[TV] Masters Of The Air

[LamieRobertson]

Though minus 10 pts for the cringe scene as the PoW camp is liberated, and all that matters is our hero climbing the flagpole to replace the German flag with the Stars & Stripes while every prisoner, guard, liberator etc stops what they’re doing to cheer, cry and generally wet themselves as the music swells and a tidal wave of God Bless Murica schmaltz gushes across the screen.

I’m a sucker for the music

On a separate note I might have a gander at the book written by Harry Crosby ….the navigator played by Anthony Boyle

 

[Zeus]

Endured through it but ultimately it’s been dull as dishwater. Felt like the same events every episode rinse and repeat.

 

[drew]

55K Bomber Command crew KIA, way more than the Yanks, still who gets a TV series eh?

Unbelievable attitude. It's not a competition!!!

 

[Berty23]

Endured through it but ultimately it’s been dull as dishwater. Felt like the same events every episode rinse and repeat.

I really enjoyed it but this is the main issue they had. How many ways can you show bombers fly to drop bombs on a different target and get shot at. Some survive. Some don’t. The only progress you felt was when the luftwaffe were beaten so they didn’t get shot at by planes anymore.

Band of brothers and to a lesser extent the pacific had lots of different battles in different contexts to show.

Earlier in the thread I asked if bomber pilots were people not good enough to be fighter pilots. It seems less skilled but I might be missing something. Almost like being a HGV driver compared to a racing car driver.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This is better

 

[GoingUp]

I quite enjoyed it, some great cinematography and keeps the stories alive for the younger generations.

Band of Brothers is the gold standard though, I haven't seen The Pacific though so I'll have to check that out.

 

[mothy]

band of brothers is intense & epic in many ways. masters of the air is a smaltzy, cliched & hack in comparison. it is watchable, but there is no comparison as to which conveys the sheer terror of war

 

[The Clamp]

I gave up after episode 4 or 5, I lost track. I gave up partly because it’s shite and partly because there were so many un-flagged spoilers on here.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Disappointing overal but watchable

 

[veuve]

Kept with it, mistake.
Not v good at all.

 

[Normal Rob]

I gave up halfway through episode 2 - clearly a big win!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The Documentary along side it is very good

The Bloody hundredth

 

[PTC Gull]

The Documentary along side it is very good

The Bloody hundredth

This is very good

 

[The Mole]

The Documentary along side it is very good

The Bloody hundredth

Agree - if you watch that there’s no point in watching the series as the summarise the whole plot in one programme. I did enjoy the series though - probably because my uncle was in bomber command and surviv ed to tell many scary tales

 

[Official Old Man]

Been catching up on this. Very good CGI to show many planes at once and the planes back on the ground shot to bits.
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