Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 3

[muccamukk]

I recently learned (because someone had checked Wikipedia, and I had not) that there will only be 9 episodes, not 10 like the other series :'(

Rules:

1. Don't be a dick. Specifically (but not limited to):


1. Not liking something is fine, and negative comments are fine. Please do not directly tell other participants why the thing they like is bad or that they are bad for liking it.


2. Kink shaming will be deleted.


3. Racism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, misogyny, etc will be deleted.


2. Discussing material from the books is fine, but if you're going to discuss something that happens in future episodes, or the fate of historical characters, please put it under a cut and title the comment Book spoilers! or something similar.


3. Likewise, wanting to treat the show as a self-contained unit and not engage with the books/history is perfectly valid.

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Comments

[wearing_tearing]

Some progress made on being able to tell people apart when they're not wearing masks! For the life of me, I can't tell who's who when they're flying. I do love their jackets :D

The visuals during the first 15min or so were fantastic! I'm a big fan of foggy settings and the scenes of them flying right after the credits were very pretty.

I am having an issue caring about the characters, though? I don't feel like I know them yet and/or have established a connection with them. This means the more dangerous/tense scenes don't have much of an impact on me. This is a big contrast with BoB and TP where we had time to get to know the characters and get invested in their arcs.

Really didn't expect Curt.

The ending was also a bit abrupt...

[muccamukk]

I can get Egan, Cleven, Croz and (sadly) Curt with their masks on. Everyone else, I'm pretty well guessing from context of who they're talking to or where their plane is. I want name tags.

[wearing_tearing]

Name tags would be most helpful! Stitch them to the jackets. Glue them to the foreheads.

[muccamukk]

In Black Hawk Down (which I haven't seen), they apparently glued name tags to their helmets, which the actual Marines wouldn't have had, but they wanted to help the audience out!

Remember the first episode of BoB when everyone had nametags? THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL!

[wearing_tearing]

Sometimes the audience needs a little help and that's okay!!

[partypaprika]

When the masks are on, I have zero idea who is who as well. I'm like...welp, just hoping someone calls out a name when they're talking to someone else.

[wearing_tearing]

A lot of us are struggling with that :(

[muccamukk]

I can usually tell Cleven because his voice has a slight rasp, but everyone else it's just ???

[sovay]

I can usually tell Cleven because his voice has a slight rasp, but everyone else it's just ???

Cleven sounds like he's pitching his voice lower than it naturally sits, which if so, I appreciate the effort, it does mean I can find him in a crowd, but damn.

[muccamukk]

He apparently had a dialogue coach just so he didn't sound like Elvis.

[sovay]

He apparently had a dialogue coach just so he didn't sound like Elvis.

I got to say, if he sounded like Elvis, I'd really be able to find him.

[muccamukk]

Missed opportunity.