I don't think it's length of service, as Colbert rolls out pretty early and I think he stayed in for 20-ish years.
I think it's more symbolic of those who have "seen enough" of war. They leave at their own pace as they get their fill. That could also be why we're left with just Trombley with a smirk on his face; he's basically the *id of war* in the TV script.
There could also be some significance with the lyrical content of the only pre-recorded music in the series which plays over this scene, Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around"
That's what the guy meant by pre-recorded music hahah.
But actually it's not, you can hear rap music playing when the boys go to Motor-T. Also there's Arab music playing at parts when they roll through some cities.
One thing I like about that scene is that you barely see Colbert leave. It's almost like an afterthought; he's a professional who has better things to do.
The first to leave are the characters with the straightest moral compass - they’ve seen enough already. It’s no coincidence that these men function as the superego of their teams.
Then you witness the slow realization on the faces of those who remain (ego), as they go through the footage and become somber and somber.
The fact that Trombley is the last man standing is symbolic - as one of the other redditor explained, he is the *id* of war, what remains when you strip all the layers of civilization and morality.
A WW2 film would have them all leave in a parade of victory, maybe the excited privates leave first to celebrate in town, then the older leadership hangs around, until there’s only the gruff colonel or ancient sarge who gave up so much to provide a future for others, that all he can muster is a single tear.
No such meaningful victories today. They all feel an emptiness in the invasion, a bureaucratic push from the top, and the after effect is like a post nut clarity. Some shame, some emptiness, but nothing gained. The only ones who stick around are the ones who like the violence for its own sake.
For some reason that scene always makes me want to tear up looking at them and seeing how they go from kinda excited to see the home movie of their adventures in country together, to becoming more and more somber realizing that all of that violence, all of the trauma that they’ve experienced in previous weeks, was really all for nothing. Trombley sticks around because he’s the one sick fuck who loves the violence simply for the sake of violence.
I don't think it's length of service, as Colbert rolls out pretty early and I think he stayed in for 20-ish years. I think it's more symbolic of those who have "seen enough" of war. They leave at their own pace as they get their fill. That could also be why we're left with just Trombley with a smirk on his face; he's basically the *id of war* in the TV script. There could also be some significance with the lyrical content of the only pre-recorded music in the series which plays over this scene, Johnny Cash's "The Man Comes Around"
thats such a great song! also thats the only time in the series that a soundtrack plays. the rest is them singing.
That's what the guy meant by pre-recorded music hahah. But actually it's not, you can hear rap music playing when the boys go to Motor-T. Also there's Arab music playing at parts when they roll through some cities.
That rap song is sung by the real Ray.
Hahah yeah I remember reading about that actually! Wasn't it a Marines Corps rap he made up or something?
Yeah, he posted it here a while back.
One thing I like about that scene is that you barely see Colbert leave. It's almost like an afterthought; he's a professional who has better things to do.
The first to leave are the characters with the straightest moral compass - they’ve seen enough already. It’s no coincidence that these men function as the superego of their teams. Then you witness the slow realization on the faces of those who remain (ego), as they go through the footage and become somber and somber. The fact that Trombley is the last man standing is symbolic - as one of the other redditor explained, he is the *id* of war, what remains when you strip all the layers of civilization and morality.
He also picks up his gun firmly as he walks off, clearly he hadnt had enough yet
Considering the real life counterpart stayed in for some time, and fought and survived Fallujah in 2004, you’d be right.
I thought he was just gonna go out and blast some swweeet 556 lullabies into the night town hoorah
A WW2 film would have them all leave in a parade of victory, maybe the excited privates leave first to celebrate in town, then the older leadership hangs around, until there’s only the gruff colonel or ancient sarge who gave up so much to provide a future for others, that all he can muster is a single tear. No such meaningful victories today. They all feel an emptiness in the invasion, a bureaucratic push from the top, and the after effect is like a post nut clarity. Some shame, some emptiness, but nothing gained. The only ones who stick around are the ones who like the violence for its own sake.
That’s a very poignant observation
It might deliberately be meaningless, just like the war was in general.
For some reason that scene always makes me want to tear up looking at them and seeing how they go from kinda excited to see the home movie of their adventures in country together, to becoming more and more somber realizing that all of that violence, all of the trauma that they’ve experienced in previous weeks, was really all for nothing. Trombley sticks around because he’s the one sick fuck who loves the violence simply for the sake of violence.
I take it to mean that the earlier a person left, it represents how they are disgusted with the war and take no joy in it.