Generation Kill

[poak]

Just a reminder for those of you that, like me, we're waiting on this series to hit DVD...

It released today!

[Guest Verbal Kint]

Ah, cool... good to know. I already dl'd all the episodes in HD, but will still pick up the set to add to the library. Good lookin' out.

[Guest jackdog]

I enjoyed this series. Wondering as to how accurate it was. I could relate to some of the officer problems depicted.

[Guest Verbal Kint]

There was a discussion over on M4C, regarding the accuracy of it. General consensus was that it was mostly Hollywood BS glamorization and portrayal, from those that were there during the time.

But I still found the series entertaining.

[poak]

Woo Hoo! Disc 1 is waiting in my mail box to get ripped, err.... uhhh... watched and then returned to Netflix...

[Daniel]

I have been watching this. I like.

[Daniel]

M4Carbine.net Forums - View Single Post - Thoughts on "Generation Kill"?

I thought the book was excellent, the mini-series was about as accurate as Band of Brothers. Both were entertaining. The writer was there with those guys...it's what he saw. People might not like it, but that doesn't make it false. I'd also point out that while Stephen Ambrose is a popular historian, he's not really a great scholar. GK was written by a reporter writing down what he witnessed, and often he didn't really understand the context of what was happening, he is a civilian after all.

The people that intensely disliked it are invariably annoyed because it didn't paint a flattering portrait of SOME marines, especially inept, "chicken****" leadership. This had nothing to do with combat, or war crimes (combat sucks), but guess what, Marines are foul-mouthed, oversexed and not always the brightest bulbs in the bunch (especially Marine officers). That being said I don't think it was unflattering at all, it was just honest, the good, the bad and the ugly. So what?

Having served with the FMF as a Navy Corpsman, this the reality of Uncle Sam's MISGUIDED Children and I say the above with all the love in my heart. It felt real to me. Civilians aren't EVER going to understand what serving in the Marines is like so what they might see as sociopathic behavior is actually how things are and SHOULD be.

The people portrayed in it were real, and I've seen interviews with the main principles including Gunny Wynn, Sgts Colbert, Kocher, Carzales, Rudy Reyes (who played himself in the mini-series) all participated. If that's not an endorsement of its veracity I don't know what is.

I'm sure people were annoyed that Frist Recon didn't come off as "white knights", but the reality of war is that not everyone is a hero, and that sometimes those that fight wars aren't always intellectuals or gentlemen. If some senior leadership was annoyed by the book/movie...too f'in bad. The "zero defect" policy cannot stand up to scrutiny.

War sucks...if that means there is a "negative" vibe. BFD.

I agree with this review.

[Daniel]

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Generation Kill: New HBO Miniseries - M4Carbine.net Forums

[Il Duce]

never heard of it

[memphismason]

I just added this to the top of my Netflix Queue

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