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07-21-2003, 02:02 PM
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‘Brothers’ team heads for Pacific
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Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman — the Emmy-winning creative team behind “Band of Brothers” — are mounting a new 10-part World War II mini-series centered on battles in the Pacific theater.
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Outstanding! I hope it's just as good as the original mini-series was!
http://www.msnbc.com/news/941838.asp?0dm=L17RL
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07-21-2003, 02:50 PM
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Looks like im an hour behind the bleeding edge of the HTF news. Ill be tuneing in when it comes out.
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07-21-2003, 03:03 PM
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That's good news! Although there were a few episodes of BOB I wasn't too fond of, it was still a very good TV series. The pacific war hasn't been explored at this level that I'm aware of, so that'll be very interesting.
/Mike
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07-21-2003, 04:32 PM
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My grandfather served in the pacific, so I am naturally interested. And if its any where near what BOB was, I am sold.
-- Matt
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07-21-2003, 05:51 PM
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I can't wait...this should be great!!!
R~
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07-28-2003, 06:12 PM
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Think any of the BOB cast will return and be re-cast?
 
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07-28-2003, 08:41 PM
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Umm, Todd this is real. When Easy company was fighting in Europe, the pacific war was going, and the war ended before they could be transferred
So there would be no crossover
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07-28-2003, 08:58 PM
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jeff I KNOW that, but that does not mean you can't use cast members? The war was real, the show is NOT.
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07-29-2003, 08:42 AM
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I doubt it. The producers went to extrordinary lengths to attain realism in the show, like by having the names of the REAL soldiers withheld until the end of the show, to give the feeling that anyone could die at any time. They want it real, and I don't think they would spoil that by crossing over with their last series. Put a whole new group in, have them train together and bond, without the guy saying, "in the last series, it was way tougher..." etc, spoiling that chemistry that was marvelous in the first run of the show.
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07-29-2003, 08:54 AM
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Also, the actors chosen for the roles in the original BOB were selected not only on ability, but a resemblance to the actual soldiers at the time. Ron Livingston, for instance, looked pretty close to the actual Lewis Nixon.
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