Granted I've never seen the original - I do have that unfortunate problem of being unable to relate to films made in a very young time.
Nevertheless, I did grow up during the "Golden Age Of TV Movies" and I never saw this on television. There was a teacher that kept airing it when I was working in the A/V Lab. I didn't care about that.
Well I was old enough to take note. Now I think this is probably the Best Made For Television Movie of all time.
The Great War (or World War I) is a war that I believe is immensely ignored in the scheme of the 20th Century. I was one of those people that heard pretty much everything about WWII and I can recite it backwards and inside-out.
But the thing about the situation in Europe needs to be looked at more seriously and in a long amount of time. WWII didn't just pop out of nowhere.
I'm going to tell you to know the 20th Century you need to research "The Great War" and "The Franco-Prussian War".
But if you want to only find out how the Industrial Revolution turned war into a total, complete killing factory World War I is where it all started.
And if you research further, most people didn't really know what they were fighting for and/or who.
Young men were asked to go fight to keep up the status quo. That's basically about all you can say about ANY war.
That's what this movie is about; young me going to war and dying and the tragic circumstances. It's an endless theme.
Nevertheless, I did grow up during the "Golden Age Of TV Movies" and I never saw this on television. There was a teacher that kept airing it when I was working in the A/V Lab. I didn't care about that.
Well I was old enough to take note. Now I think this is probably the Best Made For Television Movie of all time.
The Great War (or World War I) is a war that I believe is immensely ignored in the scheme of the 20th Century. I was one of those people that heard pretty much everything about WWII and I can recite it backwards and inside-out.
But the thing about the situation in Europe needs to be looked at more seriously and in a long amount of time. WWII didn't just pop out of nowhere.
I'm going to tell you to know the 20th Century you need to research "The Great War" and "The Franco-Prussian War".
But if you want to only find out how the Industrial Revolution turned war into a total, complete killing factory World War I is where it all started.
And if you research further, most people didn't really know what they were fighting for and/or who.
Young men were asked to go fight to keep up the status quo. That's basically about all you can say about ANY war.
That's what this movie is about; young me going to war and dying and the tragic circumstances. It's an endless theme.