I liked the show when it came out on HBO but now its everywhere and I've probably have seen it all the way through multiple times I can't stand to watch a lot of the episodes anymore. Still great for anyone who some how has not seen it yet.
Did you like "The Pacific"? The Pacific can't compare...not even close either. It was good, but far less than what I had hoped. Yeah, I though Band of Brothers was better. I was really excited about "The Pacific" since the trailer looked really good.
The Pacific wasn't quite as good to me. I didn't see all of the episodes, maybe only six or seven of them, but I didn't notice nearly as much character development. The main character (Eugene?) just became desensitized and bitter as the show progressed. There were also a lot more "shocking" scenes (bordering on unnecessary) in The Pacific, such as when the main character slides down the hill and lands on the maggoty corpse.
Its basically a 10 part miniseries about the 101st airborne Easy company just prior and during the European campaign of World War 2.. It has Saving Private Ryan quality.. The producers were Speilberg and Tom Hanks overseeing it.. And each episode has a new director doing it.. There is very few actors you will recognize in it.. The show has profanity, graphic violence and some nudity..
9/10, excellent mini-series which obviously took a lot of hard work to make. How is The Pacific? I have yet to watch it and I don't think they will ever show it on any terrestrial channels here in the UK, so the only other option is to buy the box set. Is the action on the same scale as BoB? How about the acting, are the characters believeable?
The Pacific wasn't quite as good to me. I didn't see all of the episodes, maybe only six or seven of them, but I didn't notice nearly as much character development. The main character (Eugene?) just became desensitized and bitter as the show progressed. There were also a lot more "shocking" scenes (bordering on unnecessary) in The Pacific, such as when the main character slides down the hill and lands on the maggoty corpse.
MajorSport
It wasn't until around episode 5 that I could discern who was who in The Pacific. And even then...I could rarely bring myself to care about them. That show sorely needed a boot-camp sequence like the one in BoB.
[QUOTE="Phooter"]9/10, excellent mini-series which obviously took a lot of hard work to make. How is The Pacific? I have yet to watch it and I don't think they will ever show it on any terrestrial channels here in the UK, so the only other option is to buy the box set. Is the action on the same scale as BoB? How about the acting, are the characters believeable? Acting is good, and there is an amount of action, just not as much as BoB. Characters....there's gonna be about three you'll care about. The Pacific's sole glaring flaw is that character development was awfully handled.
[QUOTE="Verge_6"][QUOTE="Phooter"]9/10, excellent mini-series which obviously took a lot of hard work to make. How is The Pacific? I have yet to watch it and I don't think they will ever show it on any terrestrial channels here in the UK, so the only other option is to buy the box set. Is the action on the same scale as BoB? How about the acting, are the characters believeable? Acting is good, and there is an amount of action, just not as much as BoB. Characters....there's gonna be about three you'll care about. The Pacific's sole glaring flaw is that character development was awfully handled. Hm. It's disappointing to hear that the character development isn't as deep as it was in Band Of Brothers. I may pick The Pacific up one day if it's on sale, I managed to get the Band Of Brothers special edition box set for 7 pounds so hopefully a deal like that for The Pacific comes along. [EDIT] Weird how these forums don't allow the pounds sign :S haha.
Loved it. I should watch it again sometime. I was like 13 or 14 the last time I watched the whole thing. I've met a several of the soldiers portrayed in it and spent a couple hours talking to Wild Bill Guarnere at his house in South Philly. It's a shame I didn't get to meet Winters before he died :cry: He didn't like events and the like.
The Pacific wasn't quite as good to me. I didn't see all of the episodes, maybe only six or seven of them, but I didn't notice nearly as much character development. The main character (Eugene?) just became desensitized and bitter as the show progressed. There were also a lot more "shocking" scenes (bordering on unnecessary) in The Pacific, such as when the main character slides down the hill and lands on the maggoty corpse.
MajorSport
You really owe it to yourself to watch the extras for The Pacific series, because they explain whey they structured the episodes the way they did, including the "shocking" scenes and more focus on less characters. I understood the real differences between the two mini-series afterwards. BoB focuses on the broad scope of WWII and its effects on a particular company. The Pacific, as explained by the directors, was meant to focus on the individual turmoil and agony that each soldier had to endure.
8/10 is just right. Very excellently produced show. There isn't many flaws with the show. The only thing keeping me from giving it anything more than an 8 was that I had problems with the story's pace, some characters I felt weren't given enough screen time to become sympathetic for them(I only gave a **** about Winters), and I never felt all that engaged in the story. Visually, it was one hell of a treat, and like mentioned before, superb production (from the writing to the costumes and sets).
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