Wow! bet you thought I was going to say something awful (again).
Several things strike me about this programme. Firstly its the way in which you get used to a major character, and they get shot, blown up or in one sad and entirely understandable case simply have enough. This is just like real war, good men get killed often without reason not because they are lacking in any way simply because they are out of time.
Another is the way that the characters change, the result of stress, loss, sheer mental and emotional exhuastion.
Then there are the men themselves, they didnt take part in 6 month tours like modern soldiers, for them it was seemingly endless total warfare, more intense than anything we today have experienced (with the possible exception of the Falklands or Vietnam, but for much longer periods) I doubt that I would have the strength of character to do what they and so many others did.
Regards James K
Regards James K
Posted on Nov 17, 2001, 11:30 AM from IP address 213.123.10.160