Episode two of the Rosie the Reviewer pod is out today. We discuss episodes 4-7 of Band of Brothers, and I also tell @almost-a-class-act about my grandpa's adventures during the war, even though a lot is unknown, and that makes me sad.
Listen here and please subscribe:
@fayestardust and I are going to get silly with Pearl Harbor very soon... drop me a line if you have any thoughts, whimsies, madcap commentary, or questions!
@almost-a-class-act and I are recording a pod about SOE agent Violette Szabo tomorrow while talking about Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) / Violette Szabo,'The Life That I Have' by Susan Ottoway (2002). Do you have any tidbits to mention on the pod or questions you want us to answer?
Update. It’ll be tomorrow. Questions still welcome.
GEORGE LUZ ▸ Band of Brothers – 1x01 "Currahee"
just listened to episode one of your pod with @fayestardust! I also picked up band of brothers during the pandemic (but for me, not for the first time, just for the most obsessed time). I know MY reason why it hit for me then, so I'm curious why (or why you think) the pandemic was Your Time to start loving the series.
(also, looking forward to further episodes!! Just love hearing people talk about things they love.)
Hiii I love this message! I had a little scroll of your blog and I assume we're roughly the same age because my first movie in the cinema was also the Lion King and I'll be hearing End of Ze World in my fucking dreams until the sun engulfs us. Lmao.
I had to search back in my messages because I was like, what did prompt me to watch Band of Brothers in the first place? Well, as it turns out, as with everything to do with fandom, I came at it sideways - I figured I'd rewatch The Pacific because I had seen all of Shameless and had a little yen for Noel Fisher. Afterward my streaming service suggested Band of Brothers and we were probably in one of the innumerable lockdowns of 2020 so I watched that next. Exact words in a chat to my friend: "Can I watch TWO HBO War miniseries in the span of two days?"
I came back and watched it again in the spring of 2021. And then I watched it again with @fayestardust in the fall of 2021 and that's when I kind of picked back up using Tumblr a lot more again too. It's the most fun to share a hobby with a friend! And I think maybe I just had cabin fever in my house and wanted to talk about anything with anybody, LOL.
What was your reason?
My 2020 reason was a deep yearning for good leadership. Having watched the series many times before, I knew I could scratch that itch with Dick Winters. Then I finished the series and just.... started it over again. And again. And again. I probably watched it 10 times from 2020-2021. Got the Ambrose book to understand what the hell was going on with the combat engagements, got obsessed with the glider pilots (not shown in the series but with whom it turns out I had a personal connection through my grandmother that in retrospect explained a lot about her)....
Anyway, with my principal not making great decisions for us educators during the pandemic, I could go home and turn on the next episode and just... have a little hope.
@almost-a-class-act and I are recording a pod about SOE agent Violette Szabo tomorrow while talking about Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) / Violette Szabo,'The Life That I Have' by Susan Ottoway (2002). Do you have any tidbits to mention on the pod or questions you want us to answer?
just listened to episode one of your pod with @fayestardust! I also picked up band of brothers during the pandemic (but for me, not for the first time, just for the most obsessed time). I know MY reason why it hit for me then, so I'm curious why (or why you think) the pandemic was Your Time to start loving the series.
(also, looking forward to further episodes!! Just love hearing people talk about things they love.)
Hiii I love this message! I had a little scroll of your blog and I assume we're roughly the same age because my first movie in the cinema was also the Lion King and I'll be hearing End of Ze World in my fucking dreams until the sun engulfs us. Lmao.
I had to search back in my messages because I was like, what did prompt me to watch Band of Brothers in the first place? Well, as it turns out, as with everything to do with fandom, I came at it sideways - I figured I'd rewatch The Pacific because I had seen all of Shameless and had a little yen for Noel Fisher. Afterward my streaming service suggested Band of Brothers and we were probably in one of the innumerable lockdowns of 2020 so I watched that next. Exact words in a chat to my friend: "Can I watch TWO HBO War miniseries in the span of two days?"
I came back and watched it again in the spring of 2021. And then I watched it again with @fayestardust in the fall of 2021 and that's when I kind of picked back up using Tumblr a lot more again too. It's the most fun to share a hobby with a friend! And I think maybe I just had cabin fever in my house and wanted to talk about anything with anybody, LOL.
What was your reason?
Not Sam having to remind me when we watched because my memory has been shot ever since forever. 😅
Link NOT in bio, but right here. @almost-a-class-act already made a post about this but I also wanted to do my own.
The first episode of our podcast is live on your favourite podcast places. It's a strange little thing—and kind of nerve-wracking. Come listen to us chat about Band of Brothers! It's a show we both love, as I know do many of you.
Let me know what you think, and if you'd like us to review any particular WW2 movies, shows, books or documentaries, Feel free to suggest!
Don't forget to follow us on Instagram. 😊
@fayestardust and I talk the first three episodes of Band of Brothers!
AAAAAAAAAAAAH.
ATTENTION ATTENTION. @almost-a-class-act and I are launching our podcast Rosie the Reviewer, this Friday! We'll be talking about our first WW2 show, which, you may not be very surprised to find, is Band of Brothers!
You can find the podcast on your usual podcast places, but I'd love it if you subscribed on Spotify, where you can also find a little preview as of this moment! Tomorrow, we're recording an episode about Unbroken (book AND movie), so if you've got a specific moment you'd like us to consider, feel free to send an ask!
You drunk? I was heading that direction, till this detour.
Working on a really fun project with @fayestardust and it's starting to come together! Can you guess what we're covering first? ;)
Watch this space for a release date!
We now have an Instagram account!
I probably should’ve made that right away. Oop.
Working on a really fun project with @fayestardust and it's starting to come together! Can you guess what we're covering first? ;)
Watch this space for a release date!
HURRAH. I promise I will slowly up my word-count as we progress with this, Sam!
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Thank you so much xx 😘
Digital painting of Elliot Warren as James Douglass in Masters of the Air. 8 hours.
Icymi. I’m really proud of it and would appreciate all likes, comments and reblogs with fab tags. Xx
Digital painting of Elliot Warren as James Douglass in Masters of the Air. 8 hours.
