Band of Brothers Episode 1 & 2 (2001) Two Filmmakers react! 1st Time Watching for Major.

[@AlexG1020]

The guy who plays Bill Guarnere does such a damn good job

[@krisfrederick5001]

The Second Episode: "We're not lost Private, we're in Normandy" Shows the confidence of an unarmed Lt. Winters, priceless.

[@uberduberdave]

If you look closely at the part when the paratroopers are climbing into the C-47, you can see the sloppy job of painting the invasion stripes. I knew a WWII vet who was a crew chief on 4th fighter group P-51s. He said they got the word to paint on invasion stripes at 9:00 PM (1100 hours military time) and used brooms, rags, even their hands to slop on the paint. The ragged invasion stripes was a great touch to the film...

[@ChicagoDB]

"Pee Wee" Martin from G Company, just passed away this week 😢 101 years old...seems right for a 101st Airborne veteran and original Tacoa man.

[@MajorProgress]

Rest in Peace, to him and a generation of men and women who made a difference and fought for the world.

[@TJClark-sw2yz]

In subsequent rewatches of the series,over the years, it’s amazed me how many young actors have gone on to really make their mark in film and television. It’s almost a who’s who of especially young British character actors. I’m not sure when it dawned on me that Simon Pegg plays their first First sergeant. We only see him in the first two episodes and it’s never explained but his character would have died in the aircraft that we see catching fire and crashing. That stick of paratroopers would have included their company commander among the companies HQ group. I’m glad you decided to go with this one. Thanks as always for the entertaining content.

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Yeah Michael Fassbender Tom hardy Damian Lewis dexter fletcher a lot of Brit’s

[@ProfessionalSnookerPlayer]

Stephen Graham also

[@Abbadonhades]

This tv show is actually 21 years old, which makes me feel old myself. Any lack of cgi-quality is more than made up for by the level of storytelling and acting.

[@terryv2006]

This is the series that introduced me to binge watching. A friend loaned me the DVD set and I couldn’t stop watching.

[@Curraghmore]

Best television I have ever seen, and I have watched a TON of television. It's like 10 masterpieces.

[@alexflorea4879]

This is one of the greatest mini series ever made !!! Glad to see you guys reacting to it 👍

[@drcornelius8275]

Check out Kobayashi’s epic war drama The Human Condition (1959-61)

[@prettymuchbangtan]

probably the greatest mini series ever made, followed closely by the pacific and then generation kill, aka HBO's war series

[@TheWaynos73]

Greatest tv mini series ever made. Ever.

[@EastPeakSlim]

After their reaming out by Colonel Sink, the NCOs salute Lt. Winters. After being relieved of command of Easy Company, Sobel fails to return Winters' salute. Gotta love the dichotomy.

[@TheWaynos73]

i love how Colonel Sink re appears in the video game Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, also reprised by the same actor. Pretty cool considering the game was inspired by Band of Brothers.

[@jjack1905]

The reason behind not drinking too much water in your canteen is because of cramping, sobel is an excellent trainer and everything he does is for real wartime. The spaghetti incident and running, excellent excellent training, what are they going to do when they're under attack by the Germans say wait a minute we have to finish our spaghetti

[@gnarxy]

whomever edited this for the channel did one hell of a job. Best edit of all reaction channels I've seen. Super snappy and banging out all the details of each scene and never lingering. Splicing in all the callbacks at the end discussion too. mighty fine job

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Well thank you. When I start red the comment I thought it would be a criticism, thanks much

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Well thank you. When I start red the comment I thought it would be a criticism, thanks much

[@davepowers8189]

Appreciate the perspective you guys bring to these reactions. Good job!

[@gibsongirl2100]

Glad that you're doing this, but a little disappointed that you've crammed two episodes into 20 minutes!

