After watching the first two episodes of this much expected show called Master of The Air, I have to admit it's not what I was thought this show would be and I'm a little disappointed.
There are some issues with this show that needs immediate correction. Some issues you should not expect from people of the caliber of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg who are well known for their sense of accuracy and character development.
About the latter, it lacks a mile if not two. Besides the names of the characters, we don't have much to go on. We don't see them during their training and their relationship. We don't know their personal stories. We are thrown straight to their missions and that was miscalculated. In Band of Brothers and the Pacific (because as it's the third installment of this epic saga we cannot stop ourselves from comparing the three), we know about the before, during and after the war life of the main characters. It makes them interesting and much easier to identify ourselves to them if we were facing the same situation they were facing. The fact that both Band Of Brothers and The Pacific benefited from the testimonies of the people who were there helped a lot.
This brings me to the second point which is the facts accuracy which sometimes defies logic. For example, those pilots are way too young to be majors as they all look like they come straight from high school. I literally blinked when Austin Butler who is a major in the show tells his buddy like a rookie how he never expected the war to be like that! Come on you're a MAJOR! You should have more experience than the rest of your crew and at least you should have seen some combat before 1943 which is 2 years after the war began for the US!
Then we have this lieutenant who is suffering from air sickness. Do you sincerely believe that someone who can't stand flying will be set as a NAVIGATOR which was a crucial role in a bomber crew as he's the one telling the pilots where to go?? In any Air Force, that guy would have been reversed to the infantry or maybe the administrative staff of his branch but God not assigned to a crew who was always supposed to fly at high altitude to avoid the enemy flak! I know we started this war with almost nothing but this is way over exaggerated in that show.
Also I don't understand why the British are seen in this show as arrogant and incompetent. I mean they fought with us from the beginning to the end and they were the only people who stood against Hitler from the very beginning of this war. I think they deserve a much better treatment than we've seen in Masters Of the Air. In my opinion it should be us who would be the underdogs at that period of time who should learn from the experienced brits who have successfully fought the Germans since 1939.
But let's be honest, Master of The Air has some assets in its sleeves starting with the great action and suspense. The flying scenes are breathtaking especially the short intense moments where the crews are facing the deadly German fighters. And there are also some realism as you can see the heroes are not invincible and they also can die. The music is great and epic like the first two installments and it fits the script. I have hope it will get better but it needs to show its potential right now in the third or it's gonna be an epic bust.
There are some issues with this show that needs immediate correction. Some issues you should not expect from people of the caliber of Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg who are well known for their sense of accuracy and character development.
About the latter, it lacks a mile if not two. Besides the names of the characters, we don't have much to go on. We don't see them during their training and their relationship. We don't know their personal stories. We are thrown straight to their missions and that was miscalculated. In Band of Brothers and the Pacific (because as it's the third installment of this epic saga we cannot stop ourselves from comparing the three), we know about the before, during and after the war life of the main characters. It makes them interesting and much easier to identify ourselves to them if we were facing the same situation they were facing. The fact that both Band Of Brothers and The Pacific benefited from the testimonies of the people who were there helped a lot.
This brings me to the second point which is the facts accuracy which sometimes defies logic. For example, those pilots are way too young to be majors as they all look like they come straight from high school. I literally blinked when Austin Butler who is a major in the show tells his buddy like a rookie how he never expected the war to be like that! Come on you're a MAJOR! You should have more experience than the rest of your crew and at least you should have seen some combat before 1943 which is 2 years after the war began for the US!
Then we have this lieutenant who is suffering from air sickness. Do you sincerely believe that someone who can't stand flying will be set as a NAVIGATOR which was a crucial role in a bomber crew as he's the one telling the pilots where to go?? In any Air Force, that guy would have been reversed to the infantry or maybe the administrative staff of his branch but God not assigned to a crew who was always supposed to fly at high altitude to avoid the enemy flak! I know we started this war with almost nothing but this is way over exaggerated in that show.
Also I don't understand why the British are seen in this show as arrogant and incompetent. I mean they fought with us from the beginning to the end and they were the only people who stood against Hitler from the very beginning of this war. I think they deserve a much better treatment than we've seen in Masters Of the Air. In my opinion it should be us who would be the underdogs at that period of time who should learn from the experienced brits who have successfully fought the Germans since 1939.
But let's be honest, Master of The Air has some assets in its sleeves starting with the great action and suspense. The flying scenes are breathtaking especially the short intense moments where the crews are facing the deadly German fighters. And there are also some realism as you can see the heroes are not invincible and they also can die. The music is great and epic like the first two installments and it fits the script. I have hope it will get better but it needs to show its potential right now in the third or it's gonna be an epic bust.