Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia

[XWP29]

Coming soon looks interesting.

https://youtu.be/2RWohylGm3c

[panta615]

I can’t wait for this.

Any of you that have Sky for their TV provider can access Apple TV through the apps and they are currently giving Apple TV away free for 6months.

Hope that helps a few of you to watch this when it’s released.

[StuBie]

Shouldn't it be 'Mighty 8th at Abingdon Airfield'

[XWP29]

Shouldn't it be 'Mighty 8th at Abingdon Airfield'

No, nor Hemel Hempstead Town centre or anywhere else used for filming.

[robopog]

*USAAF ?

[panta615]

The first two episodes are now showing on Apple TV for those interested

[tommc]

Even more disappointing than expected!

I watched just the first episode, not impressed.

[Ghastly Whisper]

Take the "I know everything hat off" and watch it for what it is...entertainment. Do that and its pretty good, not a patch on Band of Brothers, but better than the Pacific.

[XWP29]

Take the "I know everything hat off" and watch it for what it is...entertainment. Do that and its pretty good, not a patch on Band of Brothers, but better than the Pacific.

The Pacific was excellent.

[Col Nago]

Trivia fact - the production crew were given unlimited access to the USAAF archives and the pilots post action logs for the making of this series. The CGI is so accurate that when you see an exterior formation shot, every B-17 they show is in the exact formation position on the day of the actual raid. Not just a digital image of a B-17 - the actual B-17, tail number, nose art the lot. The CGI folk went town with their work. When a B-17 is hit and falls out of position in that formation - it's falling out of the exact position it was in on the day.

So for anyone claiming they know better - you might want to rethink that.

Also the flight jackets were supplied by the superb Eastman Leather Clothing company down in Plymouth. The chap that owns it is one of THE most informed folk in WWII USAAF clothing. His personal archives are mind blowing:

https://www.eastmanleather.com/

[TonyO]

Trivia fact - the production crew were given unlimited access to the USAAF archives and the pilots post action logs for the making of this series. The CGI is so accurate that when you see an exterior formation shot, every B-17 they show is in the exact formation position on the day of the actual raid. Not just a digital image of a B-17 - the actual B-17, tail number, nose art the lot. The CGI folk went town with their work. When a B-17 is hit and falls out of position in that formation - it's falling out of the exact position it was in on the day.

So for anyone claiming they know better - you might want to rethink that.

Also the flight jackets were supplied by the superb Eastman Leather Clothing company down in Plymouth. The chap that owns it is one of THE most informed folk in WWII USAAF clothing. His personal archives are mind blowing:

https://www.eastmanleather.com/

Unfortunately the CGI just doesn't hit the mark in some critical details, the go-around in Greenland, and the wheels-up landing in the first episode alone looked like CGI amateur hour. Stuff like that is really quite off-putting.

[Vulcanone]

I remember the crash landing in Memphis Bell... What was left of the Pembroke WV703 at Tattershall Thorpe, formerly on Coningsby dump, and once a star in Chessgame was used for surrogate burning B-17!!

[tommc]

Unfortunately the CGI just doesn't hit the mark in some critical details, the go-around in Greenland, and the wheels-up landing in the first episode alone looked like CGI amateur hour. Stuff like that is really quite off-putting.

Yes Tony, for 2024 some of the CGI scenes did not really work and made it jarringly difficult to watch in places, with some of the flight dynamics also appearing less than realistic.

[roughcutter]

Unfortunately the CGI just doesn't hit the mark in some critical details, the go-around in Greenland, and the wheels-up landing in the first episode alone looked like CGI amateur hour. Stuff like that is really quite off-putting.

Yes Tony, for 2024 some of the CGI scenes did not really work and made it jarringly difficult to watch in places, with some of the flight dynamics also appearing less than realistic.

I'd rather watch Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds

[napalm42]

Well, I have watched the first two episodes,and found them thoroughly entertaining !!
But , then again, I am just an aviation enthusiast / photographer , and not an `Armchair expert` , like some people ,and don`t feel the need to criticise everything that doesn`t meet some exacting standards.

I think the term is `Lighten up` !!!

Can`t wait for episode 3.

[Andyph]

Well, I have watched the first two episodes,and found them thoroughly entertaining !!
But , then again, I am just an aviation enthusiast / photographer , and not an `Armchair expert` , like some people ,and don`t feel the need to criticise everything that doesn`t meet some exacting standards.

I think the term is `Lighten up` !!!

Can`t wait for episode 3.

good for you... I certainly didn't

Cringeworthy and crap is my view. Pure Hollywood and a million miles from 'real'

[Col Nago]

Cringeworthy and crap is my view. Pure Hollywood and a million miles from 'real'

Ah sorry, didn't realise you fought in WWII. My apologies.

[cat1]

put it in a different light.
you worked for years and years in CGI to finally be employed in the big time.
you have no interest in aircraft military or otherwise whatsoever
you produce a ww2 film, for the masses
you get torn apart by people who have quite literally spent decades looking at and obsessing over military aircraft, past and present.
considering the producer might not give a damn about military aircraft, they have done a very respectable job.

imagine if anyone of us had to make a scene on the habits of tropical fish, knowing that committed enthusiasts would be watching

*sigh* rant over

[f-4]

I think it's superb. Captures the horror and stress of combat missions and also life at an East Anglian airfield. Yes, the CGI could be better in places, but as a narrative on the Eighth I think it hits the spot.

Also if you've taken out an Apple subscription just for this, have a look at Tom Hanks' other recent movie Greyhound, another CGI epic but edge of the seat stuff.

[Vulcanone]

Well, I have watched the first two episodes,and found them thoroughly entertaining !!
But , then again, I am just an aviation enthusiast / photographer , and not an `Armchair expert` , like some people ,and don`t feel the need to criticise everything that doesn`t meet some exacting standards.

I think the term is `Lighten up` !!!

Can`t wait for episode 3.

good for you... I certainly didn't

Cringeworthy and crap is my view. Pure Hollywood and a million miles from 'real'

So tell me. How come the veterans said the opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan were just as real as the day they hit the beach? Or is that all tosh...