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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
The Pacific is just coming across as another Hollywood war story, using B grade actors with poor dialogue. Band of Brothers felt real and it never lost focus of what made it a great series, the bond between soldiers
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I think The Pacific has been the exact opposite of another Hollywood war story. The makers wanted to tell the story through the eyes of three Marines. To try and portray to the audience what it was like to actually be at Guadalcanal or Peleliu. There has never been more elaborate or detailed battle scenes in any movie or tv series ever.
The story of John Basilone is extraordinary. His meeting and eventual marriage to Lena Mae after Guadalcanal and before his death at Iwo Jima is part of that story. Sure it would have been nice to have a few extra episodes about the Battle of Iwo Jima. Is it the writers fault that the character in the series who took part in that battle died in the first day?
If I could fault anything from last nights episode it would be that it was much to short.