D-DAY WAS ABSOLUTELY INTENSE!! | Band of Brothers 1x2 “Day of Days” Reaction | First Time Watching
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The video features a reaction and discussion of the second episode of *Band of Brothers*, titled "Day of Days," which depicts the intense and chaotic events of D-Day in Normandy. The hosts express that this episode is significantly heavier and more emotionally impactful than the first, anticipating numerous character deaths as they transition from training to actual combat behind enemy lines. They praise the show's cinematography, particularly the lighting and camera work that effectively convey the stress and confusion of battle, noting how the production captures the sheer scale of the chaos during the paratrooper drops and subsequent ground assaults. The narrative follows Easy Company as they struggle with disorientation after landing in the wrong zones, facing heavy German resistance, and attempting to secure objectives while dealing with the loss of comrades like Hall and Hanks.
A significant portion of the discussion focuses on the brutal reality of the assault on a German artillery battery, where soldiers must disable machine guns under fire using explosives. The hosts highlight specific moments of tension, such as a soldier accidentally firing his weapon prematurely and another being wounded while trying to retrieve ammunition, emphasizing the high stakes and the constant threat of death. They reflect on the bravery and sacrifice of the men, noting how the show portrays not just the glory but also the grim, often futile nature of war where even trained soldiers can be killed before they touch the ground. The conversation underscores the camaraderie among the troops as they rely on one another to survive, with scenes showing them helping each other up and sharing supplies amidst the destruction.
Beyond the action, the hosts delve into the emotional aftermath of the battle, discussing how the characters cope with loss and find moments of hope despite the carnage. They particularly appreciate a scene where a soldier reflects on surviving "the day of days" and vows to live peacefully in the future if he makes it home, which provides a sense of optimism amidst the horror. The reaction also touches on the historical significance of the events depicted, such as the capture of the battery becoming a textbook case studied at West Point, and the hosts express gratitude for having peace and safety in their own lives compared to the soldiers who fought and died for it. They conclude that while the episode is devastating, it ultimately reinforces themes of brotherhood, resilience, and the importance of cherishing life, making it one of their top five favorite episodes of television.
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What's up, guys? Welcome back to the
channel. So, episode one of Band of
Brothers was an incredible, incredible
episode. It really set everything up and
introduced us to a lot of these
characters, but now we're going to be
dropping behind enemy territory in
France and Normandy and
>> everything we trained for in episode
one.
>> Yeah, but you can't train for this.
>> You can't.
>> Guys, this is going to be a very heavy
episode. We already know, man. Um,
unless there's another delay, but I
guess the timeline wouldn't add up. But
anyways, man, this is going to be a very
heavy episode. Um, almost hard to watch.
So, just do our best to get through it
with us, guys. But I'm anticipating a
very bloody, painful,
heartbreaking episode, and there's only
10 episodes. This is obviously real
life, guys. This is as real as it gets
telling these stories. There's 10
episodes. So, I'm expecting a lot of a
lot of characters to die, honestly. And
it it kind of sucks to say, but
>> I know
>> I got a feeling this is going to be one
of the more emotionally impactful things
we've ever seen.
>> Yeah. not just this show, which I'm sure
it will be, but in particular this
episode. So, all right. Are you ready to
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means a lot to us. And um let's watch
this episode, guys. [music]
This intro is angelic. It's very
fitting, actually. [music]
There's that um
>> insane shot.
>> Yeah, that you like.
>> Someone on Patreon told us Michael Fast
Bender is in this.
>> Oh, okay.
>> Dang it. Should have known.
>> My favorite thing about the intro is
there's a lot of war going on in it, but
at the same time, there's a lot of just
walking through fields,
>> getting to know each other, learning
about each other's lives. Those are
always the best
>> camaraderie.
>> Like in Forest Gump when they're just
walking that those are the best scenes,
you know.
>> Yeah.
>> Standing in the door, I could see the
lights on the drop zone and I had to
assume that was our drop zone way in the
ahead of us and uh so that uh we had I
had the red light and had everybody
standing up ready to jump. So when the
plane started to get hit and suddenly
the pilot gives me the green light, I'm
out the door immediately.
>> Got such an opening blast from the
>> Maybe that was
>> shock from the prop blast that it broke
this chin strap that we had on this
helmet liner and uh that's when I lost
this famous leg bag that everybody talks
about just from the shock of the
opening. It just flew right off my foot.
>> We Oh wow.
