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Posted March 17, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_%28miniseries%29
Hey.
Who's in the US and watching it already? Opinions on this TV series?
NO SPOILERS, PLEASE.
Post edited March 17, 2010 by taczillabr
Posted March 17, 2010
When you say "follow up" does it have any of the same actors/directors/producers?
Haven't heard of it over here (UK), and we got Band of Brothers... mind you we rarely acknowledge the Pacific front in WW2, despite our former interests in the region.
Posted March 17, 2010
I was planning on checking it out on Sunday (when it started), but I forgot and remember like 45 minutes into it, so I decided not to. Haven't seen a replay yet.
Posted March 17, 2010
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Andy_Panthro: When you say "follow up" does it have any of the same actors/directors/producers?
Haven't heard of it over here (UK), and we got Band of Brothers... mind you we rarely acknowledge the Pacific front in WW2, despite our former interests in the region.

I think it's got some producers, as in Spielberg, Hanks, etc...
Post edited March 17, 2010 by honorbuddy
Posted March 17, 2010
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Andy_Panthro: When you say "follow up" does it have any of the same actors/directors/producers?

It's not a real sequence, but made by some same people and in the same format of BoB. It's described on the wiki: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries[/url])
If you want to be sure, check the official site.
Posted March 17, 2010
Cool, thanks for the tip. I was planning to re-watch my Band of Brothers boxset some time this year, and now I have this to look forward to as well.
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Andy_Panthro: When you say "follow up" does it have any of the same actors/directors/producers?

IMDb says "from the creators of Band of Brothers" whatever that means.
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Andy_Panthro: mind you we rarely acknowledge the Pacific front in WW2, despite our former interests in the region.

Don't forget The Bridge on the River Kwai, a British movie set in the Far East and one of the most famous WWII movies of all time. To be fair though, that's the only example I can think of off the top of my head.
Post edited March 17, 2010 by tor
Posted March 17, 2010
I'm keen to watch The Pacific. Band of Brothers was epic, so it'd be nice to see how the handle the Pacific Front.
Posted March 17, 2010
I am interested in watching this, but I don't get HBO. So I'll probably just wait till the DVD set comes out and rent it (or buy it).
One thing I am concerned about is that the tone is apparently very different. (Keep in mind that I am getting this info from a miliblog, so it isn't the most unbiased source ever :p). Allegedly portrays the marines as bloodthirsty savages at times, and tries to make the viewer sympathize with a Japanese guy whose buddy just suicide-grenade'd a corpsman.
Posted March 17, 2010
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Gundato: I am interested in watching this, but I don't get HBO. So I'll probably just wait till the DVD set comes out and rent it (or buy it).
One thing I am concerned about is that the tone is apparently very different. (Keep in mind that I am getting this info from a miliblog, so it isn't the most unbiased source ever :p). Allegedly portrays the marines as bloodthirsty savages at times, and tries to make the viewer sympathize with a Japanese guy whose buddy just suicide-grenade'd a corpsman.

Uhuh.. Aaaand?
When it comes down to it, both sides are fighting for what they believe in, and a percentage of them are fighting because they have no other choice.
"War does not determine who is right, only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
Posted March 17, 2010
ZOMG DO WANT
Posted March 17, 2010
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tor: Cool, thanks for the tip. I was planning to re-watch my Band of Brothers boxset some time this year, and now I have this to look forward to as well.
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Andy_Panthro: When you say "follow up" does it have any of the same actors/directors/producers?

IMDb says "from the creators of Band of Brothers" whatever that means.
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Andy_Panthro: mind you we rarely acknowledge the Pacific front in WW2, despite our former interests in the region.

Don't forget The Bridge on the River Kwai, a British movie set in the Far East and one of the most famous WWII movies of all time. To be fair though, that's the only example I can think of off the top of my head.

I'm best friends with the great, great descendent of the guy who threw himself on the explosive trigger at the end of the movie... It's my only lame claim to fame :(
And by that guy, I mean the actual person that the film portrays and not the actor because that sequence is fictional ¬_¬
Post edited March 17, 2010 by Shure
Posted March 17, 2010
Its finally airing?? Fuck yeah! Can't wait to see this, BoB was excellent
Posted March 18, 2010
I love BoB. Best series. Ever watched four times never got tired of it.
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