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Originally Posted by nik-
The timing is definitely a major problem. By the time you have the review of the previous episode, Tom Hanks done talking, the interviews and the three minute Opening Credits done you have like 45 minutes of show left for what is supposed to be an epic tale.
They're trying to cram too much crap into too short a window and it makes the show suffer greatly. I only cared about two characters in this show and that was Leckey and Sledge. The one I'm apparently supposed to have the greatest attachment to, the Medal of Honor winner, is randomly spattered throughout the series until some rushed love story and then he's dead. What?
They spent 150 million dollars on this series, at that point you might as well spent a percentage more and either add another episode or add more time to the individual episodes so it doesn't feel like this rushed, jarring show.
I'm disappointed in The Pacific not because of the story itself, but because of the production of the show. It's really too bad, because I love WW2 stories, I never get tired of them. The fact that the same people have done this format before and got it right makes the problems with The Pacific that much more frustrating.
Granted, there are two episodes left, and hopefully they're good.
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45 minutes is being generous.
I have a feeling though that the biggest let down that people should be expecting is how this series will end. I'm hoping for a great ending but the way it has been going I just can't see it being anything more then a "meh" moment.