Showing posts with label Generation Kill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Generation Kill. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2008

Generation Kill Part Two a must see

Last week, I admitted that I was tired when I watched the first part of Generation Kill. I didn't really like it but said I would try again when I was not as tired. Last night, I was really tired but this time I was drawn in. The images were horrific but show a part of war we do not want to see. It was filled with action.

If you have never read about war, seen the images, heard their stories, then you need to watch this program. It's hard to get through but it provides a glimpse of what they see in real life. I've never been in combat, but I am a bit more prepared for watching a program like this because of what I do and what they tell me. I would really like to hear from some of my veteran friends on this if you want to put your thoughts in because I don't want to "sell" a program if it is not really as good as this one seems to be.

There will never come a day when there will be no more need of men and women willing to risk their lives. It would be a wonderful day, but given the nature of man, that day will come in Biblical days of the Revelation end times. We need to understand how some can come home so changed by what they see and do, that some need help to recover from it all.


Description
The highly trained young Marines of the First Reconnaissance Battalion struggle with inadequate supplies, bureaucratic snafus and poor communication as they lead the drive into Baghdad during the first weeks of the war in Iraq in this seven-part miniseries based on the best-selling non-fiction book by embedded Rolling Stone correspondent Evan Wright.


Get Some

Original Airdate: 2008-07-13
Synopsis:U.S. First Recon Marines prepare to invade Iraq; soldiers pass time while awaiting orders; a writer from ``Rolling Stone'' magazine becomes embedded with the unit.


The Cradle of Civilization

Original Airdate: 2008-07-20
Next Airing: July 27, 2008
HBOLPHD
12:30 AM
Synopsis:Bravo company heads toward Nasiriyah, where Alpha company is involved in a skirmish; a wrong turn causes Bravo to lag behind other companies.


Generation Kill: Screwby
Original Airdate: 2008-07-27
Next Airing: July 28, 2008

01:00 AM
Synopsis
Screwby: Bravo awaits new orders; Fick tries to take control of a dangerous situation; Godfather orders Bravo to trek through the night, treating all Iraqis as hostile

Saturday, July 12, 2008

HBO Generation Kill

On HBO, The Fierce Tug of War
By Tom Shales
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 13, 2008; Page M01

Making an earnest attempt to fake magnanimity, the commanding officer approaches a small group of his men and tells them he wants to know exactly what's bothering them, what their complaints and concerns are. "I want you to talk freely," he insists. When they come up with only meager responses, he presses them further to be frank, candid, honest. Finally one of the men, "Doc," speaks up.

"Well, sir," he says, as the officer leans in to hear him over the sound of gunfire, "it's just that you're incompetent, sir."

You could knock over the officer with a feather. Shocked, but determined not to look it, he says with childlike defensiveness, "I'm doing the best I can."
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