Band of Brothers -

[Lonyo]

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/143039/Band-Of-Brothers-Box-Set/Product.html

Very limited time offer I think (said one day sale somewhere), but for anyone who wants it, it's probably a once only sort of price.

 

[fOgGy]

For those that want to watch the series in HD you can now get BOB in Blu Ray format -

 

[Lt_Kettch]

I still don't understand the fuzz about BoB, it is not that good ...

 

[Ralfst3r]

I have this edition, it's really nice. And for 14 euros I can recommend it.

Edit:

Oh wait, I have that tin can edition but the non blu-ray version.

 

[DraKon2k]

Got this a few years ago for 30

 

[SheepDip]

Virgin Megastores (back when they were) had it for

 

[Mahnsikir]

I picked it up on DVD in that offer in 05 come to think of it. My days of watching David Dickinson & bargain hunt made it irresistible.

Got it on bluray along with pre ordering the matrix trilogy last week, obviously very nice watching it in high def and DTS but somtimes i feel that the film grain effect can spoil the HD a little.

 

[SheepDip]

pre ordering the matrix trilogy

Did you not have the option of avoiding the 2 sequels?

 

[Mahnsikir]

Hehe, probably but with the 3 films I can have a matrix/drinking marithon with some mates over the holidays(only 17working days left for me ). And with the three of them for

 

[SchutzeSepp]

"interactive field guide, featuring timelines, maps, soldier..." does it also mention things like: "this part is actually totally wrong!" or "what you see here never happened!" ?

as much as i think BOB is great, i found out myself that it's full of errors when researching about Foy for my map. the series are a not so accurate representation of the book, wich itself is a not so verry accurate representation of the facts.
by example in the series they assault Foy from the south, while it was another company who did that assault, easy company attacked from the north-west along the bastogne road

 

[Mahnsikir]

Meh not like they showed US soliders as unstopable, running through enemy lines Ramdo soldiers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7TuCSnWlJk

While ive never read the book, ive always enjoyed the series for showing the experiences of the soliders in the war reasonably accurately with a little bit artisitic creativity to keep it an exciting and fun viewing.

 

[husbert]

tiger is driving away

maybe the tiger looked james ryan where they kill tanks with socks

 

[SiC-Disaster]

tiger is driving away

maybe the tiger looked james ryan where they kill tanks with socks

Haha that had me rofl
That would be an awesome easteregg for a game to have, sockbombs as AT weapons

 

[Oldih]

as much as i think BOB is great, i found out myself that it's full of errors when researching about Foy for my map. the series are a not so accurate representation of the book, wich itself is a not so verry accurate representation of the facts.

Shouldn't it be self-explanationary that movies are not meant to be used as research material? Since if we go that far, I don't know any movie that would be even remotedly suitable for the job.

Even I noticed several errors in BoB when I watched it and I still had no trouble understanding that the series is not 1:1 with the history. But I guess the problem is that some people might immediatly assume that anything based on historical theme _must_ be accurate description.

 

[Bluehawk]

Haha that had me rofl
That would be an awesome easteregg for a game to have, sockbombs as AT weapons

MOHAA: Spearhead had stickbombs, because, you know, they do all their research in the movie theatre.

 

[Murphy]

How did they get their socks sticky? ... No wait! Don't go there.

 

[necropimp]

they used grease... yes... they used a lubricant to make something sticky

stickybombs did exist but they were used by the british and were not made in the field with grease coated socks

 

[Oldih]

Screw stickybombs, I want wooden lodge between the tracks to immobilize it!

 

[Bluehawk]

they used grease... yes... they used a lubricant to make something sticky

stickybombs did exist but they were used by the british and were not made in the field with grease coated socks

That's because they were manufactured. The whole point about the SPR stickbombs was that they were an easy improvisation (supposedly) mentioned in the US Army enlisted man's field manual for emergency anti-armour. It's not entirely implausible. What is implausible is that the Germans would just waltz their Tiger into that rubble-strewn deathtrap. Especially without any infantry on the flanks or ahead of it.

When I bought the tin box set of BoB it was still only a few weeks old and cost around $98.99 CDN

 

[husbert]

imagine macgyver would fight in ww2!

nuclear sockbombs!
paperclipfausts(you shoot a paperclip into the spyhole of the driver in the tank right into his eyes )