>> came from the sky. We hit and in any
direction you went there would be enemy.
You knew it. And uh that was all part of
what you accepted.
>> How do you prepare yourself mentally?
Each man must do that himself. Each man
must prepare himself mentally to uh to
make that jump.
>> In the back of your mind, you you you
know you you wonder what's going to
happen and all that. You know, you uh
you've been trained and trained and
trained what you what your job is going
to be and what you're supposed to do.
And uh you that's what you got to think
about, you know, whe
uh
>> a
>> you try to put it all on your mind.
>> A
>> he said he was about to jump and the
bullets were hitting the plane. Like
could you imagine
>> they're so brave. I'm trying to tell
you.
>> I hope he makes it for the sake of his
mama.
>> I know.
>> Make it.
>> Yes, SIR. IS IT LIEUTENANT SNICK? SIR,
>> that plane's cute. It has like a little
face.
>> I was going to say it, but I didn't want
to seem like a little [ __ ] [laughter]
watching a war show. But that is a cute
plane.
Hey, I need your help here.
I don't blame him.
>> Is he sleeping?
Taking a nap.
That's a little clicker thing.
>> Oh my gosh.
>> They're talking about how every man has
to prepare mentally and every person
looks so different.
>> [clears throat]
>> equipment.
>> Oh my goodness.
Okay. Okay.
>> Oh, I'd have so much anxiety hearing
one.
>> Oh.
>> Oh my gosh.
>> This show looks crazy good. Oh man.
>> Let's go. [screaming]
Oh my gosh.
>> Oh, you got to Oh, you're going to have
to just push him out at this point.
>> I didn't even get to jump,
>> right?
>> Tell me to get him out of there.
>> Oh my gosh, that whole company.
>> Yeah, but they might be the lucky ones.
You know what I mean? Cuz this is
probably going to be worse on the
ground.
Oh my god.
>> The intro makes this look so like cute
and beautiful and it's like not.
WHERE'S THE GODDAMN DC? MAYBE THREE MORE
MINUTES ON THIS PARROT. IF WE GET ANY
LOWER, we ain't going to NEED ANY
FREAKING PARACHUTES. SLOW DOWN. WE GOT
TO GET SOME ALTITUDE.
Big jump this.
>> Oh no.
You can't dodge nothing like that. You
know what I'm saying? You're just
>> Yeah. Imagine just floating and getting
shot or landing in that.
>> All these years later and TV doesn't
look near as good. Nowhere close.
>> A sh That ain't good. You got any
weapons at all?
Flash. [ __ ]
>> I don't think that's the correct flight
trooper. I say flash.
>> You say thunder.
>> Yes, sir. Thunder, sir.
>> What's that call? Like a call sign or
something.
>> Who's that back? Coach, sir, it's Her. I
was on the basketball team. Light back.
Crop blast. Got it. Sir, my radio and
batteries with him, too. Landed
somewhere behind those trees. Follow me.
>> Hey, he landed by the right guy, though.
>> That would be hard to tell who's who at
night. Hell yeah.
>> Yeah,
>> that makes sense for that like little
call they have, right?
>> Yeah.
>> Wait until they reload.
>> Aren't you?
>> You know what I'm saying?
>> Guess that means one of us is in the
wrong drop zone now, sir.
>> Yeah. Or both of us.
>> Do you have a weapon, sir?
>> Just my knife.
>> Do you have any idea where we are, sir?
>> Some.
>> So, you're a radio man?
>> Yes, sir. Well, I wasn't until I lost my
radio on the jump. I'm sure I'll get
chewed out for that.
>> Well, if you were in my platoon, I'd
tell you you were a rifleman first,
radio man second.
>> Maybe you can tell that to my platoon
leader when we find him. If we find him.
>> It's a deal. First, I need your help.
Locate some landmarks to get our
bearings. Keep your eyes peeled for
buildings, farm houses, bridges, roads,
trees.
I wonder if the rest of them are as lost
as we are.
>> We're not lost, prim. Normally,
>> that guy's just a little lad, too.
>> I know. We just made like a little
landing friend.
>> He's so young. He's like a little baby.
Hey, I didn't hear it back. He's waiting
for him to do it back.
>> Oh, it's like an identifier.
>> Yeah, it's like a little cricket.
>> That winners. Is that you,
>> bro? Use those clicks.
>> History Channel taught me that.
>> You know what? No sir. As soon as I hit
that prop blast, a long leg back, all I
got is this knife and some TNT. These
82nd boys got there in month.
