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Originally Posted by Sliver
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.
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You do realize they are telling the story through essentially 3 different characters. If they wanted to develop the characters the story would be even more incoherent as they would have to develop the characters of 3 different companies, or regiments, what ever that may be, they'd have 100's of guys.
BoB was telling the story of 'E' Company. The Pacific follows 3 guys, Lecky, Sledge and someone else (his name escapes me right now).
Honestly if people are disappointed with The Pacific, it is there own fault because the way the Pacific is being made is
NOT supposed to be like BoB
AT ALL.
I don't get why people want 3 episodes directly relating to plot and character development. That is
NOT what this show is supposed to be about.
My only argument is that the episodes have only been like 50 minutes, rather than the 1hr+. Other than that this series is just as good as BoB so far.