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finally, something on hbo to watch .
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I really enjoyed the book, read it several times, I'll be sure to watch this.
 

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I enjoyed the book but I'm always leery about book to film transitions.
 

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Didn't know it was a book. I don't really care for the name. But I will definately check it out.
 

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Premiere episode seemed decent. I've read a bit about the miniseries, and apparently the author is happy with the final product, and has explained that he was surprised that it wasn't more "Hollywood-ized". I take that to be a good thing.

Definitely different from the Band Of Brothers mini which is refreshing. I love BoB, but nothing will replace it. Well... maybe this will
 

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The first episode was pretty boring, but I really liked the second. More of the witty chit-chat/banter between marines which made the book so fun to read.

Hey, reporter! If you lay with ********* against the ground as a tank goes by, it feels ******* great!
 

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Originally Posted by Eason
The first episode was pretty boring, but I really liked the second. More of the witty chit-chat/banter between marines which made the book so fun to read.

Agreed.
 

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I really enjoyed it. the internation beteween the noncoms, the officers, the seargant major, the recon guys and the regular line marines strikes me as very believable.
 

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Yeah I think the input of the marines and the reporter who wrote the book kept the series pretty faithful. A lot of the dialogue is verbatim from irl.
 

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Originally Posted by Eason
I really enjoyed the book, read it several times, I'll be sure to watch this.


The thing that really irks me is that the copy of the book I bought has on its cover a group shot of the main soldiers. Except it's not the real soldiers, but the actors who play the soldiers. The original group shot is found in black-and-white inside the book. I guess it's a marketing necessity, but it really irked me.
 

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haha, TV production version, GG. My copy just has the lone marine on the cover, don't know if it's one of the actual marines.
 

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There are more than a few books I have refrained from buying because of the movie/TV covers. It's silly of me but it's just a personal hangup I have.

Anyways, this is a very good show.
 

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Second episode is great. I'm going to upgrade this show to live viewing
 

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Episode 3 is good.
 

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