Comments on: Generation Kill: Not the Greatest Generation

By: tehran

tehran — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:48 +0000

after reading more comments about how accurate this show is i’m really upset toward the professionalism of US marines.what are these marine commentators proud of? killing many civilians out of battle zone?being so rude ?thats how they reperesent United States to the world?……….
i served my military duty in IRGC and i see no chance for US marines to fight IRGC members if they are going to make such stupid mistakes.even stupids in irgc dont make such mistakes and times after times!US better reconsider its claim to have the best military in the world.very bad day for me:(i wish i havent seen this show.F////

By: tehran

tehran — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:49:28 +0000

i recently seen all episodes and it totally changed my vision toward Marines.I’m from Iran and i was a huge fan of US. Marines but this series shows marines as the worst force,even there is no credit for their commanders who are supposeed to be the best.I’m very disappointed right now and the worst is that many talk about the non fiction speciality of this show and i cant believe marines who led the Iraq war did almost nothing but killing many innocent civilians out of battle zone…….

By: DW Nolan

DW Nolan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:55 +0000

I want to hear from all those tough conservatives that told us how anti-american this series was. US jarheads have a sick twisted sense of humor and reading your posts about is the best laugh I’ve had for a while.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:16:39 +0000

Ok about me I was a Marine infantryman in Lar for four years, and also deployed twice to Iraq. Aside from that I am also a conservative, and I am sorry to say christian but you are way off base with the reality of the Marine Corps. Generation Kill is most likely the most accurate depiction of the Marine Corps myself and the other 50 or so Marines I know have seen. Guess what educated or not that is EXACTLY how marines in a grunt unit talk. I knew no racists in my unit and all of us mexicans, blacks, whites, freely made fun of each other and each others race. It eases the stress and tension. In my platoon alone 12 out 29 guys had college degrees, and guess what? They all joked and made non PC jokes all the time. Maybe you should do your research next time. Also the book is required reading by first recon, battalions officers!!. I could go on and on but is most likely no use trying to explain to someone who could never understand. Sorry brother but you are out of touch with how the military operates.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:01:18 +0000

Ok about me I was a Marine infantryman in Lar for four years, and also deployed twice to Iraq. Aside from that I am also a conservative, and I am sorry to say christian but you are way off base with the reality of the Marine Corps. Generation Kill is most likely the most accurate depiction of the Marine Corps myself and the other 50 or so Marines I know that have watched it have seen. Guess what educated or not that is EXACTLY how marines in a grunt unit talk. I knew no racists in my unit and all of us mexicans, blacks, whites, freely made fun of each other and each others race. It eases the stress and tension. That was everyone in my platoon alone 12 out 29 guys had college degrees, and guess what? They all joked and made non PC jokes all the time. Made you should do your research next tim also the book is required reading by first recon battalions officers!!. I could go on and on but is most likely no use trying to explain to someone who could never understand. Sorry brother but you are out of touch with how the military operates.

By: Clay

Clay — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:14:29 +0000

Fans of Evan Wright’s Generation Kill will be happy to learn that he has a new book called Hella Nation. Kirkus Reviews calls the book “Vivid confirmation of the arrival of a major chronicler of those who live on or beyond the margins of the American mainstream.” Don’t miss Hella Nation, on shelves April 7th.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:32:04 +0000

I loved the mini-series. Anyone who is critiquing the series as anti-military, anti-marine or really anti-anything obviously has not served. Every unit on various levels possesses a camaraderie that is composed of, amongst other things, dedication beyond description contrasted with cynicism, sarcasm and yes, even a witty appreciation of the macabre. If you have never served, it is understandable that you do get it; it is a unique thing. But if you don’t get it, you obviously have not served and I recommend not showing off such ignorance.

By: shay

shay — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:18:47 +0000

Mr. Wayenright is absolutely correct. In fact, if you stop your boycott and purchase the DVDs you’ll see a discussion between the author and the actual Recon Marines about the HBO portrayal. Each of those recon marines exemplifies an intelligent objectiveness greatly needed by some of the posters in the forum.

Further more, I think we owe it to ourselves as human beings to take a stance against war, even if a purely academic one until we figure out how to effectively remove the perceived need for it.

I think we all can respect the human being (veteran) who is willing to sacrifice himself to protect against a perceived threat to others; but to admire or lend credence to the nature of war, hate, violence is intolerable and insane.

By: Jim Wayenright

Jim Wayenright — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:45:12 +0000

Some of you guys need to stop all the chest beating and read the book and watch the movie again. All of the actual marines portrayed in the movie/book agree with what happened, except for some of the senior officers/enlisted who were savaged for incompetence. Of course it’s anti-war, the soldiers on the front line will be the first to tell you of the horrors they witnessed. Did you expect them to come out all feeling great and not having horrible flashbacks

Jesus, get a mitt and catch a clue. If you don’t like what you saw then write your own fricking book. In the end the story told makes me have more respect for the frontline soldiers who were over there.

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:19:56 +0000

I sincerely hope that all of you who think that this series misrepresents the events that took place during the invasion of Iraq are drafted into the US Marine Corp with immediate effect. The only down side with this is that we would have to set up a segregated “tenderfoot” company to train all you incompetent and delusional hacks. The US armed forces are the greatest fighting force in the world, however service in the military is not the perfect happy la-la land that some of you seem to want to believe it is. It is a job, and like all other workplaces everything doesn’t always go to plan, there some are unsavory characters and your boss might not always be the smartest one of the bunch. The Marine Corp would without doubt do all of you armchair “know-it-alls” a lot of good! (Maybe your opinions would matter then…)

As for generation kill: it is the most accurate depiction of a war from the perspective of soldiers I have seen, although I must say that I can not judge in all certainty as I served in the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces and therefore do not have the same experiences. However the show focused mainly on the soldiers and their experiences without trying to correlate it to some grander theme or moral lesson. I was very pleased and surprised to see this as most war movies try create something larger than life, especially by adding emotional-laden musical scores. I can not imagine this reflecting the reality in any way, as no one lives with background music that chimes in the back of their head when something dramatic happens. Instead a lot of care was taken to remain true to the soldiers accounts and experiences. A ground breaking peace of work!