anybody else watchin this? What an absolutely incredible show. My heart drops seein these kids and what they are going through, and this ain’t even 5% of what they most likely deal with on a day to day basis. These guys and gals are true heros not some of these jack— athletes that are forced down our throats everyday. Vehicles look great as well, where was it filmed? Anybody know and do they know how they got their hands on this armor?
I’m not sure what deluded person would call ANY athlete a hero…
I’m not certain where they got their armor but a company in Texas (?) specialized in providing accurate reproductions and real 1/1 scale vehicles for movies. I can’t remember the name of the movie that Meg Ryan was in about a pilot or medic CMOH candidate from Desert Storm. Hopefully someone knows the name. Anyway, the M1’s in the movie are actually Centurions that have been mocked up to look like the Abrams. These might be the same vehicles and they also had several older surplus Hummers.
Kaleu-Meg’s flick was “Courage under fire”. Boy-after this week I don’t know if I wanna see another war flick-God help the families of the 27 lost!
The show is pretty damned good , Fox has also been showing "Black Hawk Down " all week. And then this week in Iraq . Makes it hard not to say something political here.[XX]
LOL, if you want to see what OIF vets think about the show go to FX’s web site and then to their forums. It realy is pretty interesting to see. As for me, I watched the shows debute, and have not watched since. It realy is very inaccurate on to many issues to list , but what in Hollywood is not. LOL LIke I said, if you want to see what others like my self think of the show, go and visit their community pages.
For those of us who havent been to Iraq shows like this are were we get our impressions of whats happening there,along with the news. I realize that none of this compares with actually being there but at least some part of Hollywood is attempting to tell the story somewhat realistically (i hope) and not put out some “Rambo” type of B.S. I experienced all kinds of misconceptions about Vietnam when i came back so i understand you point “armydogdoc”.
I remember hearing a phrase something like this: “War is 10 percent action and 90 percent boredome” but I believe it’s 100 percent apprehension and the mental strain must be immense-not to mention the physical part.
Well, I thought that it was just plain bad. There were two parts of the whole darn show that even held a remote spark of realism for me: 1. when the kid was laying there screaming after the IED. 2. “Jody” and the guys wife/girlfriend in the sack while the email home from the soldier was flashing on the screen. Yaaaaah, I can totaly relate to #2. Aside from that I thought everything was just bad, acting, script, scenario, tactics, rules of engagement, ect.
That being said, watch the show, but understand that it is almost complete hogwash. Not too much there is what is realy going on. I have had a few guys at work ask me, “is that realy how it is over there?”
“Ummm, not even close” is the reply that they get.
Some more interesting reading on Mr. Bocho’s latest creation, sheesh I hope Hill Street Blues wasnt this far off key.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/233932_over26.html
Thats interesting armydogdoc . Ive got to check out that FX web site/forum . Hopefully the show can be made more accurate in the future if it last that long and doesnt get cancelled because its not P.C. enough .
you know, a lot of these comments are rather bogus. Interviewing the vets is one thing but the show needs a little more credit than it gets. Frankly, since my only exposure has been CNN and Fox, I find this interesting. I am glad someone has taken the effort to try and bring this back home. I wish these guys would stop keeping checklists and grading. Again, I applaud the effort. I am sure the were the naysayers as well as the supporters after “Saving Private Ryan”. You can’t get anything 100% right.
Personally, I find this show rather tasteless. I think it’s wrong for a company like FX to be making money off a television show based on a war that our troops are still fighting.
This show is nothing more than WAR PROFITEERING. Shame on FX.
(in case your curious, this post comes from a veteran)
Jesse
I agree with Army dog doc I am in a National guard unit 144th Infantry Regiment, another unit in the barracks has been to Iraq I know some of the guys didnt totally agree with the tactics used to engage the enemy, but it is just a TV Show.
I think we should stop talking about TV Land, and talk about Armor and how we can Become better at building it.
Its just a conversation chill out ,
i agree that this is a tv show
but i have to say that this is another way that the press/american media have failed the us fighting forces deployed today
this i a pathetic attempt to tell a story every vet of any war should be andry at the very fact that this show is on tv
my 2 cents
sgtkopp
p.s. if you dont like or disagree with a topic and dont have anything contructive to say just dont reply[:(!]
I havent seen it yet, but saw the buzz on AFN (armed forces network). THe little clips I say looked alright I guess. You know I remember watching rat patrol and combat as a kid. I know now that those two were way off the mark. But story line, not accuracy is how they get viewers, so that is what gets the most work.
I’m sure they’ll have a good fire fight every show, it keeps the viewers coming. (that’s sarcasim)
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Originally posted by armydogdoc
- “Jody” and the guys wife/girlfriend in the sack while the email home from the soldier was flashing on the screen. Yaaaaah, I can totaly relate to #2.
Yeah, but the truth is… There are a many female personnel deployed in OIF/OEF and many deployed men and women aren’t behaving themselves. I’m just saying that just because someone is deployed, doesn’t mean he/she is innocent of cheating. It’s sad, but it happens.
I haven’t seen this show, all I have is AFN. It sounds like I shouldn’t bother. Is it a drama, real TV. I haven’t heard of it until now, and I’m a little worried. I’ve been there (a long time ago), and I doubt Fox or FX can handle certain topics with taste.
LOL Ridle, I hear ya! A lot of folks think that TDY means Temporarily Divorced for a Year. It is sad but true a lot of that does go on over there. But I can put my hand on a whole fricken stack of bibles and swear that I was a good kid for the year. My ex-fiance however was 6 months pregenant when I got home, and I didn’t take leave. Sooooooo, when I say that #2 rings true for me, you know what I am talking about.
Sorry, but this is nothing but Rambo type malarky. I only saw the firts episode. The troops are pinned down behind a berm, no air, armor or arty support. The bad guys can’t even hit a non moving target with an AK from 3 feet away. They don’t know about flanking maneuvers, they charge like Napoleon at the berm (which should have been ground down to nothing by the DHSK.) Sinlge shots from the Americans never fail while even bad guy mortars can’t do anything.
Oh, yeah, and the bad guys are so [censored] stoopid, with a capital STOO, they put flags on their mines to direct trucks to park on them.