The Hype TV Club Watches Band of Brothers and The Pacific for May 2016

[E-Man]

Band of Brothers​

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The Pacific​

Any Hype members are welcome to join us in our viewing of these shows.
The Discussion Thread: http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=491461

• The only rules are
• Only shows on the list will be selected
• Only the first season is required for the monthly viewing. If a show has multiple seasons
• ALL spoilers must be tagged as such, as none of us have seen these shows before aka don't be a jerk
• Any posts not following the spoiler rule as subject to Deletion

For this month we're doing Band of Brothers and The Pacific, and in this thread we will be talking about our viewing experiences with the show. You all are welcome to join, so we'll talk about what we like and/or dislike about the show we're watching.

This month we're doing a little something different by watching two different shows. The reasons for this is that both shows are very short at 10 episodes a piece, both were about solders in World War II, and both were produced by HBO and the same group of people. So it will sort of be like watching one show altogether.

So let's have us some BoB and Pacific!

What is Band of Brothers?
This series, originally broadcast on HBO, tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Based on interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, this 10-part series chronicles the experiences of these young men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. Based on the book written by Stephen Ambrose.

What is The Pacific?
Based on the accounts of Marines in World War II, this 10-part miniseries follows the intertwined journeys of three U.S. Marines in the Pacific Theater -- Pfcs. Robert Leckie and Eugene B. Sledge and Sgt. John Basilone -- from their first battle against Japan on Guadalcanal, across the sands of Iwo Jima and the horror of Okinawa, to their ultimately triumphant return after V-J Day. The producing team behind "The Pacific," including Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, also was behind HBO's award-winning miniseries "Band of Brothers."

 

[flickchick85]

These are both very good shows. However, they're not the kind of thing I'll ever have the desire to re-watch. So y'all have fun!

 

[Kane52630]

Cool beans, I've been meaning to watch this for a while.

 

[E-Man]

I have a feeling that this is going to be great but also one of those things that messes with your mind too. I know all about the Saving Private Ryan connection, so I'm going to have to prep myself if it's that brutal.

 

[ComicChick]

i do not know about a Saving Private Ryan connection. do you just mean the graphic violence or do the story lines actually connect?

 

[flickchick85]

No the connection is just that it's another Hanks/Spielberg WWII collaboration.

 

[ComicChick]

gotcha. i plan on starting this tomorrow

 

[E-Man]

I watched the first three episodes of Band of Brothers last night before going to bed. The first episode was a slow burn that set things up, but episodes two and three were really intense. The cast is so big that I don't know much people, but I'll always remember Sgt. Nicholas Brody anywhere.