HBO starts a new series tonight that I’ve been anticipating for a while now. The Pacific is a 10-part series that follows the path of several soldiers as they fight in the Pacific theatre of World War II.
It’s in the same vein as Band of Brothers, which was set in WW II Europe, and set the standard for films of the sort with it’s fast paced action and dynamic camera work that gave one a true sense of the danger and the brutal reality of the situation. The Pacific is produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks who also produced Band of Brothers. They wanted to honor the soldiers who fought in the Pacific by giving their stories the same careful treatment in the telling that they did with Band of Brothers.
I doubt that anyone will be greatly disappointed.
When I saw the image above I was instantly hit with the feeling that one gets from looking at one of the nightmare landscapes of Hieronymous Bosch which I suppose is only fitting. I can’t fully imagine what it must have taken to persevere through the extreme hardships of the campaigns on those islands. It must have literally felt like hell on earth , a neverending carousel of horror and terror. Those who survived deserve every honor they received and more.
They certainly have my respect…
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