Vinnie
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Finally finished watching the Pacific and am now ploughing my way through the book. The obvious comparison for this is to Band of Brothers so which series did people like better and why?
For me BoB had is in the bag by episode three. The acting was much better and the characters more rounded and interesting. I really didn't care what happened to Sledge and Snafu the way I did about Winters et al.
Part of this is the scope of the two series. One about a single company over the course of a year and the other covering almost five years and geographically a much larger area. This forced an episodic nature onto the series which ruined the narrative flow.
The book is also pretty poor compared to BoB.
For me BoB had is in the bag by episode three. The acting was much better and the characters more rounded and interesting. I really didn't care what happened to Sledge and Snafu the way I did about Winters et al.
Part of this is the scope of the two series. One about a single company over the course of a year and the other covering almost five years and geographically a much larger area. This forced an episodic nature onto the series which ruined the narrative flow.
The book is also pretty poor compared to BoB.