The Pacific

youngster
youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
edited May 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
Did anyone see the trailer for this last night on HBO before True Blood? It's a 10 part miniseries coming in March 2010 about the Marines involvement in the Pacific Theatre of WWII. Battles of Pelelieu, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima are highlighted. I personally loved Band of Brothers and am highly anticipating this one. Produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Speilberg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_(miniseries)
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I am a hue fan of Band of Brothers too and have been looking forward to this for some time. Wish i would ave seen the preview. Can't find it anywhere on the web.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    thanks for the heads up... the pacific was my grandpas side of the war so im looking forward to this alot... hope its as good as band of brothers
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/

    Just saw the preview for this. Looks amazing!! Cannot wait.
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    aNiMaL wrote:
    http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/

    Just saw the preview for this. Looks amazing!! Cannot wait.

    I'm excited for the miniseries but my first impression is it's more "Hollywood" than Band of Brothers. Doesn't seem to have the same gritty, shaky camera work and looks like they're trying to incorporate the tried and true Hollywood love story/war story formula. I look forward to more trailers.
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Anyone else getting really stoked for this mini-series? March cannot come soon enough.
  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    gabers wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/

    Just saw the preview for this. Looks amazing!! Cannot wait.

    I'm excited for the miniseries but my first impression is it's more "Hollywood" than Band of Brothers. Doesn't seem to have the same gritty, shaky camera work and looks like they're trying to incorporate the tried and true Hollywood love story/war story formula. I look forward to more trailers.

    I haven't seen the preview, but from what I have read about this it could be really good. My only real worry is that Band of Brothers was based on real guys, Winters, Nixon, Sobel and the rest were all real people so and those episodes were based on their real experiences in Europe. That meant you really couldn't hollywood the story up to much to make it more like a movie. With The Pacific, from what I understand it is based on fictional characters, so the writers can pretty much have them do whatever they want.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    gabers wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    http://www.hbo.com/events/pacific/

    Just saw the preview for this. Looks amazing!! Cannot wait.

    I'm excited for the miniseries but my first impression is it's more "Hollywood" than Band of Brothers. Doesn't seem to have the same gritty, shaky camera work and looks like they're trying to incorporate the tried and true Hollywood love story/war story formula. I look forward to more trailers.

    I haven't seen the preview, but from what I have read about this it could be really good. My only real worry is that Band of Brothers was based on real guys, Winters, Nixon, Sobel and the rest were all real people so and those episodes were based on their real experiences in Europe. That meant you really couldn't hollywood the story up to much to make it more like a movie. With The Pacific, from what I understand it is based on fictional characters, so the writers can pretty much have them do whatever they want.

    It is actually based on a true story. Or rather, stories because it is an adaptation of the memoirs "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge and "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie. The Pacific will tell the tales of these two men as well as a couple of others and their experiences in the Pacific War.
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    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
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    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Yes, that looks very good. I plan to watch it.
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    my grandpa fought on those islands.
    guess i'll check it out some time.
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    loved Band of Brothers

    will definitly be checking this one out
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I'll check this out.

    I also just downloaded the full series of 'The World at War'.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Did anyone catch World War II in HD on the History Channel a couple of months ago? It is amazing to me that so much never before seen footage continues to emerge. And all of this footage is in color.
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    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,827
    Flagg wrote:
    Did anyone catch World War II in HD on the History Channel a couple of months ago? It is amazing to me that so much never before seen footage continues to emerge. And all of this footage is in color.

    I did and yeah it was incredible it really made you feel what a war is all about ..
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  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Just started watching band of brothers today. Looking forward to the Pacific. I guess it comes out 3/14. Perfect
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    I think it was a great idea to lead in to The Pacific with Band of Brothers. That mini series never gets old. I've probably watched the entire series four times and read the book, which was just an outstanding read.

    Now that I've watched the "making of" The Pacific and read a little more into it I'm really looking forward to it. It will definitely be on my DVR schedule. From the looks of it they really took a no holds barred approach, which was lacking in pretty much every other WWII film about the war in the Pacific. The mindset on both sides was more like pure hatred than the fair amount of respect the Germans and Americans had for each other.
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Reading With the Old Breed now in preparation for this. Wow. I just can't comprehend what these people went through. Just unbelievable.
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    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Band of Brothers was one of my favorite things ever on television. I ended up buying it I liked it so much. I can't wait for The Pacific.
  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Well, 5 days left till this premieres. I have seen the ads on HBO and it looks unbelievable. Sunday can't come soon enough.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    I can't wait for Sunday nite.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smoNSbMs9Yo
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Bump for tonight's start of The Pacific on HBO.

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