Band of Brothers Episode 3 REACTION!! (full watch-a-long)
Added 2021-05-16 18:33:45 +0000 UTCJust a reminder, this is a watch-a-long so you do need to bring your own copy of the episode to see it, there is no PIP. There are a few visual cues and a timer to help you sync up
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Rewatching and love what you did. 💯. Right on. Spires was a fav of mine because his legend. That legend of did he or didn’t he gun those Germans down, or all the others hit he did, made him this revered figure. Almost mythical. And yea, he’s a guy you line up behind. If you are gonna choose, he’s who you follow.
Ashley
2022-12-05 03:47:37 +0000 UTCI know this is old and you probably know by now, but I think you got Spiers and Guarnere confused in here.
JXTN
2021-07-05 08:58:48 +0000 UTCAbout Spiers. First off, he is a scary dude... just in the way that you want your combat leaders to be. I've done a lot of research on the real Roland Spiers and like many of the other characters in this show can honestly say this is pretty spot on with the real man. I've served with a lot of great leaders that kept their calm during combat but I would follow Spiers straight to the gates of Hell in a heartbeat. What he tells Blithe, is essentially a very morbid and grim way of telling him that he is a soldier, and to be a soldier you are to be a machine of war. Machines dont live, they dont fear, they dont hope, and they dont die. They just function to the best of their abilities until they can't. It may seem like an...odd mentality but I get it, there are a lot of us today that develop the same mindset to help us function properly when things go south and the chaos starts.
DropkickReaper
2021-05-24 22:53:08 +0000 UTCI was originally very annoyed by the glaring historical inaccuracy of the series claiming that Blithe died because it is a mini-series meant to be historically accurate...not a random war movie. However, I have actually come to really appreciate what this episode adds to the story of soldiers in combat. The theme of being scared and rising to one's duty is something that is not really explored in this same way in later episodes, and this undoubtedly an experience that many men in WWII endured.
James Leet
2021-05-18 04:05:02 +0000 UTCYes, just to add further context to the scene, the reason they are looking at each other weird is not that they were considering killing the civilians. It was that they had been considering throwing a grenade in first to clear to clear the room, and they realized what that would have done.
James Leet
2021-05-18 03:21:05 +0000 UTCThat makes sense - thanks for the info!
Katie H
2021-05-17 16:15:01 +0000 UTCWith Blithe, it wasn't necessarily him not showing up to reunions - it is that he wasn't invited. The show is based on perceptions/recounts (which can understandably sometimes be skewed from reality after time has passed or become assumption) of the soldiers that Stephen Ambrose interviewed; of course after Blithe's injury/recovery he was no longer in the same regiment with the same people, of which nobody was informed. This led to Easy assuming he had succumbed to his injuries and reporting that he had died, which Ambrose used that information in his book (and the show then taking it from there). Ultimately, thankfully the family caught the mistake so we were able to know the truth and truly give Blithe his deserved honor. Just wish the show would come out with an edit for the corrected information.
Bryce Hatley
2021-05-17 16:05:31 +0000 UTCHappy anniversary :) .Very fun fact, because i know you guys plays The Witcher 3 Wild hunt on your streams. The chaplain who prays for soldiers in Carentan is Doug Cockle, the one who dubbed Geralt in game.
TaLy___
2021-05-17 06:18:23 +0000 UTCSince I don’t have to point out the glaring inaccuracy involving Blithe, I thought you should know that every episode focuses on a specific person. First was Ross, second was Guernere. Those two were just a little more subtle about it then the rest.
Ryan Roff
2021-05-17 05:29:23 +0000 UTCHappy ANNIVERSARY!!!
Ashley
2021-05-17 00:31:42 +0000 UTCThe crass humor in combat, transcends era :) One way in which they deal. And long after. But naturally it comes with military regardless and to quote First Lady Roosevelt “The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!” Eleanor Roosevelt
Ashley
2021-05-17 00:31:11 +0000 UTCSince Blythe did NOT (🤦🏼♀️) die, anyone know why that error has not been corrected??? I’d think his family was not happy about the error. He was a Korean Vet. Odd error that Steven S. has left hanging. Really kinda pisses me off. He’s due more than that as a vet and a human being.
