re: "Masters of the Air" | WWII Miniseries | Apple+ Trailer

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This series has the same fault that The Pacific did in that there is just too much to show for a 9-10 episode series. The timeline is too long, the characters too geographically spread out, attrition adding to the number of characters, and Hollywood's need for personal drama lines makes it too coarse.

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MotA and Pacific combine multiple source materials, multiple timelines, and multiple places. It's just too much to ask for 9-10 episodes, especially when budget is brought in to the picture.

I'm still really liking it, though. You just have to take it for what it is.

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I agree although I think The Pacific did it a good bit better. I feel like there was far more content jammed into the Pacific. To me, it seems like MotA folks felt like they didn't have enough storyline for the general audience and so they're stretching it and supplementing it (when in actuality it probably needs 2 more episodes of more substantive content).

I don't know much about the industry, but it strikes me as a balance between quick, approachable, easily digestible stuff that'll get more immediate appeal and the grittier, longer to develop stuff that'll make a series stand up over time. I think this leans toward the former a good bit more than BOB/Pacific.

It's still good though.