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China Beach: The Complete Series
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China Beach: The Complete Series (1988)
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 7.8 x 6 x 3.5 inches; 2.35 Pounds
- Media Format : DVD
- ASIN : B00005JMSD
- Best Sellers Rank: #32,403 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #21,173 in DVD
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OUTSTANDING !!!!!!
Very good quality.... just for my enjoyment ... memories of my mispent youth and the time I spent in the Marine Corps
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024
The story is great. The packaging and dvd quality is not. The DVDs are not clearly labeled/organized, but we googled to see the episode order and we’re fine. All in all, we just loved seeing the show again! I remember watching it as a kid.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024
Great series!
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2013
I am so grateful the legal wrangling over copyrights that prevented this collection from China Beach fans has been resolved. Finally we can watch our beloved characters live their turbulent years again. More importantly, again we can come to understand what the men and women of the Vietnam War suffered in The Nam and carried with them back to The World.
What was learned from that war and the people who lived it has made major changes in medical treatment, mental services and how service people are reintegrated into peace-time society. There have been great improvements, but as we see what veterans of the Afghan and Iraq wars still suffer, it is obvious still more must be done.
Back in the day, I was about the age of the characters in the series. Having missed watching the show in the Eighties, a benighted time when you couldn't watch one channel and tape another, I came to love China Beach the summer of 2000, when it was rebroadcast on TV Land. I was amazed how much I had missed in the Sixties. And not for the reasons you are thinking! I was clean and sober!
I started to realize how much politics and history had passed me by as I lived my life back in The World while men and women lived and died a war in The Nam. For me. Vietnam was a war I tried to follow, but couldn't grasp. None of us really did, just as the Middle East wars have confused and frustrated us once again. The complexities of Vietnam went right over my head as I fell for the buzz words: domino theory, pacification, search and destroy. Granted, China Beach and it's network rival, Tour of Duty, also rebroadcast that summer of 2000, opened up lost memories, made concepts finally click. I began to relive that part of my life with clearer understanding.
As a result, I started to write. My writings became two books about a young man my age, from my town, who willingly went to Vietnam to fight and came home with issues that he still struggles to resolve. I since have met and spoken to Vietnam vets who live at least some of each day in parallel worlds, trying to be in the present while that old past continues to dig at their innermost peace.
China Beach is only a TV show. But it tackled important events and issues that even now have meaning and resonance. Watch it for the pleasure of the stories. Take away from it a deeper meaning that will enrich your life experience.
What was learned from that war and the people who lived it has made major changes in medical treatment, mental services and how service people are reintegrated into peace-time society. There have been great improvements, but as we see what veterans of the Afghan and Iraq wars still suffer, it is obvious still more must be done.
Back in the day, I was about the age of the characters in the series. Having missed watching the show in the Eighties, a benighted time when you couldn't watch one channel and tape another, I came to love China Beach the summer of 2000, when it was rebroadcast on TV Land. I was amazed how much I had missed in the Sixties. And not for the reasons you are thinking! I was clean and sober!
I started to realize how much politics and history had passed me by as I lived my life back in The World while men and women lived and died a war in The Nam. For me. Vietnam was a war I tried to follow, but couldn't grasp. None of us really did, just as the Middle East wars have confused and frustrated us once again. The complexities of Vietnam went right over my head as I fell for the buzz words: domino theory, pacification, search and destroy. Granted, China Beach and it's network rival, Tour of Duty, also rebroadcast that summer of 2000, opened up lost memories, made concepts finally click. I began to relive that part of my life with clearer understanding.
As a result, I started to write. My writings became two books about a young man my age, from my town, who willingly went to Vietnam to fight and came home with issues that he still struggles to resolve. I since have met and spoken to Vietnam vets who live at least some of each day in parallel worlds, trying to be in the present while that old past continues to dig at their innermost peace.
China Beach is only a TV show. But it tackled important events and issues that even now have meaning and resonance. Watch it for the pleasure of the stories. Take away from it a deeper meaning that will enrich your life experience.
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2024
Everything worked as is was supposed to no problems!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
This anniversary editiowas sealed but was missing the dog tags. I see other buyers have had this issue.
Should not have spent this for set with missing bonus features.
Should not have spent this for set with missing bonus features.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2024
Great package of the iconic Vietnam war series.
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
So you see, one night I couldn't sleep and went down a Jeff Kober rabbit hole, as he's got the kind of voice you can fall asleep to (as a now meditation instructor). I started looking for his meditation talks. Somehow got to a reference/picture of him as Dodger, remembered watching and loving this show as a kid, and decided to give it a buy.
It really was a great show. It is quite an 80's show, and a bit dated in places, but still worth a watch. There's so much to be said for the psychology of what people endure in war and the ways they try to cope. The bottling it up inside, the crude jokes or behavior to cope with the stress, the drinking or drugs, the attempt to create events to make people forget the war for just a night and bring them mentally back home. Government psychologists trying to say ptsd wasn't real and forcing unstable young men back out just to fall apart and shaming them by saying they were pretending to be ill to go home. There's so many almost fun and happy moments in this show, and yet such an undercurrent of the neglect and abandonment faced by those who fought or otherwise served in the war. All seen from the eyes of the nurses, almost made helpless to helping those who they knew needed it most, because every few minutes another helicopter was bringing more wounded to them.
It really was a great show. It is quite an 80's show, and a bit dated in places, but still worth a watch. There's so much to be said for the psychology of what people endure in war and the ways they try to cope. The bottling it up inside, the crude jokes or behavior to cope with the stress, the drinking or drugs, the attempt to create events to make people forget the war for just a night and bring them mentally back home. Government psychologists trying to say ptsd wasn't real and forcing unstable young men back out just to fall apart and shaming them by saying they were pretending to be ill to go home. There's so many almost fun and happy moments in this show, and yet such an undercurrent of the neglect and abandonment faced by those who fought or otherwise served in the war. All seen from the eyes of the nurses, almost made helpless to helping those who they knew needed it most, because every few minutes another helicopter was bringing more wounded to them.
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
No dogtags and no collector's book.
As advertised.
As advertised.
Top reviews from other countries
Gary R
5.0 out of 5 stars
At least some truth about the time
Reviewed in Canada on October 28, 2023
I had forgotten just how deep into the effects of the VietNam war were
DeeBee
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2016
Was a gift but have been told its great
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Service
Reviewed in Canada on October 9, 2021
The box-set was delivered quickly and there were no problems with any of the dvd's, quality was very good all the way around and I really enjoyed re-watching the whole series. This topic should be required watching for anyone with an interest in Vietnam, especially since it fills in part of the medical side of the war and the participation and outcomes for the nurses who went there who haven't been given their due. And the sound-track is amazing.
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C.G. Smith
4.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommend it.
Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2021
Picture quality only approx 80% by today’s standards. Otherwise excellent.
Highly recommend it if you are fan. Will not be dissatisfied.
Highly recommend it if you are fan. Will not be dissatisfied.
Siegrid Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great series.
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2020
I loved this series when it came out in the 80’s. Was ecstatic when I actually found the whole series here at Amazon. In response to someone else who actually complained about the quality. It was filmed in the 80’s don’t expect HD quality.....watch the series for what it is. A hospital/resort type place during the Vietnam war with amazing characters and stories. Wonderful actors who I tended to follow after the series ended.
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