The Pacific Trailer
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I'm looking forward to seeing this eventually. Band of Brothers was a great miniseries, but I think The Pacific will be much closer to my heart as I've heard so many stories of the Pacific theater growing up (my grandfather fought at Okinawa and was ready to move for Operation Downfall).
Last year, Generation Kill, this year, The Pacific. Nice. 
Your grandfather, too? My paternal grandfather was a Navy corpman at Okinawa (and Saipan). Was your grandfather Navy or Marines?
Anyone watch the first episode?
I think they must have said "Jap" like 20 times.
Which hey, after Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor, I appreciate the lack of jingoism and overt racism when they say it here.
As for the episode itself... people are already comparing it to Band of Brothers - just in terms of how it introduces the cast and gets things going... and I must admit, I prefer Curahee to what they did this time around. That is to say, I'd much rather see these guys bond in training rather than the home front stuff.
Also, I can't get into the theme song. I almost would have preferred if they used some Japanese influence.
I think they must have said "Jap" like 20 times.
Which hey, after Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor, I appreciate the lack of jingoism and overt racism when they say it here.
As for the episode itself... people are already comparing it to Band of Brothers - just in terms of how it introduces the cast and gets things going... and I must admit, I prefer Curahee to what they did this time around. That is to say, I'd much rather see these guys bond in training rather than the home front stuff.
Also, I can't get into the theme song. I almost would have preferred if they used some Japanese influence.
MeanJoePhaser
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The theme music is pretty blah, not even coming close to the self-importance and whistfulness that Band of Brothers's theme had.
I'm glad they skipped boot camp, actually, and some 20 minutes in we were offf Guadalcanal.
The gung-ho captain being a terrified mess in actual combat was a bit lame. You just know it's either that or he gets himself killed in some foolish manner.
I hope this show gets a second season. Band of Brothers got canned after less than a dozen episodes.
I'm glad they skipped boot camp, actually, and some 20 minutes in we were offf Guadalcanal.
The gung-ho captain being a terrified mess in actual combat was a bit lame. You just know it's either that or he gets himself killed in some foolish manner.
I hope this show gets a second season. Band of Brothers got canned after less than a dozen episodes.
Or they can go the Hot Shots Part Deux route: "I can kill again! You've given me a reason to live."
Just FYI: BoB didn't get canned... it was meant to be a 10 episode miniseries, as is The Pacific.
I missed the wink.
The DVD is supposed to hit father's day apparently.
The DVD is supposed to hit father's day apparently.
No jingoism? Looks like I'll come through unscathed. I've made a few informal bets with friends as to how wincing the patriotism on this show will be (given the rather painful earnestness in the trailers) - and I, the eternal optimist, took the side the show wouldn't be self-congratulatory jingoism. We'll see how this rides.I think they must have said "Jap" like 20 times.
Which hey, after Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor, I appreciate the lack of jingoism and overt racism when they say it here.
Would have defeated the point, no?
Good start into the series but it will need a few eps to get familiar and perhaps most important find its own style separate from Band of Brothers.
I love the intro with the crayons drawing pictures which morph into live movie sequences.. the music is sort of standard and nothing really memorable.
A few clichés like the commanding officer who breaks under the first combat stress and the soldier finding personal items of an enemy soldier he just killed telling us that even the enemy is just regular folks like them just on the other side.
I'll be definitely watching on but it will be hard to reach the awesomeness of Band of Brothers.
I love the intro with the crayons drawing pictures which morph into live movie sequences.. the music is sort of standard and nothing really memorable.
A few clichés like the commanding officer who breaks under the first combat stress and the soldier finding personal items of an enemy soldier he just killed telling us that even the enemy is just regular folks like them just on the other side.
I'll be definitely watching on but it will be hard to reach the awesomeness of Band of Brothers.
Father's Day. Not bad at all. Can't wait to see it.
And, speaking of which, my dad still hasn't seen Generation Kill. Perhaps they'd make a good gift together. And, if by chance I was forced to watch them, well, we all have to make sacrifices.
I think the difference is that WW2 is treated with a fetishized reverence while Iraq is treated with detached irony. If The Pacific operates like any other piece of WW2 media, it'll make you romanticize the war and almost wish you could have been there (although definitely the Pacific campaign was probably rougher than the European one).
GK on the other hand... it's both entirely cynical of the war as a whole - and life in the armed forces - yet it celebrates the strange bond that only exists in these uni-gendered spaces. Or, it's basically a sports movie with guns.
No jingoism? Looks like I'll come through unscathed. I've made a few informal bets with friends as to how wincing the patriotism on this show will be (given the rather painful earnestness in the trailers) - and I, the eternal optimist, took the side the show wouldn't be self-congratulatory jingoism. We'll see how this rides.I think they must have said "Jap" like 20 times.
Which hey, after Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor, I appreciate the lack of jingoism and overt racism when they say it here.
Would have defeated the point, no?
Never mind - one dude does say "Yellow monkey" at some point.
As for the theme... Of course I've just heard it once, but it just sounds like generic orchestra. Oh well.
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The reverence also feels weirldy parochical. I don't know how Americans reacted to the trailers, but the meaningful intonations by the young man about the desire to find that the war was just and pure and noble sort of rubs one as high camp here.
Band of Brothers used Edward Elgar's Nimrod, (granted a British composer may be as apt as Japanese themes) which is very beautiful. Interested to hear what comes out of Pacific, anyway.
The reverence also feels weirldy parochical. I don't know how Americans reacted to the trailers, but the meaningful intonations by the young man about the desire to find that the war was just and pure and noble sort of rubs one as high camp here.
Band of Brothers used Edward Elgar's Nimrod, (granted a British composer may be as apt as Japanese themes) which is very beautiful. Interested to hear what comes out of Pacific, anyway.
The first episode was okay. I'm still trying to figure out who is who. I will admit I enjoyed the Band of Brothers 1st episode better than this one. It reminded me of "The Thin Red Line" which I didnt really like all that much.
Good News to all non-HBO folks -- the first episode is available on hbo.com
No idea if later episodes will be offered and you do have to register to watch it.
No idea if later episodes will be offered and you do have to register to watch it.
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
I never figured that out in Band of Brothers.
Okay, there's red headed guy, Office Space guy, 2 blonde guys, Donnie Wahlberg, the Italian jerk...that's all I got. Everyone else looked alike.
Hopefully, Jimmy Fallon will pop up in The Pacific, too.
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