Ashley
2021-05-17 00:25:31 +0000 UTCThis show is great in so many ways, not least of which is that it's historically accurate, as much as possible given the format, they did sometimes have to slightly alter events and conflate "characters", just for the sake of simplicity. That's why it's so odd that they did screw up one thing in this episode. Albert Blithe did not die of his wounds or in 1948, he recovered and was discharged and later returned to service at the end of the Korean War, he then stayed in the Army until he died in 1967 of a perforated ulcer. I've heard other fans of the show talk about this error and no one seems to know why they got that wrong, I assume it was just an oversight. Anyway it was a great episode, intense is an understatement I guess. Oh, and Happy Anniversary!!! Oh I almost forgot, that's 2nd Armored Division that shows up in time to drive the Germans off, I don't think he was there but my great uncle was in 2nd Armored in WW2, I'm actually named after him, Jose but just like him I go by Joe. I have another uncle who was in 101st Airborne but during Vietnam.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2021-05-16 21:42:08 +0000 UTCThanks so much for the excellent reaction as always, Nikki and Steven (and happy anniversary)! As others have pointed out above, Pvt. Albert Blythe didn't die in 1948 as the show said at the end, but actually lived on into the 60s. As I recall, he didn't show up to any of the Easy Company reunions and he was tough to get a hold of, so there was some confusion even leading up to the making of this series (I'm probably wrong on some of these particulars, so if anyone knows, please feel free to correct me!). Still, a really excellent portrayal of what an unfathomably intense amount of stress and fear can do to a human being, especially someone so young. As you both said, it's interesting to see how these guys are dealing with their trauma - jokes, seemingly near indifference, etc. It's also, I think, good to keep in mind that these guys were born in the 1920s or before and grew up and lived in a time before mental health, the affects of trauma, etc. were rarely if ever talked about. Their crassness and humor and seeming indifference were defense mechanisms, I believe. (Not a psychologist here, just my opinion!). Also, just a comment on the final scene there while Sgt. Malarkey is picking up his laundry and then gets roped into picking up so many others: Easy company had been in England before they jumped into Normandy (recall their tactical exercises with Sobel in the field back in episode 1, when he cut those fences and let all those cows loose), so this was laundry that had been dropped off before they'd jumped. All those packages of laundry that Malarkey was paying for were guys who had been killed or wounded in Normandy. Either before the jump, like Lt. Meehan, Evans (Simon Pegg), and others (recall the plane that was on fire and crashed), or had been killed or wounded on the ground afterward. That's why Malarkey became so somber. Thanks again for the really great reactions to this series, and for reacting to it all! It's not an easy thing to watch, though I promise you both that it absolutely pays off and is worth every moment. <3
Katie H
2021-05-16 21:42:01 +0000 UTCHappy Anniversary! As others have said, Blythe didn’t die of his injuries. They lost touch with him so that is an error. Also props to me for watching y’all while there was a tornado about a mile from my house. The tornado sirens really ‘helped’ the effect. Lol
Nancy Peterson
2021-05-16 20:28:05 +0000 UTCAnother brilliant reaction! Just to add - Blithe did actually survive his injuries but passed away in 1967 still serving in the military. Still don't know why they've never changed that on newer releases of the series.
Alex Trowbridge
2021-05-16 20:04:23 +0000 UTCHappy Anniversary! Thanks for doing this one. 😊🌺🏝️❤️ Also, Speirs is a scary dude!
angie808
2021-05-16 19:57:38 +0000 UTCJust a couple points; Luz and Hoobler didn't kill those civilians they found hiding in that house, so no worries. "They've got us zeroed in" means the enemy artillery has the correct coordinates to accurately hit your units, aka "we're about to get blown up if we don't move"
Bobby_Z24
2021-05-16 19:39:47 +0000 UTC:)
Joe
2021-05-16 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
