"Over There" on Fx Tonight (10 EDT July 27 05)

Fx Networks ^ | July 27, 2005 | me

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

I know, I know...vanity!

I just heard about this show last night on O'Reilly. Steven Bochco promised a show with no politics that accurately covers what's going on in Iraq. The clips I've seen have looked great!

[snarks_when_bored]

Watched the first 10 minutes and turned it off.

I'm not surprised at all.

I saw Bochco on O'Reilly last night. He waffled just a little when O'Reilly asked him whether he would get angry at Bochco during the show. That Bochco waffling told me everything I needed to know about the show.

[MikefromOhio]

ok....just now watching this...

they don't talk like real soldiers but I didnt think they would....

ok alright screw this...

the brother making his way in the white mans world did it...

screw these guys.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

I'm just thrilled that officers are once again portrayed as idiots.

Ouch! That hurts in the paycheck! (Nine years E, past 15 as an O)

[snarks_when_bored]

I would've spoken out against that movie, too.

Lighten up, Francis!

"You touch my stuff, I'll kill ya!"

[FlingWingFlyer]

I've seen the previews, and seen the previews, and seen the previews. Soldiers don't talk like that in real life. It seemed a little TOO dramatic to me. I'm gonna pass.

A 22 year Army "lifer."

[The Shrew]

And now we have Hollywood's imagined race-war rhetoric from the 1960's rehashed and back on the screen. This is their agenda on the War on Terrorism dramatized and put on-screen. At least Vic Morrow's "Combat" was shown as entertainment 20 years after the war it portrayed.

Semper Fi,

TS

[Will_Zurmacht]

I watched enough to know i'll never watch it again

I'm now planning a lawsuit against FX network for defrauding me with promises of entertainment and for stealing 17 minutes of my time....

have a good night all!

[mystery-ak]

This is the way Bochco thinks GI's talk...this is almost laughable....

[snarks_when_bored]

For someone that watches almost no TV you sure are an expert on what's showing.

It's a gift.

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

"You touch my stuff, I'll kill ya!"

You have betrayed yourself. You've seen a few movies over time.

[Husker8877]

Oh I'm sure it will be a balanced look at our honorable soldiers with no full-frontal swipes at GWB.

Yeah, I'm sure it will be a "support the troops" epic, showing all their bravery and ability in the face of scumbag enemies who have no concern for their families or themselves!

(NOT!!!!!!!)

[finnman69]

Was Francis on the show?

[The Shrew]

Mea culpa. Shoulda added the /Sarcasm tag at the end.

I left as an 0-3 after five myself. I can't begin to explain how much it p***** me off that Hollywood always portrays officers as incompetent idiots who are riding the corpses of their troops to medals and promotions.

Semper Fi,

TS

[BurbankKarl]

What do you expect from all the FR'ers that fawn over "21"

[Sentis]

Ok TV is not for conservative unless we demand that there be conservative shows. Think about the ratings of Fox the same would happen if people got out there and made conservative TV shows the ratings would be through the roof.

http://www.boondockexpansionist.org/phpBB/index.php

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

I hear all you ground pounders...too fake. I know the feeling...I got it when I saw "Iron Eagle" & "Top Gun."

[snarks_when_bored]

"You touch my stuff, I'll kill ya!"

You have betrayed yourself. You've seen a few movies over time.

"Almost none" is not "none". And that movie is pretty old (as am I)!

[PISANO]

The on-going Iraq war as television entertainment-for-profit. Pathetic.

I agree! I will NOT dishonor our troops and the memory of our fallen by watching this program no matter how well intentioned it may be.

We are at WAR and there is a time for everything and a ficitonal account of an ONGOING WAR leaves this Vet cold.

[Eagle Eye]

So far pretty lame and it has nothing to do with liberal politics.

It has more to do with hollywood not having a clue about the military and the people in it.

[mdittmar]

Steven Bochco promised a show with no politics that accurately covers what's going on in Iraq

My God,how far the old media has fallen,now they have to promise to accurately cover.

The media use to report like this, in a time of war!

"Direct broadcast,The liberation of Paris"
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