SAS Rogue Heroes

The beginning seems to support your stance on here regarding stories being embellished by someone who knew someone who had been there, just to improve the story.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
Jedi

I've just received Hamish Ross book on Paddy Mayne through the post from my youngest son and a piece on the back (see photo 2) intrigued me immediately and I am sure it will you. It seems this guy is willing to challenge the myth of Paddy Mayne and does so with the support of his family and the SAS Regiment.
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I read this comment as a negative until I read the extract. It seems positive so perhaps the challenge is more about his 'rogue' reputation.
Look forward to hearing what you think of it.
 
Millbrook said:
I read this comment as a negative until I read the extract. It seems positive so perhaps the challenge is more about his 'rogue' reputation.
Look forward to hearing what you think of it.
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It wasn't meant to sound negative, I’ve just struggled to buy into the theory that Mayne had issues with authority. He played rugby at a high level (British and Irish Lions), and any disciplinary issues would have been raised here; Also, to be able to pull off the daring raids he was involved in, it would have taken a high degree of intelligence and discipline for them to succeed.

His niece sums this up in the preface of the book when she says she's listened to each story told about Mayne on numerous occasions and on each time the story had to be a better version than the time before.
 
I watched the first couple of episodes and just thought it was such a juvenile glorification of war it could have come out of a Victor comic strip. Unimpressed events might be true but it was like watching an Indiana Jones movie
 
Glover_elbow said:
I watched the first couple of episodes and just thought it was such a juvenile glorification of war it could have come out of a Victor comic strip. Unimpressed
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The campaigns depicted are all real the gung ho death or glory approach was true as was the insane training regime as they basically did what most thought was impossible.

It was the peaky blinders diatribe and obvious tropes to fit their narrative I objected to.

Stirling famously never swore as he hated foul language for one.

But the over the top victor like story lines were accurate
 
uncle_rico said:
Just seen there's a second series starting soon.

Enjoyed the first one, despite all of the inaccuracies.
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I don't mind the innacuracies and sure most people eat hungry don't even notice. First series was filmed during strict COVID regulations so a lot of the assigned budget was eaten up adhering to guidelines in order to be allowed to film. Also meant slot of equipment and vehicles couldn't be transported to location.

Really looking forward to series 2. All of Damien Lewis's books are excellent reads and really well researched
 
Anterimus said:
I don't mind the innacuracies and sure most people eat hungry don't even notice. First series was filmed during strict COVID regulations so a lot of the assigned budget was eaten up adhering to guidelines in order to be allowed to film. Also meant slot of equipment and vehicles couldn't be transported to location.

Really looking forward to series 2. All of Damien Lewis's books are excellent reads and really well researched
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Masters of the Air was also filmed during covid and I think it told. I enjoyed it, and was probably expecting it to live up to the hype, but was a bit disappointed in the end.
 
Really looking forward to this - enjoyed the first series. Just finished Lewis's book on the sea landings in Italy.. A great read!
 
Born and raised where Blair Mayne is from. Lived near his house at Mount Pleaseant and growing up around those stories made me join the army at 18. That thread about heroes, if only I could have met him, driving too fast is what killed him, which is tragic when you think of all the scrapes he got in
 
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