>> Oh man. 82nd. Where the hell are we sir?
I saw a sign back that way. Said Sam
Merrick le
flashlight. Rat. You got a rain coat?
Yeah.
>> What? We're about 7 km away from our
objective. We're 4 hours away from where
we need to have it secure. So, we got a
lot of walking ahead of us. You'll stick
with us until we find your unit. Let's
go.
>> Hey, Serge. Where are we going? Causeway
number two, Utah Beach. The Germans
flooded the fields inland. We don't
clear those roads. Our boys ain't going
nowhere. Five of us ain't going to
secure a road and we don't even have a
weapon.
>> So far, my favorite thing about this
show, guys, other than the characters,
cuz that's number one, is the lighting.
>> Mhm. Like the key lights and the fill
lights coming up to a road and bridge.
>> Yeah. How would you know? Because I
studied the sand tables, right? Probably
a freaking train or flash.
>> Oh, there you are. You
>> sir. Sir, see you sir. Hey everybody.
Okay.
>> I could see you moving you in the hall
up front. The hell is hall?
I like the how they're from all over the
place and they just landed together.
>> Yeah.
>> What' Forest Gump say? These are some of
the best men I ever met. They're
scattered from all over the country.
>> WAIT FOR MY COMMAND.
OH, we got the jump on him.
>> Damn.
>> Oh my god.
>> He's not obeying orders at all.
>> Damn.
>> Wow.
>> He threw them grenades.
>> We just whooped them.
ENOUGH, GARDNER.
>> That's my brother. Damn it.
>> Everyone. Okay,
>> sir. Sir,
>> next time I say wait for my command, you
wait for my command, Sergeant.
>> Yes, sir.
>> You want to hit?
>> Yeah, we had to help that pony.
>> Here you go, Lieutenant Weapon.
>> Fine, Quaker.
>> That was insane. Oh my gosh. So, he just
wanted to like take his anger out.
>> Garia. Really? His name, dummy. Garner.
Ganorrhea. So, besides having a shitty
name, what's his problem?
>> None of your [ __ ] business, cowboy.
>> All right, let's move out quietly.
>> Poor guy.
>> You see him? He just sat there.
>> He didn't have a weapon. What's he going
to do? Shot at him?
>> Shout to me for killing Crouch?
>> He just wanted you to wait for his
command.
>> Joe, he don't even drink.
[laughter]
>> I don't drink either, so
what?
That looks like a massacre.
Oh, you see people that they didn't
land.
>> That would just be the worst. You do all
that training and you get shot before
you even touch the ground.
>> I wonder are they going to take their
equipment? I know that sounds bad.
>> They got anything that supplies or ammo?
Now's the time to get it. McDall, you
okay? Yes, Sergeant. Let's go.
Dang, his foot's all tied up like that.
That's awful.
>> Mess up.
>> Hey, I promised my kid brother I'd fetch
him back a Luger. So, I got first dibs.
Okay, check that one.
>> Oh my gosh.
>> It's the Navy. The landings have
started. Let's go. Let's move it out.
>> Right on time.
>> Yeah. Hell to him, cowboy. My name's
Hall.
>> That's so Let's move out.
>> You just got to learn to return his fire
is all. Just got to realize it ain't
about you. I just heard his brother.
>> He shot you a yap. brother got at a
casino. Found out before we jump.
>> Uhoh.
>> Morning, sir. Italians sure will be
happy to see you guys.
>> Where? At the farm, sir.
>> What's happening to you fellas? ENJOYING
THE WAR.
>> Where are you from, son? Eugene, Oregon.
>> Oh, man. He's from America.
>> You got to be kidding me. Popey, did you
hear this? I'm from Atoria, I say.
>> Yeah. Orange Street. What gives? What
are you doing in a crowd uniform?
>> Fold sto Come again.
>> He's German.
>> My family answered the call. All
Trarians should return to the
fatherland.
>> Whoa.
>> Join up in 41. You're [ __ ] me,
RIGHT?
>> STOP.
>> I didn't know that happened.
>> Get over here.
>> Whoa.
>> What got you to Eugene?
>> I was born.
>> They deserve better.
>> Harry, carry on. Oh, easy company at
this year's hall table company known as
cowboy Texas Manhattan.
>> What's going on? What's the hold up?
>> Not sure.
Bible tenders got something to do with
that.
>> Yeah, it's good to see you, Dick.
>> Yeah, you too, B. What's the situation?
