I am not a WWII buff. I’m grateful to the greatest generation, but I find most movies and TV shows set in that era to be as loud and predictable as a Marvel movie. This might be a good series, but for me it had too much working against it from the get-go. I’ll just rewatch The Great Escape for the 40th time instead.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 1:05 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess since it was based on an original book, the characters really did > have nearly the same name? It's the sort of thing that a TV drama would > never do, but might regularly happen in a random workplace. > > In fact, I found it harder to tell anyone apart when they're all wearing > face masks over 10,000 ft while flying identical planes and wearing > identical uniforms. At least Austin Butler's voice is deep enough that you > can't confuse him with anyone else. > > I did find the scene in the pub in episode 2 amusing when the Americans > and the British are being goaded by the British RAF officers. Except that > Butler aside, the two main "Americans" in that scene were the British > Callum Turner and the Irish Barry Keoghan. And Keoghan's character later > has to briefly "put on" an Irish accent... > > Fun fact: I cycled past an external set of this production back in June > 2021! All I saw at the time was a roped off crashed and burnt out cockpit > in a field, alongside the usual tell-tale signs of a film crew at work. > Wiki says that production began in February that year. So this has been a > long time coming. > > I really liked this and will be sticking with it. Apple TV+ easily has my > highest hit-rate for streaming services right now. > > > Adam > > On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 6:47 AM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> When I first saw the title, I thought it was going to be about the early >> days of radio broadcasting, but then realized I was confusing it with a >> 30-year-old nonfiction book (and Ken Burns documentary) called "Empire of >> the Air." >> >> On Jan 26, 2024, at 9:24 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Let’s tell a WWII drama where all the guys dress alike, then give the two >> lead characters the same names. That won’t be pointlessly confusing at all. >> >> What is Tom Hanks putting in his coffee? >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C0o0d_QOPJx_G4SfkQJ_BzoZYU_VCpiBzb-LKL_S3Jrg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C0o0d_QOPJx_G4SfkQJ_BzoZYU_VCpiBzb-LKL_S3Jrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4DA35821-2A8C-4FD1-BEBC-B7A64CFBEE29%40ellwanger.tv >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4DA35821-2A8C-4FD1-BEBC-B7A64CFBEE29%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBW9zYKaPnXoUZnoEfVV6Wj1Zp0GBr-2CajWc6kbpCVFw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBW9zYKaPnXoUZnoEfVV6Wj1Zp0GBr-2CajWc6kbpCVFw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DMEML8YQxxdsk9sAypZsr%3DpJhKhNtqwRkSroh-iz%3DfAg%40mail.gmail.com.
