Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 9

[muccamukk]

A final episode, a 77-minute runtime, and a new director. Goodnight, sweet show!

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.


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

Comments

[sovay]

I am about three episodes behind at this point, but just hit this article from the Library of America on the Regensburg raid in the airmen's own voices and this comm seemed a suitable place to leave it: "'Their Own Tiny Circle of War': Masters of the Air, in Their Own Words." (The Library of America seems to have opinions about the show.)

[muccamukk]

That's a great essay! Thanks! I did feel like episode 3 at least partly captured the absolute chaos of that mission, including a couple long, silent shots of Cleven just surrounded by destruction.

(Is the opinion disdain?)

[sovay]

That's a great essay! Thanks!

You're welcome! I wasn't familiar with any of the primary sources.

(Is the opinion disdain?)

"There is a haunting irony that these scenes—uncanny and borderline incomprehensible even to the men who witnessed them—would form the basis for the eyeball-cramming, CGI-enhanced battle sequences of Masters of the Air."

(I agree with you that that silence does come through in some of those scenes and even more so in the Münster raid in Episode 5. But I also understand the LOA's side-eye.)

[partypaprika]

I like this article! The writing by the airmen that is included is great and packs a real punch.

[sovay]

I like this article! The writing by the airmen that is included is great and packs a real punch.

Agreed! I may in fact track down the LOA volumes which contain the rest of it.