YESSS, FINALLY!!! - Masters of the Air - The 8th Air Force, Spielberg, Hanks, Goetzman (Crew behind Band of Brothers, Pacific)

[Macanudo 13342]

2 hours ago, Captainant said:

We saw him come back onto the base in Ep 6 or 7 I think. But he was shown to make it back safe

Yeah, they talked about how making it back out was a golden ticket home.  They couldn't afford to let them get shot down again and then be used by the Germans to uncover the network that got them out.  

[Ted Lange 16443]

Ahhh. That’s right.  Remember wishing they’d shown more of his journey back. 

[mininghorn88 2338]

This series reminded me of Christmas growing up; it took forever for Christmas to get here and, once here, it was gone too quickly.  You were happy with the toys that Santa brought but were always wanting more.  I do hope for more mega projects like this centered around WW2. Loved it.

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34 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Ahhh. That’s right.  Remember wishing they’d shown more of his journey back. 

I missed the part where Harry Crosby traveled back in time and killed Abraham Lincoln.  

[Fletch 5817]

2 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Yeah, they talked about how making it back out was a golden ticket home.  They couldn't afford to let them get shot down again and then be used by the Germans to uncover the network that got them out.  

 

1 hour ago, mininghorn88 said:

This series reminded me of Christmas growing up; it took forever for Christmas to get here and, once here, it was gone too quickly.  You were happy with the toys that Santa brought but were always wanting more.  I do hope for more mega projects like this centered around WW2. Loved it.

I’d love a series about the resistance doing their thing 

[GreenspointTexas 9994]

I know this show is extremely accurate, and if everything in that last episode actually happened, HOLY FUCK

 

 

amazing series. Gave me even more appreciation for those men and people that lived during that time

[HornPhD 1392]

5 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

Ahhh. That’s right.  Remember wishing they’d shown more of his journey back. 

The French resistance is an entirely separate series, which would be awesome. 

[mininghorn88 2338]

12 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I know this show is extremely accurate, and if everything just one thing in that last episode actually happened, HOLY FUCK

 

 

amazing series. Gave me even more appreciation for those men and people that lived during that time

FIFY.

They were young men (some just boys) and women doing extraodinary things.

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22 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I know this show is extremely accurate, and if everything in that last episode actually happened, HOLY FUCK

amazing series. Gave me even more appreciation for those men and people that lived during that time

Watch the Bloody Hundredth companion documentary up on AppleTV.  They should have had some of those interviews book-ending the MoA shows.

And Harry Crosby in real life, albeit elderly, was exactly as I imagined him.

[wild_turkey 3300]

The French resistance is an entirely separate series, which would be awesome. 

Yes please please please let this happen.

[wild_turkey 3300]

Watched the finale last night and loved it. I see some of you commenting on an ep 7-8 slump which I didn’t notice. Pretty much enjoyed the entire series.

Rosie and Crosby were far more interesting to me than Buck and Bucky.

This makes me want to rewatch BoB which I normally do every ~2 years and it’s been about that long. Probably SPR as well.

America used to be so badass. wtf happened to us? If WW3 breaks out, will we be competent and united enough to take charge?

[Pato del Muerto 53603]

13 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

America used to be so badass. wtf happened to us? If WW3 breaks out, will we be competent and united enough to take charge?

It’s 50/50 on us being the baddies this time

[Captainant 28601]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

It’s 50/50 on us being the baddies this time

In fairness, the shit birds were flying in America then too. The nazis had a rally at MSG for chrissakes!  There were loads of folks that wanted "America first" and hated the idea of providing material support for allies defending their homeland.

It's pretty crazy how history sometimes rhymes, and sometimes repeats itself.

[Neonmoon 38130]

1. BOB

2. MOA

3. PAC

The Pacific is the least likable because the characters were mostly unlikeable (even if true). BOB & MOA had “heroes” in it, true believers, patriots, whatever you want to call them, while PAC focused on people that did not want to be there, people with doubt, hate, anxiety. 
 

