Colossal TV Show thread

Postby **MR25** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:51 pm

Isn't The Pacific based off a book written by someone who fought in that theater?

Could be why they didn't flesh out the character(s), if that was their sole source material.

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:55 pm

It's based on the memoirs of the two main characters, the bird dude and the dark-haired good looking dude. I'm sure they have names, too, let me check ... Euegen Sledge and Robert Leckie.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:11 pm

Just starting Band of Brothers based on some recent posts and man I can't take David Schwimmer in a serious role

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:13 pm

Schwimmer did a good job, probably one of the better acting jobs in BoB. Speers is probably #2 in best acted roles. All of the NCOs are military movie cliches

Postby **dodint** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:14 pm

It's based on the memoirs of the two main characters, the bird dude and the dark-haired good looking dude. I'm sure they have names, too, let me check ... Euegen Sledge and Robert Leckie.

With the Basilone story weaved in as well. That's probably part of the reason it doesn't work as well; it's a collection of different stories instead of BoB and Generation Kill which worked primarily from a single source.

Postby **PFiDC** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:19 pm

Just starting Band of Brothers based on some recent posts and man I can't take David Schwimmer in a serious role

Just wait for episode 2... (or was this in episode 1?)

When his head pops up over that wall I nearly lost it laughing.

"WHO IN THE HELL CUT DOWN THAT MAN'S FENCE!?"

Postby **nocera** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:29 pm

I thought Schwimmer was perfectly cast.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:35 pm

I posted that upon the first scene seeing him. Didn't take long to shed that and see him as an dadhole now

Postby **dodint** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:40 pm

If you watch Friends from a modern mindset he's a conniving manipulative dadhole there as well.

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:41 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:44 pm

Just starting Band of Brothers based on some recent posts and man I can't take David Schwimmer in a serious role

I remember a lot of people saying that, but having never really watched Friends and just disliking him, I thought it worked.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:07 pm

I remember at the time Schwimmer was billed as the only big name in the cast. Does he even act any more? Not that he needs to with the syndication fees from Friends...

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:10 pm

I remember at the time Schwimmer was billed as the only big name in the cast. Does he even act any more? Not that he needs to with the syndication fees from Friends...

Schwimmer was also responsible for their massive paydays on Friends:

When the starring cast first signed on, they reportedly agreed to $22,500 per episode. That changed in season two and each cast member made a different amount (which allegedly ranged from $20,000 to $40,000 per episode). By season three the group banded together and asked for equal and higher salaries. However, if it weren’t for David Schwimmer, the negotiations probably would have never happened.

When it came time for season three negotiations, Schwimmer allegedly encouraged his fellow castmates to negotiate together and ask for what they deserved. As a result, each cast member made $75,000 per episode for season three, $85,000 for season four, $100,000 for season five, $125,000 in season six, and $750,000 in seasons seven and eight. By seasons nine and ten, the stars were making $1 million per episode.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:11 pm

He was great as Robert Kardashian in the People vs. O.J. Simpson.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:19 pm

^ forgot about that role.

I meant his role on BoB. He was the only big name actor in that at the time. Now you have Michael Fassbinder, Tom Hardy, Damian Lewis, James McAvoy, Andrew Scott, and a few others emerging as stars of various levels. Pretty cool stuff.

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:39 pm

Damian Lewis was the only one I remember seeing in things before.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:54 pm

How about the random jimmy Fallon cameo

Or Tom hanks’s kid

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:13 pm

Was just looking through the awards BoB won. Should have won more. Stanley Tucci over Ron Livingston is hard to complain about given Tucci’s quality as an actor, but Franco over Damian Lewis is a joke.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:20 pm

Yessss!

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:39 pm

Excellent.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:43 pm

Yessss!

Awesome. At this point they have to finish out the series, right?

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:49 pm

Yessss!
Awesome. At this point they have to finish out the series, right?

I want more, damnit!

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:18 pm

Chappelle asked Netflix to pull his old Chappelle's Show... and they did. Here's why:

Postby **nocera** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:26 pm

Thanks for posting but I had to find it on another platform. I hate watching long videos on insta.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:26 pm

Yeah, I understand. I was too lazy to look for a YouTube link.