Thread: Generation Kill

Very good series.

Last episode was pretty good. Captain America sending them out to mark a minefield and night. The Bathhurrs spy translator.

Godfather at the very end was excellent.

A very good show.

Godfather is a kunt, yet very professional

Captain America is fucking priceless, got to be taken from a real character

"if this series was on mainstream TV in the US, they would be revolt in the streets, or worse the series would be banned from every network"

What a fucking idiot, HBO IS AN AMERICAN MAINSTREAM NETWORK.

Well, it's a pay service, but I agree, almost everybody has it.

We're rich like that. But don't tell Butterfly. The big difference is that most Americans know Hollowood is make-believe. Pretend.

^^ it's a fucking private paid-for network,

are you that stupid ? not every home in America have it, and it's not national TV like CBS, ABC, and NBC

fucking tool,

Originally Posted by Texpat

Well, it's a pay service, but I agree, almost everybody has it.

250millions subscribers ? don't think so, last time I check it was more like 15 million including Hotels etc...

don't think there's anything unamerican about this series.

i thought it was a very objective look at the early days of the invasion.war.

it was adapted from the embedded reporters book (in turn made up of his rolling stone articles) and it's clear that he genuinely liked the soldiers.

^^

What a fuckwit, god you are stupid. You claim America would not allow this to be shown and yet it was produced and aired by a major American network.

Ok, fumble around and try to justify your idiotic statement, but it was completely stupid and wrong (which is par for the course for lefties on TD)

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Captain America is fucking priceless, got to be taken from a real character

they all are.

don't think even the names are changed.

Forty million HBO subscribers as of Dec 31.
Time Warner: HBO. Home Box Office.

If the average household is 2.59, that's more than 100 mil. people.
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Originally Posted by Accidental Ajarn

You claim America would not allow this to be shown and yet it was produced and aired by a major American network.

Private network are not subject to the same compliance protocol of national TV, they have greater liberty. For example, you can't say "fuck" on National TV (mainstream TV) but you can on a private network (cable + SAT)

Something like that on National TV with a mainstream audience (the largest in the US) would create too many political conflicts for advertisers, sponsors and management and would likely be killed before it even reached the air.

jesus, what a tool you are !!!

Originally Posted by Texpat

Forty million HBO subscribers as of Dec 31.
Time Warner: HBO. Home Box Office.

how many hotels would that be then ?

anyway 40m subscribers is hardly "mostly everyone"

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

they all are.

don't think even the names are changed.

got to be, so I guess the 6 episodes actually depict what happened during the invasion,

^

Fuckwit, do you really think the American government censors TV for political reasons?

God, your hatred of America has blinded you and made you into a blithering fool.

HBO probably is watched as much as CBS, ABC or FOX

Originally Posted by Butterfly

got to be, so I guess the 6 episodes actually depict what happened during the invasion,

down to the dialogue if the articles/book is to be believed.

reads a bit like a modern day catch 22.

AA, Butterfly,

Will you guys please ramp up the invective a bit. You are both being far too nice to each other. It's getting boring.

"got to be, so I guess the 6 episodes actually depict what happened during the invasion"

Fucking idiot, one person's personal view, not what "actually" happened.

I haven't seen the show, but Hollywood has a long-history of making films that are critical of the US Armed forces, and many of these movies are quite good in my opinion. Others are crap, but either way it is still entertainment, not "facts".

Anyone getting their "facts" from HBO can not be taken seriously. Complete idiot.

Originally Posted by Accidental Ajarn

Fucking idiot, one person's personal view, not what "actually" happened.

it isn't though.

it's a diary of the first month or so of the war.

you should read/watch it.

very good and as I said, neither anti or pro war.

left me feeling a lot more for the troops than I had previously.

Originally Posted by Accidental Ajarn

Others are crap, but either way it is still entertainment, not "facts".

apparently it's facts, the embedded reporter describe the story as it happened,

can't reconcile that ? go eat a bullet

Originally Posted by Accidental Ajarn

but Hollywood has a long-history of making films that are critical of the US Armed forces,

for good reason...

Originally Posted by Accidental Ajarn

Fuckwit, do you really think the American government censors TV for political reasons?

Well theAl Jazheera english languague news channel had a pretty hard time getting any airtime in America, so I guess the answer to your question is yes

madatory issues linky thing

Originally Posted by Spin

Originally Posted by Accidental Ajarn

Fuckwit, do you really think the American government censors TV for political reasons?

Well theAl Jazheera english languague news channel had a pretty hard time getting any airtime in America, so I guess the answer to your question is yes

madatory issues linky thing

Ha ha, so it appears that although it isn't the government per se doing it, Al Jazeera is effectively denied access to US airtime. Thats how censorship is run in the west. Everyone pays lip service to all the precepts of freedom of speech, but when a news channel actually carries something different, all the institutions magically find ways of not allowing them access.

Now lets have another vicious tongued ripost from AA. Are you listening out there Accidental Asshole?

^ Maybe they has more airtime now, my thoughts date back to the time opf the linked article in 2007. I had the channel on my tv at the time and remember it being promoted in the west as bing run by "muslim nutters" but the reality was it was a pretty damn good news outfit. Much more balanced than several of the offerings put out in yurp and the US.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Captain America is fucking priceless, got to be taken from a real character

they all are.

don't think even the names are changed.

True. I recently read a book by Lt Fick (the leader of the unit with whom the Rolling Stones journalist was embedded) about his experiences during the same time. Excellent read.

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