A TERRIBLE sign of the times

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Hulu now has the M*A*S*H tv series on their site, and the rating by the viewers out of 5 stars is a 3...

shows you the younger generation doesnt understand good tv when they see it

[Archae]

1. MASH was uneven, when it comes to seasons.

I didn't like it after Radar left.

I also didn't like many of the early episodes.

[lpbk2713]

2. I liked Henry Blake and Frank Burns

Radar announcing the downing of Blake's aircraft was one of the most memorable moments in TV.

[Go Vols]

7. +1

[shenmue]

3. Thanks for the reminder

I didn't know they had it.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

6. Yes, wildly accepted by fans, critics and entertainment insiders of one of the best ever if

if not the best ever.

Dick Van Dyke
All In The Family
MTM
Seinfeld
etc

[Go Vols]

4. I liked Mclean Stevenson

better than Harry Morgan.Great show tho.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

8. The character relationship between radar and Col Blake was classic

the way they fed off each other with dialogue

[FSogol]

5. If you're ever looked at movie ratings at a place like IMDB, you'll quickly notice that

there is a bias to over-rating current tv shows and movies and under-rating older ones. Time is the best judge.

[cwydro]

9. Well, I was around when it was a new series.

Loved it. Still do.

But you have to admit there was continual sexual harassment and sexism in that show.

Many if us lived it and dealt with it the best we could. But some episodes make me cringe now.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

10. Absolutely which is why Alan Alda made it a personal job of his to write many episodes

after the first 3 seasons which tried to turn that around.

He is a feminist, was then, and he saw the same thing.

[cwydro]

11. The women in that show were strong

love that show!

Let's not forget Klinger!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

12. Was hired to do one episode, but he caught on

it may have been more than one but he wasnt written as a permanent character



neither was whatshisname on Breaking Bad...Jesse

[cwydro]

14. I actually met him during a blood drive

in high school.

He was wearing a suit and tie. I was so disappointed lol.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

15. .

[cwydro]

16. I was 16,

and stupid enough to say that to him. He looked annoyed lol.

[seveneyes]

13. What it is showing is what is sowing in the minds of the future

It's way past time for some Space Metal....

[OilemFirchen]

17. Actually, it's 3.8.

All things considered, that's not bad for Netflix. The Bob Newart Show rates a 3.6. Even the modern gem Luther rates 4.3.

No... this is a sign of the times:

IMDb reviews of "The Graduate", sorted by "Hated It"

Another stink-bomb artifact from the "swinging sixties"
1/10
Author: mhantholz from United States
4 January 2010

This turkey is one more in the bill of particulars that illegal drug use was hitting its all-time high in Hollywood. How else to explain how bad it is, how many dramatic cheap shots, the way it telegraphs its sanctimonious "insight" into contemporary America of that time. With absolutely leaden direction by Mike Nichols---a former stand-up comic who specialized in smug superiority which he carried over to his next job description. His former partner in stand-up, as well as one of his exes, dealt in the same shoddy goods---Elaine May. Their rap-sheets read like indictments. Here we have Dustin Hoffman miscast as a "sensitive" guy---Dustin Hoffman is miscast every time he works: All the acting ability of a sea anemone. This thing falls on its face and DIES when Dustin Sensitive turns down Mrs. Robinson, played by the blow-torch HOT Anne Bancroft, in favor of-- -drum roll, please---Katherine Ross. WTF ??? With music by, wait for it now, Simon & Garfunkel !!! And not just a little bit of it: it is ubiquitous, like some sort of skin disease. If this sounds good to you, then roll one, plug in the lava lamp, don your "granny glasses" and Love Beads, and have at it !!!


One of the dumbest movies of the millennium
1/10
Author: lilballa08 from United States
7 September 2006

A young kid trying to bang a hot older woman? He asks her if he can kiss her on the lips, touch her butt, and have sex with her and she lets him. Dustin Hoffman should be ashamed. This film is utter American mainstream filth. Padded with footage from "Planet of the Dinosuars" and horrible jokes this is definitely one to miss. The acting is atrocious as well, and while this isn't as bad as "Chickboxer" (what movie can be?) This is still pretty awful repugnant stuff. I was hoping for something "so bad it's good", but it was worse! It's 90 minute running time feels like an eternity and you will likely be cursing life so do yourself a huge favor and just move on, skip this crappy film, there's nothing to see here.

My Grade F

[Logical]

18. Well, times change folks! Maybe young people have different tastes. Normal stuff! nt

[deutsey]

19. I'm a huge MASH fan, even played Hawkeye in our senior class play version

(very cleaned up, of course)...

and I'd have to say the best years of the show were from about '73/'74 to about '78.

Nothing at all against David Ogden Stiers, but the quality of the show began to decline some time after he joined. It had nothing to do with him, imo (the first couple seasons with him were pretty good, and I always liked Charles Winchester as a character and as a replacement for Burns); it was just that the show was running out of steam by then.

As much as I loved the show (and still enjoy watching reruns), I thought the last seasons (maybe starting in '79 but definitely '80-'83) could be preachy and focused way too often on puns and word play. And, as happened with Happy Days, all the anachronisms in the later episodes (the '70s-style long hair on men living in the '50s on a military base in a combat zone) drove me crazy.

But the years with Henry, Trapper John, Radar, Hawkeye, Hot Lips and Frank (with Klinger's introduction and first couple of seasons), were absolutely brilliant. The perfect mix of farce, pathos, drama, satire, sitcom. Some of the best TV ever made. From BJ's arrival through Frank's departure, it was still pretty damn good.