Band of Brothers POLL - PART 2 (New OP, please read)

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#1 Kevlar101
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HELP: Is the poll there? It should be but i'm not sure if it is. Can someone please confirm? BONUS QUESTION AT BOTTOM OF POST.  NEW POST: The results of the last poll follow: Part 1: Currahee: 1 vote. Part 2: Day of Days: 9 votes. Part 3: Carentan: 3 votes. Part 4: Replacements: 0 votes. Part 5: Crossroads: 2 votes. THE ORIGINAL POST (with some edits) IS BELOW: We all know it. Nobody hasn't heard of it. Its one of the most successful war films of the last 15 years, and a damn good one at that. In my opinion, not only the best war film ever made, but even the best over-all film ever. YES, I know that its a mini-series, not a film, but I really don't care, don't give me flak for that. Its still a FILM in my eyes. Just a really looong film. Now, here is how this works: there will be 3 polls. 1 for the first 5 episodes (because of poll limits), and the second poll for the last 5 episodes. Then, the top scoring episode from both lists will be put in a 3rd and final poll, with just those 2 options, and whichever one gets the most votes, will be crowned the BEST "Band of Brothers" episode. There will be celebration for it afterwards. My vote for the last 5: Tough one. Definitely not part 8, but all the other ones are works of art. Either Part 7, or Part 9. BONUS QUESTION: We can all agree that BoB perfectly paced the Normandy and Battle of the Bulge operations..... but who else here thinks that they fvcked up Market Garden? I think they could have done so much more with it, like the Son bridge rather than Nuenen. And Part 5 was cool, as it showed the later days of Market Garden, but Part 4 did it so poorly. Who else agrees?
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#2 lonewolf604
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My favorite episodes are Day of Days (shows the intensity of the drop, and how they were outnumbered). And also the medic episode, Bastogne, because it showed how much trouble medics went through just to keep health and morale.
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#3 Kevlar101
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My favorite episodes are Day of Days (shows the intensity of the drop, and how they were outnumbered). And also the medic episode, Bastogne, because it showed how much trouble medics went through just to keep health and morale. lonewolf604
Dude, PLEASE read the OP. I explained everything there. There WILL be 2 more polls. You will have your chance to talk about everything after the first 5 parts later. Right now though, just the first 5. Now, I like your choices, but you talking about Part 6 (Bastogne) is premature. Right now, anyway.
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#4 lonewolf604
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I forgot to add episode 9, Why We Fight, which showed the concentration camp.
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#5 konvikt_17
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ive nothing to say about BoB,

but havent seen you in a while Kevlar!

i feared the worse:P

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#6 lpjazzman220
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I forgot to add episode 9, Why We Fight, which showed the concentration camp.lonewolf604

Episode 9 has to be my favorite as well. As a soldier, I find it important to know what I'm fighting for, and that episode shows one of the best reasons to be fighting.

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#7 Kevlar101
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ive nothing to say about BoB,

but havent seen you in a while Kevlar!

i feared the worse:P

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I was suspended for 2 weeks for using a racial slur. Here are the details if you are interested: http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29359067/how-is-the-word-quotjapquot-offensive
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#8 Kevlar101
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OMG guys, STOP choosing episodes that are in the last 5 parts.... there will be an entire poll dedicated to those. Read the damn OP..... this is a 3 part poll.... god. Choose one of the CURRENT 5.
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#9 lonewolf604
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[QUOTE="lonewolf604"]I forgot to add episode 9, Why We Fight, which showed the concentration camp.lpjazzman220

Episode 9 has to be my favorite as well. As a soldier, I find it important to know what I'm fighting for, and that episode shows one of the best reasons to be fighting.

Yep. and close behind that one is episode 7. Donnie Walhberg is a pretty good actor. I kind of teared up when he became LT.
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#10 konvikt_17
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[QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

ive nothing to say about BoB,

but havent seen you in a while Kevlar!

i feared the worse:P

Kevlar101

I was suspended for 2 weeks for using a racial slur. Here are the details if you are interested: http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29359067/how-is-the-word-quotjapquot-offensive

Ah. that had to suck.:P

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#11 Kevlar101
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[QUOTE="lpjazzman220"]

[QUOTE="lonewolf604"]I forgot to add episode 9, Why We Fight, which showed the concentration camp.lonewolf604

Episode 9 has to be my favorite as well. As a soldier, I find it important to know what I'm fighting for, and that episode shows one of the best reasons to be fighting.

Yep. and close behind that one is episode 7. Donnie Walhberg is a pretty good actor. I kind of teared up when he became LT.

