Masters of the Air [Apple]

For me it's good enough to continue with it because I have Apple anyway.

I wouldn't buy apple or go through the hassle of nefarious means for it.

Thought the last episode was incredibly dull. Kept waiting for something to happen, then the credits were rolling.

I think they've missed a beat by not showing more of the impact caused by the bombing. The destruction wrought by the allied bombing woukd be a war crime nowadays. It's all too sterile in the show

And as has been alluded to in the episodes, the US strategy in its current form is not sustainable.

MotA is following a specific unit . It's not meant to be critique of the strategy.

Well the fact that the specific unit is getting ripped to shreds every episode is a pretty strong critique.

Episode 5 was very good. First time in the show that the ground stuff felt some way real and its very hard to pull off a show that is emotional while everyone is wearing a mask (just look at the Halo and The Last of Us productions). Agree with the above that the CGI looks cheap and ropey. It's almost like a computer game cut scene and sadly that seems common in most shows now.

Also don't want to belittle a true story by comparing it to sci-fi but the episode reminds me an awful lot of the Battlestar Galactica episode "33"

I don't know why you're even watching it as you seem to hate it with a vengeance. What would you expect to see that would make it more realistic for you?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/masters-of-the-air-wwii-historical-details

Good article about how much work went into getting the details right.

"Tasked with developing a historically accurate script, Orloff spent a year compiling a show bible—a process that included reading 30-plus books, magazines, and diaries; perusing archives and oral histories; and visiting bases, airfields, and museums on both sides of the ocean. The results, Orloff says, are “a much more ambitious show on every level” that rarely deviates from the record."

Some lad on boards think it's unrealistic though!

Anyone read the book?

Well thats what the blitz was...

Not to mention conventional bombers of the time.

The Gotha Air Raid on London – 13 June 1917 | The Western Front Association

Yes, it has a much bigger scope than the show. It encompasses the personal stories of many people from the air force generals right down to the mechanics who worked on the planes. It goes in depth into the strategies employed too. So it's a mixture of the strategy, politics, history and personal stories of the US Air Force in the European theatre. I'd recommend it for sure if you have any interest in those things. Just don't go in expecting a Stephen Ambrose type book which are usually mainly character driven

Cheers. Must pick it up.

the nazi's were carrying a controlled bombing of London, like the isrealis are of Gaza ? they are both the good guys ?

I've not read too much of the heavy bombers. Some books are too dry and I do like an autobiography.

One I do have and is a little different follows a single B17 aircraft not the crew. Lightning Strikes: The Story of a B-17 Bomber (Fortunes of war) . Short book but oddly interesting. If you like the subject.

One reason to have four engines I guess!

It's jarring that the last bomber related media I saw before this was the catch 22 tv series. In this show all the bombing crew seem ultra patriotic given how low their chances of survival seems to be. Hard to judge it against band of brothers or the Pacific until the series ends

It couldn't warm to the characters and I didn't like James Badge Dale in the lead. But I totally agree on how it conveyed the brutality of the war against the Japanese. I haven't seen anything else that did it that well.

The Axis started a global war that killed 70-80 million. How are they victims in your head. If you think it could have been resolved a better way, perhaps you should go back to 1937 and tell them how.

Did they not invent swamps and marshes until the 1960s?

If you’re not enjoying it why stick with it for 6 episodes ??? You should’ve given up by 3rd episode but then I guess if you did you’d have nothing to give out about on the internet.