"Battle 360" (2008) TV series

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

29 February 2008 (USA)

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 11	8:00 AM	HISTORY	Call to Duty	#1.1
Wed. Nov. 11	9:00 AM	HISTORY	Vengeance at Midway	#1.2

Cast

Alan Pietruszewski	...	Himself - TOPGUN Graduate (10 episodes, 2008)
Garth R. Hassell	...	US Navy sailor (7 episodes, 2008)

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Series Writing credits
Sam Dolan		(4 episodes, 2008)

Series Produced by
Douglas Cohen	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2008)
Sam Dolan	....	producer (10 episodes, 2008)
Ryan T. Hurst	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 2008)
Louis Tarantino	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 2008)
Brian Thompson	....	producer (10 episodes, 2008)

Series Original Music by
Eric Amdahl		(10 episodes, 2008)

Series Cinematography by
Chris Raymond		(4 episodes, 2008)

Series Film Editing by
Conrad Stanley		(3 episodes, 2008)

Series Sound Department
Michael Phillips Keeley	....	sound re-recording mixer (10 episodes, 2008)

Series Visual Effects by
Serge Eustache	....	motion graphics artist (10 episodes, 2008)
Jon Gourley	....	lead modeler: Radical 3D (10 episodes, 2008)
Chris Osborne	....	digital artist (10 episodes, 2008)
Brent Tyler	....	visual effects artist (10 episodes, 2008)
Ben Mitchell	....	lead modeler / modeler (9 episodes, 2008)
Steffen Schlachtenhaufen	....	visual effects producer (8 episodes, 2008)
Mike Wallner	....	visual effects artist (5 episodes, 2008)
Edward McDonough	....	digital artist (3 episodes, 2008)

Series Animation Department
Chris E. Peterson	....	animator / animator: rigger (5 episodes, 2008)

Series Editorial Department
Steve Kwant	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 2008)
Rod Decker	....	on-line editor (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Other crew
Alan Pietruszewski	....	military and technical advisor (10 episodes, 2008)
Terry Quay	....	historical consultant / military and technical advisor (7 episodes, 2008)

Production Companies

• Flight 33 Productions

Distributors

• History Channel (2008) (worldwide) (all media)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Flight 33 Productions

Loads of fun!

The CGI isn't up to current standards, and they tend to flip and re-use many shots, but given that it's a History Channel production, and therefore doesn't have an HBO-sized budget, this is a very interesting and fun show.

The CGI is good and more than adequate to the task (although a scene of the carrier Akagi taking a direct hit on a Japanese plane on the flight-deck shows the plane engulfed in flames but not blown to smithereens). My only real criticism is that the narration skips a lot of detail.

Those of us who have read a lot on the Battle of Midway know Soryu was sunk a little after Kaga and Akagi, but that knowledge seems to be assumed by the writers -- of course, these first episodes focus almost entirely on USS Enterprise, CV-6, and not the battle as a whole, so maybe a "Battle 360" just on Midway would clear that up. That kind of omission is forgivable for viewers who know this stuff and just like to see things blow up (like me), but for neophytes, it may be confusing.