03-21-2010, 09:17 AM
Just watched the first episode. Its what I expected in a very good Spielberg/Hanks interpretation of world war II.
But so far, Band of Brothers episode 1 was leaps and bounds more superior than The Pacific episode 1 mainly due to the character development. What I liked about BoB is that it sets the characters up - getting to know them, seeing them band together against Sobel etc. Where as in The Pacific, they pretty much go straight to Guadalcanal straight away and you feel no empathy or rapport for the characters.
I really hope they do a bit more of that in future episodes. But otherwise it was quite good.
But so far, Band of Brothers episode 1 was leaps and bounds more superior than The Pacific episode 1 mainly due to the character development. What I liked about BoB is that it sets the characters up - getting to know them, seeing them band together against Sobel etc. Where as in The Pacific, they pretty much go straight to Guadalcanal straight away and you feel no empathy or rapport for the characters.
I really hope they do a bit more of that in future episodes. But otherwise it was quite good.