Masters Of The Air Review: 4 Ups & 6 Downs
3. Up: The Stunning Production Design
Once you get past the glossy, uncanny finish of Masters of the Air's sky, there's much to be admired about what you find on the ground, when the flying stops.
Though still a bit too polished for its own good, that more powerful gritty edge missing, the set pieces and cinematography of the drama is truly astounding, creating an enveloping world of highly detailed planes, bases, airfields, countrysides and harrowing POW camps.
You can tell, looking at the finer details of Masters of the Air, that a lot of work has gone into replicating the intricate characteristics of a world at war, built for conflict and dripped in dread, but still at times breathtakingly beautiful under the reality surrounding it.
Brought to life by directors Dee Rees and Cary Jo Fukunaga, as well as True Detective's cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, amongst others, there's much to admire in the show's visual appeal when it plants itself on the ground, meaning there's plenty still to get lost in as the characters fall away and the story loses its footing.