djdrew103
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I was RegArmy 1975-79 64C30 Transport Operator Heavy, so yes, IMHO the show isn't accurate or distinctly following military protocol. But I enjoyed it none the less. If I had of not given it a chance like many most likely failed to do, and went into it with a prejudiced opinion from reading the low ratings, I might have disliked it also and given it a poor rating.
But I did give it a chance as I know ratings are not always on-the-nose so to speak. I see all the bad reviews from prior-duty or active-duty US Military and they seemed to hate it as a majority. But then the show isn't promising to be a detailed, accurate or historical documentary. Its a comedy/drama show. To each there own of course, and no foul done, but.
I saw a few "Watched episode 1 and it stunk! Won't be watching anymore." What I get from those reviews is an error possibly by over-judgmental opinions to give ANY show a chance, maybe?.
Just about any new series doesn't really warm up until a few episodes get written and acted out. They almost all take a while to get off the ground unless they are one of the gifted, blockbuster series that we are rewarded with, but then not all shows are 8's or higher.
Many seasons don't even get to a 6.5 or 7 until season 2 hits, but that's because actors get acclimated to the scenes and each other, and writers get really warmed up. But if people happen to give out their condemning reviews early on, actors are not uplifted and writers fall under the burden of non-approval and we get struggling shows far too often doomed to fail.
I hope not with this one. This is is worth watching if it isn't shot down already and then it will be a pity to have lost it to reviews that just demand too much out of writers, actors and producers.
This is enjoyable if you get in and give it a chance. I gave it a 7 because you can't rate anything in 1/2 to give it a 6.5 that it well deserves. Its not an Emmy winner but then not all shows are. People all have their own opinions of course, and people have their own likes and dislikes. But I think too many are being too critical of an otherwise enjoyable show if given the chance. Just like episode 10, I liked the way it left you fulfilled and comfortable, without leaving you in a clutch from a cliffhanger dilemma like so many shows do, just to buy into anxiety driven curiosity.
But I did give it a chance as I know ratings are not always on-the-nose so to speak. I see all the bad reviews from prior-duty or active-duty US Military and they seemed to hate it as a majority. But then the show isn't promising to be a detailed, accurate or historical documentary. Its a comedy/drama show. To each there own of course, and no foul done, but.
I saw a few "Watched episode 1 and it stunk! Won't be watching anymore." What I get from those reviews is an error possibly by over-judgmental opinions to give ANY show a chance, maybe?.
Just about any new series doesn't really warm up until a few episodes get written and acted out. They almost all take a while to get off the ground unless they are one of the gifted, blockbuster series that we are rewarded with, but then not all shows are 8's or higher.
Many seasons don't even get to a 6.5 or 7 until season 2 hits, but that's because actors get acclimated to the scenes and each other, and writers get really warmed up. But if people happen to give out their condemning reviews early on, actors are not uplifted and writers fall under the burden of non-approval and we get struggling shows far too often doomed to fail.
I hope not with this one. This is is worth watching if it isn't shot down already and then it will be a pity to have lost it to reviews that just demand too much out of writers, actors and producers.
This is enjoyable if you get in and give it a chance. I gave it a 7 because you can't rate anything in 1/2 to give it a 6.5 that it well deserves. Its not an Emmy winner but then not all shows are. People all have their own opinions of course, and people have their own likes and dislikes. But I think too many are being too critical of an otherwise enjoyable show if given the chance. Just like episode 10, I liked the way it left you fulfilled and comfortable, without leaving you in a clutch from a cliffhanger dilemma like so many shows do, just to buy into anxiety driven curiosity.
It would have received more from me if only the writers of the movie, not the book, would have followed the story-line and had followed the story of the book more closely. The actions sequences which some chose to denigrate were in my book, action packed and well done, choreographed, correlated and accurate with little if any goofs in timing or cut/paste accuracy.
The first part of the movie was perfectly aligned, with little time wasted on character development or story scheme presentation. The story in whole was well put, interesting, attention grasping and well played.
In an era where correction officers in West Virginia in the academy are caught sitting one-and-all in a class group and 100% are giving the Nazi Hi-Hitler salute along with three training officers, a script like this based on a factually presented story put it in a perspective that we all should accept as real.
It made a believer out of me in like comparison to true stories such as Walter Scott's murder by a cop, Micheal Slager who got 20 years for murder, with 5 cops writing false reports to lie and try to allow the officer to get away with it, but those who had the courage and righteousness stood up for the truth and allowed the judicial system to put that cop in jail.
