China Beach

This show was a part of my teenage years. As a girl I loved shows with historical backgrounds and from the momemt I heard the themed song I was hooked. Dana Delaney was amazing as Nurse McMurphy. To this day she is one of my favorite actresses beause of that role. I wish that they would release it on DVD. I don't own many television series on DVD, but this is one that I would most definetly add to my collection.

Maybe it was because I was serving in the U.S. Army at the time China Beach had aired. Maybe it was because I was 19. Maybe it was because I had just fallen in love. Whatever the reason, this show used to make me laugh and cry, (usually both) at least once or twice during every episode. "Those dissapointing eyes" of "Murph's" KC's ambition and drive which she used to cover her woundedness. Boonie's caring nature. I loved all of those charaters and followed them even after my tour of duty was up. I followed them on "Lifetime" and "The History Channel" and have pleaded with everyone I could call or write to please bring back the show but, to no avail.
The comeraderie I was developing and experiencing in my own life while serving in the Army helped me to understand, appriciate and connect with these character's all of them, in real life and on the show China Beach. I still am in contact with several friends I made in the Army at the time. But, I still miss my old friends on China Beach and I sure hope I can see them again on DVD. The entertianment industry baffles me. They don't want people to download items without paying for them but "they" don't offer a way we can get them and pay for them. It's very frustrating. John Sacret Hart should do "China Beach" proud, honor the work and respect the fans and release it on DVD.

I once again signed up on the "waiting" list. Actually I think it should be called the hoping list. I am begining to think no one is listening. I'll be short by saying it is absolutely amazing whoever owns the rights to China Beach, one of the best television shows ever, is still not available. I haven't even seen a marathon on TV that I can record. Please let us buy it. First quality boxed sets. Based on the other reviews, cost is not a deterant. IF YOU OFFER IT, WE WILL BUY IT!!!!

while growing up I remember four shows very well, Emergency!, Tour of Duty, MASH and China Beach. It is why I became a nurse. I wished it had run longer and honestly, don't know why it isn't released to DVD, they have released everything else, why not a great show like this?

Yes CHINA BEACH is a superb drama and does deserve a high quality DVD release. But I wish to caution many of you who seem to believe too much
in the presumed realism of this series. One of the things that makes the
show so excellent in the artistic and creative sense is that one scene or
episode may be focusing on something very real but then they would do a very make-believe or surreal not at all realistic themed concept. The show did both from the grit and blood of heavy war surgery to a My Fair Lady inspired musical episode. As good as this series is the average episode is NO substantive history of the US invasion of Viet Nam. The great exception to this is the brilliant episode entitled THE UNQUIET EARTH...this is the ONLY time in the entire history of American television
that the Vietnamese view is given airtime with a story set inside a Cu Chi
type NLF tunnel base. I think it is more intelligent and accurate to view all of CHINA BEACH as cinematic poetry NOT documentary. This is American television's equivalent of HEIMAT especially in the final 1980's orientated episodes.
For some superb documentaries on the subject check out...
SIR! NO SIR!
IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
REGRET TO INFORM
the great French Viet Nam feature film epic INDOCHINE.
and a beautiful, contemporary Franco-Vietnamese produced love drama THE VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN.
also available on-line only THE CU CHI TUNNELS

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