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The Pacific Blu-ray Date and Extras Revealed
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Posted June 4, 2010 03:07 PM by Juan Calonge
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 HBO Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, will release The Pacific on Blu-ray on November 2. This 10-part WWII miniseries will be presented in six discs, with a DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, and will contain two exclusive interactive companion features that maximize the use of Blu-ray technology and provide a superior viewing experience.
Special features include:
- The Pacific Enhanced Viewing: with Enhanced Viewing, a 10-part, 10-hour, picture-in-picture experience makes it possible to learn more about the Marines and gain a deeper historical understanding of the battles while watching the miniseries. Exclusive content includes interviews with historians and veterans, archival footage, maps and more.
- The Pacific Field Guide: allows viewers to navigate through the major events featured in The Pacific in this standalone, interactive Field Guide. Search within to view exclusive content including animated maps, extensive interviews with historians and veterans, historical footage, photographs and more.
- Historical Backgrounds: the five-minute prologues that set the stage for each episode and additional historical footage narrated by Tom Hanks.
- Making The Pacific: go behind the scenes and take an inside look at the making of this miniseries.
- Profiles of The Pacific: delve into the lives of the real Marines featured in The Pacific. Get a personal perspective on their families, their war experience and their lives after the war in these intimate portraits.
- Anatomy of the Pacific War: explore the historical influences and cultural perceptions that led to the merciless brutality in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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Source: The Virginian-Pilot |
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un4gvn94538
Jun 04, 2010
cant wait for this. it will look good next to band of brothers on my shelf  |
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jwoodwar
Jun 04, 2010
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Bad ass miniseries! CANT WAIT!!!! |
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BrowncoatJedi
Jun 04, 2010
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Not nearly as good as Band of Brothers. |
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dobyblue
Jun 04, 2010
Really wanted to watch this, but Blu-ray is such a far superior experience sonically and visually that I waited for this release so that I can watch it the first time in all it's 1080p24/lossless glory.
Can't wait to pick this one up, pre-order for sure! |
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peevmyster
Jun 04, 2010
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I agree Browncoat, not enough war, too much of the austrailia and home stuff. |
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markbr
Jun 04, 2010
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Yes yes yes yes I can't wait, I'm getting this on the release day. |
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Hooch504
Jun 04, 2010
Oh yeah! I missed it because I don't have HBO, so this will be a first day purchase for me provided it's not too expensive. I remember BoB on DVD stayed over $100 for years. I got loucky and bought it used from Amoeba Music here in the city. It was in pristine condition, no scratches, even the tin was perfect. I recently gave it to a friend who doesn't make that much money, when I bought the BD version.
Anyway, hopefully Pacific is reasonable when it comes out! |
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Wdm81
Jun 04, 2010
Remember when this was supposed to be out in june?
I skiped the series because they had said the bluray would hit around fathers day (by the time they delayed the set to November I was already a few weeks behind and figured i'd just wait anyways) So defenite first day buy for me |
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ArrestedDevelopment
Jun 04, 2010
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Disappointing miniseries, definitely doesn't live up to the amazing Band of Brothers. |
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Rainman208
Jun 04, 2010
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Damn. November? They took a page out of the Season 5 Lost release schedule book. Oh well, don't have HBO so no choice but to wait. |
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nathanp
Jun 04, 2010
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Awesome news, great series that will look great next to BoB. |
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Johnny Neat
Jun 04, 2010
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It's like Band of brothers was a good companion piece to Saving Private Ryan and this is a companion piece to Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Anyhow I'm grabbing it but I don't feel it was better than Band of Brothers for many reasons, sadly. |
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RAZGRIZ-1
Jun 04, 2010
Its comming out in time for Black Friday. 
I only got to watch through part 5 becuase we got new cable and we didn't get HBO. |
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mjsmufc99
Jun 04, 2010
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Excellent Series it will stand well with its Sister Band Of Brothers! please be an identical tin to Band Of Brothers |
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Ator the Invincible
Jun 04, 2010
Just watched the whole series over Memorial Day weekend (had them on my DVR). I thought it was excellent. I'll be buying this for sure.
