The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD - Page 4

hscmit · 03-08-2011, 07:26 PM

just started watching the series first 2 episodes were good and on 3 now

jonumberone · 03-08-2011, 07:33 PM

Don't want to ruin it for you James, But my favorite part was when....................

Never made it through!

I assume we won

hscmit · 03-08-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jonumberone

Don't want to ruin it for you James, But my favorite part was when....................

Never made it through!

I assume we won

I hear thats how it turns out

hotreds · 03-08-2011, 08:02 PM

Picked up several books the series was based on including the companion book to the series. The Series is on my Netflix queue.

hscmit · 03-08-2011, 08:19 PM

watching episode 4 now and enjoying the series
it is a lot easier for me to get into shows when I can marathon through them

smokehouse · 03-09-2011, 08:53 AM

I thought it was a pretty good series. They hyped it up to be better than Band of Brothers, but I thought Band of Brothers was better.

Stephen · 03-09-2011, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by mithrilG60

I think it's multiple things, the primary one being that BoB was based on a single book that had taken many different individual experiences and used them to create a single cohesive storyline with a standardized narration style because it's written by a single author. The Pacific is based on 2 primary works written by very different men with different viewpoints and opinions, and that naturally leads to the story line being more disjointed than BoB. Both those works were also personal memoires written more as exercises in self-catharsis than as the historical essays/analysis which BoB was intended to be before HBO turned it into the mini-series.

Ultimately The Pacific is a very different mini-series that BoB, but that's fitting considering the PTO was a very different war and experience than the ETO.

I agree with this. I don't think The Pacific was as good as BoB simply because of the source material. As much as I wanted to enjoy The Pacific, I just found myself not caring for the characters in the way that I did in BoB.

03-08-2011, 07:26 PM	#61
hscmit Have My Own Room Join Date: Sep 2010 First Name: James Location: no where Posts: 2,200 Trading: (4)	Re: The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD just started watching the series first 2 episodes were good and on 3 now

03-08-2011, 07:33 PM	#62
jonumberone Raw Dog Join Date: Jun 2010 First Name: Dom Location: Exit 8A Posts: 6,494 Trading: (62)	Re: The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD Don't want to ruin it for you James, But my favorite part was when.................... Never made it through! I assume we won __________________ Sex junkie looking for a dealer

03-08-2011, 08:02 PM	#64
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,674 Trading: (63)	Re: The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD Picked up several books the series was based on including the companion book to the series. The Series is on my Netflix queue. __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

03-08-2011, 08:19 PM	#65
hscmit Have My Own Room Join Date: Sep 2010 First Name: James Location: no where Posts: 2,200 Trading: (4)	Re: The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD watching episode 4 now and enjoying the series it is a lot easier for me to get into shows when I can marathon through them

03-09-2011, 08:53 AM	#66
smokehouse Hiding from Curly Cut Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 83 Trading: (0)	Re: The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD I thought it was a pretty good series. They hyped it up to be better than Band of Brothers, but I thought Band of Brothers was better. __________________ A bad day hunting or fishing is better than a good day at work.