The Pacific (2010) series

Discussion of WWII Pacific campaign brutality and historical accuracy of battle depictions versus Band of Brothers

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive

“i've seen I've seen it multiple times and a lot of the stuff that's happened happens in the Pacific or straight from real accounts.”

HBO miniseries, compared less favorably to Band of Brothers

Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed

“I'm not a huge fan of Pacific but it was still really good not nearly as good as the first one but I thought as far as the main guy the southern guy from Alabama who got turned down and 4F'd or whatever the fuck it's cal”

Woody mentions watching the show and discussing depiction of Japanese characters

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored

“I was watching the Pacific the other day. Obviously, it's the Japanese. But as they're fighting the Japanese, they're calling them yellow monkeys.”

Discussion of Band of Brothers sequel series

Woody · unverified▼ negative

“Taylor are more down on the second Band of Brothers which In fairness yeah the Pacific it's not nearly as good as the original but it's not bad”

Comparison to Band of Brothers, discussion of series quality and endings

Woody · unverified▼ negative

“I dislike the Pacific I I I made it through it once and uh every time I've tried afterwards I always end up going oh yeah I don't like this”

Discussion of HBO WWII series and comparison to Band of Brothers, noting darker themes and Japanese soldier behavior

Taylor ✓ voice-verified▼ negative

“they'd be like hey get over here and the guy's like with like two grenades and i'm like oh my god this is so much worse than the western front like”

Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored

“the prisoners their prisoner camps were awful they just vivisection oh man”