'The Pacific' trailer

[Darth Wagtaros]

I could not disagree more.

I really liked that they did not feel the need to cater to the typical perception that you MUST provide the barely thinking viewer with immediate action or they will drift away aimlessly.

I very much liked the first episode of BoB - their experiences training are how their story starts, and it was entirely appropriate that they did not change the sequence of the book to cater to peoples need for immediate bang bang shooting kill someone action.

I'm not sure we watched the same thing.  The episode of The Pacific I saw had three excellent establishing sequences for the three main characters; one who joined up right after Pearl; one who was a career Marine, who had reenlisted before Pearl; and one Southerner with a heart murmur who was aching to join, and whose best friend has to leave for war without him.  It demonstrated how inadequately prepared for the Japanese they were, and the fact that war in the jungle was confusing as shit.  I thought it was very measured.

You did not, indeed, watch the same thing.  Berkut was talking about the first episode of Band of Brothers, and you are talking about the first episode of The Pacific.  They are two different things, as you observe, though done by the same production team. 

IT'S ABOUT THE CHARACTERS!

[CountDeMoney]

I hate Tom Hanks. I can't think of a role he's been in that I liked.

I'd say that's a greater sign of high quality than even two Oscars and three Golden Globes! 

Don't fuck with the fahdiz-garbon-Peter Scolari Entente.

[garbon]

I hate Tom Hanks. I can't think of a role he's been in that I liked.

I'd say that's a greater sign of high quality than even two Oscars and three Golden Globes! 

Don't fuck with the fahdiz-garbon-Peter Scolari Entente.

What relevance are Oscars in a world where Sandra Bullock wins?

[citizen k]

I'm enjoying the Peleliu episodes.

[Fate]

The Pacific feels inferior to BoB in most respects. They need less whoring and more firebombing downtown Tokyo.

[jimmy olsen]

The Pacific feels inferior to BoB in most respects. They need less whoring and more firebombing downtown Tokyo.

I don't remember BoB firebombing Dresden.

[Fate]

The Pacific feels inferior to BoB in most respects. They need less whoring and more firebombing downtown Tokyo.

I don't remember BoB firebombing Dresden.

I mean in terms of action in general. Pick a battle and cover it. Don't spend an entire fucking episode in Melbourne screwing the hot Aussie Greek chick. Kthnx.

[citizen k]

The Pacific feels inferior to BoB in most respects. They need less whoring and more firebombing downtown Tokyo.

I don't remember BoB firebombing Dresden.

I mean in terms of action in general. Pick a battle and cover it. Don't spend an entire fucking episode in Melbourne screwing the hot Aussie Greek chick. Kthnx.

They've spent two spent two episodes on Peleliu with one more next week.

[Fate]

The Pacific feels inferior to BoB in most respects. They need less whoring and more firebombing downtown Tokyo.

I don't remember BoB firebombing Dresden.

I mean in terms of action in general. Pick a battle and cover it. Don't spend an entire fucking episode in Melbourne screwing the hot Aussie Greek chick. Kthnx.

They've spent two spent two episodes on Peleliu with one more next week.

Yeah but 20% of the series is emo ptsd shit and fucking aussie whores. Those two hours could have been better allocated to a second Iwo Jima or Okinawa episode.

[Razgovory]

Personally, if I was a soldier I would have preferred to bang the Aussies rather then fight in a jungle or sit around in a mental ward.

[Brazen]

It's only on subscription services here, but they showed the first two episodes as a teaser this weekend. Wasn't impressed - no training intro to get to know folk before they all look the same in uniform. And I know it's realistic and portrays what the combatants experienced, but having night attack after night attack when you can't see what's going on other that by the flashes of explosions got tedious quickly.

[Syt]

Well, BoB also had 3 non-combat episodes: Currahee, Why We Fight and Points.

Plus, Crossroads was a generally subdued episode despite some combat action, and so was Bastogne which focused on the medic. Last Patrol hardly had any action besides the patrol.

Still, though I dl'ed the first two episodes I couldn't be bothered yet to check the following episodes. The first episode seemed horribly disjointed, and while the second one was better I didn't feel like I could "connect" to the protagonists (unlike with BoB).

[DisturbedPervert]

Those guys spent an entire year in Melbourne.  It's part of their story.

[Habbaku]

I think the series has definitely picked up from what I thought were the low points of the first pair of episodes.  I greatly enjoyed the first episode of Peleliu (watching the second tomorrow) and didn't think the hospital episode was all that bad, either.

[Grey Fox]

It's getting there.