 

 

 

 

[Captainant 28601]

May not be your cup of tea, but Squire did his usual lampooning bit on if there was a german "Masters of the Air". Lots of history jokes and a few shots at some of the show pacing lol

 

 

[kevwun 16449]

12 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I know this show is extremely accurate, and if everything in that last episode actually happened, HOLY FUCK

 

 

amazing series. Gave me even more appreciation for those men and people that lived during that time

Rosie actually got show down 2 different times and evaded capture to make it back to the 100th and keep flying.

[Pato del Muerto 53603]

2 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Rosie actually got show down 2 different times and evaded capture to make it back to the 100th and keep flying.

The one they showed where he crashed in Russian held territory, or no man’s land as the Russians were taking it, didn’t involve an internal resistance to gain knowledge of. 

[kevwun 16449]

Yeah, I think he did it himself both times and didn't get smuggled out by a resistance group so he had no knowledge of them.

[Biff Tannen 46205]

13 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

This makes me want to rewatch BoB which I normally do every ~2 years and it’s been about that long.

I fired up Currahee right after the finale.

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On 3/16/2024 at 8:16 PM, mininghorn88 said:

I have heard horror stories about donating to museums. Unless you have Eisenhower’s uniform or something like that it most likely will end up in the basement or some other storage area only to be sold at a later date by the museum.

[Lat22 4097]

On 3/15/2024 at 6:49 PM, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

They had to make those scenes heavy handed because a not-insignificant portion of Americans today think the nazis were the good guys.

Bullshit.

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I cried

[BabaYaga 15632]

On 3/17/2024 at 10:56 PM, wild_turkey said:

America used to be so badass. wtf happened to us? If WW3 breaks out, will we be competent and united enough to take charge?

Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times

 

[Dutch 4580]

Quasi-related to MOTA, since the 918th is loosely based on the 100th, so I'll post here.  I rewatched "Twelve O'Clock High" after finishing MOTA, and it hit more than usual.  It's easily one of the greatest war films ever made and seems to get better with every viewing.

The full film is currently available on youtube.

 

[tokamak 6687]

I’m late to the party on this show. Just finished episode 4. The mom screaming about her daughter while Egan is casually strolling around London fucked me up pretty good. 

[billfromlaketravis 11872]

I’m rewatching Memphis Belle right now. Vastly superior to Masters of the Air. Real planes, practical special effects, and cast chemistry really matter. 

[MissingInAction 25599]

And no Austin Butler.

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But it doesn’t have Rosie Rosenthal.

[billfromlaketravis 11872]

3 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

And no Austin Butler.

If Butler messes up The Bikeriders, I’ll be irate. I doubt we’ll get more than one film about the founding of the Outlaws. 

Edited May 28 by billfromlaketravis

[MissingInAction 25599]

9 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

If Butler messes up The Bikeriders, I’ll be irate. I doubt we’ll get more than one film about the founding of the Outlaws. 

I couldn't finish Dune 2 because of his dumbass.

[billfromlaketravis 11872]

1 minute ago, MissingInAction said:

I couldn't finish Dune 2 because of his dumbass.

He didn’t take me out it, but yes they cast Butler to put asses in seats. 

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Rewatched last night. So good.

[DougO 5269]

On 3/9/2024 at 1:08 PM, The Ace of Aces said:

The last episode was not so good. It’s all so rushed and they just threw the Tuskegee in for token performances … why? It’s like they had to cut down from 18 to 9namd the last two episodes are what you get. 

It doesn’t help Austin Butler is the worst character on this show and they focus on him hanging out in a pow camp. 

The way they just shoehorned in the Tuskegee airmen, especially after how they were so prominently featured visually every week in the opening credits, was my biggest disappointment. They should have done a different series for them or featured them with their own side story throughout the series. They showed up very late out of nowhere, then disappeared, then one is shown captured, the end. 

Overall a very enjoyable series, definitely better than Pacific, though it had some problems. It probably had a more limited budget for the times. The script seemed bloated and limited at the same time. It's like they had too much material with the original basis for it to be one feature film, yet not enough for a mini-series, so they shoved in some other material to stretch it out. A lot of the details were hard to follow the way they rushed through so much of it. The visuals were amazing, the characters were very good, so there to was enough to like.

I'm going to have to watch it again someday to get a better feel for it, but unfortunately I can't buy a freakin' hard copy of my own to watch at my leisure when I feel like it. 

Edited August 5 by DougO