The set pieces and cinematography are amazing. However....
Apple still hasn't learned that we live in a binge over the weekend, show me now age. This isn't 1997. Stop releasing new material week by week, expecting to hold the collective audience's interest. Back then that was the norm and people dealt with it. Now? If you're gonna do that; you better come up with something so tantalizing and gripping that the audience will come back from more.
This show already started out on an uphill climb being compared to BoB and The Pacific. But then to have two 1 hour long episodes that explained virtually nothing and developed no one, makes it really difficult to wait week after week to have things flesh out.
So far it's just utterly disjointed. You have no care for what happens to anyone because you haven't a clue who anyone is. You don't know what they're fighting for or why. Every song, phrase and gesture is a total trope from the 40s and there's just nothing original or dynamic here.
BoB took the time to explain who each character was why you should love them why you should hate them, here's where we're fighting and why.
The Pacific spent a little less time explaining characters but still took the time to explain the where and why we're fighting and dare I say did a better job than BoB of not romanticizing war.
Masters of the Air does neither. The plot meanders, the characters are just there, and it's literally just going from scene to scene showing war stuff.
We obviously can't hold total judgment until the end. But so far this is totally underwhelming and Apple ain't doing itself any favors holding this show hostage with an antiquated release method.
Apple still hasn't learned that we live in a binge over the weekend, show me now age. This isn't 1997. Stop releasing new material week by week, expecting to hold the collective audience's interest. Back then that was the norm and people dealt with it. Now? If you're gonna do that; you better come up with something so tantalizing and gripping that the audience will come back from more.
This show already started out on an uphill climb being compared to BoB and The Pacific. But then to have two 1 hour long episodes that explained virtually nothing and developed no one, makes it really difficult to wait week after week to have things flesh out.
So far it's just utterly disjointed. You have no care for what happens to anyone because you haven't a clue who anyone is. You don't know what they're fighting for or why. Every song, phrase and gesture is a total trope from the 40s and there's just nothing original or dynamic here.
BoB took the time to explain who each character was why you should love them why you should hate them, here's where we're fighting and why.
The Pacific spent a little less time explaining characters but still took the time to explain the where and why we're fighting and dare I say did a better job than BoB of not romanticizing war.
Masters of the Air does neither. The plot meanders, the characters are just there, and it's literally just going from scene to scene showing war stuff.
We obviously can't hold total judgment until the end. But so far this is totally underwhelming and Apple ain't doing itself any favors holding this show hostage with an antiquated release method.
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