HBO's The Pacific official trailer (follow up to Band of Brothers)

[DeToxRox]

Trailer: HBO's 'The Pacific'!

At long last, here's the trailer for HBO's "The Pacific," the long-awaited follow-up to Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's beloved WWII war epic "Band of Brothers."


"The Pacific" has reportedly a budget around $200 million which, if correct, would almost certainly make it the most expensive TV project of all time. The new mini has quite a legacy to live up to when it debuts next year. Though its initial post-9/11 run on HBO was relatively lackluster, "Band of Brothers" kept gathering fans as the years passed. Runs on basic cable networks such as History Channel followed. The DVD set for "Brothers" still manages to float into the top ranks of Amazon's best-selling DVDs (and is currently selling great in Blu-ray).

[Logan]

Looking forward to it.

[DaddyTorgo]

really? fucking awesome

[spleen1015]

It will kick ass.

[DanGarion]

So awesome. This one I will hold dear to my heart because it's where my grandfather fought.

[DaddyTorgo]

my grandfather flew transports over normandy (first paratroopers and later other supplies and such) but this still looks sweet!

[Mustang]

Looks like I'll have to get HBO for a short time to watch this.

[Celeval]

How soon can I add this to Netflix? Quality.

[Lorena]

Looks awesome

[stevew]

Debating whether I will get HBO for the 2 to 3 months requirerd or just buy the DVD set.

[Icy]

I'm really looking forward for this. Band of brothers is my all time fav serial and i have watched it like 5 times if not more.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Woohoo! Can't wait for this one.

BTW, if anyone hasn't pick up the Band of Brothers series yet, the Blu-ray version is absolutely incredible.

[Icy]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Woohoo! Can't wait for this one.

BTW, if anyone hasn't pick up the Band of Brothers series yet, the Blu-ray version is absolutely incredible.

Umm good advice, i have it downloaded from TV streams so the quallity is just average to not to say bad. I'm going to see if it is available in Spain, else maybe in amazon to import it.

This could be my first bluray in 2 years since i bought my Ps3.

[Icy]

Dola, found it, but damn, 77,00 € that is over $100.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Icy

Dola, found it, but damn, 77,00 € that is over $100.

Just wait on it. It goes on sale periodically. A site had it the other day for $27.

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by Celeval

How soon can I add this to Netflix? Quality.

HBO seems to take forever to get their shows out on DVD. So no time soon, I would guess...

[JeeberD]

Dola-

I can't find any mention of The Pacific on HBO's website. When is it supposed to start being aired?

Edit: Nevermind. Wiki says March '10...damn.

[flere-imsaho]

Really looking forward to this. Caught one episode of BoB on History channel on Father's Day (they were re-running the whole series) and it reminded me why it's perhaps my favorite television ever.

Occasionally I go around trying to convince people that BoB should be required curriculum for High School American History classes. Hopefully this will be more of the same.

[CleBrownsfan]

I just ordered BoB Blue-Ray from Amazon (for $54). I have yet to see this series and you guys sold me on it... looking forward to watching it!

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by Icy

Dola, found it, but damn, 77,00 € that is over $100.

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I found it for sale on Amazon.uk for much cheaper than that assuming I properly used the currency converter. Looks like around 30 Euros (plus shipping).

Band Of Brothers - HBO Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2001]: Damian Lewis, David Schwimmer, Robin Laing, Dexter Fletcher, James Madio, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, Phil Alden Robinson: Amazon.co.uk: DVD

[Icy]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I found it for sale on Amazon.uk for much cheaper than that assuming I properly used the currency converter. Looks like around 30 Euros (plus shipping).

Band Of Brothers - HBO Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2001]: Damian Lewis, David Schwimmer, Robin Laing, Dexter Fletcher, James Madio, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, Phil Alden Robinson: Amazon.co.uk: DVD

Yup, i saw that one too, but it doesn't say if it's the multi-language version (English, Spanish, French, German). I guess so, as most of euro releases include all those languages, but it only says English subs in that amazon one.

I saw the multi-language version in an Spanish online shop and it's there were it costs 77€.

Anyway i'm now thinking on picking it from amazon as i guess i can understand most of the English talk and use the English subs if i don't underestand something. Could be fun to hear the real actors voices instead of the translated ones.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Premiere date is set. March 14, 2010. Saw the newest trailer for this series on HBO the other night before the boxing match. I started giggling like a little school girl. Looks epic. It's going to be a long 3 month wait. Trailer is linked inside article below.

HBO's 'The Pacific' gets air date--The Live Feed | THR

[DaddyTorgo]

awesome...thanks for the linky mbbf

[saldana]

Originally Posted by Mustang

Looks like I'll have to get HBO for a short time to watch this.

