Last month I finished reading "Band of Brothers" by Stephen E. Ambrose. Fascinating look at World War II from the direct recollection of the men of Easy Company.
I said at that time that I probably wouldn't watch the HBO series created from the book because Hollywood usually screws up history. However, my dear friend that loaned me the book also recommended the DVD series, so we watched the first disk tonight.
Already I'm quite disappointed. The book spent a great deal of time reviewing their training and the development of their incredible bond, their absolute disgust and downright hatred of Captain Sobel's ways (but that they still credited him with their being the most fit and prepared unit in the entire military). The DVD barely touched on their years of training in the first disk. It was such a hodge-podge that someone who hadn't read the book would have a hard time seeing any cohesiveness to the story, the commeraderie already present within months of beginning their training.
They dismissed so much good material that I'm not so sure I want to go on any further with the DVD's. I mean it would be understandable if it were a two hour movie, but we're talking a mini-series here.
About the only thing I really appreciate at this point is the fact that they started off with quick comments from several of the still living members of Easy Company. They also did a great job with casting the man who plays Dick Winters. (To be) Captain Winters was the heart and soul that held fast the men of Easy and he still garners enormous respect and gratitude from the men today.
In the meantime, I'll have to chew on this a bit to see if I have the stomach to continue on watching - in more ways than one.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Exploring My Town
My life is becoming one big blur of boring frustration.
Still don't have a job yet at the end of another week. Gotta figure something out to get my resume noticed in the right way by the right people.
But I'm having fun in other ways. After dropping my son at school every morning, I've been driving around town looking for the houses I've seen online. Mom and Dad might come up next weekend so we can start perusing the potential rental homes.
I've discovered areas of town I didn't know existed! There's so many streets I've never driven down in our almost fifteen years of living here. There's some streets in the original part at the heart of our little town that aren't even paved after all these years, and most of them dead-end. Those are homes established near the turn of the century. Some have been completely refurbished.
Some haven't. But alot of them have potential and incredibly huge lots on which they sit.
The other morning I came across a lovely two-story property, very old and run-down, but a great heavy wood double-door entrance. As I drove past it, I noticed these old steepled stained-glass windows (some of the stained glass was missing). It was then that I realized the reason that street was called "Church Street".
It was probably one of the original churches to my little community (that isn't so little anymore). I want to buy it and live there!!!!
I could just imagine the creeking old plank wooden floors. Probably had a loft/balcony area too. I wonder what denomination it'd been in it's hey-day. It was pretty big, considering the smallness of the town back then. Maybe the only church from that era serving the community - who knows?
I even came across another older area of homes, but imagine this was snob hill back then. The homes were a little bigger down a very narrow but since paved street that had no outlet.
Found some great properties that have been refurbished that would make some great rental homes. But now I'm just plain curious. I'm thinking I might just have to do a little investigating about the history of my once little town.
Before it's too late.
Still don't have a job yet at the end of another week. Gotta figure something out to get my resume noticed in the right way by the right people.
But I'm having fun in other ways. After dropping my son at school every morning, I've been driving around town looking for the houses I've seen online. Mom and Dad might come up next weekend so we can start perusing the potential rental homes.
I've discovered areas of town I didn't know existed! There's so many streets I've never driven down in our almost fifteen years of living here. There's some streets in the original part at the heart of our little town that aren't even paved after all these years, and most of them dead-end. Those are homes established near the turn of the century. Some have been completely refurbished.
Some haven't. But alot of them have potential and incredibly huge lots on which they sit.
The other morning I came across a lovely two-story property, very old and run-down, but a great heavy wood double-door entrance. As I drove past it, I noticed these old steepled stained-glass windows (some of the stained glass was missing). It was then that I realized the reason that street was called "Church Street".
It was probably one of the original churches to my little community (that isn't so little anymore). I want to buy it and live there!!!!
I could just imagine the creeking old plank wooden floors. Probably had a loft/balcony area too. I wonder what denomination it'd been in it's hey-day. It was pretty big, considering the smallness of the town back then. Maybe the only church from that era serving the community - who knows?
I even came across another older area of homes, but imagine this was snob hill back then. The homes were a little bigger down a very narrow but since paved street that had no outlet.
Found some great properties that have been refurbished that would make some great rental homes. But now I'm just plain curious. I'm thinking I might just have to do a little investigating about the history of my once little town.
Before it's too late.
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