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Niles Crane
01-03-2010, 20:39
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The Pacific is a 2010 ten-part television World War II miniseries, produced by HBO, Seven Network Australia and DreamWorks, which will premiere March 14, 2010.

It is similar, although unrelated, to Band of Brothers. Whereas Band of Brothers focused on the United States Army's involvement in the European Theater of Operations, the new series will be about United States Marine Corps's actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

The Pacific is being spearheaded by Bruce McKenna (co-executive producer), who was one of the main writers on Band of Brothers. Hugh Ambrose, the son of Band of Brothers author Stephen Ambrose, will serve as a project consultant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pacific_%28miniseries%29


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99B80crU3E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smoNSbMs9Yo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eznAl2QJooQ


Is anybody else looking forward to this? I really enjoyed Band of Brothers, so hopefully this will be at the same level.
Hom3r
01-03-2010, 20:43
Well Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg did a supurb job on BoB so I wait on the edge of my seat.

How long are each episodes, being on Sky Movies, I would guess 1 hour, 2 at most.


http://www.hbo.com/#/the-pacific
cimt
01-03-2010, 21:17
I still have 3 more episodes left of BoB. It was removed from VOD before I could finish watching it. I'll have to catch up before this starts because I was loving BoB.
AntiSilence
01-03-2010, 21:27
BoB is my favourite TV series of all time which I've seen from start to finish several times. Looking forward to The Pacific but I've not got Sky Movies so I'm going to have to wait a bit longer.
Hugh
01-03-2010, 22:07
Amazingly, you can get the BoB BluRay for £17.99 from Amazon.

(If only I didn't have the original box-set.....)
cimt
01-03-2010, 23:04
Amazingly, you can get the BoB BluRay for £17.99 from Amazon.

(If only I didn't have the original box-set.....)

Thanks, just ordered it off Play.com (it was the same price). I'm suprised at how cheap it is considering how much TV shows usually cost on DVD, nevermind blu-ray.
DocDutch
07-03-2010, 00:28
its a real bugger thats its on $ky movies....means I either have to wait for it to come on normal terrestial or .......
soup dragon
07-03-2010, 11:30
i think i will go for the or........
frogstamper
10-03-2010, 04:03
This looks an absolutely superb drama, I am well looking forward to it.
Simcut
12-03-2010, 09:14
Can't wait, Band Of Brothers was the best tv series I've ever seen. CANNOT WAIT!
D_Skids
12-03-2010, 10:51
I keep watching the trailers hoping for an actual date instead of just coming this Easter.
I also loved BoB and although different directors etc Over There which was a similar thing but set in Iraq.
I had the box set of that but loaned it to a friend and never saw it again
cimt
15-03-2010, 11:24
Well the first episode has now aired in the US. It looks like it's going to be fantastic.
Hom3r
23-03-2010, 22:34
I saw the trailer on sky 1, it said exclusive to Sky Movies HD.

Does this mean that it is only on HD, and not SD?
AntiSilence
23-03-2010, 23:43
Well, when the new series of House was advertised as on Sky1 HD, it was shown on normal Sky1 too. Not sure if that will apply to Sky Movies though.
icestar2
23-03-2010, 23:52
I saw the trailer on sky 1, it said exclusive to Sky Movies HD.

Does this mean that it is only on HD, and not SD?

http://creative.sky.com/thepacific/

Exlusive to Sky Movies HD & Sky Movies

So I would assume its on both so will be showing is SD on Sky Movies to.
zing_deleted
24-03-2010, 00:16
watched the first 2 eps .Its ok buts its no Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan
DocDutch
24-03-2010, 02:15
yeah agree there Zing...but it is good...only thing I dont like is the B&W historic bits at the beginning other then that its alright but yeah not on par with BoB but then its only the 1st 2 eps we have seen.
AntiSilence
24-03-2010, 15:54
Not seen any yet, but I'll be getting it on DVD to go with my BoB box set.
Hom3r
24-03-2010, 21:53
Not seen any yet, but I'll be getting it on DVD to go with my BoB box set.

Ditto along with another £100's worth of DVDs
Casbah-Joe
30-03-2010, 21:35
I've set it up to record on Virgin+, but there's no yellow button to series link record :(
NO ONE
06-04-2010, 22:53
wall it the best thing on tv at toe Moment(ex 24)
xpod
06-04-2010, 23:04
I`ve got to agree with Zing on this one.
They should have gave up while they were ahead if you ask me.
Simcut
13-04-2010, 15:40
watched the first 2 eps .Its ok buts its no Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan

Bit soon to say that isn't it? you havent seen The Pacific all the way through yet.

No offence but I hate it when people say such things "it not as good as...." when it hasn't even finished.
cimt
13-04-2010, 15:50
Band of Brothers was excellent from start to finish. This is slowly improving for me. I'd say it's no Band of Brothers too...
Simcut
13-04-2010, 17:13
well, I think we'd probably be saying the same if The pacific was first and then Band of Brothers followed. I don't think we should compare the two. The Pacific is very good in my opinion.

By the way, later this year I'm planning on visiting the place in Switzerland where they filmed the "Austria" scenes of Band Of Brothers :D first time I saw it was on BOB and it was so beautiful there, I wanna visit that place, gonna go to that hotel where they filmed near the end of the series too (where some soldiers walk up to Winters and say goodbye to him etc) :)
Hom3r
02-06-2010, 23:07
Just saw the very last episode, I didn't realise the main characters where based on real people.

This one had a very impressive record

One of them Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Puller is the most decorated U.S. Marine in history, and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Crosses), the United States Navy's and Marines' highest decoration for valor.

Awards

Navy Cross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Cross) (x5)
Distinguished Service Cross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States))
Silver Star (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Star)
Legion of Merit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Merit) (x2)
Bronze Star (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal)
Air Medal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Medal) (x3)
Purple Heart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart)
cimt
02-06-2010, 23:53
I stopped watching after the guy who was in season 2 off 24 stopped being in episodes. I think he played Lucky or someone with a similar name. Focusing on that kid has been terrible. I haven't watched the final 3 episodes yet.