Tour Of Duty (US TV show)

coax · 02-02-2002, 02:15 AM

Any other US peeps ever watch Tour Of Duty? It's on TNT cable network right now, has been for awhile now. Getting close to running the second season outta three.

It's a series about the Vietnam war, originally aired from '87-'89 or '90 I believe. Awesome awesome series. It totally captures the issues about the war & how the grunts felt & issues they dealt with, along with some excellent chair gripping action. I don't know from experience, I was 3 years from draft age when the war ended. Nonetheless I would recommend watching it.

Not to take anything from the seriousness of war, etc., it does get you in the mood for some MOHAA too, even though it was a totally different time period..

Check it out if you can.

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TrenD*KilleR · 02-02-2002, 02:22 AM

Yeah I remember it I always like the theme song was it Fade to black by the Stones?

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coax · 02-02-2002, 05:00 AM

No it wasnt Paint It Black by the 'stones. For some reason though I associate that song to some show about 'nam. There was another series called Vietnam War Stories on HBO I think, that might have had Paint It Black as the theme song.

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Von Paulus · 02-02-2002, 05:04 AM

Full Metal Jacket's closing credits featured the song Paint it Black...

Mustang · 02-02-2002, 05:43 AM

'Whiter shade of pale' by Procul Harem is another song that always gets associated with the Vietnam War, I love that song.

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Mustang · 02-02-2002, 05:45 AM

Oh yeah and i do remember the TV show 'Tour of Duty' used to watch it all the time when it was first on but it hasn't been shown in Australia since.

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Frost · 02-02-2002, 08:55 AM

Yes in the early seasons "Paint it Black" was the theme song. I loved that show, I used to watch it back when it was on.

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FuBarGrn · 02-02-2002, 09:22 AM

yup...I watched it all the time during it's original run...and I HATE that they changed the theme song from "Paint it Black" to that newer one...that song just set the mood,the new one is o.k.,but it does nothing to associate it with the Vietnam War.

siRis702 · 02-02-2002, 09:42 AM

does the show..show alot of blood or no?

Frambosie · 02-02-2002, 09:43 AM

that was a good fuckin movie, my dad used to watch it back on Sat nights on HBO, i think that was like the 1980's good shit man. And yes the org. theme son was "Paint it Black" witht he chopper wop wop sound taking over i think the drums, im not sure what part of the song though.... but it is still on TNT like at 3pm EST just to let ya all know, great tv show!

collinr58 · 02-02-2002, 10:27 AM

dude i watch that show all the time on TNT at 3pm eastern its a hella good show. but was it Horn who got shot up in that episode o god what was it "The Hill" thats what i was. infact i watched Tour of Duty yesterday and to answer your question it does not have much blood at all

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Hilikus · 02-02-2002, 10:30 AM

For some reason TNT has removed "paint it black" from the opening and closing credits and now there is some stupid song that sounds like a 4-year-old made up on their casio keyboard. Maybe the Stones had a problem with the song being there or because the show is now syndicated TNT couldn't afford the royalties.

Totenkopf · 02-02-2002, 10:32 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hilikus:
For some reason TNT has removed "paint it black" from the opening and closing credits and now there is some stupid song that sounds like a 4-year-old made up on their casio keyboard. Maybe the Stones had a problem with the song being there or because the show is now syndicated TNT couldn't afford the royalties.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I would have to agree that it is probably a 'not-having-enough-money-to-pay-royalties-issue'.

As far as the show...I used to love it when it first came out, but really don't enjoy it that much anymore. Not sure why though.

Fritztoten · 02-02-2002, 10:57 AM

Yeah I too loved that show!! I was in 11th grade when it originally aired and I couldnt wait for the night that it aired, I dug Zeake the Sgt. he was the man on that show!!!! Ya know now that I tank about it there really isnt a GOOD Vietnam PC game out there, I mean theres the Vietnam Black Ops I & II, but its kindve cheesy, I mean I would like to see something like a "MOH Vietnam" game, or even something along the lines of "Return to Castle Wolf...." but instead how 'bout "Return to the Ho Chi Min Trail" sounds like a winner to me!!!
Fritztoten

collinr58 · 02-02-2002, 11:43 AM

emphasis on the "Ho" you realise that it would not be good to have it like this.... from what i see the allied assault is in big open places (keep this in mind now) and then it would probably be better to make it like operation flashpoint or somthing i don't think the quake 3 engine could handle that type of game going through jungles and such....

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