Masters of the Air: Episode Discussion 9

14/03/2024 07:45
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B-17 bomber aircraft resting on a runway under a sunrise sky, title card: Masters of the Air


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

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Date: 14/03/2024 22:10 (UTC)
sovay: (Rotwang)
From: [personal profile] 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.)
Edited Date: 15/03/2024 06:28 (UTC)
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