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The Pacific - Blu-ray

The Pacific - Blu-ray for $19.99 + free shipping

Dec 6, 2012 2:07 PM

This is $5 cheaper than the DVD version
Band of Brothers producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg re-team to produce this ten-hour World War II miniseries based on the books With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge and Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. Additional interviews conducted by the filmmakers in collaboration with Hugh Ambrose (son of late Band of Brothers author Stephen E. Ambrose) detail the arduous odysseys of U.S. Marines Sledge, Leckie, and John Basilone from their first skirmishes in Guadalcanal to their eventual return to American soil following V-J Day

Additional Features Features include: The pacific enhanced viewing: learn more about the marines and gain a deeper historical understanding while watching this 10-part, 10-hour, picture-in-pictures experience The pacific field guide: navigate through the major events featured in the pacific, view exclusive content including animated maps, interviews with historians and veterans, historical footage, photographs and more

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Good Price, disappointing series

mjefferson111 mjefferson111
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@mjefferson111: I agree...they set the bar high with Band of Brothers!

blt65toth blt65toth
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@mjefferson111: I don't know that I'd call the series disappointing, it was just the difference in source material.

Band of Brothers lent itself very well to a mini series. There was one book (and it wasn't very long) that told the story of the U.S. on the Western Front from 1944-1945 through the experience of one company. Each episode had a slightly different flavor (different directors and writers), but fit into the entire narrative. Also, most viewers had a very good handle on what was happening on a grand scale. They knew about the Allied invasion at Normandy in 1944. Many had at least a passing famiarity with the failed airbore assault on Arnhem (they saw A Bridge Too Far).

The Pacific was handicapped heaviy. The main story lines came from the first person accounts of Eugene Sledge (With The Old Breed) and Robert Leicke (Helmet for My Pillow). I had read the former years before the series. It is a very good account. (continued)

wilfbrim wilfbrim
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The story of Joe Basilone came from other records. So, you have three roughly independent stories and they were trying to tie them all together. It got confusing.

Add to that two additional factors. The first is that far fewer viewers were familiar with the events in The Pacific. Some knew something about Guadalcanal, but not much. So when the writers showed (from the point of view of the Marines on Guadalcanal) the Battle of Savo Island (greatest defeat of the U.S. Navy in WWII, maybe ever, but you couldn't tell from the show) then showed the Marines complaining about how the Navy left with all their gear, it was unclear what happened. Then when they show Pelilileu and New Britian very few had any idea what was going on.

Another reason is that the war in the Pacific was brutal, far more so that the ETO. They really showed this in the series, and it made people uncomfortable. (continued again)

wilfbrim wilfbrim
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I've had the good fortune in my life to have traveled to many places like New Britian (haven't been on that particular island) and Guadalcanal. I've been to many of the other places in the series, including Pelileu. They are as shown in the series. Pelileu would be hellish without water. Dealing with the mud, rain, and hell of New Britian would have probably me crazy, too. Many parts of that seres were difficult for viewers. Watching parts of that series even made me uncomfortable.

wilfbrim wilfbrim
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now its 38.00.... must have been a mistake and they caught it...

digital69 digital69
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@digital69: maybe but I already picked mine up in store. Hopefully all those that ordered got or get their copies.

segafanalways segafanalways
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@wilfbrim: Great insight! Am I on reddit right now? I have to agree that source material is not as cohesive and that the subject matter is much more difficult to watch.

Band of Brothers will make you sad for humanity, but in the end gives you some hope. The Pacific will make you sick about our lack of humanity and you will feel lost in our barbarism. The Pacific doesn't have a nice happy ending like Band of Brothers.

You watch Easy company liberate once peaceful European villages and you feel comforted by the banter and camaraderie displayed. Watching Marines fight a war of hatred and evil will seriously make you wonder why we fought so hard for those islands of rock and sand.

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