The Pacific
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Damn, I had to google it to find out what your talking about. Looks Good!! Wish I could get HBO over here....
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discopedro said:
Just checked YouTube, nothing but previews, but i m sure it ll be up there in a matter of hours/days.
Yeah, it's pretty good so far. I'm interested to see how the stories of the other two are played out. I wonder if they really did pass each other like they showed in the last scene. And it's interesting that the cousin of the one dude with Leckie turns out to be Sledge. I wonder if that's for real as well.
I think With The Old Breed is the best book about the war, or perhaps of war in general from the perspective of a citizen soldier. He writes vividly about how awful it was but he also makes sure the reader understands that it mattered and that there simply wasn't another way. He believed it was his duty as an American, someone privileged by birth, to stand up and fight.
http://www.hbo.com/the-pacific/inde...es/0/01-part-1/video/part-1-full-episode.html
Full ep is on HBO's website! YAAAAY HBO!
Full ep is on HBO's website! YAAAAY HBO!
I thought the night battle scene was done well. Once gets the sense that it is no video game (important for this generation) and the whole lead-up to the battle set the stage well -- you get the sense that the Japanese really know what they are doing, and if they charge, it's no mistake. The three who come out of the jungle in the morning, the guy with the grenade, both little things that ad up to the understanding of how brutal it was, and how brutal the Marines had to become to win.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of this series.