Anyone watching "Masters of the Air"?

I started watching it last week. It's okay, but I don't see it being anywhere near as good as "Band of Brothers."

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Max27 · 31-35, M

Does everyone in this conversation remember when band of brothers was played through the entire span of the show. Old school history channel was great. All the WWII documentaries with real footage.

Masters of the air episodes occasionally are playing on my TV when I wake up on my couch early in the morning. Have seen portions of it a few times. I don’t care for the style of filming and the sub par acting are two major turn offs for me personally. It just makes the show feel “corney.” I would not recommend watching. @exexec

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@Max27 I agree the production values didnt live up to Band of Brothers or The Pacific. But in its defence that story needed to be told. Although Memphis Belle certainly did it better. These after all are not war stories. They are the stories of young men in war.😷

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

I plan to watch it.
I watched Band of Brothers and also Pacific.
It's very hard to beat BOB. It was excellent

Richard65 · M

It's on Apple TV, so I'll grab the box set when it's released. I don't think it can top BoB, because that series was released at a moment in time that won't be repeated. It's a different world from 2001.

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

@Richard65 agree

exexec · 70-79, C

@Richard65 True, and where BoB had comments with the actual men, most of them are gone now.

Richard65 · M

@exexec good point. Seeing the actual men depicted in BoB really resonated. Having said that, those brave bomber crews deserve our respect, so hopefully the series will do them justice.

techkb52 · 70-79, M

Would love to watch but don't have netflix or whatever it is on. I guess I will wait until it gets other places.

Longpatrol · 31-35, M

The Pacific was nowhere near as good as Band of Brothers.

It was a real gem of a series

exexec · 70-79, C

@Longpatrol I agree. I have the DVD set for Band of Brothers and watch it every Memorial Day weekend, just to remember. I'm actually reading the book now.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

I suspect Band of Brothers will be the one everything else in the genre tries to live up to.😷

exexec · 70-79, C

@whowasthatmaskedman Probably so. I wish every generation would watch it to appreciate what freedom costs.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Not even sure what it is. Is it good?

exexec · 70-79, C

@ChipmunkErnie It is on Apple + and is about the pilots who flew bombers and fighters during WW II over Europe.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@exexec Oh. We don't get Apple+. :(

MissingLink · 51-55, M

i was going to start watching this week

JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M

No.

But YouTube sure does like to advertise it. The other day I watched a two hour documentary and like every 10 minutes they showed the same damn ad with no ability to skip (I was streaming YouTube on my TV).

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