Post 6: 5 Reasons why The Pacific should have stayed a book and not have become a miniseries

                The Pacific was overall a good miniseries but I feel as if the book just had more to offer. It went into greater detail that the show couldn’t do. Here are 5 reasons why I feel like it should have stayed a book.

1.       Hugh Ambrose should have stayed the writer.

Hugh Ambrose wrote the book so he should have stayed the writer. What I mean by this is; the miniseries had many script writers and I feel that has affect the book because the script wasn’t written by Ambrose. Yes, it had his oversight but he wasn’t directly directing it.

2.        Keep in the detail.

The book had a lot of detail that I feel the miniseries left out. Yes, the miniseries was action packed and gave detail of the events and characters. The book just had something different. It gave me a sense of what it was like on the pacific side of the war.

3.       Out with the visuals.

Whenever I picture The Pacific in my head I always see the same people, James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello, and Jon Seda (the actors that played the characters). The miniseries gave me a visual that I didn’t really like. Personally I like to use my imagination when it comes to picturing characters in a book, I feel like the TV shows ruin that experience for me.

4.       Script-writing.

I can’t think of one movie or show that stays exactly to the script. They need to change something so it is more entertaining to the audience. I would like for once something that stays true to the book. Follows every action and word the characters say/do. It’s more fun to do it that way, sure it won’t be as entertaining, but the fans of the book will compare it to the show and say, “Wow, this is just like the book.” There would be as much criticism if it stayed to the story line.

5.       The book was amazing.

Have you ever had one of those moment when you think that the books ending was so good that they shouldn’t make another book because it will ruin the series? This is a moment I had with the book. It was a fantastic book overall, but than they had to make a show. They already had the icing on the cake so why put more of it? They should have stopped at the book and not made a show because in my opinion it just wasn’t as good.