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Offline rpm

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The Pacific
« on: November 07, 2012, 06:53:50 PM »
HBO Signature is re running The Pacific starting tonight. If you haven't seen it, it's well worth the effort to check it out.
Episode 1, 2 & 3 tonight, 4, 5, 6 & 7 Thursday night and 8, 9 & 10 Friday night.
Set your DVR. :rock :salute :rock
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2012, 07:22:41 PM »
Too bad we don't have HBO at school.  I have the DVDs at the house, so I guess I'll have to watch it some other time.  Pretty awesome miniseries!  Band of Brothers is still my favorite, though.

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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 07:51:12 PM »
Caught it just as first episode started.  Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2012, 08:35:09 PM »
Good series but some of the fictional drama stuff like the father/son conflict between Sledge and his father was needless. 

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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2012, 08:55:23 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on November 07, 2012, 08:35:09 PM
Good series but some of the fictional drama stuff like the father/son conflict between Sledge and his father was needless. 

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There wasn't so much a father-son conflict between sledge and his dad I thought... His dad was behind him when he decided to enlist despite his heart murmur. He was really behind him when he got home.

If there was any father-son conflict, I'd say it was between Leckie and his dad.

Great series :salute
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2012, 10:13:45 PM »
It'd be neat to seem them make an 8th AF series, or a series about pilots, that would be awesome.  :pray
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2012, 10:33:27 PM »
Quote from: BFOOT1 on November 07, 2012, 10:13:45 PM
It'd be neat to seem them make an 8th AF series, or a series about pilots, that would be awesome.  :pray

I'd flip for some ETO aerial combat with the style and quality of BoB/Pacific.  :aok

The Pacific was ok, but i liked Band of Brothers better for its cast and characters.
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2012, 10:40:15 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on November 07, 2012, 08:35:09 PM
Good series but some of the fictional drama stuff like the father/son conflict between Sledge and his father was needless. 

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It was taken from Sledgehammer's book unless I'm mistaken. This series differed from BOB in that it showed the homeland effects.
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2012, 01:44:31 AM »
Quote from: rpm on November 07, 2012, 10:40:15 PM
It was taken from Sledgehammer's book unless I'm mistaken. This series differed from BOB in that it showed the homeland effects.

It wasn't.

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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2012, 09:25:17 PM »
Quote from: rpm on November 07, 2012, 10:40:15 PM
It was taken from Sledgehammer's book unless I'm mistaken. This series differed from BOB in that it showed the homeland effects.

It was based (loosely) off of Leckie's and Sledge's memoirs.   
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2012, 09:51:45 PM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on November 08, 2012, 09:25:17 PM
It was based (loosely) off of Leckie's and Sledge's memoirs.   
I was talking about the relationship between Sledge and his Dad. Thought that was in his book. Looks like I was wrong. But, Hanks and Speilberg did say they wanted to show the effects on the homefront and quite a bit of the series covers that.
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Re: The Pacific
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2012, 09:59:17 PM »




The guy that played "Snafu" did a fantastic job. If you ask me, he captured the essence of a Man that was beaten into submission by years of inhumanity.
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