The Pacific
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http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/video.html
Just came across this. Goddamn, I loved Band of Brothers.
"From Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman--a new epic miniseries about the Pacific Theatre of World War II."
Coming in 2010.
Just came across this. Goddamn, I loved Band of Brothers.
"From Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman--a new epic miniseries about the Pacific Theatre of World War II."
Coming in 2010.
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I can't wait!
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"those actors were so into it they were living the moment not acting the moment..!" dude STFU...
I've been waiting for this since I heard they were making another series. Band of Brothers is one of my favourite shows to date. So if the new one holds up just as well as the original, it'll be rad!
Makes you realize how boring our time in history is, considering the number of times WWII gets rehashed.
PS: Band of brothers fuck ye. Really looking forward to the pacific. Have been waiting for it since I first heard of it waaaaaay back.
this is gonna give me a HUGE WAR BONER
Band Of Brothers is the best Television ever filmed.
REALLY looking forward to this.
For me, this show makes me sad face. After the epic that is Band of Brothers, this seems like a cheap immitation knock off.
Tom Hanks doing a monologue at the start of each episode?
You're thrown right in without any real character development.
The setting is basically explained with stock footage in the first 5 mins instead of through out the course of the first episode.
The whole thing seemed really rushed. You only got bits and pieces of the events and you had no real indication how long anything was lasting (could have been overnight, could have been a week, a month, a year).
It almost feels like an "America! FUCK YEAH!" mini series. Lame.
I'll keep watching, just in case it's just the Band of Brothers fan boy in me that's not really into this show.
So, yeah. Thoughts?
This is the Pacific front and the Marines which are a far cry from the specially trained paratroopers of the 101st from BOB or Rangers from SPR.
I realized that if i kept drawing comparisons to Band of Brothers that I wouldn't be able to enjoy the series so I am starting to leave my pretenses and expectations behind.
That said, I thought the composited special effects of navy vessels were particularly bad. Overlit, weird perspective.. It just didnt work and felt low budget. In Band of Brothers those kind of shots were very rare but in the Pacific they are a bit more prominent in regularity and length.
Overall I am really enjoying the show.
it seems a bit more brutal than BoB, up close face shootings and bombed out craters with heads and arms, a bit more graphic i suppose. the time thing is kinda weird, it is hard to tell if it was days or weeks. the younger cast was a bit offputting at 1st but when they die atleast to me its like wow, that was his one chance at life and they died at 17 or 18.
Like others have said, if you keep constantly comparing this to BoB you will probably not enjoy it as much, so take it as its own. the production values are still miles above most shows on tv and I think itll look awesome on blu-ray when it comes out.
If you don't know, John Basilone and his unit held off a force of over 3000 Japanese soldiers, and the key thing to note is that he had lost all but two men in his unit but continued to repel the Japanese and retrieve ammunition. He would also play a pivotal role in the future battle of Iwo Jima.
I do appreciate the role that Eugene Sledge (the kid with the heart murmer who's father wont let him join) plays because he does make a large contribution to the history of the war in the future. There has been a much more of a connection with him, in terms of those wishing to joining the military but unable to.
The action has been great, and the battle sequences very intense but I hope the story connects audiences a lot more with the individual Marines that served in those historical battles, rather than focusing on the battles themselves. Anyone could watch History channel and learn the details of those battles any time. The show just needs a stronger narration.
It's still enjoyable just not quite the caliber of BOB. I think it would've benefitted from an episode similar to the training camp of BOB, where there is a bit more backstory for each character, I felt that the first episode moved too fast and just threw things into motion to get to some fighting.
So I'm not allowed to compare the two shows because they are set in a different setting, have different characters and was fought differently? Seriously?
It's the same production company doing the show (HBO, Dreamworks), I bet a lot of the same crew are still on board. They hint at the The Pacific towards the end of Band of Brothers. In a way, it's a sequel that's not really a sequel.
Besides, I'm not comparing the stories of the two shows, because that would in fact be stupid. I'm comparing the way the show is done and presented.
I know that Tom Hanks was involved in the production of Band of Brothers, but he's far more involved now and you can tell he has taken The Pacific in a different direction. So far the only real similarities I've seen between the two is the opening theme music.
I guess I went in with the expectation that The Pacific was going to be pretty much the same deal as Band of Brothers, only in a different setting and with new characters.
By this, I mean that the story would be told the same way, they'd use the same visual style (but maybe colour graded differently to match the setting) and the same structure to the show. But basically it's a whole new show, but with a similar title sequence.
Also, as brutal as the some of the fighting scenes are. I don't think they had anywhere near the amount of impact as the fight scenes in Band of Brothers. Everything is too in your face about it, and once you've seen one point blank headshot, then you've seen them all. It seems very Hollywood (sure, I can imagine that some of the fighting was done very much like this... Realism!).
The suspence is poor as they put you in the trench with the soldiers then are told that "The Japanese soldiers are coming...", cue closeups of a few key characters and then open fire for the next 10 mins. BRILLIANT! Give the man an Oscar.
I'll shut up, now. As I'm within the minority here and I guess I'm just wanting more for less.
But as for the second episode on that topic, I have to agree with you completely.
Anyway! I am really looking forward to seeing if the rest of it as all "boom boom pow bang", I sorta feel like after these first two episodes, we have been introduced to the characters, now I just hope they will build on it..
it was excellent - cant wait to see more
Yeah I got that impression too until I read the wiki article on it. Apparently it was more than just a couple of battles but a huge campaign.
Guadalcanal Article
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Don't know if the guys in the show were on the island this long but the entire campaign took about a year.