- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 210
I think Semper's characterization of Over There was bang on - stressed dialogue, contrived, but somewhat entertaining nonetheless.
I grew up on Tour of Duty... it was one of the things that fostered an already high degree of interest in the military. I still watch the show whenever it's on. I liked Combat too, when they still showed it at 3 AM on the History channel. Band of Brothers was spectacular, though I doubt there'll be another of such quality for some time.
I've never seen TDV though I've wanted to for some time. I can't afford satellite and haven't been able to find anywhere to download the episodes from. Hint.
There was a show called "Combat Missions" a while back that was like Survivor but with special forces/swat team guys and the challenges were different missions w/ pyro and MILES gear. They had FIBUA missions, anti-armour missions, recce missions (which invariably turned into fighting missions when a convenient "target of opportunity" arrived), POW rescues, etc. Pretty entertaining, though the enemy force acted more like something from a Rambo movie (IE jumping out of a perfectly good foxhole to run upright over to a small desert bush for cover or using an
AK-47 instead of the MG when you're sitting right there in the turret with the bloody thing staring you in the face) than the ex-military personnel they were claimed to be.
I grew up on Tour of Duty... it was one of the things that fostered an already high degree of interest in the military. I still watch the show whenever it's on. I liked Combat too, when they still showed it at 3 AM on the History channel. Band of Brothers was spectacular, though I doubt there'll be another of such quality for some time.
I've never seen TDV though I've wanted to for some time. I can't afford satellite and haven't been able to find anywhere to download the episodes from. Hint.
There was a show called "Combat Missions" a while back that was like Survivor but with special forces/swat team guys and the challenges were different missions w/ pyro and MILES gear. They had FIBUA missions, anti-armour missions, recce missions (which invariably turned into fighting missions when a convenient "target of opportunity" arrived), POW rescues, etc. Pretty entertaining, though the enemy force acted more like something from a Rambo movie (IE jumping out of a perfectly good foxhole to run upright over to a small desert bush for cover or using an
AK-47 instead of the MG when you're sitting right there in the turret with the bloody thing staring you in the face) than the ex-military personnel they were claimed to be.
