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Points: General Discussion

Mar 20, 2009 11:34

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foofighter0234 March 20 2009, 20:09:49 UTC

The baseball game scene at the end never fails to make me tear up, especially now that I have access to the pictures of the guys that accompany said scene.

shanghai_jim March 20 2009, 20:24:52 UTC

If anyone else wants to see the pictures that pop up at the end of the show with the Blu-ray interactive features turned on: http://shanghai-jim.livejournal.com/202247.html

elodiek March 20 2009, 21:44:15 UTC

Thank you! :)

foofighter0234 March 22 2009, 02:21:31 UTC

I added that one to my memories. <3 Thanks for giving us access to those.

Thread 6

kate_everson March 21 2009, 01:13:34 UTC

Comments by Kate:
- Those are some mighty short shorts that the redheaded eskimo is wearing. I approve. so does Nixon.
-"Terrific, lets go found out where Hitler lived!" Is the most excited I can remember Speirs being, ever.
- The looks on Webster and Leibgott's faces (I think it's Web and Lieb, anyway) as they're running away from their little cache of grenades kills me
- LOVE the way when Harry intercepts Speir's grabby hands from the shiny utensils, the first things Speirs does is look at Winters with big sad eyes as if to say "Daddy, Harry won't share!" and Winters is all "you're on your own, son" as he shoves silverware into his helmet. What on earth is he going to do with a giant Nazi flag, anyway ( ... )

Why, Skinny, why? shanghai_jim March 21 2009, 20:19:33 UTC

I've never really found a good answer for myself for why Skinny shoots the commandant. Reflex? Wasn't thinking? Conviction? Liebgott is screaming at Webster and he just wants them to stop fighting?

Re: Why, Skinny, why? skew_whiff March 21 2009, 23:14:26 UTC

My own guess is something like this:
He's caught up in the moment, the terror and nerves of it all. Liebgott's almost hysterical and Webster's freaking out and the Kraut's getting away, and with those reflexes he's had beaten into him through training and experience, he fires without really thinking to make it all just stop.
It's all over in a moment but the repercussions linger, which is of course the sort of thing which can drive a man to the bottle or the Bible. Or both, in turn, as the case may be.

But of course, it's one of those things that can't really be known for sure.

Re: Why, Skinny, why? foofighter0234 March 22 2009, 02:39:57 UTC

Web's getting anxious. Joe's almost hysterical. Skinny shoots to stop their fighting.

mcbuchanan March 22 2009, 03:13:31 UTC

-I got a glimpse of the crest on those shorts of Winters. Is it really the "paira dice" crest ( ... )

foofighter0234 March 22 2009, 03:49:06 UTC

-The one thing about the voice over updates that bugs me is that we aren't told what happened after the war to people like Malark, Toye, Wild Bill, Heffron, even Sobel and Dike and Jones. Instead we get Webster and More. :(

Read the books (Malark's, Bill and Babe's, Winters'), hon. They give a definitive look at what happened to them.

mcbuchanan March 22 2009, 18:36:15 UTC

I know! But I still remember watching BEFORE I bought the books and wondering what had happened. *shrugs* Would have made a nice addition to say something like "Even though Malark, Toye, Guarnere, etc. were not there, they still were with us in spirit. They survived and went on to do X, Y and Z."

foofighter0234 March 22 2009, 18:46:59 UTC

yup.

mcbuchanan March 22 2009, 18:37:43 UTC

And, also, I still go "WOW" when Winters tells us about how many people show up for Luz' funeral. He must have been quite involved in his community. I don't think that I KNOW 1600 people!