Master of The Air (AppleTV+) January 28

[Amerikan Melanin]

I don’t like the dialogue. shyt is boring.

Always wanted to know how the gunners didn’t shoot each other when they are in formation .

 

[Black Mamba]

 

[987654321]

I don’t like the dialogue. shyt is boring.

Always wanted to know how the gunners didn’t shoot each other when they are in formation .

We use similar principals in the Air, in armor, and on foot. The formations are like a form of the Roman “phalanx”. The .30 cals are both spear and shield used to shape the enemy’s attack, with the goal being: 1. to keep them from getting good looks at the most vulnerable parts of the planes. 2. To trap/squeeze them into overlapping or crossing sectors of fire so you can shoot at their vulnerable parts.

You have predetermined sectors of fire based on your relation to the other guns positions. it adapts based on your relation the other planes in the formation and their gunners. You can overlap/cross your fires to increase effect and/or cover other’s blind spots.

If a friendly comes into your cone/sector then you shift/lift/check/cease fire. Firing in burst instead of going cyclic also helps reduce errant fire and conserves ammo. Adaptive Situational training and constant communication helps greatly reduce potential friendly fire but it doesn’t completely eliminate it.

It's not perfect but it exponentially increases your chances of survival vs being picked apart, fighting independently.

 

[987654321]

It started kind of cheesy but I was hooked by the time

Spoiler

they accidentally almost flew over France

I appreciated the inclusion of how fukked up those planes are when they come back from daylight sorties. I’m excited for the rest of the series.

 

[BushidoBrown]

@BushidoBrown

Instantaneous piff

 

[ciubaca]

is it just me or that little retard from banshees of inisherin is in everything ?

 

[daemonova]

@Lootpack

 

[daemonova]

Nm

 

[ciubaca]

This is just not hitting like BOB and ThePacific.

 

[daemonova]

This is just not hitting like BOB and ThePacific.

I didn't see either show so I can't speak on it.

Haven't see the lastest episode but I enjoyed the first three

 

[Conz]

it's good enough, but after waiting more than a decade, it pales in comparison.

 

[daemonova]

it's good enough, but after waiting more than a decade, it pales in comparison.

Apple is only going to get so salacious. Like what would one expect out of a WW2 show.

 

[Lootpack]

It’s okay, so far. Weird to say after everything that’s transpired, but the show still lacks a certain flair of energy. I think it’s due to the storytelling more than anything, as the character development isn’t there for me. Show has also been promoting itself with Butler as the main lead and he just comes across as a caricature of a WW2 solider so far. I can tell he’s still coming off of that Elvis role here.

Apple has been on a roll lately but a part of me still wishes this got picked up by HBO. Most of the dogfight sequences look like they came straight out of a PS3-era videogame cutscene. Which is weird when I notice the budget being higher than HOTD. It’s a minor distraction in a show that otherwise has fine direction, and not the end-all-be-all. Even BoB had dodgy CGI in the few scenes that featured it so I’ll manage. I believe they got Fukunaga directing four of the episodes though, in addition with vets like Boden and Fleck, Van Patten. So the show seems to be in good company there.

Nothing against Keoghan also, but the man is usually typecasted as the outsider weirdo in everything I see him in. And especially coming from having watched ‘Saltburn’, it’s weird to see him in a role where he has to actually lead others and command respect, lol. Good on him though for changing things up.

 

[987654321]

This is just not hitting like BOB and ThePacific.

It’s not long enough for us to really grab onto each other
(the show captivating us and the viewers latching onto characters)

It has the elements of the other series’ but there are a LOT of characters and situations to cram into 9 episodes. Plus characters are wearing masks during the most violent parts and we don’t always recognize who just died or is in a perilous situation.

I do think we’ll all feel a little more invested by ep.5/6. I also think it does a good job of showing how fatalistic you had to be to do daylight bombing runs out of England. Of all the WWII ground/air/sea units, that historically got chopped up, I think the 100th got flamed up the longest.

I also like how the cinematography and dialogue changed from when the pilots and gunners were uninitiated, (the 1940’s TV glow on everything and the characters didn’t like to cuss) to after they were more experienced (things looked more gritty and the characters had learned to use cuss words as punctuation by then).

 

[Conz]

Apple is only going to get so salacious. Like what would one expect out of a WW2 show.

the same dudes who made Band of Brothers and The Pacific made this, so network shouldn't really matter much. they're just there for funding. no one should expect a decline