On PBS now, 15hrs on WWII. Will air in 7 parts.

9/23/2007 8:12:45 PM

this WWII shit is overkill. can we focus on some other wars instead?

9/23/2007 9:39:37 PM

i'm watching it

9/23/2007 9:43:00 PM

i want to see a Kevin Costner epic set in the Second Anglo-Burmese War.

He could play a postman that delivers the mail from his custom Trimaran.

9/23/2007 9:58:41 PM

first episode was pretty good. looking forward to the rest

9/23/2007 10:43:00 PM

I wish this had come out like 10 years ago. Before i played 6 different video games about WW2, watched 25 different movies, and read like 10 books about it.

9/24/2007 1:11:30 AM

finally, someone does a documentary about WW2

9/24/2007 1:33:31 AM

Being about the same thing doesn't make something the same. It's like saying it's not worth seeing the Shawshank Redemption after seeing Ernest Goes to Jail...I mean they're both about prison, how many times can you see a movie about that?

9/24/2007 11:56:58 AM

i dunno vern

9/24/2007 1:06:43 PM

^^ that's not really the argument.

9/24/2007 2:01:53 PM

this was pretty good, but i wish they would do this once a week and not every night. i can deal with carving out a couple hours of my sunday night, not two hours out of every night for a week.

9/24/2007 2:06:04 PM

yeah, i'm a huge ken burns fan, just a little burnt out after watching so many WWII tv documentaries on the History Channel. Regardless i will still watch this. Except that i don't have a TV in my room.

9/24/2007 2:16:33 PM

did anyone have audio sync issues with this on UNC-HD via TWC? it was very distracting last night watching this.

9/24/2007 2:26:08 PM

^YES. i'm glad it wasn't just my box or something.

9/24/2007 2:39:28 PM

Quote :

"this was pretty good, but i wish they would do this once a week and not every night. i can deal with carving out a couple hours of my sunday night, not two hours out of every night for a week."

I feel the same way, plus I wanted to watch the game last night.... DVR ftw.

I watched the very beginning on UNC-HD and audio was hosed for me too. I was hoping it wasn't going to be messed up on the recording, but if everyone had the same problem my guess is that it will be. I'll give the audio another chance tonight before recording the SD.

9/24/2007 5:10:37 PM

is this streamed on the internet some where?

9/24/2007 9:26:28 PM

missed the first episode, watching the second one now. its pretty good, stories are on a much more personal level.

favorite quote so far is from a B-17 bubble turret gunner in reference to the bomber's aiming:
"they said the bombing system was accurate enough to hit a pickle barrel, well, we couldn't hit france."

9/24/2007 9:26:34 PM