TV/Movies Megathread

[Barrister]

It's kind of surprising how there aren't many TV series on war. Aside from sitcoms I can only think of BoB and Pacific off the top of my head.

Hogan's Heroes
McHale's Navy
oh and of course - MASH

There were one or two set in Vietnam whose names escape me.

I think you have to be far enough removed from a given war for the wounds to not be so fresh, but close enough that it still has relevance.  Wouldn't shock me if we start to see Iraq War tv shows in the next 10 years.

[Josquius]

It's kind of surprising how there aren't many TV series on war. Aside from sitcoms I can only think of BoB and Pacific off the top of my head.

Hogan's Heroes
McHale's Navy
oh and of course - MASH

There were one or two set in Vietnam whose names escape me.

I think you have to be far enough removed from a given war for the wounds to not be so fresh, but close enough that it still has relevance.  Wouldn't shock me if we start to see Iraq War tv shows in the next 10 years.

We've had that since it was contemporary right? Stuff like Homeland et al.
I guess trouble with the Iraq war is it isn't very action film friendly. We never got many films of any war this side of Vietnam.

[Savonarola]

It's kind of surprising how there aren't many TV series on war. Aside from sitcoms I can only think of BoB and Pacific off the top of my head.

Hogan's Heroes
McHale's Navy
oh and of course - MASH

There were one or two set in Vietnam whose names escape me.

I think you have to be far enough removed from a given war for the wounds to not be so fresh, but close enough that it still has relevance.  Wouldn't shock me if we start to see Iraq War tv shows in the next 10 years.

China Grove and Tour of Duty.

(Gups did say, "Aside from sitcoms.")

[Barrister]

It's kind of surprising how there aren't many TV series on war. Aside from sitcoms I can only think of BoB and Pacific off the top of my head.

Hogan's Heroes
McHale's Navy
oh and of course - MASH

There were one or two set in Vietnam whose names escape me.

I think you have to be far enough removed from a given war for the wounds to not be so fresh, but close enough that it still has relevance.  Wouldn't shock me if we start to see Iraq War tv shows in the next 10 years.

China Grove and Tour of Duty.

(Gups did say, "Aside from sitcoms.")

Dyakuyu

I missed the "aside from" part.  And yes those were the shows I was thinking of.

[Savonarola]

That's an interesting question I'd like to throw out to the general public.

What shows have you rewatched?  I've rewatched The Crown, Band of Brothers, and Downton Abbey.

For me mostly comedies (the original run of Futurama, The Kids in the Hall, The Muppet Show, Chapelle Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus) or shows that ended far too soon (Firefly, Police Squad!, Clerks, Fishing with John. (Which I see were mostly comedies too.))

[Barrister]

That's an interesting question I'd like to throw out to the general public.

What shows have you rewatched?  I've rewatched The Crown, Band of Brothers, and Downton Abbey.

For me mostly comedies (the original run of Futurama, The Kids in the Hall, The Muppet Show, Chapelle Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus) or shows that ended far too soon (Firefly, Police Squad!, Clerks, Fishing with John. (Which I see were mostly comedies too.))

Ooh!  Police Squad!  You can find it on Youtube.  Only six episodes, but I think I've watched them all a few times.

[Admiral Yi]

It's kind of surprising how there aren't many TV series on war. Aside from sitcoms I can only think of BoB and Pacific off the top of my head.

Hogan's Heroes
McHale's Navy
oh and of course - MASH

There were one or two set in Vietnam whose names escape me.

I think you have to be far enough removed from a given war for the wounds to not be so fresh, but close enough that it still has relevance.  Wouldn't shock me if we start to see Iraq War tv shows in the next 10 years.

China Grove and Tour of Duty.

(Gups did say, "Aside from sitcoms.")

Combat, 12 O'clock High. Sharpe

[HVC]

On the flip side it's kind of weird that there are so many sitcoms. War doesn't seem to scream comedy.

[Tonitrus]

I am rewatching The Rockford Files right now. 

I like it...but the characters would have to have a serious case of TBI based on the number of times he is knocked out with a blow to the back of the head.

Not to mention an amazing ability to survive pissing off about...hmm, I think my count is now, by Season 3...at least a dozen organized crime bigwigs.  Especially since they always seem to know where he lives.

[Eddie Teach]

Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, The Office, Cheers(but not in a long time). Random episode of a sitcom.

[Admiral Yi]

Servant of the People has serious eye candy.

[Josephus]

I used to watch a lot of shows in the afternoon after school--so you had stuff like MASH and Happy Days, for instance.

[Maladict]

Tour of Duty.

Now there's a blast from the past. Tour of Duty was always the #1 topic at school on Mondays, at least among those allowed to watch it as a teenager.
I think I still have some of the soundtrack CDs.

[Syt]

Tour of Duty.

Now there's a blast from the past. Tour of Duty was always the #1 topic at school on Mondays, at least among those allowed to watch it as a teenager.
I think I still have some of the soundtrack CDs.

There was a time in the 80s when there was a bit of a Vietnam War fascination going on, with movies like Platoon or the Tour of Duty TV show. I remember there was a German monthly magazine 'Nam about the war; a friend bought it every month.

[Sheilbh]

Sure budget must be a huge constraint on TV?

All the big ones I can think of are American - in depicting soldiers and battles etc. The Home Front feels like it's the more common (and cheaper) setting for BBC shows.