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Offline rpm

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« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2005, 07:47:21 PM »
I pretty much agree with Gun's assessment of the show. It's a "Combat" (old WWII show) style dramatazation of Iraq. They took about every stereotype you might run across and made them a squad. Gives a decent overall picture of the situation without being 100% technically accurate.

Remember, it's a TV show. If they just followed a ramdom squad around, it would be full of pretty uninteresting charaters.

I also think Erik Palladino is great as Sgt. Scream. I'd like to see more of him and his backstory.
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« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2005, 08:45:36 PM »
don't think it protrays female military in a fair light..gi jane going awol, leavin her kids with grandma,$3000 cash (what money does she use to start over in CA?) while running away to LA

the show need less soap and more action
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2005, 08:54:14 PM »
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don't think it protrays female military in a fair light..gi jane going awol, leavin her kids with grandma,$3000 cash (what money does she use to start over in CA?) while running away to LA

the show need less soap and more action


I agree less soap more action but it does portray female military members in a farely accurate light.

2 woman, one's a potato, one isn't.  50% sounds about right to me.  ;)
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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2005, 09:26:41 PM »
I haven't watched a single episode.  Theres enough war going on in the real world....
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« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2005, 12:04:03 AM »
Overall, its a mixed bag. But a new show has a learning curve of cheesy to chilling. Frankly I thought the good Colonel in Intel was the best of them i've seen - right up there with a Band o Bros's episode.
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« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2005, 12:11:22 AM »
I have only seen the commercials for it and they suck so I imagine the show isn't much better...
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« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2005, 07:27:45 AM »
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I have only seen the commercials for it and they suck so I imagine the show isn't much better...

I aint gonna call it art or even GREAT cinema, but considering the dearth of anything decent on the 500 channels of television I'd put it in the worth watching category.
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« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2005, 08:11:09 AM »
Marine there's an old saying, ideology increases propotionally to the distance from the problem.

Besides the truth is boring and so untantilizing. How do you expect the movie makers to turn a profit off of this whole war deal?

We got to have our "Platoon"s and "Three Kings" and "Blackhawk Down" and Micheal Moore to teach civilian america what the military is really all about.
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« Reply #23 on: September 13, 2005, 12:53:25 PM »
WM's or Army chicks do not ever ever look like Ms.B, ever... but they are potatos like she is, so thats cool.
   

xmarine ,as someone who has a really great girlfriend,best  friend with a wife and close friend with a mom(all very pretty) all in iraq right now,you cant imagine how much that assnine statement offends the crap out of me.
   hope we never meet
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« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2005, 11:34:07 AM »
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WM's or Army chicks do not ever ever look like Ms.B, ever... but they are potatos like she is, so thats cool.
   

xmarine ,as someone who has a really great girlfriend,best  friend with a wife and close friend with a mom(all very pretty) all in iraq right now,you cant imagine how much that assnine statement offends the crap out of me.
   hope we never meet


I hope we do meet so I can slap you with a Trout of common sense...

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« Reply #25 on: September 14, 2005, 01:31:36 PM »
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We got to have our "Platoon"s and "Three Kings" and "Blackhawk Down" and Micheal Moore to teach civilian america what the military is really all about.



Hey, but before Three Kings I never knew bouillon were those little cubes you put into water to make soup.
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