Generally speaking, as a viewer, I have fulfilled my duty as a bystander this time. Not in the play.
As of ep4, the impression of GK is: a Marine Corps reconnaissance platoon (B Company 2nd Row) is driving a Hummer on a highway in Iraq...driving a Hummer...driving a Hummer...chatting along the road...driving a Hummer... Huang Duan (gay, handjob, sex)... driving a Hummer... rest + political topics (racism, whites + blacks + Indians + Mexican immigrants +...) + issues of relations in the army (the company commander's waste material + Gunny waste material + battalion commander madness + rookie waste material)...Driving a Hummer...Do
n't you think it's really a road movie? The seamless connection between talk show expert Ray and sentimental Mexican racial theory researcher Tony in every break or no break is really life-threatening. What is this? There is no way to fight a war of serious unequal forces like the Iraq war (how can the old American fight if the power is really balanced? The old American will not fight if there is no absolute certainty of victory), the soldiers can only be idle. . What's more, this is a Marine Corps reconnaissance battalion of a special forces nature, and is not originally responsible for frontal operations. (If you shoot the 101 Airborne Division version of GK, I don’t know what the scene is.)
In fact, I would see it at the beginning, but it was completely aimed at the land and sea "complex" accumulated by TP. In ep1, when he saw Brad pointing to the 1st Marine Division location on the map and saying "us", he loved the house...
By ep5~6, I finally feel better. With a little bit of a fierce battle scene, a little bit of interesting reflection and questioning, of course, the smell of gunpowder has become more intense at the same time as the contradictions within the organization: the second row of Platoon Commander Nate Fick and the waste CO of Company B; Nate And Gunny, who always sticks waste material behind his CO ass all day long (I initially thought he was the 1st Sgt. of Company B. I didn’t expect that he was also a Gunny. He stretched out his hand to the second row, but Nate held the position of 2 next to him. The Gunny in Platoon Sergeant was very quiet and basically showed up with Nate); the neurotic platoon leader nicknamed American Captain in row 3 and his unlucky subordinate. Row 1... Row 1 I don’t understand the situation.
In ep5, Nate said, "I know we were shooting "Black Hawk Down"... (Actually, this show is not comparable to Black Hawk). In
ep6, Nate is mad at a certain Gunny who is not clear in his head. Please get out. Don't harass the 2nd row. And the neurotic American Captain, who likes to use AK tutu and bayonet jabs the most, was blushed by Brad.
The funny thing is that the brother of the US team also taught Nate to learn from him to go crazy, saying that in a turbulent state of war, you must first make yourself crazy to be safe. What kind of neurotic argument, if you go crazy, your subordinates will suffer!
I am very grateful that most of the company commanders of E company in BoB are normal. In TP, the company commander of the K/3/5 company of the First Marine Division where Eugene Sledge is located is even more beautiful and irreplaceable in the eyes of his men. Otherwise, in such a combat environment, 10 lives per person would not be enough.
Nate was born in 1977 and now serves as the CEO of the Washington Think Tank. His deity is still very young. The deity of Sgt.Brad "Iceman" Colbert is older than the actor Alex. In addition to the light hair color, the appearance and height are also quite different. Generally speaking, it is still a cool Marine, now it should be called Gunny.
The doctor has personality. It is recommended that in every war drama, doctors should be included in the protagonist echelon to focus on portraying. (I will not forget that in British history, only three people have won VC twice. Two of them are from Medical Corps and one is rescuing wounded soldiers.)
ep7 thinks it is the best episode in the whole show. Concluding with the sixth chapter of the Bible Revelation.
The image of the original GK author and Rolling Stone reporter Evan Wright in this play is a relaxed, humorous, and a bit silly, similar to the prototype, but more pleasing than the prototype. Most of the time, the layman is of course a bystander and witness who humbly asks for advice and takes notes seriously, but occasionally he is in danger and is forced to do some thrilling work personally. For example, in ep7, avoiding enemy fire and retreating to a safe position, the S-shaped evasive action of Shu Mi is really enjoyable.
The battalion commander of 1st Recon Bn, who had laryngeal cancer and had a hoarse voice, did not reveal his commander's way until ep7: he will never listen and believe, but give equal trust to every officer, unless there is no doubt. Evidence proves that one of them has been disqualified for this kind of trust. Therefore, he not only tolerated the platoon leader of B Company, who was two hundred and five to be hopeless in the eyes of the audience and reached the pinnacle, but also tolerated B who was very good and reliable in the eyes of the subordinates and the audience, but was gossiped in the camp. Nate, the leader of two platoons. Because in his opinion, the allegations of the soldiers or the gossip in the battalion are not conclusive evidence, only the clear consequence is, and the brother of the US team did not actually use the bayonet to kill the prisoner of war, and Lieutenant Nate did not because "has no platoon command." "Official ability".
There is an invisible Chain of Command in any army unit. The audience outside cannot perceive it. Ordinary soldiers can only perceive the most relevant parts, such as squads, platoons, and companies. The higher the level, they serve as the command. The issues considered by officials have become more and more complex. Personnel matters are the more subtle piece of these complex issues. For example, in this show, the audience may wish that B Company’s waste CO, his waste material Gunny, and the 253 platoon leader all hurriedly replaced them. In fact, they were not replaced. Are there any consequences? Not yet known. (Looking back at such an example, there are also in BoB)
The flood of killings of civilians is one of the collateral consequences of war. can not avoid. (Think of World War II. For example, think of the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed and wounded on Okinawa in TP, or the souls of the two atomic bombs. Think about it, where is the end of reflection.)
Forget which episode Brad said They are not fighters, they are just trained machines. Although Lao Mei is not as well-known and arrogant as the army used in Iraq during World War II, ordinary soldiers in World War II do not necessarily have the same feelings. Not all soldiers in the so-called "Justice Division" can hold their heads up and say that we are fighting for justice. Most of the time they hang these things on their heads just because they need this as comfort. Just as the company Commander Haldane in TP said to Eugene after the battle to seize the airport, you must make yourself "believe" that the cause you are fighting for is just, so that all sacrifices and losses will be given value. Eugene Sledge in the Pacific War had similar feelings to Brad in the Iraq War, thinking that they were just beasts trained to fight ("we were just animals training to fight"), and war was a dirty and ugly undertaking. ("Ugly business at hand").
2012.09.21
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