The Unit [R]

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  1. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
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    Pretty interesting TV series so far. First series I've watched on CBS in quite a while. :)

    And filmed in 16:9 HD, no less (which isn't true of all new series'). :cool:


    -G
     
  2. Chicago1871

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    Apr 21, 2001
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    Saw a bit of it last week. It comes off as a cross between E-Ring and the film Navy Seals. Liked what I saw the first time, didn't catch last night's episode.
     
  3. metroflip73

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    Mar 3, 2000
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    Is E-Ring still on?
     
  4. Chicago1871

    Chicago1871 Member

    Apr 21, 2001
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    Not sure. Only saw one or two shows, never watched it regularly.
     
  5. metroflip73

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    Mar 3, 2000
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    Saw the 1st episode. Definitely felt like a Rainbow Six kinda thing (the book). Didn't watch the 2nd episode, but will probably catch it sometime soon.
     
  6. Ismitje

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    Dec 30, 2000
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    Liked the second episode - some tense moments of negotiation between hostile parties. The end of the show was interesting (is there an 'R' here? Yep, good). When the Haysbert character gave the terrorist his watch back, I assumed something with the watch would happen. I liked the lack of predictibility that what came was not related, at least not overtly.
     
  7. sch2383

    sch2383 New Member

    Feb 14, 2003
    Northern Virginia
    This show has pretty good pedigree, so I'm going to give it a while.
     
  8. spejic

    spejic Cautionary example

    Mar 1, 1999
    San Rafael, CA
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  9. sch2383

    sch2383 New Member

    Feb 14, 2003
    Northern Virginia
  10. Foosinho

    Foosinho New Member

    Jan 11, 1999
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    I'm watching the first ep right now, and the "new wife" is frickin' annoying. I'm half way thru - she just found out she's pregnant - and I'm already tired of the "we are going to live off base" screeching.
     
  11. Goodsport

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    May 18, 1999
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    Yesterday's Episode 3 was pretty good, though the episode's entry on the Episode Synopses page includes an error:

    Actually, the group of American missionaries were hiding in Indonesia, not in The Philippines.


    Still, the series keeps getting more interesting with each passing week. :)


    -G
     
  12. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ
    Not bad

    At least they got the big watches part right :)
     
  13. metroflip73

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    Mar 3, 2000
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    Yeah, caught part of the show last nite. I was listening in, and the language was unrecognizable, I had dismissed it as one of the Filipino dialects from the deep South (Muslim).
     
  14. Goodsport

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    May 18, 1999
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    Another interesting episode this week, with battles (in varying degrees of discretion) on the streets of Los Angeles, out in the boonies, in the White House and among the wives at home. :cool:


    -G
     
  15. TheSlipperyOne

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    Feb 29, 2000
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    Anything with just the wives bores and annoys the hell out of me. Luckily I DVR the episodes and fast forward through parts that only feature them.
     
  16. cdpconrad2119

    cdpconrad2119 Member

    Dec 26, 2004
    Maryland
    I really like this new show and it has been getting great ratings so far.
     
  17. Goodsport

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    May 18, 1999
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    I'm glad to hear that. :)

    For some reason, most shows that I really get into end up getting lousy ratings and subsequently (and prematurely) cancelled. :(


    -G
     
  18. Goodsport

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    May 18, 1999
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    Yesterday's episode was yet another interesting one. :)

    Though it was bit irksome (but perhaps realistic) to see what at lengths operatives will go to escape capture, particularly in implicating an innocent unsuspecting American tourist as an assassin just to throw off the local authorities. :(


    -G
     
  19. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ
    Good one last night

    Getting a little annoyed with Bob's wife however
     
  20. Goodsport

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    May 18, 1999
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    Good episode tonight. Lots of tension between the Unit and the CIA, as well as between the Colonel and the wives. :D

    A note about the different languages spoken in this episode: while the U.S. embassy lady early in the episode spoke three lines of Russian (with the fourth line apparently in Farsi) grammatically correct (though with a thick American accent), the subtitle-writer got the second and third Russian lines wrong:


    And it wasn't that something got lost in the translation - she clearly spoke completely different lines. I suppose that the CIA (or at least the show's producers) needs to get a new subtitle writer. ;)

    The actors who played the Russian ambassadors, on the other hand, actually spoke and sounded like their parts. :)

    All-in-all, another good episode. It appears that the Unit actually return to the combat zone next week.


    -G
     
  21. Goodsport

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    May 18, 1999
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    Though I can't speak for the Farsi spoken in the episode, as I don't understand Farsi. ;)


    -G
     
  22. TheSlipperyOne

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    Feb 29, 2000
    Denver
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    No matter what she was meant to be saying the best part in my mind is that Jonas probably knew the languages and what she was saying.

    Last night was my favorite episode by far. Even the wives storylines didn't annoy me as much.

    Still can't stand the acting by Bob's wife though.
     
  23. Sine Pari

    Sine Pari Member

    Oct 10, 2000
    NUNYA, BIZ

    At the least Jonas, if he came from SF to the Unit, would speak one if not two foreign languages

    What those would be would depend on what group he was assigned to
     
  24. The_Dude

    The_Dude Member+

    Aug 21, 2004
    but...she's hot. :D
     

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