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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Personally I don't think its fair to compare this to Band of Brothers.
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Originally Posted by Sainters7
I think we all need to face facts that this isn't going to be BoB. I understand the natural reaction is to compare, considering they're both done by the same person. But I think it's a little unfair to do so.
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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
I don't think you can compare them. They are both war mini-series but they are written in two totally different ways and focus on different aspects of war.
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I read these as excuses for Pacific not being as good as BoB. We're talking about the same producers, the same time period, similar budget, same amount of time to tell the story, same network, same format (ie vets telling their tale followed by the show), etc. There are more similarities than differences.
The problem so far (I'm still optimistic this will be awesome when all is said and done) is they're doing a bad job. The story is incoherent. The characters are bland, unrecognizable and difficult to relate to. They're not relaying much of the suffering or hardship. Even basic things like timeframe - I can't even tell how long things are going on for. How long were they on that island? I have no idea.
I think it was a huge mistake not to develop the characters first. This watches more like a transformers movie than something on par with BoB.