>> Not good. 90% of the men are still
unaccounted for. No one's seen or anyone
from this plane.
>> That's what he said.
>> If he is missing, wouldn't that put you
in line to be the next commander of
Easy?
Hey, Lieutenant Pierce. How many men of
dog do company got us? A
>> handful, maybe 20. You're the only
officer that made it
>> so far. Still waiting for orders.
>> You got some cigarettes?
>> Hey, keep it back.
>> Yes, I was in planting 39.
>> That's when I was at Monarch tooling
propeller shafts. No kidding. What are
the chances of that, huh? You and me 100
miles from each other working at
practically the same job. Jeez.
>> Hey, we're waiting on you.
>> Yeah, I'm coming.
>> A
>> I got to run. That's awful. But
>> see you around.
>> They had so much in common.
>> It really just goes to show you that
like we other the mess out of like uh
you know people in wars and stuff, but
they're just doing their best too in a
way. Like the people you know.
>> The people are always the victims of
war. I should say.
>> Oh, I knew it.
[ __ ]
>> Easy company. Easy.
It's just reality, you know.
>> Wants easy company co up front.
>> Well, I guess that means you dig.
>> Come on, son of a [ __ ]
>> Hey, look. Where's the best child in
Berlin?
>> AMGs.
>> I'd say run around here, sir. I can't be
sure.
>> There's some crowd 88s up ahead. Up
ahead and to the right about what? 300
yd up through those gardens. Now they're
right between us and causeway number
two. Firing onto the boys landing at
Utah. Think easy can handle it?
>> Yes, sir.
>> My guess is they're doing some terrible
damage there.
>> So, we got to go like clear the way.
Make some room for our boys.
>> 88 we've been hearing have been spotted
in a field down the roadways. Major
Strayer wants us to take him out. There
are two guns that we know of firing on
Utah Beach and plan on a third and a
fourth here and here. The journey in the
trenches with access is the entire
battery and with machine gun cover in
the rear. We'll establish a base of fire
and move under it hard and fast with two
squads of three.
>> How many crowds you think we're facing?
>> No idea.
>> We'll take some TNT along with us to
spike the guns. Lipton, your
responsibility.
>> Yes, sir. Leave. Got you'll take the
first machine gun with petty a gunner.
Pleasure. Hrix, you take the other.
Who's that? Leave Compton Malarkey Toy
Garnier. Okay. We'll be making the main
assault. Understood. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
>> All right, let's pack it up, boys.
Shouldn't you be outside with the other
Able Company guys?
>> Stay around, all
>> Hey, be nice to him.
>> I know.
>> Lip, when you see we've captured the
first gun, I want you in your TNT as
fast as possible.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Okay, just weapons and ammo. Drop
everything else. Got any spare ammo and
a pack or museette bag? Bring it along.
>> Lieutenant sir, I was wondering, sir,
you need an extra hand? Ain't you jeep
driver? So, [ __ ] What's your name,
trooper?
>> I would take it.
>> Lorraine, sir,
>> you're with me. Lorraine, second squad.
>> Yes, sir.
>> All right, you heard the word. Let's
move. Let's move.
>> Man, there's been non-stop explosions
and stuff since that very first time it
happened on the plane.
>> It's so dynamic in my ear. Makes me jump
a little bit.
Three cannons
shy. We got invalidating fire.
Ready? Let's go. Stay down. MG42.
>> DRAW their fire to the right from the
truck. Take two men and hit them from
the left. Okay, go. Good.
>> Take Ry. Envelop right. Give covering
fire on a machine gun. Don't give away
your position until you have to. I want
that TNT. As soon as you see we've
captured the first gun, go
>> Oh god,
>> I can't see nothing. Phenomenal.
>> It's hard to see.
>> Oh, this man's a fine instrument of
warfare. Climbing the tree. LET'S GO.
HE GOING TO GET HIT. OH GOD.
>> Come on.
>> Light him up.
>> Get him.
>> Dang. He said that with just numbers.
That was incredible.
A
>> [ __ ] Oh. [screaming]
LET'S GO. LET'S GO. [screaming]
FOLLOW ME.
OH, [ __ ]
>> OH, he's hit. Oh, got hit in the butt.
Hey, if you live, that's a purple heart.
What's a purple heart anyways?
>> Sorry, sir.
>> [ __ ] Jeep jockey. I'M SORRY, SIR. I
SCREWED UP.
>> OH,
NO. ROLL OUT. ROLL OUT.
