Which mini-series do you ...
Question: Which mini-series do you prefer,
Band of Brothers or
Generation Kill? There are a lot of similarities between the two shows. For example, "Iceman" from
Generation Kill is very similar to Captain Winters in
Band of Brothers. (Their names are even similar.) There are dozens of comparisons one can make regarding these two great series, but overall, I prefer the scope of
Band of Brothers. It really changed television. Yet
Generation Kill is better then any film made about the Iraq War.
Answer: It's not an either-or with me. Both are remarkable achievements in war docudrama.
Band of Brothers had the advantage of nostalgia for a "great" war and an end to the story, while by necessity
Generation Kill is a much messier, more cynical and less conventionally "satisfying" narrative.
Brothers feels like history writ large, and
Generation much more like journalism of the moment. HBO's scheduling of
Generation Kill while the war continues is a much riskier proposition than putting
Band of Brothers into play decades after the fact. Whatever the current numbers of the ongoing miniseries, which continues through August 24, I believe both of these epics will live on as among the most authentically and meticulously produced dramatic chronicles of their respective conflicts.
