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03-11-2010, 06:11 PM | #1 |
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The Pacific - DISCUSSION THREAD
The premier of The Pacific (a 10 part mini series) is this Sunday on HBO at 9 PM.
Similar to Band of Brothers, this series follows the USMC's involvement in the Pacific Theater, rather than the U.S. Army. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pac...8miniseries%29 This is produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Who is excited? I know I am. |
03-11-2010, 06:35 PM | #3 |
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Love Band of Brothers, have the collection on DVD, watched it like 3 times. Don't have HBO but will by the box collection of The Pacific the day it comes out.
Anything that gets Americans excited about their history is good in my book
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03-11-2010, 06:36 PM | #4 |
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I'm cautiously optimistic. Band of Brothers was awesome and it's hard for me to imagine another series coming close. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.
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03-12-2010, 07:32 AM | #6 |
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Makes me wish I had HBO. Will hafta wait for DVD. Hanks has been saying stoopid things lately, hopefully the series isn't tarnished by his mind set!
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03-12-2010, 08:16 AM | #7 |
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This is a great video of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg hosting an event at the World War II Memorial in DC with Pacific veterans in attendance:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=artslot
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03-12-2010, 08:43 AM | #8 |
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I am stoked! I imagine it being a Speilberg/Hanks production that it will live up to expectations.
Over the last month I've watched BoB again in anticipation of this release. |
03-12-2010, 08:54 AM | #9 |
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Very cool, if only I had HBO. I really enjoyed Band of Brothers and Generation Kill.
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03-12-2010, 09:10 AM | #10 |
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While I wasn't a fan of the Band of Brothers...this looks interesting.
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03-12-2010, 10:31 AM | #11 |
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03-14-2010, 08:46 PM | #14 |
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While that is highly possible, as Band of Brothers was based on Stephen Ambrose, I must say The Pacific looks like it could turn out to be something really special.
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03-14-2010, 09:17 PM | #15 | |
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The book that I think covers the (entire) Pacific war the best is "Eagle Against The Sun: The American War With Japan" by Ronald Spector.
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03-15-2010, 08:44 AM | #16 |
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I've got Spector sitting on my shelf at home. I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet, but it is definitely on my list to read eventually. What did you think of the first episode of the series?
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03-15-2010, 09:24 AM | #17 |
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03-15-2010, 09:53 AM | #18 |
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At first, after one episode, I thought the same thing. But I remembered BoB's first episode, while good, wasn't where the mini-series shined. I'm still holding out hope The Pacific will be nearly as moving as BoB was.
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03-16-2010, 03:34 AM | #19 |
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Just a note for those without HBO, if you have Comcast internet service, you should be able to link to and watch the first episode off of the Comcast home page. In addition if you go to HBO's web site and register, you can watch the first episode there. No idea if the HBO site is free. Hope that this helps.
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