The Pacific miniseries

Does anybody know when Pacific will hit the BBC? No doubt BBC will take it on again as they did the original Band of Brothers series, I would guess a couple of months at least.

A very very long time. Band of Brothers was co-produced with the BBC, The Pacific isn’t (but with Network 7 Australia).

Does anybody know when Pacific will hit the BBC? No doubt BBC will take it on again as they did the original Band of Brothers series, I would guess a couple of months at least.

It won’t. Sky Movies – Easter.

John

Watched the first episode on HBO last night and must agree with the previous posts, felt very much like BoB even down to the veterans talking heads at the start, a bit of a slow start but will no doubt improve as the story unfolds, sadly will be back in the UK next Sunday so will have to wait for it to appear on UK screens

Does anybody know when Pacific will hit the BBC? No doubt BBC will take it on again as they did the original Band of Brothers series, I would guess a couple of months at least.

Just saw the first episode ,i liked it definatley had the same feel as BoB.Look forward to the next episodes.:)

Aviation-wise, it got off to a bad start…
One of the first shots of the series showed Mitsubishi G3M bombers when the narrator was discussing the Pearl Harbor attack.

Of course, land-based Nells weren’t used in the attack…

A very minor point, but still one enough easily avoided since you really don’t have to be a recognition expert to tell a twin engine bomber form a Kate, Val or Zeke.

The old stock footage error strikes again.

Oh… it wasn’t so bad as that… If you think of the almost simultaneous attacks on European colonies in the Pacific, which did use some land-based aircraft… it wasn’t such a huge faux pas.

And at least they were Japanese aircraft being shown, and not American… how many times have we seen shots of Douglas Dauntless’s on a dive-bombing run purported to be Japanese aircraft attacking Pearl Harbor? Too often to count.

Overall I thought the first episode didn’t meet the very high bar reached by Band of Brothers, but then again, the characters haven’t really settled in yet. There were some incredibly powerful moments though, and it will probably turn out to be the best tribute to the American side of the Pacific war ever made.

Cheers,
Richard

Aviation-wise, it got off to a bad start…
One of the first shots of the series showed Mitsubishi G3M bombers when the narrator was discussing the Pearl Harbor attack.

Of course, land-based Nells weren’t used in the attack…

A very minor point, but still one enough easily avoided since you really don’t have to be a recognition expert to tell a twin engine bomber form a Kate, Val or Zeke.

The old stock footage error strikes again.

What’s the name of the film, I need to ensure I never see it. I hate it when genuine old aeroplanes are damaged/destroyed to just make a movie.

Where did the Anson fuse end up?

cheers

The Anson is privately owned and in long term storage with a set of metal Anson wings for an eventual long term static restoration and display in a Victorian museum.

regards

Mark Pilkington

Easter in the UK

On Sky movies, if its as good as Band Of Brothers they will have done very well indeed and I’m looking forward to it.

It premiered either last night or two days ago

It’s a TV mini series coming soon to a screen near you (well in WA it is)

What’s the name of the film, I need to ensure I never see it. I hate it when genuine old aeroplanes are damaged/destroyed to just make a movie.

Where did the Anson fuse end up?

cheers

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I cant comment on the aerial scenes, I havent seen them, and aerial shots could have been filmed in either Australia or the US where ever the required types were available? but I live close to the film set for the ground scenes of the Japanese airfield.

As I understand it no flying warbirds were harmed in the making of this movie, smiles, but a static C-47 gave its life for the filming!

The former VH-EDC which ditched into salt water at Botany Bay in 1994 had been stored in NSW pending a possible rebuild, and was instead positioned on the makeshift runway and dressed as a Japanese L2D “Tabby”.

It suffered significant explosive damage to its tail and cockpit section, the tail was so badly damaged it caught fire and had to be partially rebuilt for film “continuity” purposes, its poor remains were salvaged for static restoration parts that have supported other museum displays.

An Anson fuselage frame and surrounded by its wooden wing remnants from VH-FIA, with both clad in metal and painted to present a twin engined Hickory type also wrecked on the makeshift airfield. Although looking bad, the Anson will survive for another day (and second life with a metal wing and lots of future work.)

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?p=1248940

Two “single seat” fighters were constructed from GA wing sections and custom built fuselages, and were scrapped after the filming, however their engines (a 1340 and a cheetah) were recovered.

Regards

Mark Pilkington