Generation Kill and MREs

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Post by fieldtest » Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:33 am

Mkim340518 wrote: Yeah Sex in the City if you we're forced to watch that I salute you sir LOL!!!

The vampire shows are ok, they have got pretty nasty girls from time to time :)
But SATC got more and more boring over the years and the girls weren´t my type.

TV via IRC is much more comfortable than the crappy torrent-stuff (ok, I never used it the last years, maybe it got better)

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Post by Baldy » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:17 am

Re: accuracy - remember HBO were responsible for 'From the Earth to the Moon', which I know has been very widely praised for its accuracy.

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Post by kman » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:40 am

fieldtest wrote:TV via IRC is much more comfortable than the crappy torrent-stuff (ok, I never used it the last years, maybe it got better)
IRC? Wow, that's some hardcore old school tv-downloading stuff! The bittorrent scene is much improved lately, you might want to give it another look and find a client you like.

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Post by fieldtest » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:28 pm

Yeah, it´s a bit oldschool, indeed. You have to know something about command line programming and, of course, the syntax and server addresses. But that´s the charme of it :)
Nearly every evening show is on the server about an hour after east coast broadcasting. There is a schedule to lookup the shows. Since Dr.Who and Torchwood there are some nice BBC-shows, too. The catch is that you have to get the show within 24h, otherwise the slot on the server gets filled with the next day programme.
Technically it works on every system, is nice and lean without much overhead, you don´t have to serve anything yourself and it works behind our NAT-firewall (filesharing doesn´t).
Interesting shows are on special servers for the whole week and the season finales get presented even longer.

I have seen the 2nd episode now. First to say: there is no music, none, never. Instead there is permanent "walkie-talkie-talk" more or less in the background. For me the show was very slow. There is a strong character development but there was not much happening. Like a real-time show.
The most interesting for me were the technical equipment and the humvees. There was plenty of it and overall it was nice to watch but I used the ff once or twice, sorry.

BTW: every second word of the actors was "fucking.." what, which, whatever :P :P Do they do it in real or is it only acting? *lol* Must be difficult to learn :lol:

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Post by sahkeah » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:03 pm

Official Marine Corps response.

Semper Fi,
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----- Original Message -----
From:
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:26 AM
Subject: HBO Series - Generation Kill

Colleagues,

The information below is provided to you as an official
Marine Corps response regarding this series.? We ask that
you distribute this comment to your constituents as you
deem appropriate.?

From: Acting Director, Division of Public Affairs,
Headquarters Marine Corps

The recent airing of the first episode of HBO's
"Generation Kill" has generated numerous
inquiries regarding Marine Corps support of the series.?
The Marine Corps did not provide any official support to
the filmmakers.? The series is based on the book by the
same title by Evan Wright, a former Rolling Stone magazine
reporter who was embedded with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion
at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While there are
certainly aspects of the film that are accurate, it is at
its heart a commercial production. It's raw and has
elements that are very much out of synch with the core
values our nation rightly expects of its Marines. Viewed as
a whole, in my estimation, it does not accurately portray
the honor and professionalism of our Corps of Marines.

Semper Fidelis,
Major David Romley
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Post by fieldtest » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:19 am

sahkeah wrote: Viewed as
a whole, in my estimation, it does not accurately portray
the honor and professionalism of our Corps of Marines.
OK, that was my opinion, too.
BTW, was there no new episode this weekend?

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Post by Mkim340518 » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:37 am

fieldtest wrote:
sahkeah wrote: Viewed as
a whole, in my estimation, it does not accurately portray
the honor and professionalism of our Corps of Marines.
OK, that was my opinion, too.
BTW, was there no new episode this weekend?
Yup! There was a new episode this weekend, it should be available on-demand today. I think it is the third part of the series. :D
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Post by kman » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:48 am

sahkeah wrote: Viewed as
a whole, in my estimation, it does not accurately portray
the honor and professionalism of our Corps of Marines.
Sounds about like the Public Relations answer I would expect. By just adding a few words, you can probably make this statement 100% accurate:

"Viewed as a whole, in my estimation, it does not accurately portray, AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE PORTRAYED, the honor and professionalism of our Corps of Marines."

I'm not knocking the Marines at all but seriously, the book and this show is supposed to be about how things really were over there. We see real people, some with real problems - and some leaders with real leadership issues.

Any Marines or anyone who was there in person, feel free to correct me. How do you think "Generation Kill" portrayed things?

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Post by dirtbag » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:03 pm

Errr, just like "Apocalypse Now" was an accurate portrayal of Viet Nam ????? :roll:
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Post by Stef » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:23 pm

dirtbag wrote:Errr, just like "Apocalypse Now" was an accurate portrayal of Viet Nam ????? :roll:
Hollywood Blather... :lol:
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