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The resistants and communists act like a bunch of amateurs

posted 9 years ago by emuir-1
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I guess the resistance did not spring up overnight, and many enthusiastic young men joined, but some of their actions and mistakes would have got them apprehended within hours, if not minutes. The communists being older should have known better.

Rules for clandestine operatives:

1. when being asked by unfamiliar chatty coworkers/recruits, tell them they ask too many questions and shut up.

2. When hiding out in the forest do not light fires in the open. The smoke can be seen and smelled from miles away.

3. When attacking a German truck (Season 5 episode 2) make the soldiers get undressed so as not to get blood on their uniforms, then quietly cut their throats rather than waste bullets and make a racket. Collect up the uniforms and weapons for later use. Bury the bodies. If it is possible to hide the truck somewhere, take the truck, otherwise, disable it. Try putting the bodies in the truck, pushing it down the ravine and setting fire to it. It might be seen as an accident at first.

I could list many more faux pas. From the series it appears the Germans lost the war because of the imbalance of weapons and materials rather than the skill of the resistance.

[–] henry999-1 9 years ago

Well argued, emuir-1. However, I take your 'The resistants and communists act like a bunch of amateurs' to mean 'The resistants and communists ARE DEPICTED IN THIS SERIES AS a bunch of amateurs'. Too right.

And there are many other problems in this programme with realistic plausibility and discontinuity. One particularly blatant area is the wounding/injury and treatment/recuperation of numerous victims, with a case in point being Monsieur Cohn, who is dropped by a pistol shot in the back, at long range, but then is seemingly not captured for he shows up, walking, at the doctor's door with an abdominal wound from which Larcher removes a bullet; Cohn then is back to normal in a matter of days. Mirabile dictu!

[–] marudd50 8 years ago

I agree. You would think the resistance would be the most interesting story line, but in fact it is the weakest. The rebels behave so stupidly that it almost ruins every scene they are in. I find Marcel ridiculous. He went to the killing of the two German officers like a lemming, and anyone could see that the young outsider was ludicrous and the local leader so unreasonable as to be unbelievable. Marcel's pouting, his foolishness and his neglect of his son are annoying.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

[–] tonygumbrell 8 years ago

I was in the regular army, in Vietnam, and saw many faux pas, and lots of immaturity. I would expect irregulars to be what they are, amateurs. Sometimes this series is a bit weak, but the point of it is that humans are fallible, and often foolish, cowardly, and incredibly brave, strong, humane and tough, but brutal, and vicious beyond redemption as well. Mankind is a hodgepodge, and under duress their characters are fully exposed. Life is full of irony, contradictions, and cruel fate.

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