The old saying that there are more good cops than bad still rings true, but the more those good cops stand up for and falsely enter fraudulent reports and lies to protect the bad cops, the faster those numbers of good cops decline. If they wish too retain respect and honor they need merely to righteously stand up against the bad, not join in.
This is only one of dozens of example stories in recent years of cops murdering suspects. So the story was well played as I said, its content real and authentic, and any condemnation of the movie for other than merely opinion purposes only goes to prove how rancid society has become racked with hate and racism.
The first part of the movie was perfectly aligned, with little time wasted on character development or story scheme presentation. The story in whole was well put, interesting, attention grasping and well played.
In an era where correction officers in West Virginia in the academy are caught sitting one-and-all in a class group and 100% are giving the Nazi Hi-Hitler salute along with three training officers, a script like this based on a factually presented story put it in a perspective that we all should accept as real.
It made a believer out of me in like comparison to true stories such as Walter Scott's murder by a cop, Micheal Slager who got 20 years for murder, with 5 cops writing false reports to lie and try to allow the officer to get away with it, but those who had the courage and righteousness stood up for the truth and allowed the judicial system to put that cop in jail.
The old saying that there are more good cops than bad still rings true, but the more those good cops stand up for and falsely enter fraudulent reports and lies to protect the bad cops, the faster those numbers of good cops decline. If they wish too retain respect and honor they need merely to righteously stand up against the bad, not join in.
This is only one of dozens of example stories in recent years of cops murdering suspects. So the story was well played as I said, its content real and authentic, and any condemnation of the movie for other than merely opinion purposes only goes to prove how rancid society has become racked with hate and racism.
Beyond the norm in sit-drama, the concept that our heavenly realm is not made up of one supreme all knowing being but rather a compliment of gods at each other's throats is new and refreshing. That they are preventively bound, or rather are supposedly restricted from taking actual physical action against or for humans, and can only suggestively hint for humans to take action on their own behalf but in a god's preferred directive, is far better at explaining why our modern day calamities occur without the supposed divine intervention we are preached to of and false-promised in organized religion. Yes it is just fiction but in good fiction, reality is based on plausible conceptual backgrounds.
This show takes that to a new level in successful bounds and hurdles.
Alas though, as with this common era of short series seasons, this one takes the dump too. With only 8 episodes in a season, the anguish and frustration of the audience seems to be killing otherwise good series. The ratings on this were sky high when it first started and then blammo, with the onset of the last episode and foreknowledge that the season was only 8 episodes long, the ratings took a dump. People in viewing audiences with these new shows are tired of being treated like idiots, with the networks disregarding any fan opinions as unimportant sideline comments.
As long as we keep getting short seasons with only 6-8-10 episodes in the season's plot, people will continue to be frustrated with even good series like this. Just look at the scale by the ratings readout on IMDb's page site for this series. You see the sharp decline? It isn't because for some reason the plot dissatisfied the viewers. It is because they realized they would have to wait for another full friggin year before the season took off again.
Interest is lost by then, and viewers again renew interest in other series that come out and show 12 to 20 to 24 episodes in a season that now overlap the re-entrance for outcomes of new season's premieres of shows like this for their 2nd season. We need good producers and intelligent network executives who have a brain. They are killing their own ratings by being stupid and thinking the audience is in turn stupid. Sounds pretty stupid to me.
This show takes that to a new level in successful bounds and hurdles.
Alas though, as with this common era of short series seasons, this one takes the dump too. With only 8 episodes in a season, the anguish and frustration of the audience seems to be killing otherwise good series. The ratings on this were sky high when it first started and then blammo, with the onset of the last episode and foreknowledge that the season was only 8 episodes long, the ratings took a dump. People in viewing audiences with these new shows are tired of being treated like idiots, with the networks disregarding any fan opinions as unimportant sideline comments.
As long as we keep getting short seasons with only 6-8-10 episodes in the season's plot, people will continue to be frustrated with even good series like this. Just look at the scale by the ratings readout on IMDb's page site for this series. You see the sharp decline? It isn't because for some reason the plot dissatisfied the viewers. It is because they realized they would have to wait for another full friggin year before the season took off again.
Interest is lost by then, and viewers again renew interest in other series that come out and show 12 to 20 to 24 episodes in a season that now overlap the re-entrance for outcomes of new season's premieres of shows like this for their 2nd season. We need good producers and intelligent network executives who have a brain. They are killing their own ratings by being stupid and thinking the audience is in turn stupid. Sounds pretty stupid to me.