Masters of the Air - Official Trailer | Apple TV+

From the executive producers of Band of Brothers and The Pacific comes Masters of the Air, now streaming on Apple TV+ apple.co/_Mast...
Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, and scripted by John Orloff, “Masters of the Air” follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany and grapple with the frigid conditions, lack of oxygen, and sheer terror of combat conducted at 25,000 feet in the air. Portraying the psychological and emotional price paid by these young men as they helped destroy the horror of Hitler’s Third Reich, is at the heart of “Masters of the Air.” Some were shot down and captured; some were wounded or killed. And some were lucky enough to make it home. Regardless of individual fate, a toll was exacted on them all.
The series features a stellar cast led by Academy Award nominee Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Anthony Boyle and Nate Mann, who are joined by Raff Law, Academy Award nominee Barry Keoghan, Josiah Cross, Branden Cook and Ncuti Gatwa.
Hailing from Apple Studios, "Masters of the Air" is executive produced by Steven Spielberg through Amblin Television, and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman for Playtone. Amblin Television’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey co-executive produce alongside Playtone’s Steven Shareshian. In addition to writing, Orloff co-executive produces. Graham Yost also serves as co-executive producer. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Dee Rees and Tim Van Patten serve as directors.
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[@TombstoneBlues]

I wish my Dad was still alive to see this. He was a pilot of a B-24 Liberator in the 93rd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force, stationed at Hardwick Airfield in Norfolk, England.

[@sammorgan6209]

May he rest in peace. Hero 🙏

[@TheThepurpelstuff]

He’s never been gone friend, he’s always been by your side. Even as I’m typing this he’s smiling knowing your making him proud 🙂

[@CHEEEZ-UK]

I'd be so proud! Shame he's not here to see this with you but it sounds like you honour his memory and keep it in your heart. All the best and hope you enjoy the show when it arrives.

[@thefamily512]

Hardwick was shut down though.

[@thefamily512]

@@CHEEEZ-UKLOL softie

[@savage6131]

Band of brothers is one of my favourites i hope this is just as good.

[@MustafaAycicek-js8vr]

Ne zamandır bu kadar etkileyici bir film izlememiştim

[@xianreiss]

Based on the trailer it does not seem to have the same grit as Band of Brothers. This looks too over produced.

[@mfactor88]

good to see the Red Tails get a mention

[@bobbydrex5268]

Band of Brothers and The Pacific are both incredible, I expect nothing less for this one too

[@ComedyBros5]

I never could get into The Pacific but Band of Brothers is one of the finest war productions to ever exist. Hope this is similar!

[@lencekk]

@@ComedyBros5 The Pacific is great also, but you have to go in with different expectations. Band of Brothers is character driven. The Pacific is a war series. You get into it after a couple episodes :)

[@galicije83]

@@lencekk yeah, pacific is great also, and all you written here is 100% true....

[@bobbydrex5268]

@@lencekk 100% Once it gets going it's just as intense as B.o.B if not more

[@thesnazzycomet]

@@ComedyBros5 Seriously give it another go, its amazing

[@TWolf317]

I've watched and re-watched Band of Brothers an almost embarrassing number of times. Bring on Masters of Air!

[@robr286]

What would be embarrassing is if you didn't watch it an embarrassing number of times. If you've never heard someone in your house say "are you watching band of brothers AGAIN?" Then it's not embarrassing enough yet and you need to watch it more

[@ashleyalderson4809]

12 times…. No shame

[@TWolf317]

@@robr286 You are right! I need to watch it some more! I do think I will re-watch The Pacific before this show starts because I haven't seen it in a while.

[@TWolf317]

@@ashleyalderson4809 I honestly don't remember how many times I've watched it. 12 times is probably close for me too.

[@GurpalSingh-fb1fx]

I thought I’m the only fanatic!!

[@rcustis2645]

My Dad was Second Lt., with the Army Air Force , a navigator in WWII. Shot down on his first mission and captured by the Germans and was a POW for 2&1/2 years. 😢. He would have loved to see this movie but he left us when he was 92. He was my hero

[@rustomkanishka]

He did his duty. He sounds like a man worth emulating. You're very lucky to have had a good father.

[@Railhog2102]

Upmost respect, Losses for B-17s and also B-24s were heavy, There was one raid on Romania to cripple oil plants that went bad in August 1943 with many shot down and that was Operation Tidalwave which was the USAAF's most daring mission in the European theatre

[@salpairadice]

He made it home to see you grow up, which is what he really wanted.

