Dammit, the beach is crowded! I told you we should’ve left the house earlier!
HBO is sharing “The Pacific” for free online — but there’s a catch:
HBO has put Sunday’s first hour of its WWII mega-budget production “The Pacific” on its site. Don’t get used to it, though, the other nine hours will only air on HBO (until the DVD release, of course). [The Live Feed]
Wow, straight outta Drug Dealer Marketing 101: “Go ahead, man — first one’s free!” Users get a little taste of what “The Pacific’s” all about, then they call up their cable companies, desperate for an HBO fix. They’re predators, I tell you.
Anyway, the episode is available here after a quick and easy registration, and I obviously recommend watching it if you haven’t already. Or would you rather NOT see someone blown up by a grenade on a beach riddled with corpses, little Miss Fancypants?
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Or would you rather NOT see someone blown up by a grenade on a beach riddled with corpses, little Miss Fancypants?
On the contrary, I would like that. And I prefer Ms. Fancypants, thank you very much.
The one area where “Try this one for free” marketing has not worked is, porn.
You give me free samples “Bang Bus”, but little do you know that is all I need.
This is amazing news for anyone in NY who lost power from the windstorm over the weekend, and didn’t have TV Sunday night!
Shows like The Pacific and Rome are why I’ll gladly pay extra for HBO.
And who else thought Boardwalk Empire looked awesome? Oh, HBO, never leave me.
It’s also playing on the 101 network on DirectTV at 10pm EST. I probably shouldn’t watch it, though, because I’ll have to wait for the DVD to come out to watch the rest of the series. Sucks to be me.
Matt, thanks for using a picture of the Jersey Shore for this post. It’s so nice this time of year.
Granted I went to a state school, but I had no idea the Lost smoke monster played a prominent role during WW II.
Every time I get the “Sorry, the video is not available in your region” screen I get more depressed than Corey Feldman’s hair stylist
30 MINUTE INTRO SUCKED DICK HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SHORTEN THAT SHIT DOWN FOR EP. 2 danger zone