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A series better than band of brothers

Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:03 pm
Posted by Retrograde
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:03 pm
Doesn’t exist. Prove me wrong, just kidding you can’t.
Posted by Trauma14
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:25 pm to
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A series better than band of brothers doesn’t exist.


Fact check: True
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:51 pm to
I actually prefer Combat



Combat was an hour-long drama series that ran on ABC from 1962-7. It's sort of the original Band of Brothers. Created by screenwriter and war film specialist Robert Pirosh (Oscar winner for Battleground), Combat follows an infantry squad after D-Day as they go through France.



Top-notch writing and innovative production, including frequent use of handheld cameras to simulate actual battle footage, give it a grittiness seldom seen in network TV before or since. The late, great Vic Morrow stars as the tough, no-nonsense Sergeant Saunders.



A few notable episodes:

"The Glory Among Men" -- One of my favorite episodes. The most hated member of the squad is wounded and trapped out in the open. But the Germans don't finish him off -- instead they leave him alive, hoping to draw out the Americans to rescue him. Should the squad risk their lives for someone they despise?

"Anatomy of a Patrol" -- Trying to get a wounded pilot and valuable reconnaissance film back to HQ, Saunders must match wits with a German sergeant every bit as shrewd as he is. The sergeant is played by a very young James Caan, who speaks some rather impressive German.



"The Bridge At Chalons" -- The squad must guard a surly demolitions expert while he blows a key bridge. The guest star is no less than the great Lee Marvin.

"The Enemy" w/guest star Robert Duvall. Duvall's German accent isn't so hot (though it's better than his English one in The 7% Solution) but otherwise he gives a subtle performance as a demolitions expert who has booby-trapped an entire town in advance of the American army taking it. He is captured by Lt. Hanley (Rick Jason) and forced to defuse the bombs he's planted, resulting in a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse, with script and direction taking every possible advantage of the suspenseful premise.



"Survival" -- Directed by Robert Altman, and another of my favorites. Wounded in a fire and separated from the squad, Saunders wanders through enemy territory in a daze. Virtually half the footage has no dialogue, and Altman employs some unorthodox camera angles (shooting into the sun) previously unheard of in TV.

Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 11:58 pm to
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Doesn’t exist.
Jonny Quest.

Next question?
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
146509 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 12:06 am to
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Jonny Quest
Bandit keeps it out of the #1 spot
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 3:20 am to
Jfc. There are 152 1hr episodes.

Is it a series worth watching from beginning to end, and of the ending satisfactory? I see they jumped to color in the final season.
Posted by Tigerstark
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 6:30 am to
Thanks for sharing. Have never heard of it. Is it streaming anywhere? Worth watching all the way through or just select episodes?
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 7:24 am to
The Acolyte
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 7:25 am to
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A series better than band of brothers

The original Planet Earth for me. It's my #1. It just hit me at the right time and not long after I got my first huge HDTV (55" Sony). I was blown away.

BoB is my #2 though.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 8:02 am to
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Doesn’t exist. Prove me wrong, just kidding you can’t.



Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
119683 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 8:23 am to
You are right, it does not exist. Perfection.
Posted by Geekboy
Member since Jan 2004
5362 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 8:35 am to
And there will never be a better series.
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
4257 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 8:48 am to
Does it have to be war-oriented? Band of Brothers was great but Mad Men was undeniably better.
Posted by A12 Oxcart
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 8:52 am to
From The Earth To the Moon
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 9:00 am to
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Jonny Quest
quote:

Bandit keeps it out of the #1 spot


frick that.

When the chips were down, and Dr. Zin had the team pinned with crossfire, and Bandit charged through that cloud of smoke to direct everyone into attack positions and then ran through the enemy line to direct the team on the other side of the battle, and then ran BACK through the enemy to reconnoiter with the main squad... that was when we knew we'd found our company commander.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 9:06 am to
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I actually prefer Combat


That brought back some memories. Don't think I've thought about this since I was a kid. I wanna say this would play on Sunday afternoons in the football offseason on our local CBS station.
Posted by SportsGuyNOLA
New Orleans, LA
Member since May 2014
18402 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 10:36 am to
Combat! > BoB
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 10:50 am to
Can't argue with anyone that has that #1.

Chernobyl and True Detective S1 give it a run for it's money as far a quality.

If I could only watch one for the rest of my life, I'd probably take The Leftovers over it just because of the three full seasons.

Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
2197 posts
Posted on 8/2/24 at 10:59 am to
The Offer is fantastic and better the Band Of Brothers, which I liked a lot.
If you are not familiar with it, it's about how the Godfather movie came to be.
Backstories involving the Mafia, power struggles, etc.
Posted by Tigris
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Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 8/2/24 at 11:09 am to
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Chernobyl and True Detective S1 give it a run for it's money as far a quality.


Great picks. Honestly, I'd go:

True Detective S1
Chernobyl
Band of Brothers

With not much separating them. If anybody wants a different order I won't argue.
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