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The Pacific compared to Band of Brothers?
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:30 pm
Been on a WWII kick this month, started with the World Wars docu on History Channel...and I just finished Band of Brothers and I loved it! I'm about to start The Pacific, and I am expecting a letdown because BoB was pure greatness....does The Pacific match up?
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Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:31 pm to biglil3
No it doesn't match up
I watched band of brothers recently. Finished them all.
Started Pacific right after. Only made it through 2 episodes
Eta: I have watched all of them before. Just couldn't rewatch it
I watched band of brothers recently. Finished them all.
Started Pacific right after. Only made it through 2 episodes
Eta: I have watched all of them before. Just couldn't rewatch it
This post was edited on 6/22/14 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:35 pm to HailToTheChiz
They're very different....but Band of Brothers blows The Pacific away.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:36 pm to biglil3
If you go into The Pacific expecting Band of Brothers, you'll be severely disappointed.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:39 pm to Kel Varnsen
quote:
If you go into The Pacific expecting Band of Brothers, you'll be severely disappointed.
Bout what I expected, thanks for the input guys
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:42 pm to biglil3
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:47 pm to HailToTheChiz
quote:
No it doesn't match up
I watched band of brothers recently. Finished them all.
Started Pacific right after. Only made it through 2 episodes
Eta: I have watched all of them before. Just couldn't rewatch it
I agree. You become very familiar with all the characters and invested in the characters in Band of Brothers. You are put into boot camp on BoB and get to know all the characters before they go to war.
With Pacific, you are cast into the shite early and you have no idea and don't care who any of the characters are for half of the series. I really had to suck it up to finish Pacific and never cared for it much. I bought the BluRay combo set of BoB/Pacific and had intentions of watching all of them over the course of a weekend or two and just haven't sat down and done it.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:50 pm to biglil3
Just finished The Pacific and really liked it. It is different from BoB. Pretty horrific what those guys in the Pacific Theatre went through.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 9:54 pm to BAYOUBUCKEYE
Pacific is very good
BoB was GOAT material.
I recommend people watch pacific first.
BoB was GOAT material.
I recommend people watch pacific first.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 10:06 pm to biglil3
I thought The Pacific was great. It had weaknesses, of course, and was a very different show than Band of Brothers. The wars were also very different wars from Europe to the Far East.
That being said:
forget about this.^
WWII in HD Color plays all the time on the Military Channel (now AHC) and is a great synopsis of the Second World War.
LINK
There is so much better stuff out there on WWI and WWII than that "World Wars" series. I hope people seek out the actually good stuff instead of the superficial.
That being said:
quote:
started with the World Wars docu on History Channel
forget about this.^
WWII in HD Color plays all the time on the Military Channel (now AHC) and is a great synopsis of the Second World War.
LINK
There is so much better stuff out there on WWI and WWII than that "World Wars" series. I hope people seek out the actually good stuff instead of the superficial.
Posted on 6/22/14 at 10:20 pm to ChewyDante
It's comparing an A+ to a B+
Pacific is very good
Pacific is very good
Posted on 6/22/14 at 10:21 pm to dallastiger55
Pacific is an Australian love story set in the early 1940's.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 1:20 am to biglil3
Pacific is WAY better IMO!
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:34 am to lsu480
The Pacific has hot naked Australians.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:53 am to lsu480
quote:I respectfully disagree.
Pacific is WAY better IMO!
Posted on 6/23/14 at 7:16 am to biglil3
The Pacific is good for showing just how shitty it was in the Pacific theater. The later episodes with Sledge in Pelelui and Okinawa are brutal. You don't get the attachment to the crew like you do in BoB, but The Pacific is still good. The two middle non-combat episodes in Australia and the US take a lot of steam out of the series. The last one back home is pretty good.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:23 am to BottomlandBrew
BOB was based on one book which developed characters and made an easier transition to TV. The pacific is based on three different books, so you don't get as good of a transition like BoB.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 8:27 am to BottomlandBrew
Agreed.
It's not fair to even compare the two shows. The guys fighting in Europe had all the glory, they were fighting an enemy head on. The Pacific(show) showed exactly how shitty it was, there was no glory to be had down there, it was just a nasty war. The show was great IMO for the subject material. BoB was great and epic, it's really not fair to compare the two on equal ground.
It's not fair to even compare the two shows. The guys fighting in Europe had all the glory, they were fighting an enemy head on. The Pacific(show) showed exactly how shitty it was, there was no glory to be had down there, it was just a nasty war. The show was great IMO for the subject material. BoB was great and epic, it's really not fair to compare the two on equal ground.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:31 am to Kel Varnsen
Band of Brothers followed that one group around the whole series.
Pacific, due to the nature of the conflict didn't allow that type of series.
I liked both but BOB was better. The Pacific did a good job of showing the struggle of those that came back because that was a brutal campaign for those who fought in the Pacific.
Pacific, due to the nature of the conflict didn't allow that type of series.
I liked both but BOB was better. The Pacific did a good job of showing the struggle of those that came back because that was a brutal campaign for those who fought in the Pacific.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:37 am to nicholastiger
Those dogging Pacific are full of shite it was a great series. As others have pointed out BoB follows 1 unit from start to finish so characters are built and you get invested in them. the Pacific is a different beast all together.
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