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Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Crystal Watched every episode when it first aired and again over the last two weeks. Think I appreciate it even more now, as I'm a lot wiser (and unfortunately a lot older too -grin. Doesn't time fly when you're having fun!), so I have a better understanding of the impact of this war, the different points of view, the psychological impact etc. What I did notice now, and can't remember noticing back then, are the flaws. For instance blowing up a bridge, placing the explosives just above the waterline, then the bridge blows way up top? A mite odd I say. Ruiz firing the M60, never hitting anything. Well, not really a surprise cos he doesn't seem to be aiming at anything either. At some point he was firing direction sky? Maybe he been smoking something weird. Grenades explode meters from the targets, yet the enemy dies each time.Biggest bummer is that they left the fans of the show -which must have been a vast amount- hanging after season 3. Least thing they could've done was give us 1 or 2 more eps to wrap it up.Anyhow, in spite of that, I think it's a brilliant series, must see. One of a kind. To this day. Cast is great. The insight, depth of emotions and issues addressed are great. The way Sgt. Anderson holds the whole lot together, brilliantly done! Terence Knox was definitely an excellent choice. So I'm giving it a big 10.

jrsjhfla We (America) left Vietnam in 1975 as North Vietnam took over the country. Although I was a kid, I recall the evening news with Walter Conkrite providing such vivid imagery as did the coverage of the protests and riots against the war. Our country was almost torn apart by the contrasting opinions about the war and the loss of so many Americans and Vietnamese. Our healing process was very slow and continues even now. The Tour of Duty TOD - show was the first TV show that took on the war. TOD was developed and aired at a point in the healing process were the show was more acceptable than one or two years earlier. TOD had a good cast and the writing was very good. The TOD sound track was fabulous and to this day when I hear "Paint It Black" I usually think about TOD. I'm surprised that no station or network has thought to rerun the series. TOD is more than worthy of your time to watch it. CWO, USMC, Retired

Hal Guentert "Tour of Duty" makes my top 10 of combat TV series. I think it presents a more realistic view than the movies presenting one extreme situation, and compares to "Combat" and "Band of Brothers" (WWII era). It may have some faults due to artistic license, but I find more interesting details while viewing the DVDs than I noticed originally."Tour of Duty" tries to present hard questions, from a soldier on the ground's point of view and his understanding of the situation. It shows the ruthlessness of the VC enemy fighting for homeland, and the uniformed NVA enemy. Sometimes the two fought with each other adding to the complex problem of identifying the enemy.The real politics of the US government in Washington, DC and Vietnam is another story that begins at the end of WWII when huge shipments of arms not needed for invading Japan were sent to Vietnam from Okinawa, Japan. The books of Col. Fletcher Prouty are a better source for that. However, a villager in "Tour of Duty" curiously has a WWII era M1 Garand rifle and know how to use it. My question is were does he find the ammo, since I believe this fires the less common 30.06 round? I like this series for the good acting and Terrance Knox as the Sergeant that holds things together, and looks after his men. It doesn't answer everything about Vietnam, but provides a better understanding of the what it was like there. The show features a realistic variety of soldiers of all backgrounds, and presented the problems of Americans trying to deal with survival under poor conditions, their sense of duty, their growing doubts, and wanting to believe that the end results would be worth the high cost.The series is still surprisingly good.

mrowe3791 I am now watching Tour of Duty for the third time and still find it enjoyable. I would like to know what some of the actors are doing now. I absolutely loved Terrence Knox and his twinkling eyes. I also liked Carl Weathers and although we don't see him often on TV I have always enjoyed him whenever I do. He did a series called, I think, Street Justice and it was also good. The situation between the Lieutenant and his father was, I thought, played out extremely well. The Danny Purcell heroin addiction was also very realistic. This time around, I am watching it at 12 midnight on the History Channel.The Vietnam Vets got a bad go of it when they came back. I think it's only in the last maybe ten years that people appreciate that as in Iraq, they might not approve of the war but support the troops. I also thought the Vietnam War was the most terrible war of all and this was depicted so well in the tunnel series, the bamboo spikes in holes covered over with leaves, the trap that took soldiers up in a tree with spikes through them. I would sure love to see a sequel but please, can we have some personal info on the stars--Are they married, have children, involved in charity work etc. When I was working shifts we watched Tour of Duty at 0300 hrs whenever we were able. Why is it the good ones always seem to last a short while, and this one was a terrific series. Marilyn Rowe, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada