[ARCHIVED THREAD] - ReWatching Generation Kill (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/28/2012 9:04:22 AM EDT
...on HBOGO. I've read and own the book, watched the miniseries twice, and am re-watching it again. If you've never watched/read it, go do it now Speed |
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Lol, that dude reminds me of Hank Hill's dad (with knees of course  ).Speed |
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I read the book well before the mini series came out and I can say that if memory serves me properally that they stayed very close to the book when making the miniseries. I loved both the book and miniseries.
Ray Person may be my favorite character from the series. I love the fact that they got some of the actual guys from that unit into the actual series as well as a few actors with military experience involved with the series as well. That includes Alexander Skarsgard who was a Swedish Marine before he went into acting. |
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Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light Especially because of the language  
Yeah seriously. One steely eyed killer made it sound like his platoon was made up of Crusaders who sat around all day sharpening their knives. |
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I read the book well before the mini series came out and I can say that if memory serves me properally that they stayed very close to the book when making the miniseries. I loved both the book and miniseries. Ray Person may be my favorite character from the series. I love the fact that they got some of the actual guys from that unit into the actual series as well as a few actors with military experience involved with the series as well. That includes Alexander Skarsgard who was a Swedish Marine before he went into acting. Furity Rudy Reyes was Himself. 
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I remember the epic butthurt when the show came out. Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light ehhh They did?
I dont know how. My friend who used to be Recon in the 90's acts just like them, that most certainly includes the language. |
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Oh yeah dude. At least one person truly thought everyone wearing a U.S. flag on their shoulder was a choirboy who never let a foul word escape his mouth. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I remember the epic butthurt when the show came out. Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light ehhh They did? Some ARFCOMers thought it would be just like Band of Brothers with the Glorious hero Marines destroying the villainous Naziraqi's all the while spreading cheer and gumdrops to all the beautiful people of Iraq free of bad language and reality seriously
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Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light Especially because of the language
Oh yeah dude. At least one person truly thought everyone wearing a U.S. flag on their shoulder was a choirboy who never let a foul word escape his mouth. Evidently he never saw one try to desecrate his chemical filtration device by attempting fornication with it! |
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Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light Especially because of the language
Oh yeah dude. At least one person truly thought everyone wearing a U.S. flag on their shoulder was a choirboy who never let a foul word escape his mouth. Evidently he never saw one try to desecrate his chemical filtration device by attempting fornication with it! 
"WHERE THE FUCK ARE YER HELMETS??!?!?!??!?!!!" I love Sixta and his retard-ese. Makes me laugh. |
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I remember the epic butthurt when the show came out. Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light ehhh They did?
Some ARFCOMers thought it would be just like Band of Brothers with the Glorious hero Marines destroying the villainous Naziraqi's all the while spreading cheer and gumdrops to all the beautiful people of Iraq free of bad language and reality seriously Band of brothers was chock full of "bad language". Even had a fair bit of fucking at the end. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: No? Really?Quoted: Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light Especially because of the language Oh yeah dude. At least one person truly thought everyone wearing a U.S. flag on their shoulder was a choirboy who never let a foul word escape his mouth. Evidently he never saw one try to desecrate his chemical filtration device by attempting fornication with it! "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YER HELMETS??!?!?!??!?!!!" I love Sixta and his retard-ese. Makes me laugh. You Elvises better love Sixta, cause Amerikay is watchin and more important Godfather is watchin! |
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I love Sixta and his retard-ese. Makes me laugh. If I recall right they kinda gave a reason for his madness at the end of the series. While they're all hanging out wondering what to do next, Sixa told the CO 'I'll get back on 'em about the grooming standards' and implied that he gave them a hard time to get their minds off of missing home or the danger or whatever. |
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Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light Especially because of the language
Yeah seriously. One steely eyed killer made it sound like his platoon was made up of Crusaders who sat around all day sharpening their knives. Unfuckin Believable.
I thought the banter was about as realistic as it could get in portraying Marines. Yea if I had a dime for every time I heard the word fuck slip past a Marine's lips I would be a motherfucking billionaire |
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I remember the epic butthurt when the show came out. Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light ehhh Wasn't a Marine but the Sergeant Major's antics weren't far off. In japan, all 4 branches had to register their vehicles on the Marine Camp. Those poor dudes weren't allowed to drive until they made E-5 (or E-4) and they couldn't even buy more than a 6-pack at a time. They would go to the other branch bases to get boo's but they had to take cabs everywhere. Well, they also aren't allowed to wear 'shower shoes' outside of the shower. So, when I PCS'd, I had to get my vehicle registration closed out and signed off by the office. I almost forgot and was at the beach. I was wearing a t-shirt, swim trunks, and flip flops. I got to the registration office and there were 2 marine NCO's standing near their car at the entrance of the registration office. I was walking up and one shouts, "Hey there motivator! What base do you belong to?" They were getting ready to tear me a new one for wearing flip flops but as soon as I told them I wasn't a Marine, they had to hold themselves back. I didn't wear those again
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Alot of ARFCOM thought it put Modern Marines in a bad light Especially because of the language
Yeah seriously. One steely eyed killer made it sound like his platoon was made up of Crusaders who sat around all day sharpening their knives. Unfuckin Believable.
I thought the banter was about as realistic as it could get in portraying Marines. Yea if I had a dime for every time I heard the word fuck slip past a Marine's lips I would be a motherfucking billionaire Especially This: Should have rolled into battle with a sword Brad, that would have fucking rocked |
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Love it when Ray respond to the kids letter Cpl. Ray Person: [in response to a child's letter] Dear Frederick, thank you for your nice letter, but I am actually a US Marine who was born to kill, whereas clearly you seem to have mistaken me for some sort of wine sipping, communist dick suck. And although peace probably appeals to tree hugging bi-sexuals like you and your parents, I happen to be a death-dealing, blood-crazed warrior who wakes up every day just hoping for the chance to dismember my enemies and defile their civilizations. Peace sucks a hairy asshole, Freddy. War is the mother-fucking answer |
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That includes Alexander Skarsgard who was a Swedish Marine before he went into acting.
I'd started watching True Blood before Generation Kill, and it surprised the hell out of me to see him playing a vampire. "As the great warrior poet Ice Cube once said; if the day does not require an AK, it is good"
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Whenever anyone asks about my time in Iraq, I tell them to watch the mini-series/read the book. I was part of the invasion and this is scary accurate. Me too...and I agree, scary accurate. It got me in the beginning with the Skittles in the radio mount. That's where we kept them in my truck. |
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Anyone ever serve under or with a person like Captain America? We had a pilot hat we called Capt. America. He was no shit a USMC poster boy. As in he posed for an Officer recruiting poster. Total Swollen head |