HBO Miniseries: The Pacific

[tomson75]

No you don't give it a day or two and you can watch it here.

tvshack.net

Thanks man....that's a good link. Runs better than hulu for me, and they have the episodes up faster too.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Thanks man....that's a good link. Runs better than hulu for me, and they have the episodes up faster too.

2nded. Just tuning in now. Very excited. Should be a lot more action than BOB because the Pacific War was crazy.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

holy ****, I'm watching the Booke of Eli right now via tvshack.com

crazy.

 

[CliffnDallas]

Never mind...

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Dang good episode. Slow at first, but the intro sequence with the charcoal pencil splintering like shrapnel disposing of the idea that something as serene as doing a drawing can foreshadow violence was foreboding.

Interesting in how they went 180 degrees from Generation Kill which focused so much on collateral damage and the mental states of 1st Recon and went more with the violence of action culminating in the .30 cal gunner's starring out at the dozens of soldiers he had killed. The friendly fire incident got what, 45 seconds? If something similar had happened in GK, they would have spent half an episode on it.

In GK, the book, one of Alpha Company's first surrendering groups of Iraqi's whips out AK's and fires on the Marines. In Nasariyah, Bravo has an incident where they see men firing AK's and carrying RPG's while holding children as human shields. Did they show that evil side of the enemy in the mini-series? Nope. They did not fail to show that side of warfare on The Pacific.

I did like The Pacific's first episode. I did not like the way Generation Kill was handled. There were a series of tough battles that the public needed to be reconciled with in the planned second season of GK, but the men and women who fought them got shorted because of what I believe were short-sighted or biased editing of the story of OIF to make a point.

 

[burmafrd]

Speilberg and Hanks do their best to make it accurate. GK was just another Hollywood war film where Americans are always if not the bad guys just as bad as who they fight.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Speilberg and Hanks do their best to make it accurate. GK was just another Hollywood war film where Americans are always if not the bad guys just as bad as who they fight.

Very damn true. Hopefully when someone has the foresight to make the film or series about Fallujah, they'll go accurate with it and show the international nutcases that filled that city to sacrifice their lives to kill Americans and destabilize Iraq.

I've met two men now that served in Fallujah. For me it's like meeting someone who was at Normandy, if Normandy lasted for 7 weeks.

Here's to The Pacific, may the series be one to honor those who served.

 

[Duane]

Another great episode on Sunday. .

Mild Spoiler...













When they steal the gear from the Army guys is very similar to a story my uncle Homer told me growing up. He and his Marine buddies had been fighting for days/weeks when the Army guys rolled in with all their goodies. They came in and took what they wanted/needed because they had been woefully under supplied. The Army guys didn't want anything to do with the grizzled Marines and basically let them have their way with the gear.

 

[kmp77]

Your new name.....is Peaches!
Your new name.....is Old Faithful!

:laugh2:

 

[bbgun]

Here's an interesting follow-up on the crew of The Enola Gay.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/50668

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Ya know, I hate to say it, but this has been disappointing so far. It's not even close to Band of Brothers quality.

 

[CliffnDallas]

Ya know, I hate to say it, but this has been disappointing so far. It's not even close to Band of Brothers quality.

Yup.

 

[theogt]

Ya know, I hate to say it, but this has been disappointing so far. It's not even close to Band of Brothers quality.

Eh, I really like it. It's just different than BOB. In some ways it's better and in some ways not. Overall it's probably not quite on the same level, but that's not to say it isn't extremely good in its own right. It never had a chance to live up to people's expectations, however, but that's just the nature of the beast.

I think most people would agree that the European theater was in general more interesting than the Pacific so that's one thing it has to overcome. Additionally, the dynamic of the individual stories (TP) vs. the group story (BOB) makes them different and I think most would prefer the latter -- I do.

 

[Duane]

I really like the series as well, although the last episode on R&R wasn't my favorite.

My Uncle Homer spent most of the war fighting in the Pacific with the Marines so I spent a lot of time reading about those battles in my youth. Hopefully they'll have an episode on Peleliu because that's really where the Americans start to see an entrenched Jap presence.

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by Eugene Sledge and required WWII reading in my opinion.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I really like the series as well, although the last episode on R&R wasn't my favorite.

My Uncle Homer spent most of the war fighting in the Pacific with the Marines so I spent a lot of time reading about those battles in my youth. Hopefully they'll have an episode on Peleliu because that's really where the Americans start to see an entrenched Jap presence.

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa is a World War II memoir by Eugene Sledge and required WWII reading in my opinion.

Yes they will cover Peleiu and if I'm not mistaken it will span a few episodes. I think that is where the guy who had the heart murmur (sp?) meets up with his buddy.

Concerning the series. I think the european theater area of WWII is generally more interesting to most people and I think where band of brothers has been better is you seem to get to know the individuals a little better where this one it just has not translated like that...yet.

Although there was not as much action in this last episode I think it was the first time where you got to know a character a little better with Lecky.

Just not sure if the individuals are as dynamic or likable as the guys in band of brothers...not Garnier or Winters stands out so far for me.

 

[DFWJC]

I'm liking it so far....just enjoying it as it is and not trying to compare it to B.O.B.

 

[Duane]

Anyone else still watching this?

I enjoy the action and the way the director lets you see what the guys on the ground were going through. However it's not as fun or easy for me to follow as BoB simply because the cast of characters isn't together the whole time. They either die, get wounded or go back home.

 

[theogt]

Anyone else still watching this?

I enjoy the action and the way the director lets you see what the guys on the ground were going through. However it's not as fun or easy for me to follow as BoB simply because the cast of characters isn't together the whole time. They either die, get wounded or go back home.

Agreed 100%. They're trying to stick to the books, but they should have fudged for "movie" purposes and kept them all together.

That said, last night's episode was incredible. The best so far.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Agreed 100%. They're trying to stick to the books, but they should have fudged for "movie" purposes and kept them all together.

That said, last night's episode was incredible. The best so far.

Recorded it last night, will watch it tonight.

I figured once they hit the major battle area it would start picking up some.

 

[Yeagermeister]

It's definitely not as good as BoB but those were some very big shoes to fill.