[@General_188]

Well this is based on a true story. Your dad was a hero and without him the world would be nothing.

[@karelkieslich6772]

I am eternally grateful to your father for his sacrifice and service. May he rest in peace.

[@cassidy109]

The air scenes look cartoonish and the writing and dialogue looks cornball and jingoistic. The bit with the Tuskegee Airmen comes off as ham-handed, clumsy and pigeonholed in for the sheer sake of DiVeRSiTy.

[@Invicta556]

The best piece of diversity I've seen shown in a realistic manor was Call of Duty:Finest Hour's "Come out Fighting" mission which had black tankers of the 761st Tank Battalion fighting in Battle of the Bulge. It was a fantastic mission showing what the 761st went threw. The Tuskegee Airman stuff in this show seems very shoehorned in and even over the top drama. I wish they would do a calm, none over the top series about them.

[@cassidy109]

@@Invicta556 It’s been a minute since I’ve read the book that this miniseries is supposedly based on. However, IIRC there was a chapter that dealt with race and black American servicemen who were ground crewmen or attached to construction battalions stationed in the UK. I suppose if this miniseries had utilized some of that material they could’ve accurately and faithfully touched upon black American contributions. Might have made an interesting thematic juxtaposition, if properly presented, of America fighting an evil regime while treating some of its own servicemen as second class citizens.

[@jkorshak]

The Tuskegee airmen flew over southern, central, and northern Europe, including Berlin. They were literally in the same skies and some were in the same POW camps. They were a legitimate, actual, and literal part of the air war. Calling it shoehorned diversity says more about the difficulty for some accepting the presentation of black pilots and personnel 's heroic service in the air war than it is an accurate characterization of why they are present in the story. There's enough history to go around - calling it shoehorned and due to "diversity" is shamefully ignorant.

[@Magnus_Magnesium]

So hyped on this. My grandad was a b-17 tail gunner. Flew over on Dday, was shot down twice and survived. Thank you for telling their story.

[@pablosantos6667]

Deus ilumine seu avô onde quer que ele esteja! 🙏🏻

[@kee7678]

Me too. My uncle flew the F4U Corsairs.

[@DH-cj7nm]

That is amazing I bet he was proud of you

[@christiankrieger4794]

My great uncle was a B-17 tail gunner as well. Got shot down on his 13th mission. Spent the rest of the war in a POW camp till Patton rolled through. He made a promise to God that he would dedicate his life to serving him during his time in the camp. And for the next 65 years he kept that promise.

[@DH-cj7nm]

@@christiankrieger4794 thanks for sharing such a personal family story

[@thomasduquette3933]

While everyone is waiting for this to air I recommend reading the book which the series is based on, "Masters of the Air" by Donald Miller, it is excellent.

[@CocoBluu]

Thanks so much for that tip. 😉 Adding it to my TBR list.

[@thomasduquette3933]

I had the pleasure of meeting Don last year when I took the National WWII Museum's Masters of the Air tour in the UK that was lead by Don Miller. You won't be disappointed with his book.

[@robr286]

My dad read it and was saying something about it being a bunch of different unconnected story's or something like that, not like the focused linear band of brothers style. I can't remember exactly what he told me but it was something like that.

[@tonydeardorff]

I concur, it is an excellent read!

[@thedude1316]

Also Harry Crosby's book - A Wing and a Prayer. Harry will be in the series played by Anthony Boyle

[@louismelancon79]

I supervised the cg Environments on this show, and lots of people worked until they were fully drained to make it look this good. Was an honor to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for us to be here today. This is a masterpiece indeed! cheers! , enjoy!

[@user-ot7cc3qz5l]

Gave their lives for what? They killed their own blood to protect International jewry. And now that same jewish tribe has destroyed their home. What a joke that people still buy into this lie.

[@jakefelty]

I salute you and your team!

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Looks great thanks!

[@sodajones2576]

Thank you for honoring their story with your work

[@michaelagnew7493]

I knew there was a way to make CGI air battles look realistic. Well done

[@charliegj19]

I was an extra on this (I'm the guy operating the projector at 0:41) It's not easy standing behind a projector looking so serious. I hope i didn't overshadow Calumn and Austin too much... You're gonna love it.

[@thedave8972]

That was some quality standing, my man. It will Make this series! 😁

[@eyesofstatic9641]

I wasn’t going to watch until I saw you. Took the scene I must say!

[@KingKong_420]

I wasnt going to watch it but then I saw @@eyesofstatic9641 was watching it because @charliegj9 was watching it. So hey ill watch it too

[@jannuary831]

I watched it. You were a standout. Lol!

