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There aren't many officers above Colonel, and few of the the generals die in combat.
Lieutenants and captains had a high mortality rate.
And Winters was clearly a special type of leader, cool and calm under fire, motivating and inspiring his men without mistreating them, and improvising winning tactics against superior forces (one squad capturing 3 guns manned by a full platoon of Germans, then later one platoon capturing 2 companies of elite SS troops.)
And Nixon was from a wealthy family and went to Yale and had combat experience.
And Speirs was the baddest dude in the whole friggin' Army.
You could tell he was going to be good. This could have been a throwaway role, but he turned it into the most memorable one in the series. No small parts.
I thought only the Army drafted people. People volunteered to join the Navy (there was no separate Air Force yet) and the Marines. I guess at the end of the war they were running low on Marines so some of the draftees went there. They would have had to meet higher physical standards though, I assume.
I think he buried it in the dirt.
They don't make them like this any more. Great character movie with great stunts, it really takes you back to a different time.
This was a few years before she played Lois Lane in Superman. She was looking a lot better here.
He seemed in real danger himself, and in danger of not saving the trainload of people. Unlike most scenes where the superhero saves civilians and it's a forgone conclusion without breaking a sweat. He gave it everything he had, and was exhausted from the effort.
No. 4 was a smart move. You can't be Batman forever. His knee was already out of cartilage.
Notice there is no "TOS" or "The Original Series" anywhere in the actual title of the show.
It's "Star Trek".
Probably pretty easy. If someone had lost it, you didn't want him around, for morale or for safety.
Well, Speirs was clearly the worst, shooting prisoners and stealing silver.
Unless you were going into battle, then you wanted him leading the way, on your side.
I laughed out loud when they said what he was doing after the war (running a prison!)
And the Bat-Computer showed the value of technology, long before everyone else caught on.
And the utility belt always having the right gadget showed the value of preparation.
She probably just wore that form-fitting outfit under her regular clothes.
Then added the cape/cowl/wig all in one piece. Pop on some high-heeled boots, and voila!
Gordon knew when to call in Batman.
The look of panic on his face that time he called and found out Batman was on vacation was priceless.
The Pretender
Doctor My Eyes
Running on Empty
Lots of other good ones though.
I like them both.
But Jackson Browne is a much better songwriter.
Focus on Willis Lee:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Augustus_Lee
He became a Vice Admiral, so he had a long career. Started out at the Naval Academy, and won 7 Olympic medals for shooting. He fought in Mexico in 1914, killing 3 enemy snipers himself. In WW2, he won the Naval Cross for the Battle of Guadalcanal, becoming the only battleship commander to sink an enemy battleship in a one-on-one battle. It was quite possibly the turning point of the battle, and the war in the Pacific.
It gets better once Rami Malek shows up. About the same time as Sledge.
Good summary. The Pacific Theater was hell.
Yeah, I thought a main character died several times, but it turned out to be randos.