Same, but the two versions are very different things, with different constraints and even aims. Both worthy, IMHO, but only one remains beloved today to the best of my knowledge.
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Besides, while they both have the unlike-able and even somewhat detestable Major Frank Burns, only one has the wonderful, complex (if rather stuffy) and very, very human Major Charles Emerson Winchester III as a vastly superior replacement.
sep 3, 2025, 4:30 pm • 1 0 • view
Frank Burns wasn't a complicated character. What he was, was the perfect character to make Margaret Houlihan a deeply complicated character. Of all the people in the unit, why was Houlihan banging Frank?
sep 3, 2025, 4:52 pm • 1 0 • view
Frank was married, morally compromised, and a blithering dolt. He was safe, in three different ways. The last episode made that clear; Honnicutt and Hawkeye were too tempting and she didn't want to go home with more war baggage than she could carry.
sep 3, 2025, 4:52 pm • 3 0 • view
Hmm. That's an extremely convincing analysis of a question I've never thought to ask myself. #HeadCanonAccepted
sep 3, 2025, 4:55 pm • 1 0 • view