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[Series] The Pacific

Postby warren-the-ape » Sat Mar 13, 2010 18:54

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The Pacific is a new mini series from the creators of Band of Brothers, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. The story focusses on the events in Japan during WWII, and will premier at March 14th 2010.

Official Site: HBO: The Pacific
IMDb: "The Pacific"

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The Pacific is based primarily on two memoirs of U.S. Marines: With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. The series will tell the stories of the two authors and Marine John Basilone, as the war against the Empire of Japan rages. Additional material for The Pacific is provided from the books Red Blood, Black Sand (Chuck Tatum), and China Marine (Eugene B. Sledge).

Given the literary sources mentioned above, the series will feature well-known battles involving the 1st Marine Division, such as Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa, as well as Basilone's involvement in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Hugh Ambrose has authored the official tie-in book to the series, which follows the stories of the three men featured in the series as well as stories of their fellow Marines. It is set to publish in the US and UK in March 2010.


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Image Pfc. Robert Leckie Image Sgt. John Basilone

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Episode    Name                        Broadcast Date

01x01      Guadalcanal/Leckie          14-03-2010
01x02      Basilone                    21-03-2010
01x03      Melbourne                   28-03-2010
01x04      Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika    04-04-2010
01x05      Peleliu Landing             11-04-2010
01x06      Peleliu Airfield            18-04-2010
01x07      Peleliu Hills               25-04-2010
01x08      Iwo Jima                    02-05-2010
01x09      Okinawa                     09-05-2010
01x10      Home                        16-05-2010



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Postby Betinho » Sat Mar 13, 2010 19:20

sounds cool :). when the serie come to latin america (i have HBO in directv) but i think i will have to wait to april for see this serie in Argentina, i will wait ofc coz i really like this kind of series :D

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Postby deep » Sat Mar 13, 2010 22:33

i loved band of brothers series. looking forward to this 1.

Spielberg!! D:

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Postby Ammz » Sat Mar 13, 2010 22:46

Well this sure does look good Mr. Ape. I will be sure to note the release date and download them right away to my PC!
That's how it has to work for us Europeans being denied good series on television :P
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Postby Dutchman » Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:21

ammz nab as far as i know they are comming on tv here... and as far i know im european :p

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Postby warren-the-ape » Tue Mar 16, 2010 23:38

Ammz wrote:Edit: Dutch, as far as I know it ain't gonna happen on the release date :P


Yep that's true, unless you have HBO. Heard they cut off the intro in one country though xD
For the Dutchies; The Pacific will air on Veronica @ April 3th.


Watched the first ep. last night, kinda mixed feelings but that's probably because I know far less about the war in the Pacific than the war in Europe.

Intro with some veterans again, a great artsy opening sequence, a strong musical score and great cinematography. Not as dark (desaturated) and gritty as BoB, well duh.. it's the freaking tropics, but the action itself is a lot more gruesome.

Gotta love those Japanese Banzai attacks, the 1st ep even features a tactic from one of our latest topics ;) Yeah, bon appétit.

Anyway, first ep. was nice, no Curahee (training) though but I hope there will be a little more field tactics in the upcoming episodes.
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Postby FlowerPower » Wed Mar 17, 2010 13:12

I saw the advertsing yesterday: on pay-per-view tv it starts on May in Italy (Europe wheeeee) :D

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Postby Ammz » Wed Mar 17, 2010 16:26

Sounds like a really good episode actually :) I might download it.
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Postby Xand3r » Tue Mar 23, 2010 17:22

yep i think its a nice movie if i saw the trailers :)

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Postby Samuraii » Tue Mar 23, 2010 17:34

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, icannot wait! :D , but trailers on tv are like wtf :P some letters in background at a real movie going on, and then suddenly it seems to be a trailer :D
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Re: [Series] The Pacific

Postby Death » Tue Mar 23, 2010 21:08

Looks real good :) Wanna see it too :)

But one thing. The creators of steven spielberg and Tom Hanks? :O
They must be gods xD


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Postby deep » Tue Mar 23, 2010 21:30

Watched the first one. Nothing extremely different from the other ww2 movies i've seen. But the story is thrilling. They're like the kind of episodes which makes me want to see the next episode no matter what :P . Although i prefer to get the action from it in one piece.

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Re: [Series] The Pacific

Postby Samuraii » Tue Mar 23, 2010 22:05

Deatheater wrote:Looks real good :) Wanna see it too :)

But one thing. The creators of steven spielberg and Tom Hanks? :O
They must be gods xD


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The Pacific is a new mini series from the creators of Band of Brothers, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.


The pacific is from the same creators of band of brothers , these creators of band of brothers are steven spielberg and tom hanks, (as said)

the pacific creators were not the creators of stevenspielberg and tom hanks ;p, in other words, the pacific is created by steven spielberg and tom hanks :P reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeead slooooooooooooooow :P
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Postby Miszczu » Sat Mar 27, 2010 17:36

Anyway, first ep. was nice, no Curahee (training) though but I hope there will be a little more field tactics in the upcoming episodes.


Im afraid U can be a little bit disapointed about that "field tactics" that u re looking for. As U probably know, Pacific's scenario was created on two books: "Helmet for My Pillow" (first 2 episodes) and "With the Old Breed", which re very good ones as i heared (never read), but they re more telling how soldiers were living that war and what were their feelings (wrote by two vets, ye). U rather wont know from them where exactly defensive postions were, if u know what i mean. This the biggest diference between Pacific and BoB. Ambrose were driving all the Europe with Winters and told him to point where every stupid browning was ;] Here, it's all up to scenarists.

Well, in 3rd episode scenarists re changing so maybe it's gonna be better :>
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Postby deep » Tue May 18, 2010 20:26

all 10 were awesome. i recommend it. theres not much action, but its mainly focused on their feelings at wars and after it. it gives a nice review what really went on in those wars.

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Postby Samuraii » Tue May 18, 2010 20:34

Diamond wrote:all 10 were awesome. i recommend it. theres not much action, but its mainly focused on their feelings at wars and after it. it gives a nice review what really went on in those wars.


exactly! But the Band of Brothers was way better :( (still have to watch part 10 :P but anyway)
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Postby Daghel » Tue May 18, 2010 20:46

Pacific -->Band of Brothers--->Generation Kill

Just can't stand the amount of patos in most productions signed by S.Spielberg.
And music is just terrible imo :roll:
Still Generation Killis the leader between all war series.
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Postby DaRkMaN » Tue May 18, 2010 20:58

I like those kind of series and movies,i talk with a lot of people who where in war in croatia and when you hear those kind of storys,you dont know if you will cry or laugh.
Everybody says,those who never went to war just cant understand what that soldier next to you means to you in that moment.
So if it is 10 % of Band of brothers i will like it very much.

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