THE PACIFIC Episode 1 Breakdown & Ending Explained

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@BrainPilot 4 ай бұрын

How do you think The Pacific compares to Band of Brothers? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

@richardarmstrong6513 4 ай бұрын

I don't like comparing them. They are all so different. The Pacific is simply a brilliant piece of TV.

@GlennDavey 3 ай бұрын

The landing and walking scenes in this episode play a lot like The Thin Red Line

@IAmAFamel 4 ай бұрын

The Pacific is just so gritty compared to Band of Brothers. In Band of Brothers, even in their darkest hours like in Bastogne and Haguenau, they are still optimistic and hopeful. In The Pacific, almost right off the bat, you feel the hopelessness of their situation. It’s grim from beginning to end. In the last episode, there is no happy baseball game and silver lining. There isn’t the gradual easing of combat you see as Easy Company occupies Germany and Austria. Only the bloodbath on Okinawa. When the bomb drops, there isn’t a massive celebration and joy. Sledge sits there dead inside with Snafu, almost indifferent of it all. It’s almost anti-climatic, which is realistic. They fought on that piece of rock for months, lost thousands of comrades, just for it to be over so suddenly. Just like that, it’s over.

@ereini0n 4 ай бұрын

That's a good show, much more grounded and harder to watch than BoB, but it's got charm, especially helped by the main leads - Leckie and Sledge

@cleverusername9369 4 ай бұрын

Joseph Mazzello and James Badge Dale were EXCELLENT as Sledge and Leckie, respectively.

@BrainPilot 4 ай бұрын

Yeah Leckie and Sledge are great!

@IAmAFamel 4 ай бұрын

I love Leckie. He is an intellectual writer than volunteers, not knowing what exactly he’s getting himself into. His journey isn’t necessarily that of your average hero, but instead a man who is seeking a transformative experience, trying to make sense of a hopeless adventure. I enjoy his poetic pessimism

@ray101892 4 ай бұрын

I don't know why people were straight up trashing this vs BoB when it came out. I especially liked the contrasting personalities of the three leads. Basilione was the cool and experienced vet who served before the war, Leckie is the everyman who joined because it was the right thing to do but still retained his chipper attitude because of a combination of writing his experiences as an outlet and clinging on to the hope of getting the girl at home and finally the fomo Eugene who thought it was a noble endeavor only to be smacked in the face by reality and bottled everything up because of the horrific experiences.

@robertbenson9797 4 ай бұрын

As the son of a WWII ETO veteran, I told my dad that he was lucky that he went to Europe. I was about 9 or 10 and had read about how brutal the Japanese were. Also, watching some of the “propaganda movies” made in the early part of the war, I was sure dad had it better in Europe. Much like the differences in the two series, the ETO, was more “compact”, relatively speaking, than the vast distances in the Pacific. In fact, Dad sometimes referred to “the US Army camping trip” across Northern Europe. The winter of 1944-45 turned out to be extremely cold but the western front in Europe had a lot of similarities to the upper Midwest of the US. No place in the Pacific could be confused with the continental United States. The producers of The Pacific did a good job on the equipment that the Marines had on Guadalcanal. Springfield bolt action rifles instead of the M-1 Garand was the most obvious weapons example. A 50 round drum magazine on a Thompson sub machine was an early war feature that was replaced in a short period of time. The use of the machine guns on Guadalcanal and later in the war were well covered. The M1917 Browning machine gun was very heavy. The marine carrying the mount and ammunition was one strong marine! Being water cooled, it had a condenser and tubing to prevent steam. Later in his service, John Basilone, is shown training Marines in the use of the Browning M1919 machine gun, which was air cooled. Still heavy, it was more portable that the M-1917 model. The episodes with Eugene Sledge, are my favorite episodes. It shows the change in “Sledgehammer” as he goes through combat. Thank you for the reviews.

@IAmAFamel 4 ай бұрын

People talk about skipping the first few episodes of The Pacific, fast forwarding to Sledges experiences. I really enjoyed the first half of the show. Unlike other movies and series, like BoB, these men really have no idea what they’re getting themselves into. They don’t know a thing about the Japanese or the environment they’re about to fight in. I like Leckie’s point of view of being one of the first soldiers to have boots in the ground and meet the enemy for the first time. As a viewer, you’re discovering the Japanese cruel tactics and viscous fighting style first hand with the 1st Marines. To me Leckie’s story is just as good as Sledges. He isn’t a gung-ho soldier like Basilone. He is pessimistic and grows hopeless as the island hoping goes on. Sledge’s experience is similar, but something about Leckie’s smart ass comments make it much more enjoyable and understandable.

@JustRyderU 3 ай бұрын

I think the hardest part for BoB enjoyers is that in the pacific there was a severe lack of comradeship. Unlike the European front turnover and casualties left many units impersonal. That along with the environment left a divide amongst newly entered and even established groups.

@johnharris6655 3 ай бұрын

Band of Brothers covered one Unit from D-day to the end of the war, which was about a year. The Pacific spans the entire year, multiple cast members over many locations. You have Leckie in the hospital, Basilone in DC then to San Diego and then back to the Pacific. I think the Pacific tried to do to much.

@BrainPilot 3 ай бұрын

Yeah it did have a much larger time period to cover!

@InfoTube2011 4 ай бұрын

The Pacific is such a good series and personally my favourite over BoB which I know is controversial, I just connect with the characters more and it shows a more realistic depiction of the horrors of war and how that can affect the mind. This episode's intro when they first arrive at Guadalcanal compared to their first real encounter with the enemy feels like a good replication of how many of the Marines will have reacted. Looking forward to seeing the reviews of the next few episodes and to reflect on my own opinions of each one, keep up the good work!

