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Release Date: 20 July, 2004 Retail Price: $39.99 OUR Price: $31.99 You SAVE: $8.00! Cast: |
Combat - Season 1, Campaign 2 Reviews
This program has unique introductory music
Many programs of the era had their own introductory music and this program was no exception; the music was by Leonard Rosseman.
They always start out with "staring Rick Jason and Vic Morrow." Instead of great sweeping epics this program focuses on a single squad with their trials and tribulation with confronting and some time co-operating with the Germans in WWII. Each episode is one hour and has to oppose a problem and a solution in that time. This was back in the time of professional privates.
In 1967-1968 Vietnam if you were lucky certain areas actually had TV broadcasting at 1600 hrs. You guessed it; this was one of the programs. I wonderer what the locals thought of the episode?
This would be a good series to own. Not just for the nostalgia, but the personal conflicts portrait in the program are still with us today.
Debut of the GI Super Squad
Its nice to see this show again. Like many I saw it when i was a kid, but i don't recall many details of it. Seeing it years later I am surprsied by the depth of characters and plot with some of the shows. The series takes pains to show the human cost and strain of tactical level combat. In contrast the actual battle sequences, while exciting, are not very realistic. The Germans are killed off like Keystone Cops, all looking the same and doing the smae stupid things to get killed.
In reality the combat expereince and proficiency of the German squad often far surpassed its Green US counter-part. Of course what Americans lacked in expereince they often more than made up with firepower. This was the saving grace of the US army, its overwhelming firepower. Of course the show only shows us one little squad of GIs, and it always looks like they are up against the whole German army! Often this was the other way around, and it was the skill and determination of small German units that held huge, bulky US Forces at bay. Patton did great when he had gas and was up against rear echelon stuff. Of course this series was made in more patriotic times, and so the Germans have to look more stupid than they really were. Sometimes there are surprising looks at the Germans as human beings as well!
Vic Morrow of course makes this show. Without him I doubt it could have lasted as long as it did. Tanks and equippment are often inaccurate, but the look and feel is still good for the most part. The best part of this series is often the human interest and character development, away from the shoot-em up combat scenes. This squad also assumes many roles as commandos too, with guys creeping around slitting German throats with knifes and such. How come the Germans never get to do this kind of stuff?
Even with its obvious faults, Combat is still worthwhile to see again after many years. The series does grow on you and pull you into the various characters of the squad. Try to forget the often hollywood battle scenes and enjoy just the good acting and background atmosphere of this show.
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