tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post114301905808087914..comments2024-03-23T01:38:00.651+00:00Comments on Vicious Imagery: Love The Shield? Check this out...DAVID BISHOPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342376036664282348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-1143029456159213192006-03-22T12:10:00.000+00:002006-03-22T12:10:00.000+00:00I've seen the first two episodes of The Unit, and ...I've seen the first two episodes of The Unit, and it's very much like Spartan. "Mamet does 24" might also be a way of summing it up. The dialogue is good, there is nothing wrong with the actors, and Mamet has a great concentration on the female cast members -- typically for him, he's more interested in the life and stresses of the women who wait for their menfolk to come home "with your shield or on it" than he is in the men themselves. The end result is Desperate Housewives, with regular cutaways to a war movie. My feeling was that, ultimately, I was watching Mission Impossible with nobs on, so, Mamet's great theatricalities aside, it wasn't ground-breaking, just diverting. Still doesn't beat the West Wing, or the Shield. At least not yet.<BR/><BR/>The first episode featured extended Afghan scenes in subtitled Pashtu, which is always a winner with me. Although, and I hate to sound like a spod, episode two features a bit of business with a dead-man switch that got the whole concept backwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-1143021474962919002006-03-22T09:57:00.000+00:002006-03-22T09:57:00.000+00:00Ultimate Force? Pah! Bunch of pansies. Put Ross Ke...Ultimate Force? Pah! Bunch of pansies. Put Ross Kemp in a room with Lewis Collins from Who Dares Wins and we'll see who ends up in the corner, crying for his nurse.<BR/><BR/>I've got three improperly aquired episodes of The Unit to take a look at, so I'll get back to you.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686465069530291040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-1143020114785880252006-03-22T09:35:00.000+00:002006-03-22T09:35:00.000+00:00A very brief review of The Unit is - Ultimate forc...A very brief review of The Unit is - Ultimate force with snappier direction and better actors.<BR/>If you have seen Spartan, A Mamet film starring Val Kilmer, then that gives you the tone that the series delivers.<BR/>I'm enjoying it so far.<BR/><BR/>Oh, if you don't like Ultimate Force, that makes you a girl, by the way ;)Rob Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382063783975784115noreply@blogger.com