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To: softwarecreator

The thread I saw (yesterday?) reported this exact thing, that the military was portrayed as unprofessional and/or over-emotional at best. I thought about watching it until I read that thread that reported some of our military who previewed it were disgusted by it.


53 posted on 07/27/2005 8:28:47 PM PDT by kenth
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To: kenth
The thread I saw (yesterday?) reported this exact thing, that the military was portrayed as unprofessional and/or over-emotional at best. I thought about watching it until I read that thread that reported some of our military who previewed it were disgusted by it.

Just watched it, the military portrayal did not seem as unprofessional as this thread seems to indicate. They were portrayed as new to the theater, and it seemed that the training they had had was not up to the task. I expect to see them grow and mature and toughen as the weeks go by. The stuff about others calling the shots from afar seemed to match up. The "incident" about returning fire seemed overdone, of course returning fire was the correct thing to do. Yes, the women were not portrayed well, I hope some growth occurrs there or else the show is a poster for "no women in combat" (which I happen to agree with.)

The business about negotiation is probably true to, as is the betrayal, but I had no sympathy for the insurgent leader, he seemed to represent the radical Islamic quite well. I will watch a few more shows, I would say the guys were involved in more fire fights then average, but thats par for hollywood, and going for a beer run? Please tell me that was an unnecessary risk.

60 posted on 07/27/2005 8:56:23 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
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