I wanted to love this show but, just like the Uncle who made that drunken speech at the wedding, it was a bit of a look-away experience. The main reason was the laziness it showed in attention to detail. The opening scene showing Ewen Leslie with an immaculately waxed chest should have been a warning. Not sure how common that fashion was back on the day. Then came the plethora of poor British accents. Followed by the old school 'British' characters drinking wine from plain, IKEA/style wine glasses. Surely the nobs of the day would have taken their best crystal with them. And the bomb - a nuclear bomb that had been dropped into the desert sands, sticking out with nary any impact crater or sandy disturbance to evident. You'd almost think it was just placed there nose down by a production crew! And this quote is the one that finished it for me: "Come over here and try one of these bad boys!" Had the character time-travelled from 2010? Just lazy production and direction that prevented me from being immersed in an important part of Australia's past. Compare it to the wonderful production values of The Singapore Grip. Actually, there is no comparison.
Review of Operation Buffalo
