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'Masters of the Air' Sees Most Watched Apple TV+ Launch to Date
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They still, deservedly, are called the greatest generation.
Well, that’s certainly true.
I think I've seen this is billed as "Part III" to "Band of Brothers" and "The Pacific." How does it hold up to the other HBO miniseries?
Again not sure what the hangup is over "this specific show" lol, who cares? Apple are in it for the profit, not prestige. You can just go listen to Tim Cook on previous AAPL earnings calls and verify ATV+, Apple Arcade, etc. are all about boosting Apple's position as a services company as well as a hardware company. Software services are a holy grail business model for a reason.
Helps me remember my father’s stories, he was in the pacific campaign signal corp and was loading the invasion ships until the second drop and surrender.
Most of the history he took with him to the grave, only heard bits and pieces and a few photos.
He liked to watch the history channel wwii programs and he would comment as we watched them. His brother was in Europe but came home ok.
My father was in the Philippines and scheduled to be in the seventh wave of the invasion, until the bomb of course.
I'm looking forward to this series as my father was a B-17 pilot who fought fascism in Europe.
I’m looking forward to watching the series. In my very non professional opinion the B17 was one of the greatest planes as measured by its ability to take damage and still bring the crews back alive.
Yes! Some of them came back from missions without a tail, or piece of wing missing, failed engines, or a large piece of the nose missing. Boeing built them very robust!
It’s a modestly engaging seriies, but sadly no credit to the originals and no question, it is NO #BOB…no way, no how. Not the actors, not the acting, not the cinematography, not the ACTION, not the dialogue. Truly nothing will really ever compare to #BOB.
was wondering the same, i have both series on Blu-ray but have yet to watch them maybe i will stop being lazy and throw them in
I don't think you understand history and it's relevance to the current world.
Oh I thought this was a movie... it's a series? 🙄 suddenly any vague interest I had in it vanishes...
anything to keep people subscribed long term huh? I wonder if it actually needs to be series or if it's chock full of filler
anything to keep people subscribed long term huh? I wonder if it actually needs to be series or if it's chock full of filler
I've watched all of Band of Brothers and all of the episodes of this show that are out. I haven't watched all of The Pacific -- I couldn't get into it for whatever reason. I rank these shows: Band > Masters > Pacific.
I think it’s a bit unfair to compare all three series as they’re different theaters of war, and have been approached accordingly from a direction POV. The Pacific portraying just how grimy, muddy, wet, hot and relentless those islands were.
Loving MotA so far; a must for any AVgeek or WWII buff.
Loving MotA so far; a must for any AVgeek or WWII buff.
I agree. This is a terrible show there's no story and the characters are boring.
I would be willing to bet that it was the 3 months free Apple TV that comes with an iPhone in a lot of countries that increased Apple TV viewership, and not this show.
If they lie, they face FTC investigation as a publicly traded company.
I didn’t think they started it great and am not a fan of the soundtrack but it got way better. I got sucked in a was heartbroken when one of my favorites died.
That said, it’s no Band of Brothers. However, I feel it’s better than The Pacific.
I feel that all three are excellent and tell different experiences of the war. Most people seem to be most familiar with the war in Europe and the Band of Brothers stories .The Pacific opened my eyes to a part of the war many of us knew little about. Masters of the Air introduces another part of the war many know little about. These guys went thru hell and knew they would most likely never make it home.
Every high school student should watch all three of these series. It might make them appreciate what they have today.
This is not Band or Brothers or The Pacific. It's a cliched, meandering, boring mess with uninteresting characters giving lackluster performances. This isn't even close to being in the same league as of Band of Brothers.
Calling this 'Part 3' of those series is like calling "The Marvels" 'Part 4' of "The Avengers". If you sign up to Apple TV for this show expecting it to be HBO quality, you're going to be disappointed.