The Pacific

[GNF on Tour]

..........got to be honest and say I enjoyed "Dads Army" much more.

 

[defrocked priest]

I'll wait for the book.

 

[Djmiles]

Fantastic viewing as we expected. Is it as good as BoB? A bit hard to judge atm, but it's certainly looking like a cracker!

 

[surrey jim]

is the first episode repeated at all?

 

[CAPTAIN GREALISH]

all week

 

[surrey jim]

all week

 

[Jello]

Bloody cheek of Sky - 10 episodes making it a series but transmitting it on a movie channel !!!! I pay £10 a month for HD so the least they should do is show it on Sky 1 HD !!!! Well Sky, I'll be downloading it from torrents so stick that in your pipe and smoke it !

I hoped likewise about Sky1HD, do they show the full episode or do they pack it full of adverts? I'll wait for it on Bluray, is there a release date yet?

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Episode 3 is a bit weak. If you miss it you don't miss any real part of the series. It all goes a bit "Catherine Cookson" to be honest.

 

[Insider]

Was ruined for me by the hurricane blowing outside my window tonight.

Repeated every night this week. Got HD coming Wed, so waiting until then!

 

[CliveWalkerWingWizard]

There is a US release date for 30th June on Blu-Ray, some post world cup viewing.

 

[Easy 10]

Cracking first couple of episodes, I thought they conveyed the sheer terror of close-combat battles superbly well. I was cacking it for them as the Japs got closer and closer through weight of numbers, thinking their ammo was going to run out any second. Some suitably gruesome moments too, with that dying soldier concealing a grenade and detonating it when the marines were helping him up...nasty.

Glad to see they havn't shyed too far away from being possibly a bit un-pc as well. The remark by the Colonel that "we're gonna go there and turn their eyes round" raised a smile.

I like the prologues they do as well with the guys who were actually there. Sets the scene and gives a real context to what they were facing. Great stuff.

 

[GNF on Tour]

4th episode fairly dull.

 

[highway61]

true rambo style with the heavy machine gun !!

i recall reading/hearing that the soldier doing the Rambo bit was actually based on an incident in okinawa later in the campaign. i done a search on the name Dale Bair as that was the name of the soldier as mentioned in a history channel prog. having read the citation etc it certainly can be seen that his bravery may have been used in the episode. what i found intersting was the lack of detail on the guy
on wikpdeia it shows as Dale W. Bair (birth and possible death unknown