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15th November 2008, 2:24pm
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#1 | | Backwoods Motherfuckery
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| Generation Kill
Seven episodes at around an hour and five minutes each based on a book by Rolling Stone journo Evan Wright about his time spent with the marines during the invasion of Iraq and adapted for the screen by David Simon and Ed Burns of The Wire fame. Well good. Full of patter, good intention and episode 5 is tracer-bullet mania. | 
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15th November 2008, 2:25pm
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#2 | | Al Queda Pish
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Muppet Lab
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| Re: Generation Kill
Only seen the first. I heard it was worth persuing. Its got yerone from Oz in it. Patter was good, aye.
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15th November 2008, 2:34pm
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#3 | | Backwoods Motherfuckery
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| Re: Generation Kill
Aye, like The Wire it's a slow burner, snowballing through various ill planned assaults culminating with the push into Baghdad in the final episode. The boy from Oz, Ziggy and the cop that looks like Everlast from The Wire and the chief's gay son from Rescue Me (giving Lee Ermey a run for his money in the mental officer stakes) all put in an appearance. | |
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15th November 2008, 2:40pm
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#4 | | Al Queda Pish
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| Re: Generation Kill
Oh aye, Ziggy, I knew there was somedy else I forgot. I'll get around to watching this later.
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20th December 2008, 1:46pm
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#5 | | Larger Than Life
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| Re: Generation Kill
Just watched the first two eps (slow day in the office).
Ep 1 was a bit slow.. 2 was good.. just waiting on the rest to come down.
Al
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20th December 2008, 3:49pm
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#6 | | ShakingTheDisease SuperMod
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| Re: Generation Kill
I saw the first three and then someone didn't get any more episodes. Keep meaning to get 'em and finish it. It's quite brutal in places - that maniac with the AK-47 for example, what a psycho!
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20th December 2008, 4:47pm
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#7 | | Hammer Smashed Face
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Airstrip One
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| Re: Generation Kill
Why was I not aware of this until now?
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28th December 2008, 7:13am
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#8 | | Larger Than Life
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| Re: Generation Kill
Lots of 'Oh the humanity.. we're killing civilians... look how terrible we are... *swoon*.'
But still.. very good.. ending could have been a bit better.
Al
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30th December 2008, 10:04pm
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#9 | | corky
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| Re: Generation Kill
I've heard excellent things about this but havn't managed to see it yet. | |
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#10 | | ShakingTheDisease SuperMod
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| Re: Generation Kill
this starts on channel four tonight at 11:20 or something.
watch!
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16th October 2009, 10:21am
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#11 | | Tishoumaren
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| Re: Generation Kill
Still haven't watched this but the book is fucking good. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Largest of Als ending could have been a bit better. | Yeah, damn that real life for not heeding the demands of the three-act structure!
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16th October 2009, 4:23pm
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#12 | | I SHAKE MY ASS
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dennistoun
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| Re: Generation Kill
Watched the second episode the other night and I'm really getting into it. "The Godfather" character is awesome. | |
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16th October 2009, 4:46pm
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#13 | | Larger Than Life
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mankyland
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| Re: Generation Kill
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Yeah, damn that real life for not heeding the demands of the three-act structure! | It's not real life twat features.. it's a dramatisation. 
Al
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6th November 2009, 3:54am
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#14 | | corky
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| Re: Generation Kill
I'm reading the book just now, it's good as you get a more rounded sense of the characters, they don't seem quite as blood thirsty as they are in the tv series. Also I found it quite hard to tell who was who in the series, the problems of telling them apart are eliminated in the book. Tv series is still great though. | |
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