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[TV] Masters Of The Air



LamieRobertson

LamieRobertson

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Feb 3, 2008
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bhafc99 said:
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.
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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
 
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Zeus

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Jan 10, 2022
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Endured through it but ultimately it’s been dull as dishwater. Felt like the same events every episode rinse and repeat.
 




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Berty23

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Jun 26, 2012
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Zeus said:
Endured through it but ultimately it’s been dull as dishwater. Felt like the same events every episode rinse and repeat.
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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

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
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This is better

 






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mothy

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Dec 30, 2012
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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

The Clamp

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Jan 11, 2016
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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.
 




















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