[PackerBoy]

The combat scenes in Private Ryan were great. However, the thing that drives me crazy about all combat scenes is the volume. In real combat, guys basically can't talk to each other at all. There is just too much noise.

The other problems with Private Ryan were: 1. At the end, the tank would not have driven in to the town without infantry clearing the way. Tanks are very vulnerable in cities. and; 2. The explosives that they used for making anti-tank weapons could have much more effectively have been used to simply blow up the bridge.

I disagree. I could not hear much of the dialogue on Omaha Beach in SPR, and I believe that was intended. Also, war vets said the movie footage was very real.

Tank commanders often did things their own ways, including taking unnecessary risks.

Finally, the whole point of the final scene was to defend and protect the bridge, and to destroy it only as a last resort.

Just yanking yer chain here. Wasn't Band of Brothers great, too?

[Rodney King]

I only saw one episode, and it is very good.