Band of Brothers and The Pacific are now on Netflix...

I can’t remember if I watched The Pacific. I’ll go check it out.

Dang, that's great news. Thanks for the heads up.

I actually have a set of Band of Brothers DVD's in really great tin, but I haven't had my DVD player hooked up in years, so this will be much more convenient.

For those who haven't watched The Pacific yet - it is good but a bit grittier and darker than BoB and since BoB is pretty much The Goat, Pacific doesn't quite reach those heights. On the plus side, Rami Malek steals the show as cajun Merill 'Snafu" Shelton in a brillant performance.

I was just wrapping up the BOB companion podcast today. I was tearing up and watched the ending of the baseball game and voice over with the winters interview at the end. It gets me every time. They just absolutely nailed the tone of that series. It’s incredible. I’ll watch it once a year at least forever.

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So what's up with HBO/Max releasing their properties?

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Netflix is paying them. It's mostly older things or things that people wouldn't subscribe to Max specifically for. I think Insecure, Ballers, Six Feet Under and a few others are making their way over if they haven't all already.

I’m on the minority that appreciates Pacific more, think I’ll watch ep 1 tonight

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I rewatch at least once a year.

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My ex-wife and I had a tradition, where we watched it every winter break, even before we got married. The Pacific is also awesome, but I've been to both Iwo Jima in the summer, and Bastogne in the winter, and there is a special level of suck in the "haze" of a Belgian winter.

My son was 10? when we started him on the tradition of watching BoB, so he could watch what actual suck looks like.

When is Masters of the Air - the 8th Air Force project supposed to be released? I feel like it's been in the works over a decade.

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I’m on the minority that appreciates Pacific more, think I’ll watch ep 1 tonight

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There’s something almost romantic about BOB. Obviously war is hell, but something about a group of guys from different backgrounds traipsing through the European countryside fighting pure evil is weirdly nostalgic and has this weird historical tint to it. It was a great cause fought by normal men who did great things. Americas finest hour if you ask me.

... and he said, GrandPa, were you a Hero in the war? And GrandPa said, no. But I served in a Company of Heroes.