Over There: Season One
by Chris Gerolmo, D.J. Caruso, Dean White, Greg Yaitanes, Jesse Bochco
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Actor: Erik Palladino, Josh Henderson, Keith Robinson, Luke Macfarlane, Sticky FingazDirector: Chris Gerolmo, D.J. Caruso, Dean White, Greg Yaitanes, Jesse Bochco
Brand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.1
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 585 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Over There: Season One
DVD Review: I'm a vet and hate this show
Summary: 1 Stars
I wish I could give it minus stars. This is a copy of a letter I wrote to Bochco in July of 2005 after watching the premiere episode:
"Dear Mr. Bochco;
I just watched the premiere episode of your new series "Over There" on the FX network and wanted to share with you my thoughts on the program. This is the first time in my life I've been motivated to send a letter to the producer of a show - that's how strongly I feel about what I just saw.
First, some background. I'm 56 years old and I was raised in a foreign service family. I enlisted in the Army in 1969 and served in Vietnam from summer of 1969 to summer of 1970. I'm a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. I make it a point to stay current on military affairs. My daughter is 19 years old, and over the last couple of years has had several of her friends enlist in the Army and Marines. Some have served in Iraq; a couple have died in the service, at least one of them during combat operations in Iraq. They're all very proud of their service, and justifiably so. I mention these things so that you know I'm speaking with a very intimate knowledge of military life.
That having been said, I thought what I saw tonight was simply ludicrous, and I'm going to tell you why.
Let's start with the political tenor of the show. The Vietnam War ended 30 years ago; you may have noticed. It was in all the papers. And yet what we got tonight was a rehash of the same old, trite anti-war tripe that was so popular in the 70's. Part of that was the caricatural characterizations of the troops that was also so popular back in the bad old days: the bellicose and disaffected sergeant who somehow gets away with yelling at his superiors when he's not yelling at or threatening his subordinates; the incompetent junior officer; the over-educated enlisted man (I mean come on - a Cornell man is a private?); the over-indulgent senior officer/father figure who insults the lieutenant in front of the troops; the naïve high school football quarterback; etcetera, etcetera. A poor man's version of Stone's "Platoon".
Then there are the tactical issues. You've got a sergeant leading a six man fire team; that's the job of a corporal. A sergeant would be leading a full squad. As far as I could see, those six people were the only US troops opposing whatever force was in the mosque. A bit undermanned, wouldn't you say? And in their position behind the berm, they're in line about three yards apart. One mortar round or grenade could wipe out the whole group. For a sergeant who keeps yelling about how he's going to keep his troops alive, "Screamer" was certainly doing a very poor job of it. And that's another thing, why are all those soldiers having very loud conversations while they're supposedly holding a night position? I almost busted a gut laughing at that one.
I could go on, but I think you get the point. Basically, in trying to revisit the anti-war hyperbole of the Vietnam War era, you've grossly misrepresented the soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen who are serving our country so nobly in the Middle East. You are doing them a huge disservice, and frankly I think your characterizations are insulting to them. It would be even more insulting if the show wasn't so silly on so many levels.
On a personal note, I hope FX yanks this show off the air. In aid of that possibility, I'm forwarding to them, via email, a copy of this letter."
Bochco did have the good grace to write back and ask me to try a few more episodes and give the show a chance, which I did, including trying to watch another episode on FX last night. I've seen nothing to change the opinions I stated in my first letter to him.
In my opinion, this show stinks, and does a grave disservice to our military. Don't buy the DVDs, don't watch the show, write FX a letter of complaint and demand they yank this turkey off the air.
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