bushwacked Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Pretty good stuff, but as everyone seems to be insinuating here, they could have been more heavy on the history with less emphasis on the storytelling. Still a compelling series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yah. And I understand the showing of bodies as a way to emphasis the horrors of war, but it seems they are doing that a LOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 They knew that would draw in the younger crowd and it's ALL about ratings baby That's also why they went to such great lengths to advertise it as "High Def," which they know is all the rage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yah. And I understand the showing of bodies as a way to emphasis the horrors of war, but it seems they are doing that a LOT. That's because there WERE a lot. All told, there were between 50 and 70 million. This chart from Wikipedia is very insightful. The Soviet Union lost 24,000,000 and China some unknown number between 10 and 20 million. Yes, there were bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 It's as high def as anything made with contemporary cameras. Any degradation you're seeing (film noise, grain, scratches, etc) are from the 35mm master negatives, which dictate the final quality of the transfers. If you watch carefully, I noticed in the first two episodes that the French and Italian film they were showing was of considerably better quality than some of the US footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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