OMFG, do you LISTEN???
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[QUOTE="Kevlar101"][QUOTE="konvikt_17"]

ive nothing to say about BoB,

but havent seen you in a while Kevlar!

i feared the worse:P

konvikt_17

I was suspended for 2 weeks for using a racial slur. Here are the details if you are interested: http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29359067/how-is-the-word-quotjapquot-offensive

Ah. that had to suck.:P

I honestly did not know that it was a racial slur. I had been interested in the Pacific Theater since I was like 5, and I had always used those terms when talking about the war..... I never really caught on to that term being considered racially offensive. And on another issue..... the jokers in this thread are pissing me the fvck off.
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#13 pie-junior
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Episode 7 I'm not part of your system man
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[QUOTE="pie-junior"]Episode 7 I'm not part of your system man

Yeah? YEAH? I planned for WEEKS..... there will be a whole nother poll just for the last 5 parts, but for the love of pete, ANSWER THE CURRENT POLL
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#15 pie-junior
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ANSWER THE CURRENT POLLKevlar101
I am about to defy you

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[QUOTE="Kevlar101"]ANSWER THE CURRENT POLLpie-junior

I am about to defy you

Ok.... how about this: Just tell me which of the first five you like most. no poll required.
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#17 Kevlar101
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See, of the first 5, Carentan is my favorite simply because it portrays my 2 favorite battles of the American front of the Normandy Campaign: Battle of Carentan, and Bloody Gulch.
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#18 Blueresident87
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Band of Brothers is the best mini-series/movie ever made, and not just about WWII...

Out of the first 5, Carentan or Day of Days is the best. My overall favorite episode will be on a later poll, though.

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#19 IPWNDU2
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BASTOGNE

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out of those, both 2 and 3

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#21 The_Gaming_Baby
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Episode 2 out of the first 5. Episode 7 is my actual favorite though

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#22 MonoSilver
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Out of those I'd go for Day of Days. It has an incredibly realistic start with the dropping of the troops and the taking of the German guns is just amazing. Still my favourite TV series of all time.
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#23 danjammer69
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Carentan

But it is very hard for me to try and single out my favorite part of a masterpiece.

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#24 KHAndAnime
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It's hard to pick because all of the episodes are really good. I really enjoyed Carentan, though it's slightly soured for me due to some artistic liberties taken with the shocked soldier's story. I think I'm going to go with Day of Days, because it's simply an exhilarating episode for me from start to finish.
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#25 kittensRjerks
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Episode 9 - Why We Fight

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#26 sammyjenkis898
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The best episode is easily bastogne. It shines because the narrative doesn't shift around constantly. Everything with the medic is more compelling than anything else in the series.

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#27 Postal_Guy
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I refuse to pick one because they are all fking awesome

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#28 Kevlar101
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I really enjoyed Carentan, though it's slightly soured for me due to some artistic liberties taken with the shocked soldier's story. KHAndAnime
You mean Blithe? Yeah, he was not shot in the neck as portrayed in Part 3. Just the guys watching THOUGHT that he was pinked in the neck. He was actually shot in the shoulder. And, he did not die from his wounds in 1948. He lived, and even fought in Korea.
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#29 Sharpie125
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There's something I love about Curahee. The men at Tocoa and dealing with Sobel gave a lot of the characters a much needed introduction that some war films tend to easily forget. It's breathtaking when the C47s begin to take off with Michael Kamen's soaring score overtop everything (my favourite piece of music out of the entire series), and there's this moment at the end of the episode when they're over the English channel, you see the entire navy and landing force on the water in the moonlight. I get chills just thinking about it :)

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#30 Kevlar101
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Ok guys, Part 2 of the poll will be submitted around 8:00 PM Central Time, just to let you know.
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#31 Rattlesnake_8
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I agree with the tc, BOB is amazing. Best war film ever. Really hope they make another one. The Pacific was good but having it jump around so much did detract from it, made it more confusing. We need to have another war mini series to watch. I think my favourite episode is day of days. Seeing the aircraft flying over with all the tracers and flak is an incredible sight. Can't imagine how terrorfying it must have been to go through that.
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#32 jun_aka_pekto
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I tend to agree with the D-Day parachute drops (Days of Days). Very harrowing.

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#33 IPWNDU2
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BASTOGNE

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#34 Kevlar101
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Ok, um, what happened?
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#35 Kevlar101
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Where did people go?
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#36 lonewolf604
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Episode 2 Day of Days, nothing beats that.