upcoming "Pacific" miniseries
Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:28 am
A few years back, the "fan" website for the movie "Pearl Harbor" had a major following where we posted ERRORS and much more about that movie.
Thhe NEW "fan" website for the miniseries "Pacific" is now in operation!
Check out:
http://www.pacificfans.com/
Cheers,
David Aiken, a Director: Pearl Harbor History Associates, Inc. http://www.pearlharbor-history.org/
Thhe NEW "fan" website for the miniseries "Pacific" is now in operation!
Check out:
http://www.pacificfans.com/
Cheers,
David Aiken, a Director: Pearl Harbor History Associates, Inc. http://www.pearlharbor-history.org/
Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:47 am
Thanks David..I can't wait! 
Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:58 am
Guess I'll have to wait till it hits "Regular Cable" 
Till then, guess I'll have to decide if I want to read about all the inaccuracies, goofy Hollywood twists and such BEFORE I see it and make up my own mind!
Till then, guess I'll have to decide if I want to read about all the inaccuracies, goofy Hollywood twists and such BEFORE I see it and make up my own mind!
Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:36 am
If it is anything like BoB, then there won't be too much to talk about in regards to inaccuracies, especially compared to Pearl Harbor (which was not supposed to be a completely historical film mind you). Also, why not go into the series with a positive outlook, not just trying to find things wrong with it? You'd probably enjoy it more. It looks fantastic and I'm sure it will be.
Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:02 pm
From the clips I've seen, they have done well in getting the look and feel right! As long as they don't go overboard on the CG clips that don't quite work.
Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:20 pm
me109me109 wrote:If it is anything like BoB, then there won't be too much to talk about in regards to inaccuracies...
BoB is, without doubt, my all time favorite miniseries...BUT...as far as inaccuracies go...it's loaded with them. If you read "Band of Brothers" and "Beyond Band of Brothers" you'll see where Mr's Hanks and Spielberg played a bit fast and loose with facts.
If you go to Normandy and do the Band of Brothers tour, you'll be made aware of more instances of the "Hollywoodization" of the series.
The inaccuracies don't seem to keep me from watching it every time it comes on though.
"Are you watching that AGAIN"
Mudge the pedant
Since we don't get HBO, we'll be obliged to wait for Pacific on DVD.
Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:23 pm
Read 'em both. I just don't get the whole "Lets see whats wrong" mentality. IMHO it is the most accurate show yet. I've literally watched it dozens of times through. Never gets old.
Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:44 pm
me109me109 wrote:If it is anything like BoB, then there won't be too much to talk about in regards to inaccuracies, especially compared to Pearl Harbor (which was not supposed to be a completely historical film mind you). Also, why not go into the series with a positive outlook, not just trying to find things wrong with it? You'd probably enjoy it more. It looks fantastic and I'm sure it will be.
PH not accurate.., you mean a B-25 wont slide for 2.8 miles when it belly lands in mud and yuck?
Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:56 pm
My friend Joe Hobbs is the cosyumer for it and about 2 years ago he was passing thru Philly from LA on his way home to England and he stoppped for few day visit. He had photos of the preliminary costumes and uniforms for the series.
Here is the intel about series.
Production has begun in Australia on THE PACIFIC. Shooting through mid-2008, the epic ten-hour miniseries is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the creative team behind the Emmy®-winning 2001 HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."
THE PACIFIC is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television. The production is based at Melbourne Central City Studios in Melbourne, Victoria, with filming taking place in and around Melbourne, where U.S. troops camped in 1943, and multiple locations in Far North Queensland. Kary Antholis, senior vice president, HBO Films, is the executive in charge of the project. THE PACIFIC is scheduled to debut on HBO in 2009.
The miniseries tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie (played by James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific. The extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Carl Franklin (HBO's "Rome"), Jeremy Podeswa (HBO's "Six Feet Under"), Tony To (HBO's "Band of Brothers"), Tim Van Patten (HBO's "The Sopranos") and Graham Yost (HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon") will direct episodes. Writers and additional directors will be announced as they are confirmed.
In addition to James Badge Dale ("The Departed"), Joe Mazzello ("Without a Trace") and Jon Seda ("Kevin Hill"), actors featured in THE PACIFIC include (in alphabetical order) Akos Armont, Jon Bernthal ("The Office"), Joshua Biton ("National Treasure"), Adam Booth ("Doctors"), Simon Bossell ("Hotel de Love"), Laurence Breuls ("Ghost Rider"), Tom Budge ("Last Train to Freo"), Linda Cropper ("McLeod's Daughters"), Brendan Fletcher ("Tideland"), Eamon Farren ("The Outsider"), Leon Ford (HBO's "Tsunami: The Aftermath"), Daniel Frederiksen ("Stingers"), Scott Gibson ("Lucky Number Slevin"), Joshua Helman, Ashton Holmes ("A History of Violence"), Andrew Lees, Rami Malek ("The War at Home"), Martin McCann ("Closing the Ring"), Ian Meadows ("Home and Away"), Toby Moore ("Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback"), Rohan Nichol ("All Saints"), Henry Nixon ("Happy Feet"), Keith Nobbs ("The Black Donnellys"), Annie Parisse ("Law & Order"), Sam Parsonson ("Love My Way"), Jacob Pitts ("The Novice"), Rupert Reid ("The Matrix Reloaded"), Mitch Ryan, William Sadler ("The Shawshank Redemption"), Gary Sweet ("Down in Splendor"), Anna Torv ("Young Lions"), Sandy Winton ("Two Twisted"), Dylan Young and Ashley Zukerman. Additional actors will be announced as they are confirmed.
