Call to Glory
Call to Glory
| 13 August 1984 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Steinesongo

    Too many fans seem to be blown away

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    Mjeteconer

    Just perfect...

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    Sammy-Jo Cervantes

    There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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    Phillida

    Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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    john

    My memory of this show is vague, but I know I liked it a lot. I especially enjoyed Craig T. Nelson's dramatic acting, something I can't say for his comedic acting. I'd love to watch the series again if it were ever run. Sorry that's all I got for now.

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    cirvin1258

    I was just out of high school and just into the USAF when this series aired, and I was totally blown away.Being an airplane fanatic, I can't describe what it was like to see a series about an officer that flies U-2 spy planes, then moves to California, and begins flying SR-71's! It was something that you just didn't find on television then, and you won't find it now.The chain of events taking place in the era in which the series took place (the early 1960's), and the Sarnac family's involvement in them, the actual newsreel footage added in to partially tell the story, the music, this was amazing stuff. From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Civil Rights Movement, to our entry into Vietnam, it was all there, as was the characters' involvement/reactions to those events.Unfortunately, with most great television shows, the cost of production often outweighs the profit - and that was the case with this one. U-2's, and especially SR-71's are ungodly expensive aircraft to feed (one of the reasons SR-71's were finally retired - a SR-71 usually took on fuel at least 6 times just doing a routine training flight, they used so much fuel!), and being able to shoot on the flight line only when the USAF says you can, never mind transforming a modern town into a 1960's town during production, adds up to a series that was dead before it could take off.Keep in mind, this was in the era when television shows didn't have mega-budgets the likes of The X-Files.If you happen upon this series somewhere, watch it!

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    yenlo

    This TV series was heavily hyped during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the Pilot/Movie which launched it was quite good. The series however just couldn't seem to get off the ground. It appeared to have one to many characters which tends to spoil many shows. The writers it seemed were constantly messing with Cindy Pickett's Vanessa Sarnac and it left the viewer getting fed up with her in the end. The show was possibly a little ahead of it's time and perhaps if viewed today would come off better.

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    dana-27

    This tv show was so far ahead of it's time, not even the Open Records Law could protect it.There is one episode that tells the depth of how much the writers knew and what they should not be telling.Raynor makes his first trip to Viet Nam, at the request of RFK, to report back the fitness of the goverment there to receive aid from the USA to the president.What he learns there summarizes the whole Viet Nam war. And explains the astonishment of 99% of the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who served in that theater.But, I will not name the episode, because the series can only be really savored if you see them all.A 10, really, a 10.

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