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I thought The Pacific was OK.

 

Its biggest issue was following Band of Brothers, which is one of the best TV series ever made.

 

spot on.

 

The Pacific was good but compared to Band Of Brothers it not at that level.  Where BOB excelled the Pacific struggled in the individual narrative. That was more down to the style of combat across the Pacific island invasions. It was far more disjointed than the Western Europe campaign.

 

People who watched the Pacific before Band of Brothers rate it higher because the expectation level isn't there. On its own its an excellent series but it doesn't match up well compared with BOB which is the greatest TV series of all time

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Pacific suffered because of the disjointed narrative of the Pacific campaign compared to Europe.

 

In Europe it was possible to follow one group of soldiers from training through to the end of the war. It was  a simple narrative of invasion and advance. So a simple linear structure with the same characters.

 

The Pacific was a disjointed war with a disparate bunch of soldiers undertaking different battles on different shitty little islands and hence it seems disjointed

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Has anyone been watching Grayson Perry’s Rites of Passage? Not groundbreaking but he has a very easy manner with people, reminiscent of Louis Theroux, that makes for thoughtful viewing. I’ve watched the first two, on death and marriage so far. Not a dry eye in the house

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