Originally posted by Marcks
Is there a US made DVD box set, I never found one? Also does anybody know if there is a "The Black Sheeps" DVD set? Gezz, I loved that series.
I've seen a few VHS sets at Blockbuster, but that's about it. Are all the episodes on DVD in color? The series started out in black and white and switched to color around '63 or so. Even here next to Fort Bragg, it's a rare thing to see this series on TV. I haven't seen some of them since they originally ran on ABC.
As for
Black Sheep Squadron I don't think anybody ever got around to making a box set of that either. Another victim of the "don't expose our precious children to war stories" mentality.
Originally posted by Senior Drill
Combat! was great! Although fighting for four years in the vicinity of St. Lo got to be a little much.
Actually they did progress into the Ardennes later on in the series.
A couple of episodes were set near the Alps:crazy: just so they could put real life Olympic skier Pierre Jalbert (Caje) on skis.
Midway? Can't agree with that one. It was made up of outakes from
Tora, Tora Tora left on the cutting room floor.
Heston takes off from
Enterprise in an F6F, flies to the target in an SB2C, drops his bomb from a Vindicator, flys back in a TBF, and finally crashes on the deck in an F9F-9 Panther jet.
For an aviation enthusiast, this is just too much to take.
platoon- yes anyone can be shot 3,000 times by an ak47 and keep running.
Believe or not, I actually have met a couple of people who have been shot multiple times with an AK and have lived to tell about, with no ill effects but the scars. One of the problems with both the AK and M-16 is sometimes the full metal jacket high velocity rounds go through and through soft tissue without doing much damage.
Where Eagles Dare? Sorry, the Germans never, ever had Bell 47 helicopters. This is another one of those '60s movies where all the actors looked kewl in their German officer's uniforms.