The Pacific

BlackEdelweiss

What is the view on The Pacific so far? I have seen up to episode 9 and I have to say that I think it is excellent. I wasent too sure after the first 2 or 3 episodes but once it got going it really came into its own. I wasent keen on the characters in the first few but the characters in the second half are much more likeable, I really like Snafu.
I havent seen Band of Brothers in a while so I cant really compare them but I think the Pacific shows a much grittier side to war than BoB.

citizen_p

expected a bit more on iwo jima....

10 will be the return home, 9 mentioned the dropping of the atom bombs

Junco Partner

i like how it focuses a bit more on the psychological effects of battle than b.o.b. in the first episodes there all unprepared for whats coming freezing up in battle and the like but by the later episodes they're all numb to it and can commit things as bad as the japs. that scene with snafu throwing stones into the dead jap machinegunners head is focking disturbing. and watching him rob the gold teeth of dead allies as well as enemies is bad too. hat makes it worse is all that graphic sh1t actually went on. and yes .......... the battles are pretty awesome too

Tony EH

Up to Part 9 as well and I have to say I prefer it greatly to 'Band of Brothers'. I consider it far more realistic and balanced too. There are a couple of duff episodes

3, 4 and 8

, but in the main it's been very good. However, 10 parts is way too short for a campaign that was 3 1/2 years long. 10 episodes was ok for 'Band of Brothers' as the US only got involved in Europe when the war was pretty much over, but when the 9 month Guadalcanal battle is reduced down to 45 minutes, it's diluting it way too much as far as I'm concerned.

The battle sequences are also far superior to 'Band of Brothers' too. In 'The Pacific', you really do get the feeling that it was pot luck if you survived or not. Whereas, Easy Company looked like they had an "easy" time of it in Western Europe. Casualties were few any far between in 'Band of Brothers'. It also suffered from Ambrose's mediocre source material. In 'The Pacific', no one seems safe.

Another plus is that there is liittle flag waving American propaganda that usually accompanies WWII films, which is extremely refreshing I have to say. In fact, the producers have done a sterling job in showing how young men were reduced to animals during wartime. There are no "heroes" in 'The Pacific'. At least not in the Hollywood sense.

Highly recommended.

Junco Partner

the marines seem to have had a tougher time of it than the army with the enemy they had to fight them japs were fierce

Morlar

Before Pacific even started I decided to wait for it on blu-ray boxset. The plan is to put a saturday aside to watch it all in one go when it is finally released

I watched some episodes of b.o.b. as it came out but missed one or two - for me watching that series all in one go a couple of years later made for a much better experience, far superior in my view than watching it in bits and pieces.

Mahatma coat

I have to admit that the cohesive narative is a bit lacking in this one, it seems a bit higledypiggledy IMO, however SNAFU Sheldon is one of my favourite Characters ever, that Louisiana Drawl and the developent of some depth makes him an interesting cratur

siblers

Really enjoyed it myself, wasn't overly familar with the pacific theatre myself so I read the accompaying novel The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose, when you watch it you do really get the sense of what a sheer bloodbath it was, the episode on Iwo Jima and the one after on Okinawa were pretty horrific, my only really criticism is that it maybe focuses on too much, they did Iwo Jima in like 15 mins and Okinawa in just one episode, when easily they could have been a series in themselves. If people haven't, they should read "With The Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge, it's really good.

Seloth

Only watched the first 5 and wasnt very impressed...far prefer B.O.B.