+1 easily worth the 15 bucks a month or whatever DTV will charge me.

[Icy]

Really really waiting for this!

[Dutch]

I'm not sure if this is a newer trailer or not. I'm ready pretty much right now for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99B80crU3E

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Dutch

I'm not sure if this is a newer trailer or not. I'm ready pretty much right now for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99B80crU3E

It's dated July 13, 2009.

[DrAFTjunkie]

I can't wait, hope it's good. It'll be damn hard to live up to the original, which was effing amazing. I've seen that entire series upwards of half a dozen times, although I've only been able to watch the companion doc. "We Stand Alone" once because it transformed me into a blubbering mess.

Should be interesting to see the Pacific front, where my grandfather fought. Maybe we'll even get to see when Cotton Hill gets his shins blowed off by Tojo after he kills fitty men.

[Scoobz0202]

I really don't want to wait another two months. Just watching the trailers, and after having seen Band of Brothers numerous times I have not anticipated a television or cinema release this much... ever. Two more months? DAMN IT

[Crapshoot]

$200M for a mini-series? Wow.

[Peregrine]

Damn, this trailer - what can you say. Damn.

Trailer #5 - The Pacific

[Scoobz0202]

My HBO on-demand has a bunch of little things for the show with character profiles and a 20 minutes making of. Check it out if you guys have On-Demand.

[Bad-example]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

My HBO on-demand has a bunch of little things for the show with character profiles and a 20 minutes making of. Check it out if you guys have On-Demand.

Nice catch. Thanks.

[Dutch]

I keep telling myself this can't possibly match up against Band of Brothers, but these trailers show a confidence that it's ready for the comparison.

I can't wait!

[Peregrine]

Yeah Band of Brothers was so great because you get to see the comraderie of the unit and watch these guys from Day 1 - I don't get the feeling you will really have that here since it will be following individuals instead of a unit, but from everything I've seen so far they are certainly going all out in doing the best they can with this. Can't wait either.

[saldana]

when does this start...i need to call DTV to get HBO turned on.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by saldana

when does this start...i need to call DTV to get HBO turned on.

See post #22.

Front Office Football Central - View Single Post - HBO's The Pacific official trailer (follow up to Band of Brothers)

[bob]

Can someone with iTunes please check how much the full season of The Pacific is going to cost? I don't particularly feel like paying for 3 months of HBO just to watch this, but I don't really want to download / install iTunes just to check the price if one of you guys can check it for me.

Thanks.

[Icy]

Originally Posted by bob

Can someone with iTunes please check how much the full season of The Pacific is going to cost? I don't particularly feel like paying for 3 months of HBO just to watch this, but I don't really want to download / install iTunes just to check the price if one of you guys can check it for me.

Thanks.

How can i check how much will it cost? by now in Itunes i see 9 chapters that are just trailers, interviews, etc and all them are listed as free.

Here you can see the link to the store by web:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/h...ms/id145942017

[bob]

Honestly I"m not sure. I know you can pre-order albums on there, so I just assumed you could do the same with TV shows. Thanks for looking for me.

[Sun Tzu]

March 14?!?! For christs sake that's only 8 days away.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

March 14?!?! For christs sake that's only 8 days away.

Looking forward to it!!!

[Scoobz0202]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

March 14?!?! For christs sake that's only 8 days away.

FUUUUUUCCCCCC

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

FUUUUUUCCCCCC

this reminded me of...

[EagleFan]

Anyone catch Tom Hanks with Regis? He seemed a bit out of it when talking. First talking about being on with Regis and Kathy Lee (and seemed confused when confronted about it benig Kelly) and then was talking about Regis' daughter getting married soon... problem is Regis' daughter had been married for a few years already.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Anyone catch Tom Hanks with Regis? He seemed a bit out of it when talking. First talking about being on with Regis and Kathy Lee (and seemed confused when confronted about it benig Kelly) and then was talking about Regis' daughter getting married soon... problem is Regis' daughter had been married for a few years already.

I hear your memory starts going downhill after you get shot and killed in WWII.

[flere-imsaho]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I hear your memory starts going downhill after you get shot and killed in WWII.

Speaking of which, I saw Saving Private Ryan again last night. That never gets old.

[stevew]

Hmmm, on demand question.

Theoretically I could just sign up for HBO for the last month that this is on, and then watch the previous episodes on On Demand, right?

Someone lemme know once it starts. I really don't feel like paying something like 60 dollars for a miniseries.

[spleen1015]

Yes, you can do that.

