Not the Onion - Saving Private Ryan dethroned as greatest war film ever

[widefat77]

I swear, this is great. I never knew!
I mean, who knew postal duty in England during WWII could be so bad?

Saving Private Ryan dethroned as 'greatest ever war film' by Netflix hit

The Six Triple Eight is based on the true story of the U.S. army's only all-female African American unit during World War II.

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[softcock]

I needed a laugh, but ... Onion could probably not written it better .

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[Sean the Nailer]

I have to give credit where credit is due. Those ladies definitely DID do a good job, and they did it quickly.

But, they didn't do it 'under fire'.

They didn't even do it 'on fire'.

Nobody even struck a match to the pile....


Unlike how many soldiers of every colour who "gave all....."? And in the worst, most harrowing experiences...

That's my opinion.

 

[sloporsche]

I watched it and it was ok even for biased netflunky but no way beats saving private ryan despite hanks going woke . I would rather watch kellys heroes or Attack with jack palance or tora tora tora .Add in fury and bridge on the river kawi and the story of gi joe and objective burma and sisu . WW1 paths of glory .....korea porkchop hill and the steel helmet /vietnam green berets and purple hearts and apocolypse now and hamburger hill and flight of the intruder

 

[akmike47]

El oh el, no

 

[lash]

El oh el, no

Perzackly.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

It had to do with females, so that needed to be touted.
It had to do with "non-white" females, so that needed to be touted more.

The true story basis of it, holds some water and is of some value.

But not, in the realm of things, NEAR what was accomplished by the Allied Forces. Not even a comparison.... but we all know that.

 

[BAMCIS]

Tustakee Airmen fought and died.

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[lash]

Tustakee Airmen fought and died.

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[sirhrmechanic]

The pos DEI postal people here make Hiawatha spin in his grave…

Then Again, maybe these bitches are the origin of “going postal” and after shooting the shit out of their HQ… managed to singlehanded beat back the Hun after Bastogne and drove on to Berlin ahead of Patton where they looted the liquor stores, liberated all the Newport Menthols and stole the rims off the SS Totenkopf division’s Mercedes sedans…

Probably also the heaviest unit, per capita, in the whole ETO.

And never ran out of ersatz pancake syrup.

Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

I swear, this is great. I never knew!
I mean, who knew postal duty in England during WWII could be so bad?

Saving Private Ryan dethroned as 'greatest ever war film' by Netflix hit

The Six Triple Eight is based on the true story of the U.S. army's only all-female African American unit during World War II.

www.the-express.com

They probably had to eat English food… I mean… going from some good ribs and fried chicken to boiled beef and soggy chips….

I mean, that’s worthy of a silver star right there!

Sirhr

 

[Aftermath]

They probably had to eat English food… I mean… going from some good ribs and fried chicken to boiled beef and soggy chips….

I mean, that’s worthy of a silver star right there!

Sirhr

Just having to listen to that fucking weird pronunciation of words and pretend they are speaking actual English...aluminium? WTAF? When I am in Britain and particularly when in England, I make damned sure I drink COFFEE...Americano...motherfucker.

 

[Aftermath]

They probably had to eat English food… I mean… going from some good ribs and fried chicken to boiled beef and soggy chips….

I mean, that’s worthy of a silver star right there!

Sirhr

While we are talking history here in the present and neither of us old geezers having as much future left as there is past....what about that best handgun shot of yours? I have one of my own I'll share.

 

[kl3309]

So that's how Chlamydia became endemic to the British Isles.

 

[diggler1833]

Tustakee Airmen fought and died.

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I was fortunate to get picked out of recruiting school to be a district representative (just went to events and did pull-ups for a living). I was even more fortunate one day that I got to do an event in ~2002 where about 5-6 of the Tuskegee Airmen were present (it was in Tuskegee...go figure).

Some extremely humble gentlemen, and it was an honor to get to speak with them for a few hours.

 

[Devildog]

I was fortunate to get picked out of recruiting school to be a district representative (just went to events and did pull-ups for a living). I was even more fortunate one day that I got to do an event in ~2002 where about 5-6 of the Tuskegee Airmen were present (it was in Tuskegee...go figure).

Some extremely humble gentlemen, and it was an honor to get to speak with them for a few hours.

In 1985 while stationed on Okinawa, I was selected to go to Iwo Jima to help with the 40th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima. I got to interact with some of the Marines that fought there. Same thing they were very humble, it was a real honor to meet these men.

 

[schmi015]

Greatest war film ever was either Tropic Thunder or Inglourious Basterds, change my mind.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Greatest war film ever was either Tropic Thunder or Inglourious Basterds, change my mind.

Debbie does Dallas

 

[lash]

While we are talking history here in the present and neither of us old geezers having as much future left as there is past....what about that best handgun shot of yours? I have one of my own I'll share.

And…??

 

[hlee]

And…??

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[diggler1833]

While we are talking history here in the present and neither of us old geezers having as much future left as there is past....what about that best handgun shot of yours? I have one of my own I'll share.

I see what you did there (from the other post with the Woodsman).

I'll share my best: only about 15 yards, but it was the head of a moving water moccasin/cottonmouth as it was swimming towards my little girls a few summers ago while they were playing in the creek.

 

[Aftermath]

I see what you did there (from the other post with the Woodsman).

I'll share my best: only about 15 yards, but it was the head of a moving water moccasin/cottonmouth as it was swimming towards my little girls a few summers ago while they were playing in the creek.

In the very early 1980's, a coworker and I were driving around the country roads of Seminole County on our days off, drinking beers and road hunting coyotes with my old Toyota Landcruiser. This was winter time and there had been just a skiff of snow. It was real cold, like -5 degrees. My first winter in Okrahoma and my first year working the oilpatch.

He was an arrogant prick also from out of state and I loved belittling him. City boy from someplace east, college dropout. He was not any sort of outdoors man but trying hard to be.

We went down into a low water crossing that had a sort of dam built on the upstream side and stopped to get rid of some of the beer. That dam was just about waist high and so was the skim of ice out on that slack water. Someone else had stopped there and tossed their beer bottles out on that ice. We figured they had just sat there to drink. Probably 10 bottles and one of those had ended upright about 20 yards away.

My coworker had just recently purchased a Ruger Mark pistol. I don't recall but I'd figure Mark 1. He had been telling us at work about how accurate it was and how great of a shot he is. He had to to try and shot a magazine full at it. He was close but never did hit it.

I retrieved my Remington Rand National Match 1911A1 loaded with standard ball, took careful aim, told him I'd just take the neck off so he could still shoot at the rest of it and I did, first round. There was some luck involved. I just nonchalantly put my handgun away. He never again told us what a great shooter of his new pistol he was.