Just starting a thread on the new Apple TV show. Half way through episode one. Phenomenal. Great acting. Screenplay solid and the cinematography is spectacular.
Will wait for slowguy to do a proper review.
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Will wait for slowguy to do a proper review.
He’s busy jersey shopping
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Will wait for slowguy to do a proper review.
He’s busy jersey shopping
Who wants to buy jersey?
Fuck you LOL
Watched the first two episodes
A thousands times better than Memphis Belle
The airborne scenes are incredibly claustrophobic
“Nineteen left, one returned, three missing” Thirty-three guys killed in the first episode
Dude got his face blown off; a ball-turret gunner got frost-bite on his “lower extremities” when his window got shattered at 25,000 feet
Spielberg & Hanks aren’t fucking around
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Fuck you LOL
So case in point? 😂
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Will wait for slowguy to do a proper review.
He’s busy jersey shopping
Who wants to buy jersey?
Because they speak French there?
Only in Wildwood, and only during the Summer
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Watching the opening credits, someone’s getting shot down and The Tuskegee Airmen will be showing up
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Only in Wildwood, and only during the Summer
I was speaking of the Balliwick
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That’s just off The Boardwalk, right?
I think I saw Southside Johnny there once
That’s just off The Boardwalk, right?
I think I saw Southside Johnny there once
It’s an island in the channel
That’s just off The Boardwalk, right?
I think I saw Southside Johnny there once
Windy is talking about a different Jersey 
Quite different from your Jersey.
That would explain “New” which implies “old”
Also, how fucking stupid does he think I am? What a stunade
Thanks for the reminder! I completely forgot this was out. It’s now in my queue.
My Grandfather’s brother was a ball turret gunner on a B-17. He died when I was pretty young but I’ve heard a few stories of his WWII experience, like so many others, he returned a severely broken man.
I’ve watched the first two episodes - awesome so far. Way more intense than I expected.
That would explain “New” which implies “old”
Also, how fucking stupid does he think I am? What a stunade
I was playing along. You should be pissed at Francois for assuming you didn’t know about the Baliwick
Good point, thanks & my apologies to all
The scene in Episode 1, where the landed with the gear up, reminded me of a diorama display sheet that was included in my Monogram 1/48 scale B-17 that I built way back in my teen years
I like it so far, but it’s no Band of Brothers or The Pacific.
I like that they showed the things that go unnoticed, like the ferry flights from the US to England, and that they didn’t gloss over the preflight checklist. Interesting factoid: the formal preflight checklist we know today was created because a B-17 crashed during the flight test phase due to the pilots missing an important check (gust lock, IIRC).
So far it’s shown from the perspective of the officers, so I hope they don’t skimp on the enlisted aircrew and maintainers.
There was a voice over from the narrator (Navigator Crosby) praising the ground crew for all they did to keep them flying, then a scene where one of the crew shows some English kids how to get the oils drips off the runway - by setting it on fire!!!
If I know my tropes, getting friendly with local kids during wartime never turns out well
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Finished Episode 1. This is probably a stupid question but when they are flying in and there’s flak all around, why don’t they increase altitude and fly a little higher, above the flak?