[@user-lp7tx1fe6t]

Thanks man, looking forward to seeing your performance

[@MettPitt]

The big difference.. the pacific and band of brothers.. were fighters .. soldiers vs soldiers .. they had respect for each other.. these were bomber pilots … killing women, children and babies.. no respect for them. As a German.. I am sick and tired of this… Since nearly 80 years.. movies.. tv shows… Germans are annoyed.. remembering the war.. yes… celebrate it for 80 years on television? America.. you are going to lose the people.. and an ally.. because.. I was serving alongside American troops as a soldier.. but even me.. starting turning my back towards the US.

[@alexanderhofer6729]

Thank you for these true words

[@GUITARLEGEND956]

Germans have zero moral license to comment on anything to do with war ever. Even the Romans thought they were butchers.

[@jonny47988]

You're a shame for your country!

[@LuisRojas-br6ud]

The level of production in appletv Is amazing looks like a movie

[@derrickwilliams1210]

It's a shame their marketing is not so great tho

[@enjoylifeusa]

Apple tv ❤❤

[@CaptainChapin]

@@derrickwilliams1210 it’s ok it’s not like Apple needs it to be

[@sidharthv2940]

no its not

[@Markunator]

@@derrickwilliams1210 In what way?

[@MrJimheeren]

I live nearby a cemetery where hundreds of American and British pilots are buried who died while flying over Holland. Most of these boys were hardly over 20 years old. Every now and then I’ll pay them a visit to show respect for all the men and boys who died fighting the greatest evil of all time. This series looks amazing btw

[@Alan-in-Bama]

Thank you for remembering and your respect to our airmen that never came home.

[@MrJimheeren]

@@Alan-in-Bama my pleasure

[@KevinCook-f4z]

They and their families gave the ultimate sacrifice, Heroes for all eternity without question!

[@twentyrothmans7308]

The Dutch gave a memorial to Guy Gibson in Steenbergen, his navigator Jim Warwick is also there. The saddest bit is that they were only 80 miles from home.

[@MrOhdead]

I read an account from a Lancaster pilot who talked about flying over Holland at night and seeing people on the ground signalling the V for victory sign in morse by opening and closing their house doors with the light on inside the house.

[@rajk9413]

So far not impressed. Probably because of Apple’s oversight…it probably would have been better if produced under the HBO umbrella.

[@100thmonkey]

I see a lot of pilot drama and not much planes. Booooring!!

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

As a pilot it's pretty comical. Nothing close to as good as Band Of Brothers.

[@frankreynolds9930]

If there isnt drama, those action scene will feel hollow. Also plane scene are expensive to make.

[@jonathanhetterly2291]

This trailer is very polished looking. I hope they haven't abandoned the gritty realism and harsh tone that in my book is what made Band of Brothers and the Pacific the timeless classics that they are. There is a reason those two series are timeless while WWII films like Unbroken and Red Tails or the recent Greyhound with Tom Hanks on Apple TV aren't - it's the manufactured smaltz factor that the latter have. I think Butler is a fine actor, but I hope he's not over-emoting this entire series like it comes across in the trailer

[@Mr21scott]

The Pacific was too much of a soap opera and this looks like it might be the same.

[@manishban]

Exactly my thoughts. Band of brothers perfectly kept balance between drama and realism. This trailer is looking more like a fictional movie based on world war events.

[@brentwoods7450]

thats what im afraid of. The costumes are too clean, the hair too perfect, sets lit perfectly. Slo motion...never saw that in band of brothers or the pacific. I think this one will be too hollywood

[@GarthShoemaker]

This looks like it might be too dramatized. I hope I'm wrong.

[@jasonaltig985]

@@manishbanwell it’s based on a book that told the stories of real people just as the other series are so I’ve no clue why you would assume that.

[@js2765]

I couldn't get through the first 20 minutes. The acting is either completely dry or over the top. The CGI is not very immersive and the cropped shots inside the aircraft may as well have been recorded in a phone booth. I really wanted to like it. That's the difference between HBO and Apple. Stick to making ipads.

[@JPmaxlevel]

BOB and Pacifique were awesome... a bit disapointed by this one, a lot of CGI... acually, everything out of the planes inside is cgi.. and not that amazing cgi...

[@rhanyanugrah5762]

So, the 2024 Emmys only gave this series three nominations, and they were all for music? Man, the cinematography in this series is excellent, and the actors' performances, especially Austin and Callum, are outstanding. And no one is highlighting the director's work either? I don't know, but this series deserves more recognition.

