Hammond: Timewatch: Bloody Omaha - Page 2

DaShowstoppa · January 7th, 2008, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by narin

agreed clarkson's really good at that. imo richard seems better at presenting entertaining shows. then again i don't think i've seen richard present such a thing so who knows he could be good at it.

I've just seen it absolutely incredible and very moving. The story of Omaha beach was never taught at my School - Hammond did an excellent job presenting BTW.

chay007 · January 7th, 2008, 12:26 AM

Just saw this and it was a fantastic and moving story. Omaha was something i had also not been taught about at school but this seemed to me to give a great description of what happened. The descriptions given by those involved were just horrifying though and i would hate to be there. Hammond did a great job and personally im glad he did this documentary instead of Clarkson as i feel Hammonds presentation style was more suited to this documentary (a bit quieter and less emphasis on particular events while Clarkson will concentrate more on a particular event or individual for a period of time and shouts more). A lot of research obviously went into this and the use of computer graphics was brilliant, bringing the battle to life almost.

Personally i think this was i great tribute to the bravery shown by these solders who were involved in the Omaha attack and i hope that a lesson was also learned from what went on here. Never rely on just 1 piece of the puzzle (the air attacks) and that solders should always be made to expect the worst.

One last note R.I.P. for all those who died in this mission as well as to all those who have died as part of any armed force R.I.P.

lvnproficy · January 7th, 2008, 12:30 AM

The torrent's up on Mininova:

http://www.mininova.org/tor/1088919

I'm downloading it right now so I don't know about the quality yet. Requires you to register to Motorworld

EDIT: excellent quality

Viper007Bond · January 7th, 2008, 01:12 AM

There's a Scene rip of it:

Timewatch.Bloody.Omaha.WS.PDTV.XviD-REMAX

Working on getting a copy of it.

darkday2 · January 7th, 2008, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

There's a Scene rip of it:

Timewatch.Bloody.Omaha.WS.PDTV.XviD-REMAX

Working on getting a copy of it.

What is the link for it? Or is that the copy you were looking at getting? images/smilies/wacko.gif

I'm confused. images/smilies/lol.gif

Viper007Bond · January 7th, 2008, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkday2

What is the link for it? Or is that the copy you were looking at getting? images/smilies/wacko.gif

I'm confused. images/smilies/lol.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Working on getting a copy of it.

Anyway, I managed to find it and made a torrent: http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/0...omaha-torrent/

vanderwater · January 7th, 2008, 07:12 AM

Thank you. downloading it now!

Goose+ · January 7th, 2008, 12:18 PM

Good, but Clarkson's WW2 docus are better. Hammond is trying to become the new Jeremy images/smilies/mad.gif

Phinn · January 7th, 2008, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goose+

Good, but Clarkson's WW2 docus are better. Hammond is trying to become the new Jeremy images/smilies/mad.gif

Or rather the BBC are trying to cash in on Hammond's increased popular appeal.

Momo63 · January 7th, 2008, 01:43 PM

I think they have very different styles and Hammond's was better suited to this programme - which was mostly told by interviews with survivors and experts. Richard is, imo, better at the simple voiceover than Jeremy.
And in answer to why a documentary on Omaha beach by a British tv programme - why on earth not? The BBC makes documentaries on all sort of topics - it doesn't need to be solely about British subjects.

jdm · January 7th, 2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

THis must be ripped...

Praising americans on BBC? Impossible!

how is making a programme about one of the biggest military disasters of ww2 due to lack of intelligence and mistakes in execution praising americans?

The programme was very well written and produced but they missed out alot of very important points and focused on some not so important points for a long time, I felt that they only really told less than half the story.

Hidden_Hunter · January 7th, 2008, 03:02 PM

I thought it was good, though it did seem to get caught up in the ramblings of that one guy that seemed to disagree with everyone else including the vets

dotcol · January 7th, 2008, 03:20 PM

Here is a little vid about how they did the Graphics for Richard hammond's bloody omaha.... it was only 3 guys!! images/smilies/smile.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRS9cpOMYv0

MattD1zzl3 · January 7th, 2008, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdm

how is making a programme about one of the biggest military disasters of ww2 due to lack of intelligence and mistakes in execution praising americans?

Not trying to be the "america saved yer asses, durr" guy, but when thousands of young men die over what most agree was a noble cause, you try to be somewhat respectful.

