I'll have to wait till it is out on DVD as I refise to get sky.

I pay enough for a normal TV licence why would I want to pay more to sky for a ton of channels I won't watch.

Shame as it looks good. The BBC should have got into that one like they did with BoB. (Band of Brothers)

Anyone in the D.C. area? Hugh Ambrose (I guess the son of Stephen) will be at the Tyson's Corner Barnes & Noble (the one you can see in the mall as you pass on the Beltway) at 7 pm on Wedsday to talk about "The Pacific" and sign the companion book to it.

It was fairly good, btw. I need to see more.

Well just watched the first episode. Not bad but character development was kind of skimpy. I would have liked to see a Camp Toccoa type episode like in Band of Brothers.

I agree. So far, I'd say BoB 1, Pacific 0. Hopefully all of the next episode is about guadalcanal, or I'll be pretty dissapointed. I'd give it a 7 out of 10.:-? They need more interview's with vets that were there. 9 episodes to go.

It was a bit jarring to be in America, then all of a sudden everyone's at Guadalcanal. No boot camp scene hurt in this regard.

Still, well done. I agree with niki - BoB 1, P 0

Weren't pretty much all the Marines on Guadalcanal already in the regular USMC, and their boot camp would have been well in the past?

Still, I see your point.

It's not bad, but the story needs waaay more development. You'd think they could find more (real, living) marines to follow their lives, as they did in BoB. Plus, I wonder who's idea it was to play target practice with the Jap soldier?:down: Seemed silly to me. The after battle scene was good with the bodies out in the sand, just like Ichiki's attack and the real photos of the battle. I'll probably nit-pick the guadalcanal stuff to pieces, as that is my favorite WW2 battle.

Guadalcanal was fought mostly by those who volunteered right after Pearl Harbor.

That would have been interesting to see boot camp from their perspective yeah? Too bad. Oh well... it still looks like it will be good, though maybe it wont beat BoB.

@camaero: long time, no see: good to have you back.:up:

Thanks mate! ;)

I doubt I could ever stay away for *too* long.

Ah, I see it commenced in August of '42. I suppose that's enough time to get guys through the pipeline.

Robert Leckie, who I guess is represented in the series and wrote a book about his experiences (Helmet for My Pillow), joined after Pearl Harbor and was involved in the Guadalcanal campaign, New Britain(??? can't remember for sure-it's been a while since I read the book), and Pelileu.

His book is excellent and worth the read. He does detail his boot camp experiences quite well.

Eugene Sledge is represented in the series too. He came after Guadalcanal.
His book(With the Old Breed) is very good. He took part in the Pelileu and Okinawa campaigns.
His descriptions of the conditions on Okinawa will remove any thoughts that someone might have about there being "glory in war".

6 months until it airs in sweden. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOH!

about 749 years till it airs in Germany - not even announced yet.
You Swedes are lucky to have non-dubbed shows! :up:
ReFaN look here: http://thepacific.se/the-pacific-till-canal-och-svt/ - it will air next month on pay-tv (canal+)

So doesn't the series follow real characters? I thought it is based on the memoirs of two marines.

thanks for the recommendation, sharkbit, i will definitely take a look into the book by Eugene Sledge, it's only 5,60 Euros here - sounds like a good buy!