The Pacific

[Azathoth]

My US History teacher happens to love it. He's even shown us a few episodes in class (as well as Band of Brothers earlier in the semester).

A couple of weeks ago he summarized what was then the latest episode and said something to the effect of,

It was very intense. When I saw how brutal and fanatical the Japanese soldiers were, I definitely found myself agreeing with the decision to drop the bomb.

Make of that what you will.

[Brenus]

Very very disappointed.
BoB was much better I term of evocation. I don’t speak of the acting, but the choices made in order to show what it was.
Most of the series is dedicated to the soldier’s difficult relationship with girl friends… I am not sure of the relevance to have one episode on the Australian Rest.
In one hand some battle are well depicted but don’t really show the horrors of the fight itself. More after battle scenes than battle scenes…
Could have been much much better…

[Hooahguy]

i too was very disappointed. for all the raving how it was better than BoB, it didnt live up to the ravings.
i watched the whole series just because it was available, but sometimes it was more a chore than anything else.

i felt like that if it had just centered on Sledge it could have been really great. but no, they decided to try to squeeze in two more characters who we didnt really connect with. as said before, i only recognized five of the characters at the end- sledge, leckie, Basilone's wife, SNAFU, and that head of sledge's mortar section.
that was it.

with BoB i felt a real connection with the characters. whenever one of the older guys in BoB was hit, especially in the Bastogne episode, i was really upset and you really felt for the guys.
nothing in the pacific comes close, not even when Ack-Ack dies.

but one thing that the pacific was good at, and i disagree with you on this Brenus, is showing the horrors of war, in fact episode 9 is the best episode of the series because it really homes in on that aspect.