Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 21, 2022 Posted April 21, 2022 Tom Hanks Sets ‘Greyhound’ and ‘Band of Brothers’ Sequels at Apple TV+ WWW.MILITARY.COM WWII drama "Masters of the Air" has wrapped filming and should be coming soon. Quote "Masters of the Air" has wrapped filming and has a rumored $250 million budget. Cary Fukunaga, director of the recent James Bond movie "No Time to Die," directed at least the pilot episode of the series, which stars Austin Butler, who will be seen this summer starring as Army veteran Elvis Presley in director Baz Luhrmann's movie "Elvis." "Masters of the Air" is described as a sequel to the classic HBO WWII infantry series "Band of Brothers," also produced by Hanks and Goetzman, along with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. Their subsequent HBO series "The Pacific" featured none of the same characters based on real military members but, because it was also a WWII period drama, HBO called it a sequel. Amblin is also a production partner on "Masters of the Air." The book on which the miniseries is based: Masters of the Air | Book by Donald L. Miller | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster WWW.SIMONANDSCHUSTER.COM Soon to be a major television event from Apple TV, Masters of the Air is the riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in World War II, the... The Eighth Air Force suffered the highest fatality rate among all American military forces during WWII at 7.42% For comparison: US Marine Corps - 3.29% US Army - 2.25% US Navy - 0.41% Quote
Greatoneshere Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 Greyhound was pretty good. How is this a sequel? I don't remember the film, but I remember it was pretty enjoyable. Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 22, 2022 Author Posted April 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Greyhound was pretty good. How is this a sequel? I don't remember the film, but I remember it was pretty enjoyable. It's not a "sequel" to Greyhound and they're completely misusing the word "sequel" in describing it as one to "Band of Brothers" or "The Pacific". 1 Quote
Greatoneshere Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: It's not a "sequel" to Greyhound and they're completely misusing the word "sequel" in describing it as one to "Band of Brothers" or "The Pacific". Ah, then yes, that makes more sense - I'll probably watch, dig the era. 1 Quote
TheLeon Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Greyhound was pretty good. How is this a sequel? I don't remember the film, but I remember it was pretty enjoyable. That’s a different project. A sequel to Greyhound was announced, completely separate from the Masters of the Air miniseries. They’re getting mentioned side by side because they are both Hanks-WWII-Apple projects, which is also why it’s confusing. 1 Quote
thewhyteboar Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 I need to watch Greyhound. It’s based on a C.S. Forester book right? Quote
silentbob Posted April 22, 2022 Posted April 22, 2022 Can’t wait for the series, but I gotta admit I still haven’t finished The Pacific. Gonna sound even more amazing when I finally get my receiver and mix that sound to some height speakers Quote
Remarkableriots Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 A $300M TV series everyone forgot existed might premiere in weeks WEGOTTHISCOVERED.COM Talk about rising like a phoenix. Quote The strike definitely doesn’t help, anyway, but what’s even more bizarre is that IMDb recently updated Masters of the Air‘s release date to September 20, which is only a matter of weeks away. 1 Quote
SoberChef Posted July 18, 2023 Posted July 18, 2023 Event of the Fall!? (That can be interpreted in a number of ways!) Quote
Jwheel86 Posted November 9, 2023 Posted November 9, 2023 I always thought this a hard story to tell since 8th Air Force's job was to level German cities. Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 9, 2023 Author Posted November 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Jwheel86 said: I always thought this a hard story to tell since 8th Air Force's job was to level German cities. I'm fairly certain that little bit of "war crime-ing" will be either glossed over or dispensed with in one scene of somber moral self-reflection or something Quote
SoberChef Posted November 10, 2023 Posted November 10, 2023 Just hope it's better than The Pacific. Quote
Fizzzzle Posted November 10, 2023 Posted November 10, 2023 4 hours ago, SoberChef said: Just hope it's better than The Pacific. I've grown to really love the Pacific. Sure, it's not as cohesive as a narrative, but I love it nonetheless. Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted December 6, 2023 Author Posted December 6, 2023 Everything about this miniseries looks "fine", but that's about as far as I can go with praise or my overall interest. I genuinely believe that the era of World War II-related media capturing any real interest or attention ended well over a decade ago. 1 Quote
SoberChef Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Anyone have the opportunity to watch the first episode? Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 35 minutes ago, SoberChef said: Anyone have the opportunity to watch the first episode? I'm about to watch it now. 1 Quote
rc0101 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Watched the first episode and thought it was ok. I wish they showed more of the training like Band of Brothers did to get to know the characters. Don’t see it living up to Band of Brothers but I’ll keep watching for sure. I had an old neighbor who piloted B-17s in WW2 and it made me wish I got to talk to him more when I had the chance. 1 Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 1 hour ago, rc0101 said: Watched the first episode and thought it was ok. I wish they showed more of the training like Band of Brothers did to get to know the characters. Don’t see it living up to Band of Brothers but I’ll keep watching for sure. I had an old neighbor who piloted B-17s in WW2 and it made me wish I got to talk to him more when I had the chance. I watched the first two episodes and thought that it was perfectly fine/competent. So far, I haven't seen anything that would elevate it to the lofty, probably unattainable heights of Band of Brothers, but that's not definitely not something to be held against the show. I'm also in agreement that an episode focused on pre-deployment training would certainly have been beneficial in establishing the characters and their personalities which are kinda "non-existent" at this point. The B-17 Flying Fortress will forever remain one of the most beautiful aircraft to ever grace the skies! On a more personal note, I'm not sure that my father who flew for the RAF during WWII would've been entirely appreciative of the depiction of the service 1 Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 Tonight's episode really kinda proved the point the RAF made that daylight bombing was nothing short of absolutely suicidal, especially without any form of long-range fighter escort. The Fw-190 was a pretty decent heavy bomber interceptor though they weren't nearly as maneuverable at higher altitudes as the show depicts. Quote
TwinIon Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Stopped by the March Field Air Museum recently, which I highly recommend to anyone traveling along the 215. They have a huge collection of aircraft, including a B-17. Very cool to see these planes up close. I'm enjoying the show well enough, but I also really think they messed up by not doing a Band of Brothers training episode or two. I feel like it would really have helped establish the characters and would have gone a long way into reminding us that flying in general wasn't a huge thing when the war started. Many of these kids wouldn't likely have ever been in an airplane prior to joining up. Heck, the US Air Force didn't even exist yet and at the time of the first episode, the US Army Air Forces was only a couple years removed from being the Army Air Corps. I don't know if those organizational structures should actually have been part of the story, but to me it's a good reminder of how novel this style of air combat was. They're doing a good job of reminding us of contrasting the US and British approaches to bombing, but I kind of wish they put that in a broader perspective. It is a great looking show though. That Apple money might not have been well spent, but it's right there on the screen. 1 1 Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 Oh man - that was a real gut-puncher of an episode Quote
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 Tonight's episode was the series finale and overall, while the highs definitely outweighed the lows, it never came within striking distance of the benchmark set by Band of Brothers (and I doubt anything ever will) nor would I even consider it to be on par with The Pacific either. I watched Masters of the Air. I generally enjoyed Masters of the Air. I won't remember a bloody damned thing about Masters of the Air. 1 1 Quote
SuperSpreader Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Maybe one day these racists will make a movie about the Latino or Black divisions of WW2 and not make it about just white men winning it. 1 Quote
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