@ncwoodworker 4 ай бұрын

I have felt the same way. I’ve watched both several times. They are completely different in their approach. The Pacific didn’t pussyfoot around. The island hopping wasn’t anything like Europe. The Japs fought to their death and made the marines life miserable. the weather too. Enjoyed both throughly.

@CurzonHouse 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciated your review of episode 1. The Pacific is currently being shown on Freeview in the UK. I think Band of Brothers is one of the best TV series ever made, so I’ve been keen to see this one too. I must admit in The Pacific as far as I’ve seen so far, it is at times difficult to identify individual characters. Obviously the frequent darkness and the jungle environment do exacerbate this and there are similar issues in Band of Brothers too. In a way I suppose that it does add to the flavour of chaos that was the reality of these battle situations. However as with Band of Brothers, I found your commentary extremely helpful in understanding the finer details of the storyline. Thank you - I hope you have the time and inclination to review further episodes.

@kenbrovost9653 4 ай бұрын

Band of Brothers is a war story, the Pacific is a horror story

@ryanh4775 4 ай бұрын

The scene where the ship burst into flames was actually a very accurate but quick telling of the battle of Savo Island. Even the order that the ships burst into flame was represented accurately on screen and as a side note that was my grandfather ship and as was exploding he told he he was flying through the air jumping for his life.

@MikeJones-qn1gz 4 ай бұрын

Right down to the one ship blowing the hell up, its HMAS Australia, she forgot with her pants down and nailed by Admiral Mikawa’s cruisers,her ammunition bunker went off and she went down by the morning.

@ryanh4775 4 ай бұрын

@@MikeJones-qn1gz I was in fact incorrect. The ship I was referring to was further north in a similar formation which I think is what confused me. It all looks the same out on the water with waves 🌊 and such. However the Australians are the one who saved my grandfather's life because they shot at the sharks with Tommy guns and therefore that probably a main reason why I'm here chatting with you good sir. So I'll always have an affinity for the brave sailors down under because of that simply put.

@KarlElvis 3 ай бұрын

My father was an army signal corp technical sgt in the pacific, mostly in the Philippines. Because of this, the Pacific felt much more personal to me. While dad didn’t see much combat like these marines, I could still see him on those troop ships, and on islands very much like these. I wish my father were still with us, after seeing The Pacific, I have questions I wish I could ask.

@caraslyy 2 ай бұрын

I ❤ your reviews so much. I love them so much that I won’t watch anyone else’s breakdowns of Bob or Masters of the Air.😂 I was wondering, when would you possibly get the second breakdown of The Pacific out? I already watched the first breakdown, but I’m dying to see to see the rest. As always, wonderful reviews.

@BrainPilot 2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoy the videos. I'm planning on getting it out soon but i'm most probably going to be covering Chernobyl first

@strayshooter69 4 ай бұрын

This show was just 🤌🤌🤌

@ongayoan 4 ай бұрын

Second comment. Man, I'm getting used to BrainPilots voice. It's fitting he reviews this series. Has watched BOB and The Pacific after.

@BrainPilot 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@ongayoan 4 ай бұрын

@@BrainPilot man, that voice it just takes me to the event. Without experiencing the horror. Great storytelling voice. May I ask what's your nationality, if you don't mind.

@aNsWeRkEy02 3 ай бұрын

rami malek was also in this if I remember correctly

@BrainPilot 3 ай бұрын

He was!

@johnharris6655 3 ай бұрын

My dad and Charles "Chuck "Tatum were good friends. After the war they built and drove race cars together.

@senoreunicornio3227 4 ай бұрын

I had the dvd collection but as of now, only 3 dvds survive lol.

@UncleJunSushi Ай бұрын

In a lot of ways this is superior to Band of Brothers. While BOB was great, in my opinion there was a lack of grit and realism. You never really felt the terror and effects of the carnage happening all around. And the way they interacted with each other at times felt kind of cartoonish - which is a complaint I have with a lot of WWII movies/series. The Pacific on the other hands feels much more real in not only the effects of being around seemingly never ending carnage, but also seemed much more real and natural with the way the characters interacted with one another.

@Mentalfrostbite 4 ай бұрын

Fun fact, in the minute 9:50, in the upper right of the picture you can see a soldier facing a tree. That's actually 17yo Sidney Phillips peeing.

@sovietsomething 4 ай бұрын

Okay, since this is the Usmc we are talking about, i want to point out the medics are not medics they are us navy corpman, other than that good review

@CSC52698 4 ай бұрын

Are you still going to review the last 3 episodes of Band of Brothers?

@BrainPilot 4 ай бұрын

Yes, i'm aiming to get the episode 8 breakdown out by the end of the weekend!

@JonnyTripleXtv 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the pacific more than band of brothers. It seemed more real and brutal

@BrainPilot 4 ай бұрын

That's fair enough! It is great in a completely different way

@Misathechamp 4 ай бұрын

To me I’d say the Pacific did better getting us attached to the characters, as they focused on fewer individuals than BoB, I could actually recognise the main characters the first time I watched it. In BoB I could not recognise the characters before the second time. But on the other hand, I could not follow the story line in the Pacific. The storyline was way clearer in BoB, and I understood what was going on even though I had a hard tim with the characters. I also think all the romance in the Pacific was unnecessary at times, making it a bit awkward to watch.