[@2104dogface]

So from the time i was 17 yrs old back in 1993 every Jan at the Battle of the Bulge Reenactment in Fort Indiantown GAP, PA with E/ 506th living history unit we had almost all the org. Troopers with us (along with Troopers from other Airborne units, and at other events during the year) in our Barrack's and at the public battle. it was this event were i grew up Drinking Prop Blast listing to stories , laughing and singing with these Troopers. God i miss them scalawags those late night drunk Grunt to Grunt talks sitting on bunks with canteen cups of Prop blast and it was this event were XXXX read the letter he got from Tom Hanks asking permission to do it. then he asked us what we thought and we shouted a big HELL YES!! lifting our drinks 100+ Drunken Troopers cheering, them were some epic hangovers

[@nickmitsialis]

So then... being as I never really had a taste for 'The Sauce' (except for rum, ouzo and vodka) what do you use to make a 'prop blast'?

[@2104dogface]

@@nickmitsialis vodka, champagne, lemon juice, sugar mixed in a GI gas can lol

[@nickmitsialis]

@@2104dogface Well, Crikey that DOES sound disgusting==but potent.

[@bennyhana3556]

Airborne was new thing for America if I may add. Im pretty sure Germany took Denmark and Norway before US joined the war and they(Germany) used paratroopers there.

[@nickmitsialis]

Crete and The Low Countries too, but the ops were much more bloody than expected.

[@krisfrederick5001]

This is in some ways my favorite episode, I say this every time because it's true. If only because at this time Army noodles and ketchup and Captain Sobel were their biggest threats, while knowing what lies ahead. Be ready to learn, laugh, grow and suffer with these characters. Currahee! ♠

[@alanmacification]

" Never volunteer " 🤣🤣 These men are all double volunteers. They volunteered for the Army and then again for Airborne. These are not your American citizen soldiers. This is the professional United States Army. It's too late, they've already volunteered.

[@bradgillund2633]

Have you guys thought about doing Hell in the Pacific from 1968?

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Nope but we’ll consider it

[@bradgillund2633]

@@majormoviemadness9927 Only two actors. Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. Best line from the movie by Lee Marvin "For a second there I thought you were a jap"

[@waylonbocephus]

Speaking of the Coen Brothers you guys should react to their version of True Grit. Probably the best modern western made so far.

[@MajorProgress]

We reacted to the original and we will probably do the new one at some point. But the original reaction got taken down... Studios didn't like it. Le Sigh. Brilliant movie though!

[@waylonbocephus]

@@MajorProgress shame the studios didn’t like it. I love the old one and it will always hold a place in my heart. That being said I love the new one even more just because of how grounded it is. The original author of the book clearly did his homework in studying the era. Anyway I hope you guys can react to it and not be hounded by studios. I think you guys will really like it. Have a good one.

[@docbearmb]

This is NOT a 12 hour Pvt Ryan. First, Spielberg was a producer on BoB; not the director. It’s the director who would be responsible for “attention to detail”. Second, BoB is based on a non-fiction book by the same name. And that was based on the interviews you saw at the beginning of episodes.

[@majormoviemadness9927]

No one is saying it is, but I would be willing to bet a lot of the cam crew and art team from spr, worked on this

[@MajorProgress]

Even as a producer though, Speilberg would have a lot of say in the creation and put in a lot of work to the attention to detail. That is the unsung thing about Producers. They have to put in a lot of work, similar if not equal too a director of a film. From Jump. He and his team would hire department heads and talk with historians and plan out the project, long before day one of shooting. So, no it might not be a 12 hour Pvt Ryan. But the analogy is not lost. The care that went into this was probably equal to if not more. When I watch it, it feels like a documentary with very reality based, dramatized scenes. I am in an immersive experience that also gives me context and characters, so I feel connected.

[@waylonbocephus]

Well now that you are doing Band of Brothers. You have to do The Pacific as well.

[@jjack1905]

Like I said Sobel is an excellent trainer of men but he is a lousy tactitioner

[@majormoviemadness9927]

And if you believe the series quite petty

[@Zseventyone]

Bad choice doubling up the epidodes. Hope you don't do that for 9 & 10.

[@majormoviemadness9927]

I did

[@laapache1]

shit 5 or 10 years

[@buddystewart2020]

Wait a minute, you're going to react to two episodes of band of brothers in 23:39???????? I won't even waste my time with you clowns. Such disrespect right out of the gate for this show.

[@rollomaughfling380]

I agree 100%. And not much "reaction" at all. Just stoically, glibly pointing out self-evident tech shit like camera moves and audio. NO THANKS, BYE!.