I'm sure it starts tonight on Sky Movies and i'd recommend you watch it if you can. I was a bit worried it wouldnt live up to the hype but I'm 4 episodes in and so far it has been fantastic. Been interesting to find out a bit more about the war in the pacific, something that before now i've not known much about with the History I've delt with more on the war in Europe.
Like Band of Brothers I will be getting this when it comes out on box set, purely just for the extras, they should be pretty interesting.
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Thread: The Pacific
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05-04-2010 06:54 PM #1
The Pacific
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05-04-2010 06:56 PM #2
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05-04-2010 07:51 PM #4
I'm absolutely furious it's being shown on Sky Movies and not one of the more accessible channels - sheer profiteering from the *******s.
I watched this when it premiered in the USA on the Fox channel (channel FX over here) and was really looking forward to seeing it over here.
Sky Movies is the only part of their package I don't have and there's no way I'm subscribing just to watch something which shouldn't even be on there.
Their decision to put a drama series on one of their payment package channels is farcical.Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity. All it takes is a little push.
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05-04-2010 08:07 PM #6
Like Band of Brothers it follows one unit so not much mention of what else went on.
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05-04-2010 10:07 PM #8
I've seen the first 3 episodes, and it's shaping up to be at least the equal of Band of Brothers.
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05-04-2010 10:50 PM #9
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Anybody who watched this live have any problems with it breaking up? I recorded it on Skyplus and when I tried tae watch it it kept breaking up
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06-04-2010 05:19 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Also, please don't use the word 'Japs'. It's generally considered racist these days.
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06-04-2010 10:36 PM #12
Watched it tonight, Brilliant!
im always amazed at what some of these people have went through and have my deepest respect.
It was good when they were steeling the army supplies
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The series is being advertised as 'The Pacific' not 'The War against Japan.'
XIVth Army in Burma came under the aegis of Mountbatten's South East Asia Command in Ceylon.
The Pacific campaign was a different theatre of operations entirely and had two command structes. The first was Nimitz's Pacific Ocean Area command; the second MacArthur's South West Pacific Areas command. It was very much an American war. Other nations didn't have the resources to operate in theatre and, in any case, there were conscious efforts by US commanders to marginalise the forces of allied nations.
Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, The Phillipine Sea, Leyte and the Phillipines, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa.
American battles. American victories.Last edited by GhostofBolivar; 08-04-2010 at 12:10 AM.
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