November 11th 2018

[Monster]

There are some decent documentaries. History channel shows Apocalypse: World War 1 occasionally. That's a good miniseries.

[Headhunter]

It's also the biggest turning point in modern history IMO, as the Old World (monarchies and empires) necessarily becomes the New World (democracy and globalism). Significant pit stops at Fascism and Communism along the way, but that just shows how ugly that transition could be.

[Reign in Blood]

World War I does not get enough play in media, especially in the U.S. There has never been a more brutal war, in my opinion.

I'd agree. Globally WWII seemingly gets all the attention, and then here in the US Vietnam, Civil etc. but I've always been more fascinated/entrenched by WWI. Definitely a few good movies made about it, but nothing like some others and still without it's "Saving Private Ryan" or what have you.

The idea of kids just climbing out of trenches and running into a field knowing damn well they were probably gonna get mowed down by machine gun fire...

Just nuts.

And being at that time where mechanisms/machinery were getting sophisticated, and the chemical warfare, and there was no resemblance of civility established like in some other wars. Using mustard gas and shit.