>> Oh my god.
>> One lucky person, Joe.
>> Did you see him checking to see if he
was still there?
>> Yeah.
The way to secure that gun.
Where you hip hop?
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE I [ __ ] UP MY ASS.
>> YOUR ASS?
>> Oh [ __ ] Hip hop. How bad is it?
>> I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to [ __ ]
up. I don't think it's too bad.
>> I know you think you can make it back
yourself.
>> Thank you. Here we go.
>> Drop your weapon. Yeah.
>> Get down. Get down.
>> That might help him cuz he HAS TO STAY
DOWN.
>> YEAH.
Oh god. OH NO.
>> OH MY GOD.
>> Did he get hit?
>> Did you see him fumble it? God is real
out there.
>> READY MOVE. THEY GOT THE FIRST GUY.
>> THIS IS a stressful way to fight.
>> Yeah, like shooting each other in a
foxhole and stuff.
>> Keep going. Go. Right. And his mines and
grenades. And
>> these tight shots in the foxhole are
awesome.
>> Don't fumble. Don't fumble. [screaming]
>> Brass Knuckles.
>> That's such a hard situation. Don't even
get me started on that. Hey, careful.
>> I will be waving the white flag.
>> HOPE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. LOOK.
GOD, I'M SO CONFUSED. THEY'RE FIRING ON
THE THIRD GUN. WE BETTER BLOW THIS THING
before they figure out what the hell's
happening. I'm going to [clears throat]
go and see what's keeping lifting. All
right. Are
>> they shooting at each other? I
>> THINK ONE OF THOSE DEAD CROWDS HAS A
LOAD,
PATTY. COME ON, MOVE IT. [screaming]
SUPPRESSING FIRE, WHY DON'T YOU?
>> JESUS CHRIST.
>> NOW YOU'RE FIRING. BEAUTIFUL [ __ ]
CHRIST. THEY MUST THINK HE'S A MEDIC OR
SOMETHING. HE'S GOING TO NEED A GODDAMN
MEDIC. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.
>> Oh no. Oh no.
>> Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my
god. Oh my god. Oh my god.
>> Did he just make that for real?
>> GOD, YOU FREAKING LUGA. WHY DON'T YOU GO
GET IT FOR YOU STUPID M?
>> That was the John Wick movie with that
TNG.
>> You'll be all right. Byebye. I'm sorry I
messed up, Li.
>> Sorry.
>> Hey, SGE.
>> Yeah.
>> You think this is a ticket home?
>> Maybe.
>> I just got here.
>> HEY, COWBOY. YOUR [ __ ] SKINNY trap
gorrhea.
>> All right, that kid.
>> JESUS. YOU GOT to hold
>> up to him one time.
>> I need ammo, SIR.
AND TNT. I'VE GOT TNT, SIR.
>> GOOD JOB, FREDDY.
Let it, SIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO SET
IT OFF, SIR.
>> Oh my god.
Fire in the hole.
What the
>> pleasure? COVERING FIRE. THIRD GUN HERE.
LINE, GRAB SOME ABOVE THOSE POTATO
MASHERS AND FOLLOW ME. ROCKY, ALL YOU GO
RUNNING. This is stressful.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU, MALARKEY?
>> OKAY.
>> THINK YOU HAD ENOUGH TO TAKE THE THIRD
GUN?
>> WE'LL SOON FIND OUT. DICK MALARKEY,
LET'S GO. COVER. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN.
HULK. KEEP YOUR TNT.
This really is one of the most insane
things we've ever seen.
>> Uh-oh.
>> Oh no.
>> Dang, man. He was just a little kid.
>> That was Hall. [snorts]
>> That like that hurt winner's feelings.
>> It's back away.
FIRE IN A HOLE.
TNT.
>> OH, he just got some maps of some sort.
[snorts]
[screaming]
Where did HE COME FROM? WINNERS SAID HE
NEEDED AMMO. [screaming]
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, EVERYONE.
MIGHTY PONY takes a shot OF THE NEXT
GUN. ALL YOURS. LET'S GO COMPANY.
[screaming]
>> WHEN you're out there and you need ammo
and that guy runs up, I bet he looks
like an angel.
>> I know.
>> Who is that?
>> Oh my god. He's insane. Get back in
there.
>> Oh, he's What the hell is he doing?
>> Oh Jesus.
>> Oh my god.
>> Freaking psycho. Having a little trouble
GETTING THROUGH THAT FIRST FIELD.
