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"Masters of the Air" | WWII Miniseries | Apple+ Trailer
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:18 am
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:18 am
Executive produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, starring Academy Award-nominee Austin Butler. This miniseries tells the story of a bomber wing of the U.S. 8th Air Force in World War II.
YouTube
YouTube
This post was edited on 11/9/23 at 8:20 am
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Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:28 am to RollTide1987
That might top Band of Brothers and The Pacific
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:34 am to RollTide1987
Finally. I cannot wait for this.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 9:25 am to RollTide1987
Been waiting on this one for a long time..Memphis Belle is top five movie and BoB/Pacific is top five shows
Posted on 11/9/23 at 9:54 am to RollTide1987
Been reading Luck of the Draw by Frank Murphy to prepare for this
Posted on 11/9/23 at 10:16 am to RollTide1987
A show about real men. Finally... looks like we get a little storyline on Tuskegee as well
Posted on 11/9/23 at 10:18 am to RollTide1987
I was wondering if they were going to include a plot line of shot down airmen that will have to try and get back to England through occupied Europe. Based on some hand to hand fighting scenes in there it looks like it does
Posted on 11/9/23 at 10:24 am to RollTide1987
My FIL, retired Air Force, has been waiting on this too.
We all visited the 8th Air Force museum in Savannah a few years ago. Nice museum if you've never been.
The Might Eighth website
We all visited the 8th Air Force museum in Savannah a few years ago. Nice museum if you've never been.
The Might Eighth website
This post was edited on 11/9/23 at 10:28 am
Posted on 11/9/23 at 10:50 am to RollTide1987
Looks great. I know they have been trying for this for a good while, but it was just too expensive with the technology at the time. Glad to see they were able to make it.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:27 am to nicholastiger
quote:
That might top Band of Brothers
Lol
Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:40 am to RollTide1987
My body is ready.
Can't wait to watch with my Dad and share this as we talk about my Grandfather who was in the 305th Bombardment Group, and was a POW at Gulag 17.
Can't wait to watch with my Dad and share this as we talk about my Grandfather who was in the 305th Bombardment Group, and was a POW at Gulag 17.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:44 am to RollTide1987
I've been waiting for this ever since the rumors began that it would be made.
My great-uncle flew B-17's with the 549th Squadron, 385th Bomb Group out of Great Ashfield, England. He flew his 35 missions between May and October 1944, including two on D-Day. After World War II, he flew B-29, B-37, and B-52 bombers with SAC until he retired in 1965. After he retired, he never got on an airplane again because, he said, "If I'm not the pilot, then I'm not flying on it!" He passed away in 2009. He had some amazing stories from his career. I was very fortunate to have known him.
My great-uncle flew B-17's with the 549th Squadron, 385th Bomb Group out of Great Ashfield, England. He flew his 35 missions between May and October 1944, including two on D-Day. After World War II, he flew B-29, B-37, and B-52 bombers with SAC until he retired in 1965. After he retired, he never got on an airplane again because, he said, "If I'm not the pilot, then I'm not flying on it!" He passed away in 2009. He had some amazing stories from his career. I was very fortunate to have known him.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 12:06 pm to nicholastiger
quote:im excited for this as much as they next guy but BOB is quite possibly the greatest use of the medium of film
That might top Band of Brothers
so lets keep expectations in check
Posted on 11/9/23 at 1:13 pm to nicholastiger
quote:
That might top Band of Brothers and The Pacific
I'm worried about terrible looking CGI
Posted on 11/9/23 at 1:15 pm to GetCocky11
I’m worried simply because so much of why comes out today just flops because of horrible choices. I want to believe though.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 1:20 pm to RollTide1987
I'll sign up for Apple tv for this.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 1:22 pm to jlovel7
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comes out today just flops because of horrible choices
That too.
They do have Cary Fukunaga directing the first like 4 episodes and Tim Van Patten directing the last couple. That gives me hope. Tim Van Patten worked on The Pacific, The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, a lot of HBOs greatest hits.
What scares me is that they have the people who wrote and directed Captain Marvel directing the middle episodes.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 2:34 pm to RollTide1987
Anyone have the backstory on why HBO passed?
Apple TV+ stacking high end content.
Apple TV+ stacking high end content.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 2:47 pm to RollTide1987
9Like many of you, I've been waiting a long time for this one, but I'm extra excited because we've been gathering detailed information on the service/military in our family for our 1st grader's veteran's day project. And my wife and I both realized we didn't know a lot of details ourselves.
My parents emailed me their findings 90 minutes ago, and in particular, apparently my paternal grandfather was a machine gunner and radio operator on B24 bombers for the 380th Bombardment Group in the pacific. So while this show follows the 100th Bombardment Group in Europe, it's still pretty exciting seeing this knowing my grandpa was flying in these around the same time in the same war.
My parents emailed me their findings 90 minutes ago, and in particular, apparently my paternal grandfather was a machine gunner and radio operator on B24 bombers for the 380th Bombardment Group in the pacific. So while this show follows the 100th Bombardment Group in Europe, it's still pretty exciting seeing this knowing my grandpa was flying in these around the same time in the same war.
Posted on 11/9/23 at 5:35 pm to TheFonz
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My great-uncle flew B-17's with the 549th Squadron, 385th Bomb Group out of Great Ashfield, England. He flew his 35 missions between May and October 1944, including two on D-Day. After World War II, he flew B-29, B-37, and B-52 bombers with SAC until he retired in 1965. After he retired, he never got on an airplane again because, he said, "If I'm not the pilot, then I'm not flying on it!" He passed away in 2009. He had some amazing stories from his career. I was very fortunate to have known him
Kinda pisses me off how hard it is to become a pilot these days.
These men learned it in a few months but college wants to drag it out over 4 years.
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