Masters of the Air (Part 9) - Full Reaction
Added 2024-04-07 05:51:58 +0000 UTCI really enjoyed this show, so much! I know it didn't get great reviews but I still loved it for showing this side, for showing the hopelessness of war but also that there is still good. I apologize, I was very emotional this last episode, I kept picturing my boys and couldn't get it together. Thanks for watching this show a long with me! <3 you all!
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I loved this series and went in just wanting to see its own story and tone. It’s a very different experience from the other theaters or aspects of the war and I’m glad they told this story. Loved your reaction!
Ricardo Alanis
2024-04-10 04:12:26 +0000 UTCMy maternal grandfather stormed a Normandy beach on D-Day. Not sure which beach (my brother may know). My grandfather essentially never talked about it but he did tell my brother he could hear bullets whistling by him. Before that, he was in North Africa in a tank and was awarded a medal for destroying a bridge. My paternal grandfather served in the occupation of Germany after Germany surrendered.
Clay F
2024-04-08 06:22:36 +0000 UTCI share Cassie’s confusion about the bad reviews for this series. No, it’s not “Band of Brothers.” But there’s a lot of room between “Band of Brothers” level of good and just plain bad. And this series was pretty darn good. I also share Cassie’s single criticism of the show: I would’ve liked a couple of extra episodes. Having read the two books that provided the basis for the series, I know there was enough unused material to warrant a couple of extra episodes. That said, I thought it was a superb series. Now, for something personal. My maternal grandmother (who I christened “Nana” at the ripe old age of one), was one of the Rosie the riveters. She worked in the fuel tanks of dive bombers used in the Pacific (Nana barely stood 5’1” and they needed someone small to climb into the tanks). When she got older, we re-christened her our “Little Yoda.” My maternal grandfather served in the European theater of the war, rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel. He made the military his career and became a Green Beret, serving in the Korean War after WW2 was over and serving as one of the military advisors that Kennedy sent to Vietnam at the outset of our involvement in that war. And my great uncle, Uncle Jack (Nana’s brother), took the train to San Francisco the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor to join the Navy. He served the entirety of the war in the South Pacific, surviving years of Japanese attacks (including kamikaze attacks) and contracting malaria twice. When he returned from the war, he went back to school and became a nurse anesthetist. After my maternal grandparents divorced, he took in Nana and provided her a home for the next sixty years. When one of his nephews got kicked out of his home and needed help to go to college, Uncle Jack paid for his entire education. When my parents divorced, he took in my mother, my brother and me and treated my brother and I as if we were his own children. When my aunt got divorced, he took in her and my cousin. When I got divorced, he again provided me with a home. I lived with him and Nana until they passed away a few years ago (within a year of one another). He didn’t just talk about the importance of family, he demonstrated it every single day of his life. I’ve never known a finer man. They epitomized that which I truly believe to be the “Greatest Generation.”
Just Plain Bob
2024-04-08 04:31:38 +0000 UTCThis episode's reaction is just another reminder of why I'm subscribed to you Cassie and why I'm a patron. The level of genuine empathy you show in your reactions is just heartwarming.
KTVindicare
2024-04-07 15:26:17 +0000 UTCNo reason to apologize for being emotional — I think your framing (imagining these are your sons) is the right way to watch this or any war movie. What if this was me/my spouse/my kids? That puts everything in perspective. God bless.
Above Average Dave
2024-04-07 15:20:50 +0000 UTC
