I'm not sure any duo does better with WWII stories than Spielberg and Hanks.
Masters of the Air
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I may have to get a 1 month subscription to Apple TV just for that.
Did anyone see Greyhound? The wife and I both loved it, we liked the perspective that they took with the movie. You never see the antagonist perspective, you are emersed in it like if you were living it.
Hope they do a Navy one next. Did Army in Europe (Band of Brothers), Marines in Pacific (The Pacific), Now Air, hopefully Naval theme next.
Unfortunately these have all taken 10 years between each instalment, so it will probably be a while.
Unfortunately these have all taken 10 years between each instalment, so it will probably be a while.
Greyhound is a movie, not a series like these. Its a great movie, but not a series that can develop more of a long form story. Its not a "sequel" so to speak to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, like Masters of the Air is.
Spielberg is not part of it either I dont believe.
But there is a sequel to Greyhound in the works sounds like.
The U.S. Army Air Corps suffered more casualties during WWII than the U.S. Marine Corps. Deep respect for the Air Corps…
Anybody else watching? Pretty harrowing stuff. The last episode was incredible. Horrifying and heroic.
Episode 3 was amazing.
My British friends are sort of angry how they were portrayed.
I will say this story is very personal to me as my Great Uncle is still MIA from his B-17.
My British friends are sort of angry how they were portrayed.
I will say this story is very personal to me as my Great Uncle is still MIA from his B-17.
Looks amazing. I've always been a fan of Memphis Belle, lots of similarities, looking forward to this.
The last episode had me legitimately holding my breath through the entirety of the episode. No spoilers but the scene with Baby Face and Quinn left me speechless. An unimaginable circumstance.
It’s unbelievable how any soldier came back alive from WWII.
That was tough to watch. And if you want to, there are many similar (or even more harrowing) true stories from the war about airmen with that duty. Not for the faint of heart but I think it’s important for us all to appreciate what the greatest generation went through.
I started watching The Pacific, but bailed on it after about 3 episodes. Posters here recommended the older Band of Brothers and I thought it was great. Hopefully this proves to be more like BoB.
I specifically got Apple TV + for this show and it's been great so far. Very harrowing.
Semi-related; I also watched the "Monarch" series (Godzilla/Monsterverse) and I felt that was fantastic as well.
Semi-related; I also watched the "Monarch" series (Godzilla/Monsterverse) and I felt that was fantastic as well.
My Grandpa was a B24 pilot during WWII, stationed in Italy. He talked some about the war later in his life-about the time my boys were in Jr High/HS. He also put together a diary/memoir and one thing he mentions when he discusses their flights is the flak. But now that we’re watching this, it gives a whole new deeper meaning to his words.
watch Generation Kill too. I would rank Generation Kill 1st, with Band of Brothers a close second, then a distant 3rd The Pacific. just watched episode one of Masters last night liked it and will be up there with the 1st 2 if it keeps similar through out.
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I felt this way watching The Pacific. My grandpa was tough as hell so I can't say I was shocked he was there but it still kept hitting me how unreal it was seeing something even close to what he must have seen. Same thing where it was 40 years before he ever really spoke about it, it was actually grandkids asking questions for school history projects. Those "interviews" for high school research papers are now a sort of family history document.
Watch For All Mankind, Foundation, and Severance next.
I think Apple has the best quality shows of the streaming services now. At least relative to cost.