Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 7

[muccamukk]

In which we welcome director Dee Rees, and embrace our boys in shabby chic.

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.

How to do an in-comment spoiler cut:
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Comments

[wearing_tearing]

The second I heard that meow I knew something terrible would happen. :(

Did we really spend all that time on Quinn to then NOT REALLY SEE HOW HE ESCAPED?????? What in the hell. I didn't mind the narration up until this episode, but there was just so much telling us things instead of showing them to us... ON A TV SHOW. All the tension went out the window with that.

I do love scenes of characters building stuff with basically spit and sweat in an attempt to make their lives a little better/easier. The radio was the best part here.

Rosie, the one consistent great in this series.

[muccamukk]

I know how Quinn escaped because I read a book about downed airmen in WWII, which had lots of fabulous details that would be great if they were their own show or movie. As it stands, I have no effing idea why Quinn's plot was in this at all. Because the writer thought it was neat? Is my main theory on a lot of plots we never see again, at this point.

Loved the radio, love Rosie.

[wearing_tearing]

It seems like the show is relying a lot on the audience having read books about the subject before watching?? It's not good :(

And I totally agree with your theory.

[soundandvision]

do you remember the name of the book or the author. There are 794394 unfinished plots and I'm so nosy tell me what happened !!!!

[partypaprika]

TELL ME ABOUT IT. Why have that plotline if it's going to end with a throwaway line???? Tearing my hair out.

Agreed about both the radio and Rosie.

[wearing_tearing]

The show is making many weird (and sometimes bad) choices about what to focus on :(