Pharaoh19XX
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Why aren't there any documentries like Restrepo that show what it is really like to be in a warzone and see a glimspe of what happens day in and day out?
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Don't know.
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Maybe not Docs but between Bomb Patrol, Inside Combat Rescue, Battleground Afghanistan and a ton of other shows Discovery and Nat Geo have aired.. I think theres been a decent representation as of late.
Allot more than you would have seen about SE Asia were you watching TV in the 60's or 70's..
Allot more than you would have seen about SE Asia were you watching TV in the 60's or 70's..
Because most of the time it would be boring as hell?
Have you seen "The Hurt Locker"? It's practically a documentary!!
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Sorry didn't watch that one but i watched platoon.
Hurt Locker can hug a fat root in that ribbon-twisted basket with a one-way ticket to Hell.
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I think he meant to be funny. That was an awesome response by the way.
As far as documentaries go there's a few about Marines. Patrol Base Jaker, To Hell and Back, Battle for Marjah and on SS there's one as well. That's just on Afghanistan. There's a bunch about Iraq as well
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Marjah documentry was interesting execpt for when they killed the grown toddler.
Someone explain this to me. A grown toddler?
There was an Afghan who, for all intents and purposes, looked like he was 8. He was actually 20. Smoked cigarettes and everything. According the documentary, the Taliban killed him.
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That's why there are stress cards now.
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This thread has me Lmao!
Nicely done. Well played.
You forgot to mention he was the coolest man child ever. I think he died because his little body couldn't handle his badassery.
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The HBO documentary on the late Tim Hetherington (co-director of Restrepo with Sebastian Junger) is very well-done and worth a watch.
"Which Way is the Front Line from Here"---streaming online at HBO GO.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/tim-hetherington-in-film-and-indelible/?_r=0
IMO, keep the war on the battlefield. If people want to see what war is like, join the infantry. I'm sick and tired of people backseat quarterbacking the war because they watched a few TV shows.
So I guess my overall response...why?
So I guess my overall response...why?
I watched the Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now and The Green Berets... doesn't that make me an expert? Aren't they documentaries?