We're going to need him IN THE NEXT GUN.
I JUST BLOW TIME TO
CONTACT POLICE OFF AND PULL OUT.
MOVE OUT.
>> These scenes right here. AH. [screaming]
>> MOVE OUT. Moving up.
EVERYONE
FIRE. OKAY. BACK TO MEDALLION. GO. GO.
>> MY EYE ON
105, not 88, sir. We disabled them and
pulled out. I figure there's maybe 40 or
so crowds still manning three MG42s to
the rear. Hey Popey coming through.
>> 40.
>> Yes.
>> Hope he makes it cuz he's just a
wholesome guy.
>> Killed maybe around 20. So yeah,
probably there's 40 left. I think we
need artillery or maybe mortars might do
the job.
>> Going our way. Sure,
>> sir. Careful. Don't hurt yourself. Nice
ride you got here, Nicks. Great. Put
them to work before they're missed.
[music]
>> Hell yeah. commandeered
>> by nightfall. Second battalion had
secured Samurai Deont and elements of
the fourth division were beginning to
move [music] men and material in land.
>> That World War I monument was
>> most of the 101st Airborne, including
Easy Company, was still scattered all
over Normandy, [music] and the success
of the invasion was far from certain. We
had an hour to rest and scr whatever
food we could before we had to move
south and secure the town of Kulville.
>> Welcome to Kulville. Mhm.
>> Jesus, let me out of here. Light
discipline. Garnier, close that flag.
>> Oh, that was the show.
>> Look, the crap's cooking.
>> How we doing? We're doing good. Doing
good. Hell to go about cooking. You're
Irish. Sir, if you have a reservation
someplace,
>> thank you.
>> Hey, that was good.
>> That's an ammo box.
>> That's pure protein.
>> Jesus Christ.
[laughter]
I bet war really does smell though bad.
>> Evening. Hello, sir. Something dying
here.
>> Any word on Lieutenant Man yet, sir?
>> No, not yet.
>> Don't that make you our commanding
officer, sir?
>> Yeah, it does, sir.
>> Joe, Lieutenant.
>> Oh, today he does.
>> It's been a day of firsts.
>> He said when in Normandy,
>> don't you think?
>> Yes, sir.
>> Look, best friends now.
Sergeant sir,
>> not a Quaker.
>> You might guess the gun. He's probably a
Menanite.
>> It's a Menanite.
>> You know that map you found? That had
every crowd gun in Normandy on it.
>> Oh yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's go.
>> Here. Don't ever get a cat. It's on your
mind. I lost a man today. Hall. Hanks. A
John Hall New Yorker. Got killed today
at Bracore. I I never knew him. Yeah,
you did. Radio op 506 basketball team
able company. He's a good man. Man, not
even old enough to buy a beer.
>> Yeah, he look like a kid.
>> Hey, Dick. I sent that map up to
Division. I think it's going to do some
good.
>> That's a huge victory, but he doesn't
care cuz he lost that kid
>> cuz he he found the weapon caches, I
guess.
>> Yeah,
>> that's like good intel.
That night, I took time to thank God for
seeing me through that day of days and
prayed I would make it through D+1. And
if somehow I managed to get a home
again, I promised God and myself that I
would find a quiet piece of land
someplace and spend the rest of my life
in peace.
>> Oh, I hope you do.
>> That [music] shot just looking across
that river and seeing that will stick in
my head. This show is crazy.
>> Mhm.
>> This one's good, y'all.
for destroying the German guns at
Breport Menor or mannered. The following
medals were awarded bronze stars. A
bunch of good men. Oh, papa. Yeah,
silver stars. Buck, Bill, and Gerald.
>> Yeah.
>> Ender Winters.
>> Hey, where's my purple hearts? Easy
company's capture of the German battery
became a textbook case of an assault on
a fixed position and is still
demonstrated at the United States
Military Academy at West Point today.
Pretty impressive.
>> I think it should.
>> That was insane. That was honestly one
of the best hours of TV I've ever seen.
Honestly, that was like easily a top
five. Like for sure.
>> All right. So, I think I've expressed at
this point how incredible that was to
me. But babe, what did you think about
that?
>> I thought that was shot beautifully, but
and also it was shot so stressfully.
>> Oh my gosh. Yeah. And also I was
thinking about it like the way the
cameraman had to shoot Winters the way
he was running they had to like be
running backwards like with the
>> camera shaking and it was just like if
you think about it they had to use a lot
of creative minds to make it feel as
stressful as it came out.
