The Pacific

I knew they went through some terrible stuff, but the Okinawa parts were just insanely brutal. I didn't think I could respect what those men did anymore than I did already, but seeing that really hit home with me. More so than BoB even.

1. Generation Kill
2. Band of Brothers
3. The Pacific (very distant third)

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1. Generation Kill
2. Band of Brothers
3. The Pacific (very distant third)

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I liked Generation Kill, but no way was it better than either of those two.

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The Pacific was based on 2 very different books. It also had a third story line. It told the story of 3 different people who had very little to no contact with each other. On the other hand, B.O.B. was based on one book and followed one company through WW2. B.O.B. flowed much better. That is the only reason I thing B.O.B. was a better series.

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I agree with this. Though I think the Leckie and Sledge parts could have been successfully fused. They did do a little of that using Sid and the scene with the books\library. But they had to take some liberties to do it.

But the Basilone story was of a different tone. I think they could have maybe done a stand alone movie or short series based on his story and used just the Sledge and Leckie stories for the main series. Or heck, maybe just make them three separate series.

But the tone

They are both excellent but so different as they should be. The battle for Europe was a romantic adventure fused with brotherhood, death and humanity. The battle for the Pacific was nothing short of hell. Both were devastating and life altering but the Pacific was void of any pretense of humanity.