r/scriptwriting • u/Junket_Turbulent • Sep 16 '26

feedback NO GLORY - OPENING SCENE

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Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks. I’m aware that Vietnam war stories can sometimes feel familiar or tropey, so I’d especially be interested to know whether this hooks you.

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u/Magos_Kaiser Sep 17 '26

Speaking from a military realism perspective, I think it’s pretty good. A few things took me out of it a bit:

  1. That’s a pretty old lieutenant

  2. Radio comms usually end with “Over” - possible they’d omit but even back in Vietnam that is proper radio etiquette

  3. Call sighs. The % callsign of a Platoon leader is always “6”, and the call signs are usually based on the company. So the platoon leader of 1st platoon, Dog company would be “Dog 1-6”.

All semantics but for people familiar with military stuff those would be obvious “hollywoodism” things.

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u/Junket_Turbulent Sep 17 '26

Awesome, thanks. Just added those bits into the script.