>> It does I mean they don't do that weird
trick with the shutter speed like they
did in Saving Private Ryan but it does
remind me of that movie a lot. Yeah. Um,
yeah, I think this show is an incredible
show about a lot of harrowing men who uh
or about a lot of men who had to like
take on a harrowing task and it's about
the bravery and the selfishness and the
sacrifice and like none of that's lost
on us, right?
>> Yeah.
>> Um, we're a little old. If you are new
here, guys, we're a little older than we
look. Some people think we're in our
20s, but we're we're not. We're
approaching our mid-30s. So, um, we
definitely have an appreciation for
that. But I think
other like I said other than the the
brotherhood in the show, the thing that
really gets me so much is just like the
lighting in this show. It's beautiful.
Like even when Winters was walking as he
was walking and it showed him looking
across and seeing all the fighting
>> like they even like wet the street so
that way the key light would hit the
street and like cast a shadow. Like it's
just so well done. It's It's beautiful,
but
>> in such a crazy time to say something's
beautiful.
>> It's so weird how death and destruction
and carnage and just like uh
>> you know the war machine turning like it
like it's doing in the show. It's it's
incredible how you know you can find
beauty in it. But just in terms of like
film and art, I think it I think that
like
>> you know you try to capture these
moments that happen in real life on
camera and it's really hard to do that.
Um, but I think the show's doing a
really good job of it. And I think that
in real life, it was probably so much
more dramatic than the show. But I do
think the show is giving it a hell of an
effort to try to capture that. And I
appreciate that.
>> I was thinking about it. Just imagine
being in a situation where you're
hearing gunshots around, but you're not
even reacting to them cuz there's just
so many.
>> Only the only ones that get you are the
close proximity explos. just like when
you're in a situation where uh a
multiple gunshots don't even make you
flinch. I think that's just like the
ultimate like
most terrifying situation you can be in.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Life's just funny, man.
Life's just funny cuz like, you know, we
have our own different lives now. Like,
here we are. It's a completely different
year. Like, if we would have been born
at a certain point in time, this would
have been our life, you know? And it's
just crazy how life's never tested us
this way,
>> you You know, I mean, life's going to
have its test for sure, but I feel like
the tests we go through for the most
part are going to be a pretty universal
experience for most people in our
generation. You know, like we're going
to lose our parents eventually. You
know, Lord forbid something might happen
to one of us or something, but people go
through that. But,
>> you know, trying to jump off one of
these planes with a parachute while
getting shot simultaneously while the
straps that are holding you are getting
hit with gunfire. I mean, you know,
people probably fell from the parachutes
just because gunfire hit and tore up
their parachutes.
>> Yeah. I was even thinking maybe
sometimes like the way the airplane was
shifting, like even if you open the
door, you might fly out.
>> Imagine the plane getting hit and the
plane falling down and hitting
>> and then that plane hitting another
plane.
>> It's just hard to fathom. Like, it
really is like uh
>> And you know what else I thought during
the episode? What if there was like I'm
sorry this is so random but what if
there was an AI generated video of like
all the war movies like and they came
together because when I saw the tanks I
was like what if Brad Pitt's uh little
crew pulls up and then I was thinking
like you know like Unsaving Private Ryan
how
>> oh like every war movie was just like in
its own universe and they all like
Avengers collab
>> they always pick like one specific part
of the war to focus on so it's just like
you kind of put them all together Hanks
everyone from That's Yeah, I know.
>> Yeah, I know. But I don't know. I was
just thinking about that
>> little green soldiers from Toy Story
show up. [laughter]
>> Yeah,
>> but it's just crazy because, you know,
we've seen a bunch of different World
War II move movies and this is our first
show, but just it would be interesting
to see. I guess
>> two thoughts I have. The first thought,
um,
what's his name? Soil. Is it Soel or
Soel?
>> Yeah. Um, I really missed the character
because I thought that the character was
portrayed very well in terms of like the
actor. Um, but I did kind of have a lot
of empathy for him at first because, you
know, it was my first time watching the
show. So, in my mind, I'm thinking this
guy right here really cares about his
men, but it's the ultimate tough love.
