Dukat
Resident Freddy
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I used to like this program.
I thought the first series was pretty much spot on. Both Jamie and Henno's characters were moderately believable and interesting, the stories were half believable and interesting too: it was a new recruit into the SAS and the missions were similar to what you imagine the SAS doing - storming buildings, fighting the IRA, etc. It had a degree of realism and included a few things that supposedly go on in the regiment. Added to the inevitable storylines that any TV programme has and it was pretty interesting.
Then, after the first and second series it went down hill, and for some inexplicable reason the third season goes crazy. And I dont just mean "ross kemp in a good mood" crazy, oh no, I mean totally noodle doodle "ross kemp in a good mood, smiling, in a dress, giving out flowers, at a hippie festival" completely batshit crazy.
All realism goes flying out of the window, the team turn into supermen knights of the round table who never do anything even remotely questionable and are completely unkillable, despite really embarrasing flaws in thier tactics. The dreaded clique moments abound, as do the 'wtf are they doing?!?"!' moments, but admittedly it does settle down at about "die hard added to lethal weapon" levels of absurdity/action for the most part.
Then we come to season four. All levels of craziness, even the parts with ross kemp smiling in a dress, pale in comparison to the complete shite that appears on the screen in these episodes. Words cannot express the sheer amounts of tosh involved, even Tosh from The Bill himself would be ashamed if he saw this, he would shake his head and tut.... and then attack the TV screen with the nearest blunt object, probably foaming at the mouth a little bit too!
If the directors had merely been high on a lethal combination of class A drugs while they wrote these episodes, they might have come over as more believable and just generally less shite overall than they actually do appear.
Its not realistic, its not really entertaining after you get past the 'omfg ross kemp with a gun' factor, and it certainly isnt big or clever either.
The whole thing culminates in what I watched just now on TV - an act that makes the teletubbies look real. I warn you, the episode spoiler below will shock you but I'm not actually lying when I say THEY AIRED THIS ON TV IN AN SAS PROGRAM THAT USED TO BE GOOD OMFG
How did this ever happen? The program that started good, fun and mildly believable ends up airing in this state? HOW?! WHY?! Surely the fact that Chris Ryan left the show can only contribute to this so far? I mean, my mum would make a better SAS program than what I've seen in the last couple of episodes. Ross Kemp trained with the army and went to afghanistan, surely he should know that this is tripe? It just makes my mind melt
There is no reason for such a good show to turn into this kind of crap, no reason at all
/rant off
I thought the first series was pretty much spot on. Both Jamie and Henno's characters were moderately believable and interesting, the stories were half believable and interesting too: it was a new recruit into the SAS and the missions were similar to what you imagine the SAS doing - storming buildings, fighting the IRA, etc. It had a degree of realism and included a few things that supposedly go on in the regiment. Added to the inevitable storylines that any TV programme has and it was pretty interesting.
Then, after the first and second series it went down hill, and for some inexplicable reason the third season goes crazy. And I dont just mean "ross kemp in a good mood" crazy, oh no, I mean totally noodle doodle "ross kemp in a good mood, smiling, in a dress, giving out flowers, at a hippie festival" completely batshit crazy.
All realism goes flying out of the window, the team turn into supermen knights of the round table who never do anything even remotely questionable and are completely unkillable, despite really embarrasing flaws in thier tactics. The dreaded clique moments abound, as do the 'wtf are they doing?!?"!' moments, but admittedly it does settle down at about "die hard added to lethal weapon" levels of absurdity/action for the most part.
Then we come to season four. All levels of craziness, even the parts with ross kemp smiling in a dress, pale in comparison to the complete shite that appears on the screen in these episodes. Words cannot express the sheer amounts of tosh involved, even Tosh from The Bill himself would be ashamed if he saw this, he would shake his head and tut.... and then attack the TV screen with the nearest blunt object, probably foaming at the mouth a little bit too!
If the directors had merely been high on a lethal combination of class A drugs while they wrote these episodes, they might have come over as more believable and just generally less shite overall than they actually do appear.
Its not realistic, its not really entertaining after you get past the 'omfg ross kemp with a gun' factor, and it certainly isnt big or clever either.
The whole thing culminates in what I watched just now on TV - an act that makes the teletubbies look real. I warn you, the episode spoiler below will shock you but I'm not actually lying when I say THEY AIRED THIS ON TV IN AN SAS PROGRAM THAT USED TO BE GOOD OMFG
Ross Kemp defusing a nuclear bomb whilst hanging upside down from a crane in greater london.
:touch:
:eek2:
uke:
:touch:
:eek2:
uke:
How did this ever happen? The program that started good, fun and mildly believable ends up airing in this state? HOW?! WHY?! Surely the fact that Chris Ryan left the show can only contribute to this so far? I mean, my mum would make a better SAS program than what I've seen in the last couple of episodes. Ross Kemp trained with the army and went to afghanistan, surely he should know that this is tripe? It just makes my mind melt
There is no reason for such a good show to turn into this kind of crap, no reason at all
/rant off