Milfner Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 The only two characters I know are Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge. Sledgehammer is by far by favourite character, followed by the old, bald sargeant (I'm sorta proving everyones point here) but he left it when he lost the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 18, 2010 Moderator Share Posted May 18, 2010 ---- SPOILER ---- Episode 8 had a horrible inevitability about it. I knew what they were doing for the whole episode. And it further hammers home the futility of war and the cheapness of life in it. Good episode and a lovely lady ---- END ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGyver Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 The series has ended over here and I thought it was brilliant and very well done. Part 9 is probably my favorite. About the names - It's probably easy for me to keep track since I'm familiar with the books the series is based on, but they do say each other's names quite a bit. Leckie's buddies generally only go by their nicknames since Leckie didn't use their real names in his memoir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 1, 2010 Moderator Share Posted June 1, 2010 Just watched the final episode. I thought it was a brilliant episode and I particularly liked the way they wrapped it all up. Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 4, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted November 4, 2010 The Pacific out now on DVD. Cheapest I've seen it is Morrisons, for twenty quid. With my daughter's 10% staff discount and a special "double discount" day coming up shortly, that'll be sixteen to me. Lovely jubbly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 6, 2010 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2010 Just finished Ep 1 now on Bluray, straight to Ep 2 then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 9, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2011 FINALLY... I can count myself amongst those who have seen Band of Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 How did you find it? Personally it has to be the best series I've ever watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 FINALLY... I can count myself amongst those who have seen Band of Brothers Did you do the single day marathon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 9, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2011 No I took the odd day off but pretty much always watched them 2 episodes (1 disc) per day. Have to say I enjoyed the final disc more. Particuarly the episode where they discover the concentration camp - "Why we Fight". Man that was very well shot. I enjoyed it. It was probably built up a little too much to me because pretty much everyone was saying it's the greatest thing they've ever watched (along with The Wire). So I guess I'm just not bowled over by the war genre and find it less enjoyable and more stressful to watch than many of you clearly do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Ive still not seen The Wire or The Saprono's...really should invest in both of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 On a related note Dick Winters passed away in January I think. Good innings that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 9, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2011 Yeah I read that. I had 10 years to watch it and he died months before I finally did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 7, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2011 I've finally started watching the Pacific, managed to nab the bluray boxset from work (absolutely mint too ). Watched 2 episodes last night and, while I can already tell it's not a Band of Brothers, I enjoyed it. My main issue with it is that it seems very disjointed in it's narrative. Band of Brothers took you with 1 group of men, with the odd addition here and there, from beginning to end. This hops around between different groups experiencing slightly different perspectives of the same conflicts it seems and, when there are less conspicuous shots of the main characters there (Leckie, for example), it's a bit disorientating as to who exactly we're dealing with. But saying that, it's been enjoyable so far and I understand it peaks in the middle so I'm looking forward to plugging away at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTVPK Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Really enjoyed the pacific, its has a lot more to take in than Band of Brothers. They have basically made the film by using two books, one published by Leckie (which was boring) and the other, Sledge (boring in parts, but very well written) I bought both books after watching the box set, but watching it on the box was a lot better. A lot of the side stories i.e leckie getting with the Aussie lass, were not mentioned in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Finished The Sopranos at the weekend (best series I've ever watched) so started watching Band of Brothers. It looks very high quality and has a lot of familiar faces in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 strange this thread came back today of all days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 8, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2011 Really enjoyed the pacific, its has a lot more to take in than Band of Brothers. They have basically made the film by using two books, one published by Leckie (which was boring) and the other, Sledge (boring in parts, but very well written) I bought both books after watching the box set, but watching it on the box was a lot better. A lot of the side stories i.e leckie getting with the Aussie lass, were not mentioned in the books.That's because it wasn't really based on those two books. It was based on Hugh Ambrose (son of Stephen)'s book "The Pacific". Ambrose certainly used the Leckie and Sledge books as source material, but he also used much, much more - some of which ended up in the film, some didn't. The John Basilone story is in there, and there is a fourth narrative, about carrier dive-bomber pilot Vernon “Mike” Micheel, which wasn't in the film at all (I would imagine because they couldn't get hold of - or simulate - the right ships and planes). In a parallel to many peoples' reactions to the two mini-series, I would have to say that - good though the "Pacific" book is - Hugh is not a patch on his dad as a writer. I haven't read Leckie's book, although I was intrigued to discover that he wrote it after seeing a postwar production of Rogers & Hammersteins' "South Pacific", and was disgusted that the campaign had been reduced to a song-and-dance act. I have read Sledge, and I certainly didn't find it "boring in parts", I thought it was gripping from start to finish. But then I'm a WWII nerd as well as a fan of great writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I stopped watching the Pacific after about 4 episodes. Just looked like a disjointed gore-fest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Band of brothers is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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