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July 28, 2005
Over There
fter taking a nap recovering from the long trip back from Singapore, I fired up the Tivo and watched the new American-soldiers-in-Iraq Steven Bochco (NYPD Blue and Cop Rock) drama Over There on Fx. Fx has had some good hard-hitting shows, like The Shield (cops) and Rescue Me (firefighters).
I had some hopes Bochco would do something new. He doesn't. He's about 20 years out of date. Sad to say it was boring and stereotypical. I won't repeat what others have said better. There's still a story to tell about the professional American soldiers. This one is not it.
If you want some good commentary check out Blackfive, who didn't see it but invites commenters who did.
I may watch one more episode to verify that it's repeating Oliver Stone territory. But so far, I didn't like any of the characters. Well, maybe Seargent Scream, a little, for shooting at the bad guys and saying, "We didn't come here for the oil. We came to kick your ass!"
UPDATE: Fox News is reporting that American muslim scholars have issued a religious edict fatwah saying that people who commit terrorist acts in the name of Islam are criminals not martyrs.
Too little, too late, guys (you know they're guys).
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Posted by witnit at July 28, 2005 3:42 PM
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