As for the Band of Brothers comparisons, BoB was one of the greatest mini-series ever made. "Not as good as Band of Brothers" isn't exactly harsh criticism.  |
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SonOfArathorn
Jun 04, 2010
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Day one for me... held off watching until the Blu is out. |
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-jonny-
Jun 04, 2010
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I have to concur with all those who were very disappointed in this miniseries unfortunately. |
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Mrillmatic27
Jun 04, 2010
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Nov. 2!! I wanted it a little earlier than that..... |
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borninusa
Jun 04, 2010
I was so looking forward to this. Well, I still am but I have heard nothing but bad things about it. I know its hard not to compare it to Band of Bros....but I have heard it is sort of boring.
I will probably still get it...but I am a bit leary now. |
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Ski31
Jun 04, 2010
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Just in time for the Marine Corps 235th birthday, oorah |
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Morkna
Jun 04, 2010
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Watched it on HBO. Struggled to make it through all 10 episodes. Some episodes were so pointless it wanted to make you quit watching it. Watched it once, but I don't think I will ever watch it again. |
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jk1138
Jun 04, 2010
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I have one more episode to watch, and must say there are times it feels like it is pointless to the story, but overall I give it a good rating. The one thing I would say is a big minus is BoB you felt like they were a family, The Pacific is more about a story from the perspective of 3 guys, that really have nothing to do with one another, often the idea comes across they hated each other almost as much as they hated the enemy. BoB is more of a story, this is more of a Hodgepodge. |
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augustburnsred
Jun 04, 2010
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definitely getting this day one!! just an amazing mini-series. |
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augustburnsred
Jun 04, 2010
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definitely getting this day one!! just an amazing mini-series. |
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Schrute Farms
Jun 05, 2010
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Guys, this is available for rent at my Blockbuster right now. I saw part one on the shelf today. |
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RyRyMcNizzy13
Jun 05, 2010
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so the people who disliked were you waiting for Winters to kick in a Tree or something and just start running battles B.O.B style? you cant just go and make a b.o.b. part 2 they had to do different things i think they pulled it real well. this series was well directed and the acting was just as good. the battle scenes were amazing and i liked how they developed the soldiers during the season instead of just doing it all in one episode kinda like B.O.B. however i did like B.OB. better i still thought this lived up to my expectations and will be getting this day 1. |
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GoodToGo
Jun 05, 2010
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Dunno whether to buy or not....Maybe once the price drops |
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mishal
Jun 05, 2010
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Is it as good as Band of Brothers or should I pass? |
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Croweyes1121
Jun 05, 2010
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For my part, mishal, I didn't enjoy this. I LOVED Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, the latter being the finest WWII miniseries ever IMHO. But The Pacific really bored me. I really, really wanted to love it, too. But I, like a previous poster, found it a struggle to get through all ten shows. |
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MADNOD
Jun 05, 2010
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great news, i'll buy it from the UK. |
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The Chosen One
Jun 05, 2010
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I'm hoping there will be footage or intro's bij real WW 2 veterans again. That just gives such a immense feeling of realisme/true happinisme (yes thats a word) to the show. |
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blu_world
Jun 05, 2010
45 dollar's for the series's,I'll Take It.
$80-$90?,ahh i think i will skip it & get a couple of movies for that price. |
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Irrob
Jun 05, 2010
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This was a snoozefest. The bar was set pretty damn high with Band of Brothers. |
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FLskydiver
Jun 05, 2010
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Blu-world, it's $70 now on Amazon. |
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denger76
Jun 05, 2010
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The Pacific was good but Band of Brothers was excellent!!! |
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jimmybobo
Jun 05, 2010
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Wanted to love this series but was almost painful to watch every episode, going to pass on it. |
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Minimejer05
Jun 05, 2010
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Never watched this one. Might rent some day. |
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Bugfood
Jun 05, 2010
Unfortunately, I don't think The Pacific worked at all.
The direction was mostly leaden, the acting so-so (with only a few exceptions) and the episode structure and progression deeply flawed.
That said, it's production design and delivery was exceptional (with the exception of some occasionally ropey CGI effects).
Ultimately I think (I have to say that as I wasn't there!) it failed to convey how it may have felt to experience that arena of World War 2.
Comparisons with BoB and SPR are unavoidable and, very sadly, this couldn't hold a candle to either of them...particularly Bob.
