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Mayday (2003)
Declining Years
The first couple of seasons were solid, well researched and presented. The interviews felt authentic, the source material were adapted with tact and taste. Subjective judgements of the show's presenters were treated as such, and the audience were encouraged to think for themselves. While it can be said that there are still some episodes that manage to hold out on their own, the general quality has gone down quite a bit with content added from poorly researched investigation reports from third world agencies. Bad reenactments with barely proficient actors does not help. Nowadays, independent content creators on youtube are using real tower audio recordings with analysis from veteran aviation specialists and real world pilots. NTSB reports, available for public release are now open to expert analysis, content deemed too complicated for public consumption are openly discussed in an accessible and interactive format. The sky is getting really crowded, really fast.
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020)
Not As Bad
Not as bad as it seemed at first glance, the trailer does the film disservice by focusing too much on the action, when in reality, they do a decent job. This was never going to be an action packed blockbuster. The acting maybe a ham feasted at times and there's a lot of makeup in places where there shouldn't be any. She does seem out of place among real soldiers on the obstacle course.
There is a lot of misogyny, as such can be expected from a military organisation unaccustomed to having a female member in their ranks, however, it does seem overdone in some aspects. No doubt, accustomed to the reality of 2020, the 90's does seem out of place. The flying sequences are believable, the autorotation scene taking the cake away.
From what I can understand, most of the bad press is coming from people who don't like Janhvi Kapoor taking an iconic middle-class role model away for herself. Or, those people who still can't see a place for women in the battlefield. IAF letter to the censors deals primarily with the depiction of the service which takes place in a fictional setting with some real world elements put in to enhance the storytelling, which to me, does not really matter. If Gunjan Saxena doesn't have a problem with it, neither should you.