THE PACIFIC is based on the books "With the Old Breed," by Eugene Sledge, which was hailed by historian Paul Fussell as "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war," and "Helmet for My Pillow," by Robert Leckie (recipient of the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Annual Award), as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers. Continuing the World War II oral history work begun by his father Stephen E. Ambrose (author of the book "Band of Brothers"), Hugh Ambrose serves as a consultant on the miniseries.
THE PACIFIC is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television; executive producers, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman; co-executive producers, Tony To, Graham Yost; supervising producer, Bruce McKenna; producer, Gene Kelly; co-producers, Robert Schenkkan, George P. Pelecanos, Michelle Ashford.
Here is the intel about series.
Production has begun in Australia on THE PACIFIC. Shooting through mid-2008, the epic ten-hour miniseries is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, the creative team behind the Emmy®-winning 2001 HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers."
THE PACIFIC is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television. The production is based at Melbourne Central City Studios in Melbourne, Victoria, with filming taking place in and around Melbourne, where U.S. troops camped in 1943, and multiple locations in Far North Queensland. Kary Antholis, senior vice president, HBO Films, is the executive in charge of the project. THE PACIFIC is scheduled to debut on HBO in 2009.
The miniseries tracks the intertwined odysseys of three U.S. Marines - Robert Leckie (played by James Badge Dale), Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) and John Basilone (Jon Seda) - across the vast canvas of the Pacific. The extraordinary experiences of these men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Carl Franklin (HBO's "Rome"), Jeremy Podeswa (HBO's "Six Feet Under"), Tony To (HBO's "Band of Brothers"), Tim Van Patten (HBO's "The Sopranos") and Graham Yost (HBO's "From the Earth to the Moon") will direct episodes. Writers and additional directors will be announced as they are confirmed.
In addition to James Badge Dale ("The Departed"), Joe Mazzello ("Without a Trace") and Jon Seda ("Kevin Hill"), actors featured in THE PACIFIC include (in alphabetical order) Akos Armont, Jon Bernthal ("The Office"), Joshua Biton ("National Treasure"), Adam Booth ("Doctors"), Simon Bossell ("Hotel de Love"), Laurence Breuls ("Ghost Rider"), Tom Budge ("Last Train to Freo"), Linda Cropper ("McLeod's Daughters"), Brendan Fletcher ("Tideland"), Eamon Farren ("The Outsider"), Leon Ford (HBO's "Tsunami: The Aftermath"), Daniel Frederiksen ("Stingers"), Scott Gibson ("Lucky Number Slevin"), Joshua Helman, Ashton Holmes ("A History of Violence"), Andrew Lees, Rami Malek ("The War at Home"), Martin McCann ("Closing the Ring"), Ian Meadows ("Home and Away"), Toby Moore ("Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback"), Rohan Nichol ("All Saints"), Henry Nixon ("Happy Feet"), Keith Nobbs ("The Black Donnellys"), Annie Parisse ("Law & Order"), Sam Parsonson ("Love My Way"), Jacob Pitts ("The Novice"), Rupert Reid ("The Matrix Reloaded"), Mitch Ryan, William Sadler ("The Shawshank Redemption"), Gary Sweet ("Down in Splendor"), Anna Torv ("Young Lions"), Sandy Winton ("Two Twisted"), Dylan Young and Ashley Zukerman. Additional actors will be announced as they are confirmed.
THE PACIFIC is based on the books "With the Old Breed," by Eugene Sledge, which was hailed by historian Paul Fussell as "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war," and "Helmet for My Pillow," by Robert Leckie (recipient of the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Annual Award), as well as original interviews conducted by the filmmakers. Continuing the World War II oral history work begun by his father Stephen E. Ambrose (author of the book "Band of Brothers"), Hugh Ambrose serves as a consultant on the miniseries.
THE PACIFIC is produced by HBO Films in association with Playtone and DreamWorks Television; executive producers, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman; co-executive producers, Tony To, Graham Yost; supervising producer, Bruce McKenna; producer, Gene Kelly; co-producers, Robert Schenkkan, George P. Pelecanos, Michelle Ashford.
Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:38 am
me109me109 wrote:Read 'em both. I just don't get the whole "Lets see whats wrong" mentality. IMHO it is the most accurate show yet. I've literally watched it dozens of times through. Never gets old.
Accuracy is what were into here. I think it's something in our genetic makeup.
Mudge the geneticist
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:12 pm
I understand. I have the bug too. But constant nit picking is annoying. I just hope it doesn't turn into that. I'll find innaccuracies with the show I'm sure, but I honosty don't care if people know Ive found them.
Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:24 pm
As long as they stick to the major historical facts and story line, don't Hollywoodize it too much. A few little technical things here and there don't bother me too much. Sit Back and ENJOY the movie!! Now a documentary on the other hand, I WILL sit and pick apart inaccuracies! It is SUPPOSED to be an accurate presentation as possible!