hbo's the pacific
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I got the "Band of Brothers" DVD set for my B-day this year. Hopefully, The Pacific will be as good or better than BoB. Looking forward to it.
i cant wait for this to come out...ive been waiting 2 years since they announced it
coming March 14th!
http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/
http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/
loved Band of Brothers.
looking forward to the USMC equivalent!
looking forward to the USMC equivalent!
Damnit! Why'd you tell me!?
I don't know.... looks like Band of Brothers the Remix or something. More of the same, it seems....not totally a bad thing, but not something I'm looking forward too if it isn't anything new.
Looks to be the USMC version of Band of Brothers. I'll get it when it comes out on DVD, and wait until the price drops.
i hope its not too lovey dovey like Pearl Harbor was. it looks like they stray away from the action a bit in the previews.
at least it won't have Ben Affleck, so its already one step ahead
i could deal with Kate Beckinsale though
Those bastards can't drive or fly. They kept crashing their planes.
my grandfather was a pilot in WWII in Japan. the non-suicidal kind
This looks fantastic. I cannot wait for this to air.
it's NOT anything new...it's HISTORY. BOB was a fairly accurate historical account of the 101st Airborne's actions in WWII in Europe, this new series covers the USMC island hopping campaign and should be incredible if it's as accurate as BOB. just replace the frozen woods of bastogne with steamy hot, malaria ridden jungles..and Marines of course
. wishing i had HBO but i suppose i can wait for the box set.
itll be on the internets the day after it airs
My dad watched the planes fly over his house when he was a kid on their way to Pearl Harbor.
On Oahu?
It's kind of weird Kaneohe Naval Air Station (now a Marine base) was actually attacked before Pearl Harbor.
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he was a backup pilot and did not actually fly during the war thankfully.
im sure it must have been a surreal moment for your old man
Another thing about Pearl Harbor that jumps to mind... when I was stationed in Hawaii (I did PR stuff, media relations all that on Kaneohe) they had some big anniversary, and I had to go pick up this old guy and take him to the hotel and ceremony..he was a Marine, who was credited with shooting down the first Jap plane at Pearl Harbor, and did it with his rifle. Picked him up at the airport in uniform and all that, he seemed to be excited to be back there.
He finally got up the courage to visit the Arizona Memorial, and when the guide asked everyone how they liked the trip, my dad said he didn't like it. When the guide asked why, he told them his story.
I meant anything new in terms of the genre. You can do lots of new things with history on a screen.it's NOT anything new...it's HISTORY. BOB was a fairly accurate historical account of the 101st Airborne's actions in WWII in Europe, this new series covers the USMC island hopping campaign and should be incredible if it's as accurate as BOB. just replace the frozen woods of bastogne with steamy hot, malaria ridden jungles..and Marines of course
wishing i had HBO but i suppose i can wait for the box set.
The Pacific looks excellent.
I assume you all watched Generation Kill?
I assume you all watched Generation Kill?
I did; thought it was pretty awesome.
i watched it. i thought it was too slow and the acting was bad. the plot was good though
eh.
i dont like the way it was shot. too modern for my liking.
i dont like the way it was shot. too modern for my liking.
The way it was shot bugged me a little bit, too. But I like how they jumped right into the action. 
the action scene was great, but Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers was shot like it was actually happening, not like they were trying to remake the war 50 years later
The Pacific is also based on John Basilone's life/death in addition to those two books.
i have no HBO, where can i catch this?
"When my wife and I would go to bed on a particularly cold night, I would say to her...'At least I'm not in Bastogne."
Thank heavens for those guys.
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second"When my wife and I would go to bed on a particularly cold night, I would say to her...'At least I'm not in Bastogne."
Thank heavens for those guys.
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Disappointing first episode, and I likely won't get to see any of the rest. Grrr on both counts. Hope it gets less cliche and better as the series goes on.
Acting seemed terrible, too, but maybe it was the jetlag from 30 hours of traveling that made me grouchy.
Acting seemed terrible, too, but maybe it was the jetlag from 30 hours of traveling that made me grouchy.
0-3. failtastic
I will wait for blue ray since no TV