mjmooney Posted March 24, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2010 The book is also disappointing. Written by Mark Ambrose, and he sadly lacks the writing talent of his late dad. I dunno if it was a publishers/editor thing, but it has the most irritatingly "dumbed down" explanations I've ever seen in a history book. EVERYTHING is laboriously explained to a ludicrous degree. For example, when told that the recruiting tent conteained a number of NCOs, we are then told (in brackets) that "NCO" means "non-commissioned officer". OOO-KAYYYY. But then it is FURTHER explained that this means "sergeants, corporals, etc." For ****'s sake, who is this book aimed at? We are also told that "R.A.F." stands for "the Royal Air Force (of Great Britain)", that the port side of a ship is the left, and that the captain is sometimes known as "the skipper". Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!! If they were really worried that we wouldn't understand this, they should have put in a glossary instead of repeatedly embedding definitions in the text. But no. And no index either - always a black mark in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 24, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2010 So. It looks like: Band of Brothers > Saving Private Ryan The Pacific < The Thin Red Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 It's got the kid from Jurassic park in, always wondered where he disappeared to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddington Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I saw episode 1 on Sunday night...... It was okay....BoB did an excellent job of defining all the main characters in the first episode....in this, they didn't. I guess comparing it to BoB is unfair, but it's inevitable. It was decent stuff, but it could be a lot better. I'm hoping so. Band of Brothers was the best mini-series in history, full stop. Like maproll said, The Pacific didn't really define all the main characters well so its extremely hard to catch on with whoes who. Watch two episodes now, didn't think much of the first episode but the second was explosive. Brilliant episode and im hoping the rest are just like it. Even if this series comes halfway close to how good BoB was it'll be brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 One of the main characters really looks like Chris Sutton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 So. It looks like: Band of Brothers > Saving Private Ryan The Pacific < The Thin Red Line SPR was complete dung other than the beach storming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 25, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2010 So. It looks like: Band of Brothers > Saving Private Ryan The Pacific < The Thin Red Line SPR was complete dung other than the beach storming.Even the beach landing - for all its impact - had a major flaw. It didn't give any impression of the sheer scale of the operation. It gave the impression that it was a company-scale assault, and it took under an hour to completely secure the beach. If you read contemporary accounts, and look at some of the photographs taken at the time, you realise that there were thousands and thousands of men, and hundreds of vehicles involved - filling the beach and stretching as far as the eye could see (not to mention a sea FULL of ships, and aircraft constantly overhead). And it ground on all day long, hour after hour, after hour. Now I appreciate that a two-hour film can't possibly replicate all that, but it's worth bearing in mind when you watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ive got sky coming out easter sunday to put the HD box in, shows how much of a push they must be having cos of this, couldnt belive it when they said they'd be round on any sunday let alone easter sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 So far I'm really enjoying it. No it could never live up to the genius that was Band of Brothers but in it's own right it's superb, especially compared to anything else on TV at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I noticed they got the 'decapitated head with a severed dick shoved in its mouth' scene in pretty quickly. WTF is all that about? :shock:Never read a war book? It's been a common practice since war began. Never heard that one before. I'm sure that happens in the Sven Hassel war books too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGyver Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 The last couple episodes have been excellent. The landing at Peleliu in particular was really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Really loving this episode, especially the two aussie birds that get some action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 12, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2010 Don't usually like war programmes but decided to give the first 2 episodes a go seeing as they were on Sky Anytime. They were OK. I haven't caught the bug yet but I'll watch the 3rd one and we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 The 3rd one is pretty much introducing the characters, and the 4th is odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Watched episode three tonight, thought it was excellent, loved the character development, it bodes well for the rest of the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I haven't watched Episode 3 yet.....it's Sky+ for tomorrow, but I thought the first 2 episodes of Pacific were excellent... Sobering account of War and the awful effects in has on ordinary people & their lives..., which so often gets overlooked in gung ho accounts. Watched the Making of Pacific also....with Tom Hanks et al....very interesting. I wondered about the actor playing Eugene......what was he the star of...when he was young.. was it ET?...It's bugging me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_villa Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 I haven't watched Episode 3 yet.....it's Sky+ for tomorrow, but I thought the first 2 episodes of Pacific were excellent... Sobering account of War and the awful effects in has on ordinary people & their lives..., which so often gets overlooked in gung ho accounts. Watched the Making of Pacific also....with Tom Hanks et al....very interesting. I wondered about the actor playing Eugene......what was he the star of...when he was young.. was it ET?...It's bugging me! Close! He was the lil kid in Jurrasic Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Close! He was the lil kid in Jurrasic Park! Of course he was......Silly me!!...cheers for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 14, 2010 Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2010 Is anyone else a teeny tiny bit concerned with the timing of this mini-series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevMur Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Is anyone else a teeny tiny bit concerned with the timing of this mini-series? You're going to have to give me a little more to go on BOF. I'm three episodes in, thought it was so so until third episode. Will stick with it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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