I'm torrenting it now, but its taking ages, is it up on the FTP's yet?

Mach1 · January 7th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

Not trying to be the "america saved yer asses, durr" guy, but when thousands of young men die over what most agree was a noble cause, you try to be somewhat respectful.

You're far too polite.

MattD1zzl3 · January 7th, 2008, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mach1

You're far too polite.

Understatement is the key to diplomacy.

darkday2 · January 7th, 2008, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Anyway, I managed to find it and made a torrent: http://www.finalgear.com/news/2008/0...omaha-torrent/

Holycrap, you said scene has a rip of it. I figured you meant they had a torrent as well which is why I asked. You didn't have to be a douche about it.

Viper007Bond · January 8th, 2008, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkday2

Holycrap, you said scene has a rip of it. I figured you meant they had a torrent as well which is why I asked. You didn't have to be a douche about it.

The Scene doesn't do torrents. Infact, they hate P2P...

Flynn · January 8th, 2008, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattD1zzl3

Not trying to be the "america saved yer asses, durr" guy, but when thousands of young men die over what most agree was a noble cause, you try to be somewhat respectful.

I'm torrenting it now, but its taking ages, is it up on the FTP's yet?

America couldn't have done it on it's own it was a joint effort. Having said that we made a significant comtribution in machinery and materials.

darkday2 · January 8th, 2008, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

The Scene doesn't do torrents. Infact, they hate P2P...

Well I'm sorry. I didn't realize that, I just always saw "scene rip" on the front page for how long now and made that assumption.

January 7th, 2008, 12:30 AM	#23
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Goose+ Previously Known As TopGearFan+ Joined: Oct 11th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: The sun never sets on the British empire Age: 18 Posts: 812 Car: Honda Jazz Rep Power: 12	Good, but Clarkson's WW2 docus are better. Hammond is trying to become the new Jeremy __________________ THAT HASN'T GONE WELL!

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Hidden_Hunter D: Joined: Oct 7th, 2006 Last Online: 03:48 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 4,509 Car: '08 Honda Accord Euro Rep Power: 49	I thought it was good, though it did seem to get caught up in the ramblings of that one guy that seemed to disagree with everyone else including the vets __________________ My car is dark grey not black!

January 7th, 2008, 03:20 PM	#33
dotcol Joined: Jan 7th, 2008 Last Online: January 8th, 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Here is a little vid about how they did the Graphics for Richard hammond's bloody omaha.... it was only 3 guys!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRS9cpOMYv0

January 7th, 2008, 12:26 AM	#22
chay007 Joined: Oct 8th, 2007 Last Online: December 11th, 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 38 Rep Power: 8	Just saw this and it was a fantastic and moving story. Omaha was something i had also not been taught about at school but this seemed to me to give a great description of what happened. The descriptions given by those involved were just horrifying though and i would hate to be there. Hammond did a great job and personally im glad he did this documentary instead of Clarkson as i feel Hammonds presentation style was more suited to this documentary (a bit quieter and less emphasis on particular events while Clarkson will concentrate more on a particular event or individual for a period of time and shouts more). A lot of research obviously went into this and the use of computer graphics was brilliant, bringing the battle to life almost. Personally i think this was i great tribute to the bravery shown by these solders who were involved in the Omaha attack and i hope that a lesson was also learned from what went on here. Never rely on just 1 piece of the puzzle (the air attacks) and that solders should always be made to expect the worst. One last note R.I.P. for all those who died in this mission as well as to all those who have died as part of any armed force R.I.P.

January 7th, 2008, 07:12 AM	#27
vanderwater Not A Dude Joined: Dec 23rd, 2007 Last Online: January 7th, 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 172 Car: Ford Focus LX Rep Power: 8	Thank you. downloading it now!

January 7th, 2008, 01:43 PM	#30
Momo63 Not A Dude Joined: Sep 22nd, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: London Posts: 360 Car: I am Mondeo Woman! sighs Rep Power: 9	I think they have very different styles and Hammond's was better suited to this programme - which was mostly told by interviews with survivors and experts. Richard is, imo, better at the simple voiceover than Jeremy. And in answer to why a documentary on Omaha beach by a British tv programme - why on earth not? The BBC makes documentaries on all sort of topics - it doesn't need to be solely about British subjects.

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