Seriously?! That series came out in 2001! I’d highly recommend you rent it at least once to see it. Have you seen “The Pacific”? If you haven’t that’s another one worth checking out.Stuart wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:49 pmThat's interesting, I'd not read that. Obviously I've not seen it so I can't really comment, other than I know it got some stick. As I said, I don't do pay for view TV so I'm unlikely to see it - but then I've not seen Band of Brothers either (I really should).
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I've watched BoB and The Pacific many times
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I've enjoyed it. I don't think that it could be like BoB or The Pacific. I think the aircrews had a different personally dynamic than grunts do. I do have one problem with it though. Since when did 109's fire missiles? I've been told it was rockets but rockets don't turn toward a target like missiles do.
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Oh definitely different personality dynamics than paratroopers. All of the central characters so far in Masters are officers… in Brothers and The Pacific, there are a lot more enlisted troops. A very different level of education and backgrounds for them. Of course their roles in war are completely different.
The rockets fired by the Luftwaffe fighters were essentially the same as used by the Nebelwerfer multiple rocket launchers. They do arc in their flight path, but have no seeker to home in on a target. That would not be invented for another decade.
The rockets fired by the Luftwaffe fighters were essentially the same as used by the Nebelwerfer multiple rocket launchers. They do arc in their flight path, but have no seeker to home in on a target. That would not be invented for another decade.
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If only B-17's had flares and chaff to defend against "rockets".
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Well they did have flares for signaling purposes… 
Chaff came along in summer 1943 during the Hamburg raids.
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Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:34 pmIsn’t the book about the whole 8th Air Force? Not strictly about the 100th Bomb Group?
The book...
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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Ughhhhhh... I'd like to see some history not a romance novel... this is getting terrible.
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Not me. I can' get into any of these modern Movies/Shows/Series...
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Been watching it, been enjoying it.
Spoilers ahead?
There were 2 scenes that i was really disappointed in.
The first, when Biddick crash landed in Scotland. That CGI plane looked awful. It didn't move right, it didn't reflect the sun right, the lighting on the overall model didn't match the environment. It looked terrible and i was utterly disappointed.
The second was when they landed in Africa, the same issue. Whoever was in charge of the post processing on that CGI missed a couple steps.
So far that, and as others have said the compression of the timelines are my only complaints.
Otherwise im really enjoying it.
Spoilers ahead?
There were 2 scenes that i was really disappointed in.
The first, when Biddick crash landed in Scotland. That CGI plane looked awful. It didn't move right, it didn't reflect the sun right, the lighting on the overall model didn't match the environment. It looked terrible and i was utterly disappointed.
The second was when they landed in Africa, the same issue. Whoever was in charge of the post processing on that CGI missed a couple steps.
So far that, and as others have said the compression of the timelines are my only complaints.
Otherwise im really enjoying it.
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