I know with Comcast, there is a penalty fee if you turn on a premium channel then turn it off. I don't know how much and I don't remember how long you need to leave it on before the penalty. I just remember them telling me this the last time I made changes to my service.

[Bad-example]

Top mark (5/5) from Tim Goodman.

Beyond the fact that HBO's ambitious new miniseries, "The Pacific," is a superb, viscerally moving and harrowing depiction of World War II and a worthy complement to "Band of Brothers" (2001), it offers a resounding yes to a nagging question: Do we really need another movie about World War II?

In recent years, the "Greatest Generation" canon has pervaded popular culture via books, movies and documentaries. When Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks did "Saving Private Ryan" for the big screen in 1998 and followed it with "Band of Brothers" for HBO three years later, some saw these works as a kind of nostalgic look at a previous style of warfare - less like the Persian Gulf War and the onrush of nationless terrorism. ("Band of Brothers" aired the first two hours - of 10 total - two days before the Sept. 11 attacks.)

Tom Brokaw's book "The Greatest Generation" also came out in 1998 (as did the movie "The Thin Red Line"). Add more books and media saturation, and you have the runaway veneration of a generation.

It seemed that the entertainment industry had exhausted films about Vietnam and found the ongoing Iraq war too ever-present, a "living room war" that kept people from heading to the box office for contemporary takes on desert warfare.

Finally, documentarian Ken Burns relented from his stance that World War II was overdone and produced "The War," an epic and arguably definitive film that spanned more than 18 hours.
A different war

Why pile on "The Pacific"? Executive producers Spielberg and Hanks have said that veterans who fought there had pleaded for their story to be told because Americans were all too familiar with the war in Europe but not with what happened on the tiny islands of the Pacific, where their experiences were wholly different.

If war is hell, then the veterans of battles of the Pacific said theirs was a particular kind of hell. And many of them were dying off without having that story told (the same impetus that eventually got Burns to do his documentary).

Spielberg and Hanks also found compelling source material from two of the three main figures they follow in the 10-part weekly series. The books "Helmet for My Pillow" by Robert Leckie and "With the Old Breed" by Eugene B. Sledge inform the series from beginning to end.

"The Pacific" follows the intertwined stories of Leckie (James Badge Dale), Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and the highly decorated John Basilone (Jon Seda), while also weaving in countless other characters whose stories and journeys are fleshed out in a reflective, cathartic narrative. These were Marines who went in first and took the brunt.

Even if you think "the Greatest Generation" story has been told enough, the moniker stretched thin and dipped in revisionist nostalgia, "The Pacific" is, like Burns' documentary, a work that provokes awe.

It's the kind of fact-based fiction where the actual storytelling - who these soldiers are when we meet them and how their lives played out - is secondary to what they saw, endured and suffered.

That is to say that even if you learn that one of these real-life characters survived to marry his sweetheart and leave behind a string of grandchildren, there are no happy endings here.
The jungle

The battles of the Pacific were horrific, played out in an unfamiliar environment and resulted in among the worst casualty rates of the war (the Americans were facing an enemy that believed in death before dishonor, and so rarely surrendered).

A string of writers and directors (and mostly unrecognizable young actors) have managed to create a war film that takes its toll on the viewer in a way few films have.

"The Pacific" is exceptionally graphic, relentless in its imagery of waves of American and Japanese soldiers being wiped out both en masse and randomly, from Guadalcanal to Peleliu and Iwo Jima. There's barely any letup because the overriding visual ambition is to saturate you in the mud, rain and hell of each island.

Spielberg has explained that the anti-Europe, unfamiliar jungle - "a ubiquitous organism," he said - is an important character in the miniseries. "The jungle killed many good soldiers during World War II, and in our film it becomes a Hieronymus Bosch landscape."

What "The Pacific" does exceptionally well is wallow in the minutiae of what turns young fearful soldiers into jaded and spent killing machines. Holding on to humanity proves quite elusive. There's no gung-ho here.

The randomness of who lives and dies and the suffering even beyond the actual fighting - everything from relentless rain and lack of food and water to poor or pointless commands from above - eventually take their toll.

"The Pacific" doesn't spend much time at home to delve into the postwar toll - how these parents of the Baby Boomers never talked much about what they saw or did (until their later years in the rush of "Greatest Generation" coverage); the series focuses instead on how their souls and minds were broken in their youth.

In that, "The Pacific" is a reminder. Yes, you've seen World War II war movies. Yes, war - modern warfare included - is hell. But especially in the Pacific in the early 1940s - time, place, strategies, weaponry, opponent - there was a unique combination that merits continued exploration, whether through fact-based fiction or documentaries. There really was a special kind of hell in the Pacific, and the people who fought in it were of a remarkable kind.