Ultimate Farce... sorry, Force...

[wedg1e]

I think it was Derestrictor last week who slated this prog., but I didn't see that episode. I saw last night's, though.
What a load of utter bilge.
Three terrorists in a marble corridor letting rip with Uzi's failed to hit three Spec Forces guys 30 feet away, yet when Abdul pulls out a handgun he gets one of our guys in the leg with his first shot.
Abdul's mate is sat on a landing with a Jimpy, range to target 20 feet. Ignoring the fact that the barrel would have overheated if he'd fired it for that long, how come nobody caught a ricochet?
Then, we have a van packed with enough explosives to allegedly blow up an entire building, yet when it exploded at the quarry it didn't even blow the van doors off.
Makes the Dukes of Hazzard look credible.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

wedg1e said:

..Makes the Dukes of Hazzard look credible.

I've been around the deap south. Dukes of Hazzard is really a documentry.

As for the other thing. Not being a snob here but I can't remember the last time I watched ITV.

[JagLover]

It did remind me a bit of the a Team- there were millions of rounds of ammunition being fired but not many people getting hit.

Last weeks episode was better- It was stil farcial but alot more fun.- even had a scene that reminded me of Zulu

[jvaughan]

Ive just watched this ... Those pillars in the Lobby would be completely wiped out by a GPMG ... the SAS turn up in clear view of everyone, they fire millions of rounds, and hardly anyone was hit

The police car takes a direct hit by an RPG, and it is still intact .....

Farce is correct .. kinda is an insult to the people that took part in the Iranian Embassy Siege.

[ErnestM]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

wedg1e said: ..Makes the Dukes of Hazzard look credible. I've been around the deap south. Dukes of Hazzard is really a documentry. As for the other thing. Not being a snob here but I can't remember the last time I watched ITV.

Except that there is more than one Daisy Duke and they are available in Blonde, Brunette or Redhead with your choice of education or lack of same...


ErnestM

[crankedup]

Saw the 1st one last week, pure unadulterated drivel, the actors must be hard up for work surely. Total shite.

[norfik dump]

This would be a good'un, The Ultimate force V's the A Team. Half of NATO's ammo supply & nobody hit

[JagLover]

Oh I don't know in this series a bird joins them.

Cue lots of excuses to see her topless

[ofcorsa]

I spotted the fact that the bomb seemed largely incendry rather than explosive so i doubt it would take out 2 city blocks, But i do have to stick up on one point at the ranges they were engaging at the smgs are highly innacurate, specially on full auto,

[mrmaggit]

How come it took 5 minutes to finally lob a grenade over the steel plate? Don't the SAS have grenades?

[DeltaFox]

Plus the dubious usage of the Glock 18....i mean...an SAS soldier holding it "gangsta stylee" with the butt facing to his right??? Get this crap off our screens now!
No wonder they didnt hit shit! :muppets:

[mybrainhurts]

A worthy successor to Dad's Army....laugh a minute.

[EddyB]

It's so farcicle to the point of being embarassing. These guys are meant to be the best, yet last week they were giving camo hats away, and this week they can't hit people standing in the middle of a coridoor. Ultimate Farce sounds about right.

Add Ross Kemp (aka most girly "hard" man of TV ever) and you get a program that has about 0% watchability.

Makes me giggle at times though

[mybrainhurts]

mungo said:

Like all tv drama's it is probably very unlike real life! Take The Bill for example, nothing like real life at all and quite laughable when you do the job yourself!

[snigger]we believe you[/snigger]

[wedg1e]

OK, I concede that if I was 12 I'd probably be glued to it; after all I was when The 6 Million Dollar Man and The Professionals were on (first time around )...

[norfik dump]

The professionals !!! I always wanted a Capri, then i grew up, but yea, that was a cool programme in it's day.
Same as the New Avengers, good ol' BL cars. Heaps of shite now, but in their day................

[GingerNinja]

wedg1e said:

......after all I was when The 6 Million Dollar Man ...

So I was out in town the other day and saw Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man.....he looked a million dollars......he'd really let himself go.

[wedg1e]

GingerNinja said:

wedg1e said: ......after all I was when The 6 Million Dollar Man ... So I was out in town the other day and saw Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man.....he looked a million dollars......he'd really let himself go.

[spslward]

I love the idea of Ultimate Force but have to agree that last night's episode was a pantomime. I know folk who fart and cause more damage.
Did you see Abdul hiding behind the ming vase on the stairs? Completely unscathed. Next time I'm in a firefight with the SAS I'll remember to take cover behind the nearest pottery-based object.

[granville]

I hate to say this, Ian but my efforts were eulogising the preposterousness rather than decrying Kemp & Co's efforts.

Yes, this last episode was a shocker but I can forgive it all for the expression on the face of our hero on returning to his chums following the successful depositing of the exploding lorry into a convenient, nearby quarry.

It was and remains, to quote Alastair Burnette, "totally mindless, banal crap" but TCBM of the purest calibre.

For me, the next Bond is discovered but he will be disgracefully passed over, the way Collins was.