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re: The Pacific
Posted on 5/18/10 at 2:44 pm to lsunurse
Posted on 5/18/10 at 2:44 pm to lsunurse
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And....I'm not usually one to read war books, but I am considering reading the memoirs that the series was based on.
I have read the books "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge, "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie and "The Pacific" by Hugh Ambrose and they are all great reads. Reading them beforehand really helped my appreciation for the miniseries since the books give you a lot more background information and a bigger picture on what was happening at the time. I read the companion book (The Pacific) while the series was going on and it made the series much more enjoyable.
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Posted on 5/18/10 at 2:45 pm to fladohado
It was hard it seems to tell 3 stories at once and it wasn't until Leckie's story kind of moved on that the stories of Sledge and Basilone got awesome. I think it was mediocre in ep. 1-6 and the rest was just plain incredible. Basilone is a goddamn American hero.
FWIW, I would have LOVED this series 20x more had they cast Sledge differently. I hate that Jurassic Park kid.
FWIW, I would have LOVED this series 20x more had they cast Sledge differently. I hate that Jurassic Park kid.
Posted on 5/18/10 at 6:04 pm to TheCaterpillar
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It was hard it seems to tell 3 stories at once and it wasn't until Leckie's story kind of moved on that the stories of Sledge and Basilone got awesome. I think it was mediocre in ep. 1-6 and the rest was just plain incredible. Basilone is a goddamn American hero.
I thought that the Leicke and Sledge stories were pretty good and a coherent narrative could have maybe made out from them but that the Basilone story didn't fit in. I think his is a great story but I think it should have been maybe a stand alone movie or 2-3 part miniseries.
Posted on 5/20/10 at 9:41 am to fladohado
So I just watched part 10 again and teared the frick up. Damn the Basilone family scene is sad as frick.
Posted on 5/20/10 at 10:01 am to TheCaterpillar
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So I just watched part 10 again and teared the frick up. Damn the Basilone family scene is sad as frick
You're not the only one my friend. I teared up a couple of times during the last episode... Hell I'm getting emmotionally just thinking about his dad opening up the box with his medal in it...
Posted on 5/20/10 at 11:06 pm to STEVED00
Found this on the HBO site - Pacific downloads - now I have me a great pic of Snafu charging into battle as my desktop background.
Posted on 5/20/10 at 11:51 pm to fladohado
It was very good, I think I was just comparing it to the consistency of BOB too much. Just different circumstances; apples and oranges.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 12:13 am to USMCTiger03
great series, not on the band of brothers level but it had me glued to the tv every sunday. You could definitely tell how much younger the marines were than the soldiers in the band of brother series
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:17 am to LSUnowhas2
B+
Would have been a C- without the last 3-4 episodes. THAT was what I wanted to see. I think the showed that it was pieced together from several books.
Would have been a C- without the last 3-4 episodes. THAT was what I wanted to see. I think the showed that it was pieced together from several books.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 10:52 am to sneakytiger
HBO does war stories quite well. BoB is my favorite series ever. I thought the Pacific was fantastic. I also really enjoyed Generation Kill...thought it was pretty spot on from my other readings about our current war.
Posted on 5/23/10 at 11:47 am to DeltaDoc
Had the opportunity to do a random act of kindness for a WWII veteran today. Was sitting in my car at Sonic waiting for some food when a truck pulled up beside me with an elderly couple. The guy is wearing a WWII Veteran hat, so I go over and buy their meal. He said he served in both the European and Pacific theatres, but I didn't bug him for details.
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