The Pacific (HBO) .. Discussion Thread ..

[AdamGB]

I must have wathced band of brothers through well over 10 times now... hadn't for a few years. Just lent it to my girlfriends parents to watch, had the first episode on with them last night and I wanted to take the boxed set home and watch!

Anybody read the book?

[CFH]

I must have wathced band of brothers through well over 10 times now... hadn't for a few years. Just lent it to my girlfriends parents to watch, had the first episode on with them last night and I wanted to take the boxed set home and watch!

Anybody read the book?

The book is great. Far better than the series IMO. I read the book long before they made it into a tv show. I actually have the memoirs of a couple of the guys in Easy Company. I can't remember how many, but I know I have Dick Winters and Kenyon Websters books. I also have a fair number of Steven Ambrose's other works, he's far from objective but I love his use of oral histories.

[Dizaster]

I would love to read Dick Winters book... How is that one CFH? He leaves a very good impression from the tv series, and if he was anything of that respectable type chap in real life his book would be a great read...

Bilbo if you find a rapidshare link at some stage just post it up, i'm looking now but I think it's only been a few hours since it aired so I'll probably wait until tomorrow...

There are so many documentaries with the words 'the pacific' that the searches turn up a lot of stuff that isn't what i'm looking for..

[Kev]

It's on bitsoup already, I've downloaded it but not watched it yet, it's 8.30 am here and I've only been awake for about 7 minutes!

[AdamGB]

Any chance of the torrent link bilbo? can't register to bitsoup and nowhere else seems to have a legit copy yet.

[OumaFan]

I posted this on the old server, you can go to a place called katzforums, go to the tv series forum and there will be a bunch of links, rapidshare, megaupload, etc.

[killersheep]

I liked it, a little slow at first with an overview on the main characters pre-war.
There is a battle scene in the first episode which was pretty intense, it was kinda slow going at first, kinda the same way band of brothers was. Definately worth watching though.

[CFH]

I would love to read Dick Winters book... How is that one CFH? He leaves a very good impression from the tv series, and if he was anything of that respectable type chap in real life his book would be a great read...

Bilbo if you find a rapidshare link at some stage just post it up, i'm looking now but I think it's only been a few hours since it aired so I'll probably wait until tomorrow...

There are so many documentaries with the words 'the pacific' that the searches turn up a lot of stuff that isn't what i'm looking for..

It was ok, but I really doubt that he wrote all that much of it. Worth checking out if you're really into the Easy Company story-line. I'd wager your local library might have a copy.