[MOVIE] Masters of the Air (Apple+)

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Having a bit of an existential crisis over this as I loath all things Apple and refuse to support them in anyway.
Yes, one of those "me" issues.
This, of course has kept me from viewing "Greyhound" which really irks me to this day. And now this.
It has 9 episodes. It sure looks good doesn't it?
Help me! My resolve is starting to weaken. :unsure:
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Washington Post review. I tend to agree, I turned it off before the end of the 2nd episode.


‘Masters of the Air’ aims high — and bombs​

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s latest World War II miniseries is technically impressive but narratively inert​




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The reviewer goes right off the tracks by immediately exclaiming how "immense" the
B-17s were. I don't think he ever really recovers.
Starting out admitting how he basically knew nothing about WWII or the B-17. Uh, so why was he
chosen to do the review? Don't know.
"There are loving close-ups of planes, equipment, bombs and instrument panels without much hand-
holding as to who sits where or what they do. The first couple of episodes challenge viewers with long
flight sequences in which characters we’ve barely met communicate in shorthand that I, a rank amateur,
often couldn’t follow, their voices muffled and faces obscured by oxygen masks. Strategies are minimally
explained and the action inside — who just got shot? which plane is this? — is tricky to track."
Yes, a "rank amateur" might have that problem. Unlikely anyone who's a member of FGM would.
I never had any intention of watching this expecting (or requiring) great story telling. I just want to see
some of those immense B-17s flying and fighting please. Thank you Mr Hanks.
 
I also watched first two episodes... gotta say visually impressive (although some seriously dodgy CGI in a production of this size and resources) ... casting and character building a big miss at times.
Can’t help comparing it to Band of Brothers where everybody felt like real people uo cared about ... not pretty faces from Hollywood central casting.

Will carry on watching nevertheless.
 
mTk said:
I just want to see
some of those immense B-17s flying and fighting please. Thank you Mr Hanks.
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Here here.
The writer who wrote two of the BoB episodes (Day of days been one of them) wrote the series.
He claims they were trying to create the scale of the whole air war, he first mission with 76 bombers then in the later war a bombing raid over Berlin which the formation took over three hours to fly over Berlin.
Also he claims that bombers you see getting shot down in a formation got shot down on that particular mission and and whit what.


Rico said:
Will carry on watching nevertheless.
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Same here.
 
Well, finally signed up for free trial version of Apple TV so I could watch this and...very glad I did! Only
finished 3 episodes so far but it's looking very good.
I'm impressed. Agree some of the CGI seems a bit dodgy but other then that I'm into it. I think they've
done an extraordinary job at creating the sheer terror the crews must have felt during those missions.
The speed with which the enemy fighters come at them is awesome.
Anyway, much better than I expected and if you are still on the fence I can recommend it.
 
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I enjoyed the series. My only gripe was that it was difficult to differentiate between a lot of the characters. Not sure why. Maybe the uniforms and helmets.
 
Yeah, unless some time was spent with them it was easy to loose track of who everybody was.
I read that when Netflix took over the project the budget was slashed from $500 mil to $250 mil.
This would explain to me why I felt the last two episodes felt a bit disjointed. Originally, they were
supposed to be 1 hour episodes, but all ended up closer to 45 min. Plus, they had to reduce the
number from 10 to 9 total.
Still really liked it though.
 
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