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06-27-2010, 05:36 PM | #13791 |
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There are no South African members of the American Joe Team. I don't know if Action Force had any. I suppose that during that time the Apartheid government was so unpopular that Hasbro wouldn't have really wanted to deal with that.
Ultimate Force is certainly worth 10 pounds. It's only about 20 episodes, but it's really good - at least the first 2 seasons were really good. When they added the female member of the team in season 3 and changed the cast significantly, that's when it lost a bit of the quality.
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06-28-2010, 08:58 AM | #13792 |
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Ultimate Force is certainly worth 10 pounds. It's only about 20 episodes, but it's really good - at least the first 2 seasons were really good. When they added the female member of the team in season 3 and changed the cast significantly, that's when it lost a bit of the quality.
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06-28-2010, 12:39 PM | #13793 |
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Yeah, during Apartheid, I can't see Hasbro signing off on a South African character, too much controversy regardless of the final color choice.
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06-28-2010, 02:06 PM | #13794 |
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Oh, I didn't realize you were visiting. Where are you in the U.S.?
Fogger1138 and I live in the Washington D.C. area. If you're in our area, please let me know. It would be nice to meet you and perhaps we could show you around. Cheers.
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06-28-2010, 06:07 PM | #13795 |
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So I've been watching the last season of Ultimate Force. Things have been good. The show is pretty gritty. The plots seem pretty realistic. Everything is pretty great about this show...
And then they team up with American Soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group. Why do the British always feel the need to make Americans look dumb, incompetent, racist, and unprofessional when they show up on British Television? They couldn't even get our uniforms right. Ridiculous. Ultimate Force makes the members of the SAS look like stone cold murderers - not heroic soldiers. They take no prisoners and they're often far from likeable. The Scottish sniper in Season 4 is the biggest hypocrite I've ever seen depicted on television - and of course, he's the one member of the team who claims to be a Christian. Ridiculous. After Season 2, the show is simply not the same.
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06-29-2010, 04:19 AM | #13796 |
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06-29-2010, 05:30 AM | #13797 |
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Yeah there's a sharp drop in quality after season 2, mass cast and crew exits, Chris Ryan left and with him, alot of the realism.
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06-29-2010, 05:32 AM | #13798 |
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So after watching all 4 seasons, any plans on adding Henno to your SAS team Oliver?
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06-29-2010, 07:01 AM | #13799 |
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06-29-2010, 07:11 AM | #13800 |
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Don't get me started on hollywood and Australia. Until recently an Aussie accent was half cockney / half afrikaans. Sigh.
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