Anybody else watch "The War" on PBS?

[Sabra]

I'm not exactly sure whether I do or don't like it

Hi, Tris:

I watched and intend to continue, as I'm sure you will. My reaction was the same. I think that for an opening salvo, last night's episode was sort of blah. (Well as blah as a film with decpitated body can be. First one I ever saw - and ever aspire to see. One is enough!)

The U.S. entry into WWII was so sudden. Do you think the episode last night suffered from a lack of lead-up? Ken Burns had to just jump in and take us with him.

Guadalcanal ... man ... what a lesson! While I was not as engaged by last night's episode as I expected to be, I learned that I know NOTHING about the war in the Pacific. That alone will keep me coming back. I found it highly informative, but then I haven't your background in WWII history, being an Ancient Civs. girl myself.

There have been so many good documentaries on WWII, I'm interested to see how this will pan out. Ken Burns has an angle with the 4 towns, and I'm interested to see how he will develop that.

Critics, who have seen the whole film, are raving, so we should just hang in, I think. I have a lot of faith in Ken Burns, even though the start of this series was not riveting. (Well the decapitated body was.)

Let me know what you thought.