Ken Burns' The War on PBS ... You like? - Page 2

Alex · 09-25-2007, 10:22 AM

Oops. Should that be in spoiler tags for those still watching who don't know how it ends?

wendybeth · 09-25-2007, 10:46 AM

Nope- the thread was officially dead when Moon invoked Godwin's Law.

innerSpaceman · 09-25-2007, 08:20 AM

I'm gonna wait for the DVDs. I've got zero time in my life right now to watch anything. I'd really be interested in this, but now's not the time.

How long till the series is out on disc, d'ya think?

DreadPirateRoberts · 09-25-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I'm gonna wait for the DVDs. I've got zero time in my life right now to watch anything. I'd really be interested in this, but now's not the time.

How long till the series is out on disc, d'ya think?

I'm with you on the time crunch. It's coming out soon, 10/2.

Strangler Lewis · 09-25-2007, 09:11 AM

I've only looked in on it a bit, but so far it seems like a lot of time spent making the point that, unlike some wars we could name, this war touched everybody.

As far as the war stories go, between Band of Brothers, Studs Terkel and the like, I've definitely got a "seen it" feeling. In terms of jaw dropping footage, my favorites have been the home front mobilization with all the skinny men desperate for work.

€uroMeinke · 09-25-2007, 02:07 PM

I haven't seen the series, but NPR's morning edition has been doing some pieces in connection with it that have put me in tears two mornings in a row as I drive to work. I can't imagine what the corresponding images might do to me.

Stan4dSteph · 09-26-2007, 07:04 AM

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I haven't seen the series, but NPR's morning edition has been doing some pieces in connection with it that have put me in tears two mornings in a row as I drive to work. I can't imagine what the corresponding images might do to me.

Yes. There is a warning at the beginning of each episode, and they have shown some graphic, disturbing images.

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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I haven't seen the series, but NPR's morning edition has been doing some pieces in connection with it that have put me in tears two mornings in a row as I drive to work. I can't imagine what the corresponding images might do to me. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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