'The Pacific' trailer

[Ed Anger]

I get management tips from Sobel's leadership style.

Is making pouty looks when angry one of them?

That and making everybody eat Spaghetti then running them up a hill.

[Siege]

Fuck.  When's the next episode airing?  Are they rerunning the first episode?

Yeah, it's on quite a few times this week.  Tonight at 10pm on HBO2 East, for example.

Oh hell, they're running it on HBO's webpage now.
http://www.hbo.com/#/the-pacific/index.html/

Where in that page do I click to watch the show?
I can't find it. I think that's just a commercial, or a preview, not the actual show.

[Siege]

Wish I had HBO.

http://eztv.it/

Ok. What do I do with this?

[Habbaku]

Where in that page do I click to watch the show?
I can't find it. I think that's just a commercial, or a preview, not the actual show.

You have to register first.  After doing that, you should be able to watch the episode no problem.

[Grey Fox]

BoB's first Ep was better then this one.

I'm left a little underwhelmed actually.

[Habbaku]

Yeah.  It didn't do a good job of introducing the characters and the combat was a mishmash.  Too little idea of what's going on, though I'm sure that's part of what they were going for.

Still, the visuals were very impressive and I can see potential, so I hold out hope for the series improving a lot.

[katmai]

Where is fahdiz?
We need someone to complain about Tom hanks in this thread.

[grumbler]

Where is fahdiz?
We need someone to complain about Tom hanks in this thread.

Yep.  I need to hear again how such a shit actor won back-to-back Oscars, and three Golden Globe awards.

[Scipio]

Great first ep.  Sure beats the first ep of BoB.

Not seen the first Pacific ep yet but BoB...aye.
They really should have started with a bit of action and landings and then flashed back to the drama and all that in England

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.

[grumbler]

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. 

[katmai]

Where is fahdiz?
We need someone to complain about Tom hanks in this thread.

Yep.  I need to hear again how such a shit actor won back-to-back Oscars, and three Golden Globe awards.

I know Fahdiz, Fahdiz is a friend of mine. You sir, are no Fahdiz.

[grumbler]

You sir, are no Fahdiz.

A fact for which I daily thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[garbon]

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

[Syt]

Great first ep.  Sure beats the first ep of BoB.

Not seen the first Pacific ep yet but BoB...aye.
They really should have started with a bit of action and landings and then flashed back to the drama and all that in England

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 agree with your disagreement. I thought the pacing of BoB over its 10 episodes very good. Of course they had "only" one year (plus training) to cover, while Pacific covers over 3 years.

Something that confused me about BoB at first were the pretty large cast of characters that seemed to fade into and out of the narrative, though after watching it a second time it became much better in that regard.

Will see how Pacific pans out. Guadalcanal felt a bit incoherent and disjointed at times, but seeing how this is shown from the perspective of NCOs who don't have the full picture it seems ok.

[grumbler]

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!