K
2024-01-30 18:36:16 +0000 UTCSomeone should have told Hoobler that a Luger could be finicky, especially if not maintained well enough. Opinions differ on reliability but I have friends who had family in WW2 (grandfathers, fathers, uncles) and they said yes, a Luger could be "iffy"... RIP Donald Hoobler
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 18:34:27 +0000 UTCI'm always surprised I've never really seen Matthew Settle (the guy who plays Speirs) in anything else. He's a handsome guy and he's great in this, so you'd think he would have gotten at least a few bigger opportunities. But hey, at least he can say he was one of the main (secondary) characters in arguably the greatest miniseries ever made, and that's pretty damn good. Also: I don't think enough can be said about how fucking good Neal McDonough is in this show.
Jeff K
2024-01-30 18:34:17 +0000 UTCLT spiers actually ran through all those Germans and back and in real life, it was truely astonishing. The Germans were just confused and didn't shoot at him.
LightsCameraJake
2024-01-30 18:31:29 +0000 UTCThe bit about Spiers and not taking a cigarette from him was that he supposedly handed out smokes to the German POWs before gunning them down. No one knows if the story is true, or if they do, they're not admitting it. As for LT Peacock, the reason Nixon and Winters conspired to send him home in Nixon's place was that he was incompetent. You missed the bit where he's trying to read a map, only to have one of the men reach out and flip the map right-side up.
Ed Bartlett
2024-01-30 18:25:19 +0000 UTCFor sure. And I know, it's a super minor nitpick in a great episode.
Jeff K
2024-01-30 18:20:54 +0000 UTCUm... :D For just a moment I wasn't sure if you were holding that cup... ...or using the Force :D
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 18:18:36 +0000 UTCMost harrowing visually, not nec most harrowing emotionally, say no more...
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 18:04:07 +0000 UTCKeep watching. By this point I had already figured out Winters, Lipton and Guarnere. Sorry if I spoiled for anyone there...
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 18:02:25 +0000 UTCHello Natalie. Tough episode. Will have to watch later though. Ernst Jűnger in his German WW1 memoir "Storm of Steel" had this to say about being shelled in the open. "...you must imagine you are securely tied to a post, being threatened by a man swinging a heavy hammer. Now the hammer has been taken back over his head, ready to be swung, now it’s cleaving the air towards you, on the point of touching your skull, then it’s struck the post, and splinters are flying – that’s what it’s like to experience heavy shelling in an exposed position.” Eugene Sledge who fought as a Marine in the Pacific Theater during WW2 and featured in HBO's "The Pacific" would also describe his experience with his critically acclaimed memoir "With The Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" would write this about being under heavy shelling. "To be under a barrage of prolonged shelling simply magnified all the terrible physical and emotional effects of one shell. To me, artillery was an invention of Hell. The onrushing whistle and scream of the big steel package of destruction was the pinnacle of violent fury and the embodiment of pent-up evil. It was the essence of violence and of man’s inhumanity to man. I developed a passionate hatred for shells. To be killed by a bullet seemed so clean and surgical. But shells would not only tear and rip the body, they tortured one’s mind almost beyond the brink of sanity. After each shell I was wrung out, limp and exhausted."
Stephen Lewis
2024-01-30 18:02:20 +0000 UTCIt may feel "hand-holdy", sure; but I though it rang true enough. Like Spiers really could have said that irl.
MertzRocks
2024-01-30 18:01:24 +0000 UTCBoy has Donnie Wahlberg come a long way since New Kids on the Block. He's so great in the episode. The only minor qualm I have with this episode is at the end, when Spiers says to him, "It was you, first sergeant." Felt a little too hand-holdy by the script. Still, such a great episode. One of my favorites of the series.
Jeff K
2024-01-30 17:29:48 +0000 UTCMaybe it was more apparent to y’all than me but I just figured out I think the first vet being interviewed at the beginning was Capt Winters. I agree they should’ve identified the older fellows
Ben Wheeler
2024-01-30 17:20:04 +0000 UTCthis gonna be a good one
wb
2024-01-30 17:19:00 +0000 UTCOh man, 7 is a rough episode.
Lee Aguera
2024-01-30 17:07:55 +0000 UTCHappy Tuesday Nat. After yesterday's events, I don't know if I'm ready for more, but I'm going to watch anyway. Beautifully spoken in your intro Nat 🙏 Another great reaction today Nat. Thanks 💛
Darryl Low
2024-01-30 17:06:20 +0000 UTCThis is an intense episode!
Chris H
2024-01-30 17:02:40 +0000 UTC
