RE: any fighters or bombers?
Very interesting topic!
In answer to Sadsacks comment about something being missing when compared to Saving Private Ryan, I think it might be the sense of purpose. In Saving Pte Ryan the whole concept and theme of the film, following the D-Day sequences, was the mission to rescue Ryan. In BoB, the last ten months of the war is seen through the eyes of both Easy Company and the individual soldiers involved. For them, as for everyone else, the war was fought as a series of individual actions, each one often as confusing as the next. In one firefight, when asked what he was shooting at a soldier replied that he had no idea. I assume all wars are fought this way, periods of intense action followed by periods of relative inactivity, anyway I hope I never find out!
As to the question of realism, if survivors like Indiana Tony’s father are both moved and satisfied then I think that’s good enough for me. Many of us remember programs from the 70’s where the hero takes off in a 747, is seen over the Atlantic in a DC-8 and lands in a Learjet. If Mustangs, Spitfires and Dakotas have to be computer generated that’s fine. It does nothing to detract from what I’ve found to be one of the most emotional, heart-wrenching and thoroughly enjoyable programs I’ve ever had the privelege to see.
kev35
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