Very disappointed and no purchase for me...no matter how shiny the disc presentation. |
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Magicmonger
Jun 05, 2010
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Looks great. Alot of extras. Will look great on shelf with Band of Brothers. |
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Mobe1969
Jun 05, 2010
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I like the idea of the historical backgrounds intros on all the episodes. |
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BluPix
Jun 05, 2010
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I thought this miniseries was top-notch and liked the way it integrated "the home front" (life in Australia and US, etc) into the story. Quite engaging and I'll likely pick it up sooner rather than later. I also look forward to the Blu-ray extras described. Seems to be a good value for the money. |
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goshikisen
Jun 05, 2010
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I liked it as much as if not more than Band of Brothers. It did a better job of portraying the brutality of combat. I find that most of the people who had a problem with the Pacific never read the books that it was based on. At least read "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge before you write it off. |
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BluVinyl
Jun 05, 2010
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I didn't read any of the books for Pacific, but I still found it excellent. I loved it as much as BOB. I didn't expect it to be similar because of the differences in the nature of the combat in the Pacific. The focus on the 3 Marines worked for me. I'll buy it, but probably wait a couple of months for a sale. |
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indianajmb
Jun 06, 2010
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Very disappointing series. The character development was seriously lacking. Obviously you care about the main 3 characters, but the surrounding characters, came and went. The main difference between BOB and this was in BOB there were 15-20 characters that you followed and cared about from episode 1-10. The Pacific jumped around so much it was hard to associate with the characters or to even know who they were. I can name almost every single major characters name in BOB. Pacific hardly any. |
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1blufan
Jun 06, 2010
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Unfortunately it was lacking the emotional punch that Brothers had. They tried to hard to give us the other side of fighting like finding love and the cost of fighting will mess your mind up if you make it home. The fight sequences were very small and don't even come close to what we got in Brothers. Yes I realize two different areas of the war but The Pacific had very little, and wanted to spend more time on the personal emotional impact of the war than the war itself. I also felt like I couldn't grasp onto a character in this series, and no actors came close to giving us a performance like the guys did in Brothers. I wouldn't spend the big $$ on this if you haven't seen it before, This is no Band of Brothers done in The Pacific |
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ogscorpion
Jun 06, 2010
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This is definitely a blind buy for me on release day. |
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SkillzthatKillz
Jun 06, 2010
1blufan,
I don't know what series you were watching, but this series had some pretty intense combat sequences. Episodes 1,2, 5,6,7, and 9 were all fighting and a good portion of 4 and 8 were as well. This series was very good IMO. The only think I think BoB did better was developing some of the side characters, whereas the Pacific focuses on 3 Marines and their personal stories/struggles. I will definately be purchasing this on day 1 |
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Foe
Jun 06, 2010
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My blockbuster already has it on bluray for rent. Don't know if that's just here in california. |
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SkillzthatKillz
Jun 07, 2010
Foe
I think that BB only has episode 1 for rent as part of a promo |
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rblum199
Jun 07, 2010
@Foe
a question - if you've rented the promo at your blockbuster, how good is the quality? Is the video and audio as good as on Band of Brothers? I'm probably going to get it regardless, but I just have a big bit of curiosity about it. |
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DirtHerder
Jun 09, 2010
The most disappoint deal with this series is that the majority of the conflict is told in narrations at the beginning of each episode. then it proceeds to bog down on the soldiers emo thick anguish~ Peppering solemn melodies or insane riffs depending on the sad/nuts mode the soldier is in at the moment. 'Band of Brothers' started out with a bang that balanced the emo with the battles at the beginning to drip completely and utterly into morose angst. Perfect example would of been the episode where the leader of the group had to do a after action report. You got to see how he did the strategy like what he did in the earlier episodes and you see his angst over the killing of one of the younger German soldiers~ Great balance!
'The Pacific' Drops the ball right out of the gate by just labeling each episode with numbers unlike 'BoB'. It hits its peak in the second episode and then pours like a tsunami into emo land then on! There is only one major action event that did a great job of showing how men rush into a meat grinder without any sense of tactics what so ever.. Any feeling I should of had for the soldiers had already bled away by then.
I truly feel sorry for the real men shown at the beginning because I never connected with what followed in 9 episodes. So again that side of the war is lost by this series and the movies that Eastwood did. He also did the same by just showing a tiny part of the war to anguish over the destruction of a few men. Taking away the full meaning of why they where there in the first place |
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fettastic
Jun 09, 2010
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I stopped watching after about episode 7. It's ok, but not even in the same galaxy as Band of Brothers. Maybe it's because the main character is a douche and there really are no in-depth supporting characters. |
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