worshipper: I am here posting this blog because of the actual love I have for the TV Show M*A*S*H, and I want to get everyone else's opinion of the TV Show. I don't know about any of you but I have always loved Capt. Benjamin Franklin Pierce the best! And I have always hated Major Frank Burns, because he despised Pierce, and along with that, Major Burns was oh so jealous of Pierce as well. There were times when Frank would show Pierce who's better and who's Boss.
I was sad when Lt. Col. Henry Blake was permanently sent to Japan after getting high marks on the 4077 as Commanding Officer, that's when Frank Burns showed everyone who's really Boss of the 4077. Pierce and McIntyre, with the help of Corp. Walter O'Reilly(Radar), schemed to bring Henry back to the 4077 solely to neutralize Frank Burns. But I was even sadder to see Henry be sent home permanently. But not as sad as Radar was when he was completely in tears on Henry's Departure.
When Col. Sherman Potter came to the 4077, to me it was "A Breath of Fresh Air" to the TV Show. Especialy with his personality. Sure he was Hot Tempered(Ever knew a Colonel that wasn't?), but Col. Potter was a very Low-Keyed Man you could go to when you needed some understanding.
For the last 2 days, I was on You Tube listening to the song "Suicide Is Painless"(The M*A*S*H Theme Song), and thinking about what if they could redo another Series to this hit TV Show. But I was thinking, being that it has now been over 25 years since The Last Episode(1983 to be exact), if they were to redo M*A*S*H, what American War would they cover in doing this series? Vietnam? Or maybe Desert Storm in Kuwait?
I don't know, but someone, please, give me your take on not only about the TV Show, but also some ideas on how M*A*S*H can be redone if they were to bring it back. I know that Adam-12 was redone 20 years after the TV Series was originally made, so there is something to think about.
Great show & great movie.... My personal favorite charecter was Frank. The man you like to hate. I really think the show lost alot when he left the show and was replaced my Maj. Winchester, as was alot lost when Trapper left was replaced by Honeycutt. But it is understandable as people back then were replaced in units. I also hated when they killed Henry off, but Potter was a good replacement.
Pierce's humor was ok, but was dry without support of Trapper or Frank. (JMO).
I personally would not want to see a remake, as it was a show that fit in with it's setting, that I don't think it could quite be done in the same way. Not too mention, it was a different culture at the time, and I don't think it would go well with TV of today because the public really isn't into war shows as they once were.
Yes shows such as Generation Kill (very well done by HBO and based on actual events) and Over There (I believe Steven Bochco or Bellisarius did it) have come, they also went (although Genertion Kill wasn't meant to be a series). Over There was a good show with great acting & believeable charecters, it just wasn't popular because it used the Iraq War as the backdrop and the public really turned against it.
I think with the societies we live in, we take life to serious to really be able to look at wars with laughter as we once did. Not to mention, M*A*S*H* was just epic for its time and it's hard to remake an epic series such as it was.
~JMO~