68 Whiskey

Hi Mr. D,

How are you? I found your email online and I am an Afghan from NM reaching to you about a show called 68 Whiskey. Are you involved in it?

There is a guy I am sure you know Fahim Fazli, he is acting in it but he is an uneducated man and I met him in New Mexico a few years ago. How come he is an Afghan adviser on this show? he can not read and write well and he doesn't speak Pashto.

He was screaming vulgar language in episode one of 68whiskey and I couldn't watch it with my family. We Afghans don't use vulgar language like that. Can you do something so the 68whiskey company knows about it? Can you help me and give me their contact information too? They should hire an educated and expert Afghan to help them with Afghan culture and language and not this uneducated guy.

Please read these reviews and an Afghan interpreter also wrote a review and I totally agree.

I was RegArmy 1975-79 64C30 Transport Operator Heavy, so yes, IMHO the show isn't accurate or distinctly following military protocol. But I enjoyed it none the less. If I had of not given it a chance like many most likely failed to do, and went into it with a prejudiced opinion from reading the low ratings, I might have disliked it also and given it a poor rating.

But I did give it a chance as I know ratings are not always on-the-nose so to speak. I see all the bad reviews from prior-duty or active-duty US Military and they seemed to hate it as a majority. But then the show isn't promising to be a detailed, accurate or historical documentary. Its a comedy/drama show. To each there own of course, and no foul done, but.

I saw a few "Watched episode 1 and it stunk! Won't be watching anymore." What I get from those reviews is an error possibly by over-judgmental opinions to give ANY show a chance, maybe?.

Just about any new series doesn't really warm up until a few episodes get written and acted out. They almost all take a while to get off the ground unless they are one of the gifted, blockbuster series that we are rewarded with, but then not all shows are 8's or higher.

Many seasons don't even get to a 6.5 or 7 until season 2 hits, but that's because actors get acclimated to the scenes and each other, and writers get really warmed up. But if people happen to give out their condemning reviews early on, actors are not uplifted and writers fall under the burden of non-approval and we get struggling shows far too often doomed to fail.

I hope not with this one. This is is worth watching if it isn't shot down already and then it will be a pity to have lost it to reviews that just demand too much out of writers, actors and producers.

This is enjoyable if you get in and give it a chance. I gave it a 7 because you can't rate anything in 1/2 to give it a 6.5 that it well deserves. Its not an Emmy winner but then not all shows are. People all have their own opinions of course, and people have their own likes and dislikes. But I think too many are being too critical of an otherwise enjoyable show if given the chance. Just like episode 10, I liked the way it left you fulfilled and comfortable, without leaving you in a clutch from a cliffhanger dilemma like so many shows do, just to buy into anxiety driven curiosity.

This is a drama , not comedy , not documentary, by naming this 68 Whiskey, it draws too much comparison with the actual station in Afghanistan, but if you adjust expectations, it's not bad of a show

I'm a teacher. Not long ago, I watched the movie Fist Fight. It was full of inaccuracies regarding education, but you know what...it was still pretty funny. M*A*S*H came out roughly 20 years after the Korean Conflict. I'm sure that plenty of veterans sat and watched that show and cursed how unreal it was. Americans loved it. Here we are sitting on 17 years in Afghanistan and we haven't once had anything to watch that even attempted to capture any range of emotions surrounding our involvement there. 68 Whiskey at least makes an effort...and even succeeded to a certain degree in the first episode. I laughed audibly at a few parts and was interested in the story. If it's inaccurate...I don't really care. I'm not a soldier. I'm a viewer.

I spent a year in Kandahar and, while I wasn't involved in combat, I was deeply connected with Afghan people at the time. I enjoyed that they presented them as educated and not all backwards jihadis worthy of only target practice. The even spoke Pashto correctly from the little I remember.

While there may be a great deal that is not realistic about the theater of war involved in the production of this, I really don't think most Americans care. We need a show that can take the piss a little about our unjust involvement in the region and this show looks promising for that if nothing else.

People hating because this isn't as realistic as they want it to be? No disrespect to our awesome military, but I haven't served and don't give a crap how accurate a random tv show on a random station is. Its entertainment and I was entertained. cant wait for the 2and episode. the chicks are hot, the dudes are fun to watch, and Ron Howard is awesome. I'll keep watching