HBO: The Pacific Premier, thoughts? *SPOILERS*

[ronpaul]

Well, the first episode just premiered. What do you guys think so far? I think to myself that I won't be able to form a bond like I did with the guys from Band of Brothers, but what do you guys think about the characters and the story development so far?

 

[Sexy Beast]

Well I found a little disjointed, but at the same time really good.

The characters seem likable and will probably be fleshed out more as the series continues.

 

[Starscream]

I was disturbed at the Japanese shooting scene

 

[foxhound-KD-]

I was disturbed at the Japanese shooting scene

It was disturbing but again I believe the producers made it that way to be as authentic as possible, the japanese did not fight like their european couterparts, there came to be alot of hatred towards them because of it, pow's were treated harshly as well by the japanese because it was felt more honorable to die in battle which the japanese soldier wanted so the guy with the pistol did the most honorable thing possible.

I'm still going to reserve final judgement until the series is over, this is a different type of story the producers are trying to portray, i liked the men of easy company but the pacific is supposed to be more about the individuals experience in war so we shall see if it works, good so far but but feel like some more depth still needed.

 

[ManBearPig]

I liked it..definitely looking forward to next week and the week after and so on till its over

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Colbert interview

Tom Hanks pretty much sums it up at 1:20

Pretty cool though the guy Eugene went through the whole war without a scratch

 

[DUCE]

One thing I don't like is (maybe this is because I was expecting something similar to Band of Brothers) was that it didn't really go into details on the men preparing for war like in the first episode of Band of Brothers. It seemed as they rushed to get to the scenes in Guadacanal. However, the way they depicted the first battle and the part where they were shooting at that Japanese soldier like if it was a shooting gallery really gives a good taste on how brutal the Pacific theatre was. It was totally different than the European theatre and I can't wait to see more!

 

[foxhound-KD-]

The PTO was a brutal and savage war which the makers wanted to explore on the effects it had on the soldiers and did a good job when they showed how shaken up the soldiers were ,especially Robert Leckie , in their first encounter with the japanese.

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