Yes, that would have been a hummer, as it showed American resolve in the face of severe problems that were not solved quickly or easily. The CGI bills would have been enormous of course - very few of the aircraft from that time are available for a TV movie, and virtually no ships outside of a couple of destroyers as museum ships and not operational. I wonder if the difficulty of getting the aircraft for close-ups was part of the decision not to do the Canal as the whole series. Possibly it could covered two campaigns - Guadalcanal (Alpha) and Okinawa (Omega).....but then those were both long slogs eventually. No doubt Band of Brothers was the best pick of the litter.....
Guadalcanal, the "American Stalingrad", was the one to do.
Yes, that would have been a hummer, as it showed American resolve in the face of severe problems that were not solved quickly or easily. The CGI bills would have been enormous of course - very few of the aircraft from that time are available for a TV movie, and virtually no ships outside of a couple of destroyers as museum ships and not operational. I wonder if the difficulty of getting the aircraft for close-ups was part of the decision not to do the Canal as the whole series. Possibly it could covered two campaigns - Guadalcanal (Alpha) and Okinawa (Omega).....but then those were both long slogs eventually. No doubt Band of Brothers was the best pick of the litter.....