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Matt Settle as Cpt. Speirs was amazing

by PhillyNDFan, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 10:13 (2577 days ago) @ DEM

From the German POW scene, to him stealing everything worth anything in the later episodes, he was absolutely brilliant. Wild Bill "Gonorrhea" will always be my favorite character (Philly bias), but Speirs is right there.

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OT band of brothers - DEM, 2017-03-27, 17:36
- 'With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa' should be - hobbs, 2017-03-28, 15:22
  - ...with "All Quiet on the Western Front"... - PMan, 2017-03-28, 15:27
    - Yeah. Its pretty hard to be those three works. - hobbs, 2017-03-28, 15:41
      - "Dispatches" and "A Bright Shining Lie", I think - HullieAndMikes, 2017-03-29, 04:58
- What I think is the most remarkable about the whole - BillyGoat, 2017-03-28, 10:53
  - You're welcome - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 11:05
    - Indeed. And if anybody ever needs NOLA food recs, consult - BillyGoat, 2017-03-29, 11:12
- Matt Settle as Cpt. Speirs was amazing - PhillyNDFan, 2017-03-28, 10:13
  - As was the real Ronald Spiers - Jack, 2017-03-28, 11:42
    - Well obviously - PhillyNDFan, 2017-03-28, 13:10
    - As I said elsewhere, Bill Brasky wouldn't believe some - BillyGoat, 2017-03-28, 12:39
- Hijack: What ever happened to the series about the 8th AF? - ndroman21, 2017-03-28, 09:03
  - Was this planned for HBO? - HullieAndMikes, 2017-03-28, 09:38
    - Yes, but I haven't read anything for awhile. - ndroman21, 2017-03-28, 10:38
- I'm watching The Pacific for the first time - BPH, 2017-03-28, 08:19
  - I liked it but not as much as BoB. But that's such an - BillyGoat, 2017-03-28, 10:56
    - If WW2 is Revelations, WW1 is Hell. - PAK, 2017-03-28, 12:10
      - Yes. Less well documented. But every word I read about - BillyGoat, 2017-03-28, 13:21
        
        re: TAZ, 100% agree - PAK, 2017-03-28, 17:34
    - A couple of the episodes in that series were horrific - Jack, 2017-03-28, 11:28
- Is that the one where Lt. Spears takes over on the attack of - Jack, 2017-03-28, 06:38
  - Yes, but the attack is on the town of Foy, not a farmhouse. - ndroman21, 2017-03-28, 08:12
    - Thanks - been a while, couldn't remember the target - Jack, 2017-03-28, 08:25
  - I'm pretty sure Malarkey is the last one still living - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 07:00
    - We have a grandson of either Lipton, Malarkey, or - BillyGoat, 2017-03-28, 10:58
- It's never not weird that it's Donnie Wahlberg, though - HullieAndMikes, 2017-03-28, 05:15
  - I always thought he did a great job in BoB - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 06:56
    - Also Stephen Graham and James McAvoy - Jack, 2017-03-28, 07:01
  - I was unprejudiced about him in B of B - Jack, 2017-03-28, 06:50
  - Better or worse than 50-year-old - Buffalo, 2017-03-28, 06:40
    - Vin Diesel's brief role is super weird in retrospect now - Jim (fisherj08), 2017-03-28, 06:59
      - One of my college roommates... - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 07:02
        
        Somebody mentioned below that The Thin Red Line - DEM, 2017-03-28, 07:06
        
        SPR had Sam, but The Thin Red Line had Woody - Jack, 2017-03-28, 08:10
        
        Yup. Woody blows off his woody. - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 08:37
        
        What I'll never forget about SPR - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 07:20
        
        That scene is fantastic - DEM, 2017-03-28, 07:25
        
        Yeah, that's how it's basically held up for most people - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 07:42
        
        What bugged my dad also as a Korean War vet about SPR - Jack, 2017-03-28, 08:20
        
        IIRC, there was no real life mission - HullieAndMikes, 2017-03-28, 08:28
        
        The Bixby letter controversy is interesting, too. - PMan, 2017-03-28, 10:00
        
        And another Iowa family lost five sons to one torpedo in - Jack, 2017-03-28, 11:34
        
        Yeah that was me - HullieAndMikes, 2017-03-28, 07:08
        
        In retrospect it can be seen as the beginning - DEM, 2017-03-28, 07:11
        
        The first sequence is really, really good! - Jim (fisherj08), 2017-03-28, 07:07
        
        I still don't understand Pvt Ryan crying... - domer.mq, 2017-03-28, 13:23
        
        good read here - Jay, 2017-03-28, 14:03
        
        That is great. - domer.mq, 2017-03-29, 07:48
        
        lol - Jim (fisherj08), 2017-03-28, 07:03
    - Well, he was still dying his hair then - Jack, 2017-03-28, 06:45
  - Yeah that one clanged pretty badly - DEM, 2017-03-28, 06:01
    - Always thought Hanks' son was great in that role. - domer.mq, 2017-03-28, 06:36
      - I did too. It was perfect. As for Schwimmer - Jack, 2017-03-28, 06:46
  - I think DW is a pretty good actor - scriptcomesfirst, 2017-03-28, 05:55
    - This man: - IrishGuard, 2017-03-28, 06:37
      - That's funny - DEM, 2017-03-28, 07:15
    - Sure, he's fine - HullieAndMikes, 2017-03-28, 06:07
- My favorite episode as well. Good call. - Irish96, 2017-03-28, 04:49
  - One of my favorite scenes... - Irish96, 2017-03-28, 04:56
    - Side note... - FunkDoctorSpock, 2017-03-28, 06:52
      - The Maj. Winters Memorial Bridge... - domer.mq, 2017-03-28, 10:09
- Semi-hijack: Speaking of a good war flic - hobbs, 2017-03-27, 20:02
- which episode is that? - Jay, 2017-03-27, 18:16
  - As said below the second bastogne episode - DEM, 2017-03-27, 18:49
  - The second Bastogne one - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2017-03-27, 18:34
    - Yep. The attack on Foy is the culminating point. - Irish96, 2017-03-28, 04:49

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