The Pacific - Just plain bloody brilliant.
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sassthathoopie said:
XG332 said:
ferrisbueller said:
sassthathoopie said:
ferrisbueller said:
CatherineJ said:
Talking of which I am sure i've seen B.O.B box set for £20.00. Is that about the going rate as I keep meaning to buy it.
CatherineJ said:
I didn't watch The Pacific either, just couldn't get into it.
Oh dear. Much pissing on chips. I'll reserve judgement until I've finished the series. So far so good, but I'm a bit of a BoB w
e, going so far as to visit some of the places from the series.
The final stop was a visit to museums at Paschendale, and Bastogne. Having watched BofB at least 10 times each we decided to try and find the wood overlooking Foy.
There is a small plaque placed by the survivors of Easy Company next to a forest plantation, so we went for a look around.
The forest was littered with relic foxholes, particularly along the perimeter. The majority were fairly shallow having subsided over the years, but we found four or five deep ones.
The view down the hill to Foy is very similar to the set used in the series. In fact the series represented the wood so well we felt like we knew it.
As it was starting to get dark we decided to maintain the wild camping theme that we'd followed throughout the trip. We hid the car in the trees well away from the road
It was my brother's turn to cook
Once it got dark we dug out the bivvy bags. Rob woke up the following morning before me...
I haven't ever posted these pics up before because I expected a TECKNOPLUG style response. We owe a debt of gratitude to so many people of that generation. The likelihood is that I will never be asked to make the sacrifices they did. For me sleeping overnight there was a humbling experience, and very difficult to describe. But I'm glad I did it.
I would hate for it to become a big thing though with lots of people tramping all over the site.
ferrisbueller said:
sassthathoopie said:
XG332 said:
ferrisbueller said:
sassthathoopie said:
ferrisbueller said:
CatherineJ said:
Talking of which I am sure i've seen B.O.B box set for £20.00. Is that about the going rate as I keep meaning to buy it.
CatherineJ said:
I didn't watch The Pacific either, just couldn't get into it.
Oh dear. Much pissing on chips. I'll reserve judgement until I've finished the series. So far so good, but I'm a bit of a BoB we, going so far as to visit some of the places from the series.The final stop was a visit to museums at Paschendale, and Bastogne. Having watched BofB at least 10 times each we decided to try and find the wood overlooking Foy.
There is a small plaque placed by the survivors of Easy Company next to a forest plantation, so we went for a look around.
The forest was littered with relic foxholes, particularly along the perimeter. The majority were fairly shallow having subsided over the years, but we found four or five deep ones.
The view down the hill to Foy is very similar to the set used in the series. In fact the series represented the wood so well we felt like we knew it.
As it was starting to get dark we decided to maintain the wild camping theme that we'd followed throughout the trip. We hid the car in the trees well away from the road
It was my brother's turn to cook
Once it got dark we dug out the bivvy bags. Rob woke up the following morning before me...
I haven't ever posted these pics up before because I expected a TECKNOPLUG style response. We owe a debt of gratitude to so many people of that generation. The likelihood is that I will never be asked to make the sacrifices they did. For me sleeping overnight there was a humbling experience, and very difficult to describe. But I'm glad I did it.
I would hate for it to become a big thing though with lots of people tramping all over the site.
Glad you like the pics.
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sassthathoopie said:
This the Easy company memorial. Put these co ordinates into google map: 50.028317,5.756503
The foxholes are here; 50.033631,5.752228
If you drag the yellow man about on google map you'll see lots of pics uploaded, and some shots from the series, or else a very good re enactment.
HTH
Eric Mc said:
Mr. Potato Head said:
I'd rather fight Nazi Germans than I would fight Bushido Japanese.
Brutal.
10/10
I think the Russians would disagree.Brutal.
10/10
Generally, the war in the west was more "civilised (if war can ever be described in that way) than the war on the Eastern Front.
pokethepope said:
Eric Mc said:
Mr. Potato Head said:
I'd rather fight Nazi Germans than I would fight Bushido Japanese.
Brutal.
10/10
I think the Russians would disagree.Brutal.
10/10
Generally, the war in the west was more "civilised (if war can ever be described in that way) than the war on the Eastern Front.
Read "Armageddon" by Max Hastings and you'll get the picture.
Eric Mc said:
pokethepope said:
Eric Mc said:
Mr. Potato Head said:
I'd rather fight Nazi Germans than I would fight Bushido Japanese.
Brutal.
10/10
I think the Russians would disagree.Brutal.
10/10
Generally, the war in the west was more "civilised (if war can ever be described in that way) than the war on the Eastern Front.
Read "Armageddon" by Max Hastings and you'll get the picture.
Edited by TEKNOPUG on Thursday 11th November 10:39
ferrisbueller said:
sassthathoopie said:
This the Easy company memorial. Put these co ordinates into google map: 50.028317,5.756503
The foxholes are here; 50.033631,5.752228
If you drag the yellow man about on google map you'll see lots of pics uploaded, and some shots from the series, or else a very good re enactment.
HTH
I've just finished watching the pacific and I agree with the OP, it's absolutely awesome. The soundtrack, visuals and story are all awesome. You really need a decent setup to get the most out of it, but I was cacking it every time there was a bombing run.
Never watched BOB although I prob will.
Never watched BOB although I prob will.
I think you've inspired me to do a similar trip! I've always wanted to camp in the woods over looking Foye with it snowing too just to have some sense of what it was like there.
Anyone know if it's possible to rent a motorbike in England or in France?
Back to the Pacific I thought it was ok (still havnt finished watching it though) but it was lacking that element where you get attached to the characters. I think it was hard to tell who's who from time to time and you probably need to watch the whole series a few times ala BOB to get a real sense of it.
Anyone know if it's possible to rent a motorbike in England or in France?
Back to the Pacific I thought it was ok (still havnt finished watching it though) but it was lacking that element where you get attached to the characters. I think it was hard to tell who's who from time to time and you probably need to watch the whole series a few times ala BOB to get a real sense of it.
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