|
Shaman Tank Spec posted:I remember vaguely hearing that either his book, or Sledge's With the Old Breed was pretty poo poo, but can't remember which it was. On instinct alone I'd put my money on Mr. "It's a sonnet for the fallen". I read Sledge's when the pacific was airing, and IIRC it was pretty well done.
|
#
¿
Apr 19, 2024 17:05
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 10, 2024 16:25 |
|
|
Jerusalem posted:So episode 3 of The Pacific, Melbourne, The thing that I remember bothering me about this episode was that they wasted an entire episode on something that was completely fabricated whole cloth.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 25, 2024 17:15
|
|
|
Tankbuster posted:explain this please. quote:Robert Leckie's book, Helmet For My Pillow, has no accounts of a girl named Stella. However, Leckie does mention someone named Sheila in his memoir, who seems to be the inspiration behind Stella in The Pacific. Like Stella, Sheila had allowed Leckie to stay at her home. However, unlike the show, Leckie's friend, Chuckler, had also accompanied them. According to the book, Leckie did not go through the same grief and heartbreak as his television counterpart because he never had a romantic relationship with Sheila. I don't know if Doc Rowe really had a pretty French nurse that he fell for during Bastogne, but they didn't spend an entire episode on it. I think Leckie was just being a drunk rear end in a top hat and that's why he really got demoted, but I'm not 100% on that. I have Helmet for My Pillow, I'll give it a read this weekend and see if I can find it. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Apr 25, 2024 |
|
#
¿
Apr 25, 2024 18:24
|
|