OVER THERE! Now At the Game Depot

[CFeicht]

WBWilder said:
It is not a glossed over presentation of the war, George Bush style.

Fox or not, in my opinion, it was great.

What was this supposed to mean?

[Stirling]

Edited to prevent flames.

[Pyros]

Gentlemen,

The intention of Wild Bill was to express his view on the fact that a war movie has triggered his creativity to design a scenario.

Whether the movie is real or fictionary, good or bad is not the issue.

So, I would like to kindly ask you to restrain yourselves from going into a flame-war.

thank you,
Pyros

[Starmyth]

The US Air Force neglected to train me in the use of any 'flame' weapons. So, alas, any such action on my part would likely cause more 'friendly' fire damage than that which might be caused the intended target.

[WBWilder]

Absolutely. THank you Pyros. I despise flame wars and would never consciously try to start one. Its just a scenario about seven young soldiers in Iraq trying to take an enemy position. That is all that it is. No political statement, no favoritism, just a battle to be fought.

WB

[nosrac]

WBWilder said:
Absolutely. THank you Pyros. I despise flame wars and would never consciously try to start one. Its just a scenario about seven young soldiers in Iraq trying to take an enemy position. That is all that it is. No political statement, no favoritism, just a battle to be fought.

WB

maybe leaving out the "george bush" comment would help Bill? necessary? not all americans view their president that way.

[WBWilder]

Probably. That is a can of worms that does not need to be opened here and you're right. Its a tender subject that should be left alone...and I will.

[Rich]

Haven't watched the show but it was panned by every review I read as being totally unrealistic. For example, a trans company was assigned to go after terrorists (rather than infantry, one reviewer said this was picked to get females in the action, who knows?}. Troops had to wait a loooong time for air support. There was only one mortar that fired only one shot and then disappeared. Stuff like that. I suspect WB's scenario will be a lot better than the actual show.

And I always wonder about people who complain about Fox. At least this is one station that never used obviously phony memos just before an election.

[Double_Deuce]

Rich said:
Haven't watched the show but it was panned by every review I read as being totally unrealistic.

I always try to keep TV and Movies in perspective when viewing them especially when there are claims of them being "realistic". No matter how you look at them they are still "entertainment" and "for profit" enterprises. If they aren't filming the action live or using real bullets how "realistic" can it be?

[Rich]

You're right of course. But some are better than others. And when portraying a current conflict that has strong political overtones it's more important to try for some realism to keep it from just looking stupid and biased. I'm going to try and catch the next episode and judge for myself.