Like, he understands his attention to
detail. You know, we understand that
this is going to be the difference
between life and death. and I tried to
give him the benefit of the doubt, but I
think in hindsight I realized that this
guy was sort of just anal and like he
just didn't do a good job relating to
his men and I really like Winters. I'm
not going to demonize the guy though. I
mean, I don't think he's like a piece of
[ __ ] person. He shouldn't be in prison
or nothing. But looking back, I think
Soel's character was phenomenal. I miss
him in this episode. I feel like we
could have this No, no, no. Actually,
this episode was perfect. There's
nothing I would change, but I do miss
him. I hope we get to see what he's up
to. I hope that the character comes back
in the show. It's only 10 episodes.
>> I think for sure we're going to We have
to
>> I had one more thought. I just can't
remember what it was, but it was really
good. It was my favorite thought and I
forgot it.
>> Oh, even though this was honestly one of
the most horrific things that we've ever
witnessed in a TV show or on, you know,
in in TV or cinema, I didn't come away
feeling depressed. I felt
>> hopeful and I felt like I was around
like
>> people I care about and family and
optimistic and I felt like it's all
going to be okay. cuz I think it's
called Banda Brothers and in a way that
sounds like a positive thing like
>> people banded together.
>> They band together literally like it's
what holds them together. Yeah. So just
a camaraderie
>> and Winter's looking off and then saying
that statement about you know if I make
it out of this that's what I'm going to
do.
>> Yeah.
>> It made it feel hopeful.
>> I just like the fact that for the first
time I I saw someone really looking
forward to the future
>> in that scene because
>> um
>> it'd be easy to think about death in
that scene. It would be easy to be like,
"Well, here it is. I'm like,
>> oh, you're thinking there's a 99.9%
chance I'm not making it out of this."
>> Yeah. Like, you just got to hope whoever
you have overseas is going to be okay.
>> And they and they called it I love the
way he described it. He called it the
day of days.
>> Yeah.
>> You know, like at the time they
obviously didn't have
>> they called it D-Day plus one. So, it's
like any day after that is just an extra
day.
>> Yeah.
>> That you're here. Back then though, they
didn't really have like the hindsight
and the perspective to be able to like,
you know, make an entity, you know, like
when a day is that infamous, it like
really develops an identity and becomes
its own entity in a way. But like when
you're living through it, you don't
really see it that way until like, you
know,
>> um, you know what I'm saying? Kind of
like World War II.
>> They didn't call World War I World War
I, for example, because it was just the
first one, you know?
>> So, yeah, just an incredible episode,
guys. But I don't really have anything
else to say at this point because I
think I'll just be blabbering. But um
hopefully you guys enjoyed the reaction.
I cannot express enough how thankful I
am that I don't have to do that. Um it
is not lost on me, man. I love the life
I live. I understand that the life I
live has been built off the broken backs
of millions of people at this point.
>> And 95% of them didn't even make it just
in that one like battle.
>> Right. I feel like because of things
like this, uh I don't have entitlement.
That's one thing is we're not entitled
people over here. Uh we ask that you
guys like our videos and all that stuff
and you know continue to support the
channel and that means a lot to us but
entitlement is just something that we
don't relate to in this house and um and
it's because of people like this. Like
they weren't even entitled to touch the
ground before they got killed. So
watching stuff like this is just good
for you because it really puts stuff
into perspective. And it's also when you
watch things like this it makes it hard
to have a bad day.
>> Yeah.
>> You know what I'm saying? So that's what
I'm talking about
>> cuz your day could be 8 trillion times
worse.
>> Like this guy is talking about like
imagine having a day so bad you start
fantasizing about a farm and never
seeing someone again. You just want to
live out your days in peace listening to
the river. Like you know and I and I get
>> you mean 97.1.
>> Oh 971 the river.
>> Yeah.
>> But people only get that if they're from
here though. It's not like it's a radio
station here. It's not like everywhere.
Oh
>> okay. Like if you live in another state
97 it's probably like like when we were
growing we had 955 the beat and it'd be
all like Luda but you probably didn't
have 955 the beat. It's probably 91.
>> Yeah. See that just sounds like static
to me. That'd be static on the radio
station I grew up on.
>> Mrs. Oto was trying to figure out how
radio waves work. We're going to work on
it. Um they use some they use some in
this in this uh show. But no but in all
seriousness guys really good show. I
really hope you guys are enjoying it.
Perfect pick. I really think so. But God
is heavy.
>> Very heavy.
>> But it's good. I feel like when we get
done with this show, I'm gonna look back
and feel like this is one of like, you
know, it's kind of hard to say the big
three, but like the top five. This is
one of those top five. To me, this is
this is wrapping up to be good. All
right.