Masters Of The Air Review: 4 Ups & 6 Downs
5. Down: It's Not As Good As Band of Brothers Or The Pacific
Ultimately, the lasting feeling Masters of the Air leaves you with is how much it fails in comparison to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, two shows that succeed in every arena this one falls down.
For the apparent closing chapter of a trilogy of shows detailing World War II from different battlegrounds, this sure is a shame, much of which can surely be pinned on Apple and their lifeless production, as well as their faulty focus on action over humanity - the key factor that made the previous dramas such a success.
Most infuriating about all of this, of course, is that the 100th Bomb Group deserved much better. These were real men, real heroes who often gave their lives for a great cause, and to see their stories reduced to so much empty cliché and tepid emotion is very disheartening indeed.
A victim of the previous shows' success, sure, but the truth is Masters of the Air would be a marked disappointment without them. That said, it's not without some notable highs...