Pacific-'Band of Brothers 2'

Executive produced by Steven Spielberg and from the creators of “Band of Brothers”, The Pacific is a a 10-part HBO mini-series which tells the intertwined stories of three Marines during America’s battle with the Japanese to save Australia in World War II.

Its taken mostly from Eugene Sledge's book: With the Old Breed, an incredible war memoir.

really looking forward to this series. really looking forward.

Originally Posted by Eire_Emerald

really looking forward to this series. really looking forward.

Likewise. I pray they don't make a mess of this and turn it all Hollywood. From the clip it looks ok...it needs to retain the raw grit that was present in the first. I will very be surprised if it is anywhere near as good. Steven Spielberg has raped far too many sequals.

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yea...good news...





link mates...

http://www.pararesearchteam.com/ThePacific.html

Yeah I really can't wait. Time to do some Marines some damn justice with a high quality mini-series. Imagine all the fanboys that'll come out of this series for the Marines, just like all the 101st 506th Easy Co. fanboys from the first. Good times!

When is this series released?

Sometime in '09. Likely fall.

Its about time. I don't think people have a real good understanding as to just how miserable and violent the retaking of the islands was. Your talking the most concentrated fighting in modern times. Thirty-eight thousand men on an island less than a square mile in size, and less than 800 yards across.

They also need to make a series about Korea, and the Changjin Reservoir. Specifically, Toktong Pass. Where 218 Marines held off a force 4,000 Chinese assaulting the mountain pass over a five day period.

Fighting took place at night, where the air temperature, not wind chill, but the air temp, was -30F. Wounds flash froze, and guys that would have bled out, lived.

Fox Company ended up with 60-70 dead, and killed around 1,000 Chinese. Capt. William Barber's defense of that pass is still studied. He passed away in 2002.

Originally Posted by BarnabyJones

Where 218 Marines held off a force 4,000 Chinese assaulting the mountain pass over a five day period.

The US fighting the Chinese during WW2? I assume these were Japanese puppets?

Originally Posted by aarons got funky fresh

The US fighting the Chinese during WW2? I assume these were Japanese puppets?

KOREAN WAR.

Maybe we'll even find something to make inspiring mini series about other than heroic US military actions.

Originally Posted by Rapax

KOREAN WAR.

Maybe we'll even find something to make inspiring mini series about other than heroic US military actions.

Why would you expect an American director and film company to make a series about a foreign army? Every country is free to make there own tv programmes.

But if they do make a film about the Chosin reservoir battle, I hope they mention the Royal marines that fought there as part of the US 1st Marine division.

I didn't mention any director or any company. A Brit shouldn't get defensive about it so easily.

Originally Posted by Rapax

KOREAN WAR.

Maybe we'll even find something to make inspiring mini series about other than heroic US military actions.

hmm how about the British in North Africa, or south east Asia, Or the Zulu wars, or maybe even the boer war.

Originally Posted by BarnabyJones

Fox Company ended up with 60-70 dead, and killed around 1,000 Chinese. Capt. William Barber's defense of that pass is still studied. He passed away in 2002.

Yeah!!! That's my proud unit heritage right there. I did four years in 2/7 Fox Company and Ol' Barber's picture is hanging up with all the other MoH winners in the regimental office. They called it Fox Hill. When Fox 2/7 went to Afghanistan in 2008 they erected a new forward operating base in Helmand near a town called Now-A-Zad (or some such) and named it Camp Barber. But he deserves something better than an obscure FOB in Helmand that will probably be torn down at some point soon if it hasn't already since Fox company left.

Originally Posted by BarnabyJones

Sometime in '09. Likely fall.

Its about time. I don't think people have a real good understanding as to just how miserable and violent the retaking of the islands was. Your talking the most concentrated fighting in modern times. Thirty-eight thousand men on an island less than a square mile in size, and less than 800 yards across.

They also need to make a series about Korea, and the Changjin Reservoir. Specifically, Toktong Pass. Where 218 Marines held off a force 4,000 Chinese assaulting the mountain pass over a five day period.

Fighting took place at night, where the air temperature, not wind chill, but the air temp, was -30F. Wounds flash froze, and guys that would have bled out, lived.

Fox Company ended up with 60-70 dead, and killed around 1,000 Chinese. Capt. William Barber's defense of that pass is still studied. He passed away in 2002.

With only 220 men under his command, Barber held off more than 1,400 People's Republic of China soldiers during six days of fighting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Barber

1,400 seems a bit more realistic, still a great story though.




If this is due in '09, it means that Ill get to see it on History channel in 2012, neat. I'll start making some popcorn.

Originally Posted by jsktrogdor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Barber

1,400 seems a bit more realistic, still a great story though.

Its Wikipedia...

Its a fact that 4000 Chinese were assaulting that pass. The first assault, was a battalion. They later reinforced with another battalion, and even later, another 2-3 companies.

This is a vastly under reported and misunderstood battle. A recent book was written by sorting through thousands of documents, and interviewing all the surviving members of the company, including Barber, before his death. Its considered the final word on the battle.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The.../9780871139931

I wish they would show the battle of Brisbane it is really a little know event that I think needs to be shown more often in film or at least show the intense dislike of Americans that many Australian troops had at the start.

Yay!!! it was made near where i live....well in the same state anyway.

Does anyone from Australia know when 7 is showing it?

Lookinn forward to this...although I agree a Korean War series in the same vein would be sweet. I mean it was still insanely hard, brutal fighting which brought the North, the Soviets and Chinese to the brink of total victory, but at least the likely protagonists (Americans) still win (basically) at the end. Getting into the kind of sprit you do in band of brothers would be virtually impossible with, say, a Vietnam War series, since everything they go through ends up being for prety much nothing.

I'll be watching. BoB played a large part in stripping away my innocence (in a good way).