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Bluestone 42?

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"Bluestone 42 is a series about a bunch of soldiers who love being

soldiers and the camaraderie, bonds and banter they share, even though they are risking their lives defusing hidden bombs."

Anybody else see it? I thought it was pretty reliant on some standard army stereotypes but funny anyway. Plus a great opportunity for discussions about the in/correctness of gear/procedures etc. :D

MTP uniform, DDPM helmet cover, tan scrim, black improvised looking helmet band... early days, right? Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut... up to date looking L85A2's ??? Come on, get your gear-nerd on. You know you want to!

 
Aye, I think it's the cheap knock off gear too, rather than the Crye stuff, tbh someone in art direction will be cutting corners with regards to cost. I am somewhat surprised though that the MOD didn't just shell out some RS gear, as making our forces look badass on TV will always make people want to join up.

 
I loved it. The banter rekindled memories, may not of been 100% accurate kit. But I will be watching it again.

 
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not seen the film yet too but like ed i will have a butchers later on.

just a thought bit off topic as a teenager i loved the film dog soldiers and watched it the other day after a few years break and it did not feel the same as it did? Could i have been blinded all those years ago or having watched the film in triple figures ruined it for me?

 
Just remember it's a BBC3 sitcom! It won't have much of a budget and BBC3 is usually used for showcasing new talent/writers or stuff that will only appeal to niche audiences. Don't expect it to be a gritty/realistic dramatization of military life ;-) I'm sure the average audience member won't even have heard of MTP, let alone spot the difference between it and multicam!

 
Didn't notice too much difference myself, but there was definitely something not right. Besides, as aforementioned by Hibernator to be honest it's only a BBC3 sit-com so wouldn't really expect them to get it right anyway.

Good show nonetheless.

 
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Yeah, 2 eps in and I have hopes for it still.

I thought they missed an opportunity for proper dark humour when the ambusher got shot, but in a way, which I believe is probably beyond the scope of their deliberate intent, or even ability perhaps, it was pretty funny in an existentialist way.

:blink: :rolleyes: ;)

 
Just watched the first two episode's today and thought it was OK. Some funny bits for sure but just think it needs to find it's feet a little. Other than that it makes for good entertainment.

 
I'm waiting for it to stop feeling like a pilot episode. I realise the humour is in the clichés but it there is far more they could probably get out of the situation. I did think the camo was a bit wrong, looked far too green in my eyes but don't know enough to recognise the difference.

All in, I think its a good premise and I look forward to more.

 
It's a tv program made to a budget, who cares? The vast majority of viewers won't know the difference anyway.

As we're in a bluestone 42 thread I should probably add that I thought it was properly crap, saw the first series but I found it tried too hard to be funny and wasn't.

 
^^Agreed on the "tried too hard". But it's better than watching nobenders et al and no ads so as something to have on in the background, it makes a welcome change from Discovery, Nat Geo & Dave... i have a series link on my TiVo still, but i just switched it to 'New Only' - it's definitely not good enough to run through series 2 again.

Oh, and History.

 
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