CARRIER on PBS

[rpm]

PBS serves up another masterpiece documentary series for sweeps. CARRIER documents life aboard USS Nimitz during a cruise. This is excellent television.

No narration, no slant, no glitz. Just an inside view of Navy life on a CV. Exotic ports of call, not so friendly ports of call, changes of destination midcruise. Good officers, bad officers. Happy enlisted, disgruntled enlisted. It's all there for you to see and decide for yourself.

From my own experience, which was somewhat different from CV duty, it's a very realistic look at Navy life. Young kids, some with their head screwed on straight some not, experiencing life away from home with people they hardly know and dealing with all the hardships and challenges that entails.

I was surprised to see Mel Gibson as Executive Producer of this project. Acting and DWI arrest dashcam aside, he is right up there with Hanks, Speilberg, and Howard at the top of quality production people in Hollywood. It shows in CARRIER.

The ten part series runs thru saturday on PBS.

[ZetaNine]

was very much looking forward to seeing this with great anticipation.  sat through two episodes.........and it's become apparent that it was edited by a 13 year old.  what an absolute waste of a wonderful opportunity...and I understand the producer had full access and full creative control too.  they blew it.....it is chopped up and edited horribly.....the music is over used and downright aweful....no wonder it was shot way back in 05 and they never found a commercial buyer and had to go with PBS.

[rpm]

Really? I have thoroughly enjoyed the show. I realise it's not all blood and guts shoot 'em up bang bang stuff, but I thought it was a pretty accurate look at life on a ship. I know the story may look choppy, but there are 5000 storys to be told. I hope Sandman kicks in his 2 cents.

[Russian]

I enjoyed it Good stuff.

[Wolf14]

We had a public screening of the preview with some inviites going out to those in the area that served carrier duty. They walked away saying it was well done and acurately presented what life was like on the carrier based upon their memories. I had other stuff to do so I didnt get to watch the episodes that were on tonight .

[BlueJ1]

The show was highly anticipated around here. After a few episodes we all realized it shows the major problems we face in the Navy that makes our lives hard. We dont want to live it and then watch it in our off time. So the show isnt to welcome around here. If I were a civilian I would have enjoyed it.

[DiabloTX]

I sort of already lived it.  I was initially interested in watching it but decided not to.  No real reason why.  After spending 1 week aboard the USS Kearsarge in '06 I think I got an update of how the modern Navy operates at seas.  It's exactly the same, just different.

[newtype]

What was that Captian Avatar? What did you say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z451vpXQ-xo

[DiabloTX]

Star Blazers was the bomb.