Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 8

[muccamukk]

NCUTI GATWA! (that is all)

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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.


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Comments

[partypaprika]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T GET TO SEE ANY OF THE D-DAY MISSIONS??? What do you even--I don't even??? How do you do a WWII show about a unit that participates in D-Day and only have a five second blip???

This episode made me want to tear my hair out. I liked getting to see the Tuskegee airmen and I liked the characters introduced, but also their backstory didn't tie into anything. Why not introduce this episodes earlier and have us follow their progression? Also...so we saw Sandra for a moment in France and then...nothing about her mission? Why include?

Crosby's narration drove me crazy. I feel like we could have just seen this episode from Rosie's perspective and from the POW camp and that would have been so much more coherent. Such a frustrating episode for me.

[muccamukk]

I suspect they couldn't afford d-day? But yeah, it feels like they got caught up in "We have to tell this from Croz's perspective, and he slept through it, so oh well." when... no you didn't! Rosie is right there! Trying to be a main character! We all still actually like Rosie!

It feels like the show got told it had to include people of colour and women with significant roles, and instead of working out meaningful ways to do that, just sort of tacked them on.