Nicdain Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Maybe a little bit off topic, but not so much: has anybody seen the tv series "Over there" about Iraq war? Here in Italy it was not broadcasted by any TV, so I had news about the series only from a friend in Holland who saw the DVD in a store. Is it something like "Band of Brothers" 60 years later? Is it accurate and faithful? Thanks in advance 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 It is a pretty decent series focusing on soldiers as individuals and their personal lives. Not just the mere fighting and war in Iraq. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exel Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Too bad it got cut short. The ending is a real let-down as the series was obviously planned to run longer. A real shame since the episodes until then were pretty amazing (if not quite at the level of BoB). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massive1974 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Well, sorry for the dissenting voice but Over There does not even compare with BoB at all. It's just miles worse. Poor acting, poor scripting, poor patriotism. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntarr Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Tour of Duty was about the best Military series there was until BOB came along and rocked everyone. Over There had potenial but started going in an odd direction. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue187 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Tour of Duty is still memorable since it had the Rolling Stones song "Paint it Black" as the theme song. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc237 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Over There is like a bad Oliver Stone script set in Iraq. The story lines had nothing to do with Iraq and seemed like old, re-hashed, Vietnam era plots in a middle east country with US troops. I had high hopes for it and ended up being very disappointed. Every OIF Vet I talked to about it stopped watching after the second episode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Originally posted by rogue187: Tour of Duty is still memorable since it had the Rolling Stones song "Paint it Black" as the theme song. I loved Tour of duty! It was brilliant sort of an ICON of the Vietnam TV war series (sort of) Paint it Black is of course foreve etched in mind with the opening of that series. I was not so impressed with what little of "Over There" I saw. I would say it is NOT worth buying. I mindless time waster at best. IMHO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanok Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Originally posted by Huntarr: Tour of Duty was about the best Military series there was until BOB came along and rocked everyone. Over There had potenial but started going in an odd direction. You mean Combat wasn't the best? :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I thought Rat Patrol was the best! Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 No way. "Dad's Army" = best depiction of a military unit in wartime ever. "THEY DON'T LIKE IT UP 'EM"! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Heh... I liked that one too! I think I saw all the episodes. Reminded me of my father-in-law Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Originally posted by tc237: ...Oliver Stone...That would be enough to ruin anything. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 As someone who is "Over Here" what I've seen of the series is total crap. We don't live a soap opera in DCUs. And every moment is not a piece of life changing drama. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynaman200 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 > And every moment is not a piece of life changing drama. Neither is every moment of any other occupation, but you wouldn't know that from watching TV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc237 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 The problem was the show's creators/producers etc. must have no idea what is actually going on "over there". There are enough real storylines, plots, emotions, etc.. from Iraq to make a decade worth of episodes. But they used old plots/storylines and the worst cliches that have nothing at all to do with Iraq. Even the title "Over There" is old (WW1) lingo. Today we would say "Down Range" when trying to say "in Iraq". The show really pissed me off because it could have been good, it had a lot of potential. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT_56M Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 "cliches" That is the operative word for why that show was horrible. The Unit is infinately better because in addition to not taking itself too seriously, it is highly entertaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I saw the "the Unit" once I was intrigued. I think I would like to check out some more episodes of that series. It looked like it had plenty of potential from the one episode I saw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Chapuis Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Over there was aweful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kong Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I LOVED the Rat Patrol as a kid, I guess I'll have to check it out from Netflix. But then again... I have such warm memories of 2 jeeps with 30/50 Cals taking on the entire Afrika Corps and beating the snot out of them... watching it now may ruin that! I've heard consistently positive comments about Tour of Duty. And I'd been shocked if Over There was good... I wasn't shocked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handihoc Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I watched the first episode of The Unit and was deeply disappointed. Just full of cliches and US machismo. Like something from the seventies taking itself far too seriously. Did anyone ever see an Aussie tv series called Vietnam, or Nam or something similar back in the eighties or early nineties? It hung around a young Aussie conscript's experience in Nam, and his inability to readjust to life back home. Co-starred a very young, still red-haired Nicole Kidman as his sister, way before superstardom.I think she was about 19. Very good series, moving and disturbing. And yeah, I remember Rat Patrol as a kid. Had a great theme tune, as I recall (though I can't actually remember it now). [ September 08, 2007, 06:18 AM: Message edited by: handihoc ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handihoc Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Okay, it's called Vietnam, was made in '87 as a tv miniseries and is available on dvd. Well worth seeing - at least, I thought so 20 years ago! Some great performances, I remember being impressed by the then unknown Nicole Kidman and telling people at the time that she was destined for stardom. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntarr Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Unfortunately, if you have never seen the original Tour of Duty then you will be sadly disappointed by the DVD. The F$%^@# :mad: couldn't get the music from the original show so they used musaic. (elevator synthesized crap) When you hear “Paint it Black” on retarded Casio 14” keyboard you may just puke. That was a crying shame with that DVD release. It had by far probably the best music of a TV show ever next to Miami Vice of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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