HBO's "The Pacific" Trailer

HBO ^ | 9/17/2009 | HBO

[Saije]

Trailer for "The Pacific", the HBO series on the war in the Pacific during WWII

[Saije]

“I really, really hope that they dont add too much sissy la la BS and tell the story that EB Sledge wrote.”

From what I’ve read they are making it fairly true to the way he wrote it. The series is also based on another book, Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie. I haven’t read that one.

[ARA]

There is no foreign control of Media in the US... I think you are mistaken.

[conservative cat]

I cannot wait. BOB is one of my favorites of all times. Dad was in the 101st (Vietnam and stateside), so we are especially fond of it. Of course, ex was a Marine, so I spent time as a Marine wife, and the Marine Corps hymn brings tears to my eyes every time...

[Northern Yankee]

God Bless your son, and all those in harm's way. (My nephew's in Iraq at this time.)

The first clip I thought it interesting... they used the sound track from The Passion of Christ. (The Resurrection scene.)

I thought that curious.

[flowerplough]

“hope that they dont add too much sissy la la BS”
Me, too. Trailer looks like the thing could possibly be subtitled “Scared, wounded, Marines who cry.”

[Clemenza]

I agree. Too many WWII films, NOT enough Revolutionary War films.

Would love to see movies about George Rogers Clark's western campaign, to say nothing of Francis Marion and the campaign in the South.

[Clemenza]

I thought the HBO series on Adams was actually pretty good.

[Peleliu1944]

I believe you’re right about Leckie’s book also being used.

I’m definitely looking forward to the release.

Semper Fi

[Mr. Blonde]

I hate seeing these previews on TV already. They were showing them as early as July I want to say. I’m excited to see this, but it still won’t air for a long time.

[stuartcr]

Inot doing anything of the sort, I just said they probably don’t think it would make money, and that is what they are all about. If they thought it would make money to do something different, then they probably would.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Keith Brown]

I hope so...they did good with Band of Brothers.

[Keith Brown]

Yeah...the Generation Kill previews looked more Ooorah! to this old gyrene!

[warsaw44]

A movie capturing the Battle of Bunker Hill would be terrific.

Such a shame its likely never to pass.

[Grimmy]

It’s based on two books, both mentioned in comments.

Helmet for My Pillow starts, iirc, shortly before the war and goes through Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester.

With the Old Breed starts just after Cape Gloucester with replacements joining up, then goes through Peleliu and Okinawa.

[submarinerswife]

Anyone who saw Ken Burn's The War, you will know this story. He was the best friend of a Marine from Alabama that was featured on the Burn's documentary. Although it was prohibited to keep a diary, Sledge wrote on small sheets of paper of what he went through. I will get HBO during this series. It will be well worth it.

[colorado tanker]

Snippy, this could be one for the old ping list.

[TiberiusClaudius]

Good grief. What’s w/ all the moralizing and scenes of non-combatant namby pamby nonsense? Granted, BofB is a tough yardstick to measure up against, but I hope they don’t totally ruin this.

[tutstar]

Not sure if it’s been posted, I’m swamped this week and haven’t looked thru all pings but this one is cool, google “Staffordshire treasure”

http://www.extrageographic.org/2009/09/staffordshire-treasure-hoard-photo-gallery-and-information/

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks tutstar. It’s been posted, so my thanks for not posting another topic. :’) It’s a pretty cool find, natural that people duplicated effort a little. :’)