What a waste of my time!!!

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

First rate script, first rate filming (which benefited substantially from the experiences of Saving private Ryan and Band of brothers), first rate actors. It seems to be a first for a TV series to provide such an accurate vision (sometimes very tough) of an ongoing war. The script plays admirably between the front line and the home front. It also shows admirably the extreme difficulty of a military intervention in a far away country with fully different cultural backgrounds, plus the language barrier. In an amazing way, it succeeds in presenting a balanced (and neutral) vision of the coalition's intervention in Irak. Both pros and contras will thus be disappointed. Should be mandatory seeing in all modern occidental armies.

Interesting that various people have seen this as either right or left wing propaganda, and that some see it as portraying the troops as idiots or wimps while others see it as honoring them. That indicates that some people are seeing their own biases more than what's actually on the screen. The more pre-set their views, the less they appear to like this program.I'm a retired Marine - served 20 years, enlisted and officer, a lot of it in the infantry and related fields - and I think this is more realistic in its portrayal of the atmosphere and interactions than 90% of films about the military. I dealt with some Sgt. Screams and Lt. Mad Cows in my time, and those characters are believable. The troops strike about the right balance of smarts and immaturity, newbie awkwardness and trained-in automatic competence, for kids new to combat.This program deserves a wider audience and more seasons.

Over There is an excellent series about the war in Iraq. It paints in detail the hard ships endured by the soldiers while over seas and their families who remain behind. Over There does not take sides to whether the war is right or wrong, it just tells a story from the soldiers point of view. In over there we follow the lives of Dim, Double Wide, Mrs. B., Sargent Scream, Bo, Angel, and Smoke, as they serve their country. The series lasted 13 episodes before it was cut due to a loss in ratings. The series first aired on FX in the U.S.A. and on the History Channel in Canada. The actors did an outstanding job in their roles as soldiers, and it is hard to remember that they are just paid actors.

I don't think I've seen a series on television that I have related to better then "Over There." Of the 13 episodes that were released I think that I cried through parts of at least 1/2 of them, and I assure you i'm not easily moved by television shows. Each episode contained something that reminded me of friends I have either serving in Iraq or who have served. There are some inaccuracies in the film when comparing it to what is going on "Over there" but for a fictional series about Iraq I was very pleased with how it was written and acted. Many details were included such as soldiers handing out candy to the children, which was something a friend of mine, who is an Infantry SGT. told me of when he got home from serving. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding this series along with low rating that has caused it to be cancelled. This I feel is a major pity. People seem to want to avoid thinking about what happens to soldiers when they serve in Iraq, it's easier to not think about it and criticize the troops who are fighting. A series like this forces us to think about the situation by making soldiers "real," by making a war that is across the world "real" to us.We need a series like this one to make us aware of the horrors these men and women face everyday to protect us. This series with interesting plots tackling many situation situations is excellent. The actors were all amazing, allowing us to see the diverse personalities of those men and women who serve, because of their good acting. Some characters you come to hate while others you grow to love, but the main thing is you grow to want to know how they're stories end. It's unfortunate we'll never know....