Posted: 4/26/2017 10:03:38 PM EDT
 Trials and tribulations of Dave Mcgraw Captain America  Generation Kill funny moments |
i was even in during that time frame.....But as a pogue
 Generation Kill - Teenage dirtbag |
 Generation Kill - Sniper Scene |
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I went down a rabbit hole for a day,
turns out the MAJ that was portrayed in that series, didn't appreciate it, and did like a line-by-line rebuttal of everything on some three-post wordpress site, which was meh, but then, in the comments, he got his ass lit up by other people who were there, and by the books' author. As long as you look at it like a movie set in those times, and less a documentary, I liked it a lot. |
 Generation Kill: General Mattis |
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Read the book first then the series came out. One of the few mini-series that had me glued to it. Great cast. Person and Colbert' exchanges are quotable and easily the most entertaining.
There are a few more Force Recon guys in it other than Reyes, they are minor characters. One that stuck out was a guy from Alpha who was down in the initial large engagement outside the city just before Mattis/Dowdy(sp?)/Godfather exchange on the bridge. He has a jam/FTF and he clears it with his left hand never taking his rifle off target. AgaIn all the other guys who are Mil in it are minor characters. Skarsgard was a Swedish Marine before jumping into acting and he was perfect for Colbert. |
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I felt bad for the LT...he was trying to do the right thing, taking care of his guys, and gets fucked by the CoC. |
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Fick was my least favorite character of the series. Yes I was a Marine Officer. The depiction of the other officers being grossly incompetent and Fick being the guy that did the right thing all the time was exaggerated to the extreme. Officers and staff nco's make decisions that are usually not popular with the Marines, and for the most part the negative portayal of the officers and snco's was reflecfed in the series. But again this series was taken at the point of veiw of the Marines and reporter in Ficks platoon. So of course the other officers and snco's were viewed in a different light. I did not read the book or Fick's book. The actions depicticted in GK make up a smaller portion of his book, and while most (if not all) of the events portrayed in the books line up, his point of view was less of "I'm the only one with a clue" as seen in GK. |
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I've read both. Fick's book was a lot less one sided in the portrayal of his fellow officers and SNCO's. The actions depicticted in GK make up a smaller portion of his book, and while most (if not all) of the events portrayed in the books line up, his point of view was less of "I'm the only one with a clue" as seen in GK. Quoted:
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Fick was my least favorite character of the series. Yes I was a Marine Officer. The depiction of the other officers being grossly incompetent and Fick being the guy that did the right thing all the time was exaggerated to the extreme. Officers and staff nco's make decisions that are usually not popular with the Marines, and for the most part the negative portayal of the officers and snco's was reflecfed in the series. But again this series was taken at the point of veiw of the Marines and reporter in Ficks platoon. So of course the other officers and snco's were viewed in a different light. I did not read the book or Fick's book. The actions depicticted in GK make up a smaller portion of his book, and while most (if not all) of the events portrayed in the books line up, his point of view was less of "I'm the only one with a clue" as seen in GK. |
| Generation kill is pretty good if the point of the show was to portray how a bunch of Marine would act in front of a rolling stones reporter while given tasks to keep them to the sides o the FLOT since they didn't have armor and were not really integral to the mission of the Bn they were supporting that was leading the RCT after Nasaryiah. |
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I found this article written by a Marine officer that was there that had some rebuttals of Evan Wrights story.
http://commentaryongenerationkill.blogspot.com/2008/06/comments-on-generation-kill.html?m=1 |
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I found this article written by a Marine officer that was there that had some rebuttals of Evan Wrights story. http://commentaryongenerationkill.blogspot.com/2008/06/comments-on-generation-kill.html?m=1 |
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Interesting read. Not only Lt Col Shoup's perspective of the events, but also Evan Wright's rebuttal in the comments. Quoted:
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I found this article written by a Marine officer that was there that had some rebuttals of Evan Wrights story. http://commentaryongenerationkill.blogspot.com/2008/06/comments-on-generation-kill.html?m=1 |