DainBramaged
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- Jun 19, 2003
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:Q wow, that looks really good. i would like to have a better idea of whats going on 'over there'
I think it is disgusting that some Hollywood whore, or whoever is producing this, should be making money on the backs of our military men and women who are putting their lives on the line.
I'm sure that our boys and girls in Iraq will be tuning in each week to see what they are doing over there.
This makes me want to puke.
I'm sure that our boys and girls in Iraq will be tuning in each week to see what they are doing over there.
This makes me want to puke.
All the "terrorism experts," radio talk show hosts and military contractors are making money off our soldiers, why shouldn't the entertainment industry?
I'm sure our men and women under fire in Iraq and Afghanistan will feel humbled that the kiddies back home can watch a TV program that purports to display their day to day lives. I have no doubt that this program will be 100% accurate in its portrayal of our troops.
Hell, no doubt the director, producer and actors have all serve at least one tour so how in the world could it not be accurate?
Hell, no doubt the director, producer and actors have all serve at least one tour so how in the world could it not be accurate?
So making a show, producing a movie or writing a book about any military conflict is wrong unless it's written by someone involved in that conflict and is 100% accurate?
Nice logic ya got there.
It's kind of different when they're still over there. I mean, once something is done and in the history books it gets embellished and whatnot. That's the way it's been as long as people have told stories around a campfire. But when it's still happening, right now, today, this very moment, if it's not accurate it's like a sports announcer just making stuff up as you watch something totally different. It's disrespectful.
What the fvck?
M.A.S.H. was one of the most successful tv shows ever... and that was a comedy.
What's the big deal here? It's only entertainment.
M.A.S.H. was produced long after the Korean War (supposedly) ended. Our boys and girls (for the most part) had come home and the fighting (at least to the viewing public) had ended.
Our people are still in Iraq/Afghanistan and the story is still being written. The Hollywood pukes will embellish and twist the truth until it no longer bears any resemblance to what is really happening. The least they could do is wait until the last body bag is shipped home and the final tear has fallen before grubbing money through the blood, sweat and tears of our soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors.
I am guessing they are telling it now rather than later because it will allow them them the creative license that wouldn't be allowed historically (at least until revisionism kicks in later).
These are the great events of our time, TriStar. If a company wished to risk a bundle, then the fight might just be worth it. Here's a suggestion, don't watch it.
If I recall, John Wayne was making WW2 movies along with Erroll Flynn and a host of others during the war and some even before US involvement. Obviously, John Wayne starred in "Flying Tigers" before your time. Mine too.
If I recall, John Wayne was making WW2 movies along with Erroll Flynn and a host of others during the war and some even before US involvement. Obviously, John Wayne starred in "Flying Tigers" before your time. Mine too.
"hollywood pukes"? are you for real? you really need to chill the f out. i'm sure it's meant to honor the soldiers standing in harms way. you really want to talk about money grubbing? Go talk to Cheney about Halliburton.
um... director? Film is a director's medium. TV is a writer's medium. In TV the directors are only employees and can't change a word without the executive producers' say. (Executive producers are the head writers.)
The executive producer of Over There is Steven Bochco, who also created Hillstreet Blues and NYPD Blue.
Of politics in the show, Bochco said, ?I don?t think you have to deal at all with the politics of it,? Bochco told Reuters in an interview. ?Ultimately, a young man being shot at in a firefight has absolutely no interest in politics.?
And that the premise of the show is: ?Our simple premise was that for every young man or woman in harm?s way in Iraq, there are husbands, wives, children ... back home worried sick for their welfare and safety,? Bochco said. ?And in the inevitable backwash of those separations and anxieties, you?re going to locate strong, human drama.?
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