I am a huge Johnny Mercer fan and every time I here the opening refrains of his classic hit "Accentuate The Positive" I get nostalgic for my all time favorite TV show, "Homefront!" The only thing more disturbing than ABC's disregard for the the shows many fans during it's short run, is the continued disregard for the small army of viewers clamoring for it's release on DVD. It has been gone for nearly 20 years now and I still think about it and miss it.
I feel compelled to comment on giconceptsjw's short sighted review. His or her entire 3 rating seems based on the inability of that poster to get over the name "Homefront" indicating the show should take place during the war and not after! Well guess what? I know with a name like GI Concepts you wanted a war story, but the effects of the war did not instantly stop when the Japanese surrendered! There was still a world to rebuild, and it took many more years for all of the soldiers to return to the Homefront and that is when much of the real impact of the war set in for those back home. That is the story this series told so passionately well. It became very obvious to me that you are uninformed about that time in history by your comments on racism in the North. Having lived half of my long life in the North, and half in the South I can say without a doubt that there was as much, and often more, racism in the North. It was just less overt. No less harmful mind you, just less honest. Travel a little before making such sweeping comments. You just might find that there is a lot more tolerance in Mississippi then you imagine, and much less in Ohio then you think!
That all being said, I would love to have even that sorry DVD copy of the show you weren't impressed much by!
I feel compelled to comment on giconceptsjw's short sighted review. His or her entire 3 rating seems based on the inability of that poster to get over the name "Homefront" indicating the show should take place during the war and not after! Well guess what? I know with a name like GI Concepts you wanted a war story, but the effects of the war did not instantly stop when the Japanese surrendered! There was still a world to rebuild, and it took many more years for all of the soldiers to return to the Homefront and that is when much of the real impact of the war set in for those back home. That is the story this series told so passionately well. It became very obvious to me that you are uninformed about that time in history by your comments on racism in the North. Having lived half of my long life in the North, and half in the South I can say without a doubt that there was as much, and often more, racism in the North. It was just less overt. No less harmful mind you, just less honest. Travel a little before making such sweeping comments. You just might find that there is a lot more tolerance in Mississippi then you imagine, and much less in Ohio then you think!
That all being said, I would love to have even that sorry DVD copy of the show you weren't impressed much by!