[@itsallmyfault264]

SO much more recognition.

[@supershaymen35]

Totally agree 👍

[@warriorpoet667]

Looks like it might be too much sub par cgi and over dramatic acting. Not to mention all the stereotypes and tropes we've gotten accustomed to with these types of films. Band of Brothers was so good because it didn't feel like it was made by Hollywood. It felt real.

[@wb9859]

My grandpa a pilot in the 491st his B-24 was shot down after 23 missions he used the talk of the flak with a quivering voice. He was the bravest man I ever knew when I wanted to join the military he asked me not to. It changed me he said, you see things you can't unsee and do things you cannot undo. I thank god for all those who served and serve and do those things that cannot be undone and see the things that cannot be unseen so other's don't have to.

[@fredlandry6170]

Thanks for his service.

[@Emjackson89]

Your grandpa is a true hero. Someone who will always be remembered. The advice he gave you is true. War does change you, you can't undo what you see, what you do and what happens. I know this first hand. He saved you without you even realising.

[@peter-mv5gk]

a heroe for his time but we as a world shouldnt let things like this happen again so that nobody has to experience things like this

[@Vaz0441]

godspeed to ur grandpa 🫡

[@thekingofra5063]

Good advice indeed

[@superrobot3187]

looks like a cartoon compared to BoB

[@Invicta556]

true, with the Pacific and BoB you felt the fear. It felt very real in far too many scenes.

[@nicholaswilson2761]

You guys haven’t even seen the real thing. It’s just a trailer. Good grief lol

[@sthori01]

My dad and my uncle were best friends who married sisters. They were best friends for life. Dad was in European theater, as well as Pacific. My uncle captained a B17 Flying Fortress : The Red Ryder (his last name was Ryder) complete with painted name, image etc. 369th bomb group who helped deal with Stuttgart, Germany in 1943, I think. I feel like I watched my dad’s story in Band of Brothers, now I get to see my Uncles story in Masters of the Air. Very excited!

[@littleripper312]

This looks so cheesy. Band of Brothers and The Pacific were great but this doesn't look as good. Looks super corny.

[@pedrexxx222]

Dont watch it then.

[@ahab8047]

It's 2023 and of course we have to have to have the black Tuskegee Airmen repesented... Even though they only flew 15 000 out of 600 000 sorties in total of what the eight air force flew. That's 2.5% of total sorties. But hey lets make it like they flew 50% of all sorties. I'm not against representing of the black airmen "Red Tails". But then make a whole movie/series about them (which btw all ready been made). This is just skewed history of the fact that WHITE MEN fought and died in large majority in both WWI and WWII. I'm not surprised this coming from apple, I'm dissapointed in Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

[@cassidy109]

The Tuskegee Airmen didn't even serve in the Eighth Air Force.

[@ahab8047]

@@cassidy109 true but they still only flew 15k sorties while 8th flew 600k. How many american sorties that was flown in total, globally by US was millions.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

@@cassidy109 - But a few ended up in the same POW camp.

[@nicholaswilson2761]

What’s amusing about this whole exchange is that it brings my grandfather to mind, who was a WWII AAF veteran and who personally knew several Tuskegee airmen. He loved them. Had several books about them. He was a southerner too. Now a couple of generations later, you idiots are whining about them being portrayed for two of nine episodes. Touch grass.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

@@nicholaswilson2761 - Wait until these people learn that unless a soldier was Black or Japanese, they generally served in a “White” unit. While, the Battle of the Bulge was completely desegregated. Truman desegregated the military, because of how loyal, disciplined, and well-trained the Black units proved to be during WWII.

[@simonlloyd100]

My father was a WW2 Lancaster pilot in the elite Pathfinder section of RAF bomber command. He would have loved this tribute to his US brothers in arms. RIP Dad.

[@Markus_Andrew]

Your father has my utmost respect, Simon. The hair-raising work of the Pathfinders is one of the great, but largely untold, stories of WW2.

[@simonlloyd100]

@@Markus_Andrew Thank you. He actually trained in Georgia in 1941 and, aged 19, his first girlfriend was from Columbus. He told me how, following Pearl Harbour, he was allowed to wear his RAF uniform whilst stateside, something not allowed until then.

[@teleguy5699]

Love the Lancaster. Used to watch it fly as an American when I went to the Luechars air show in Scotland.

[@jenniferhungerford9705]

My grandfather was a wing commander for the RAF and flew the Lancaster too.

[@danklaassen5]

Netflix has an awesome doc on the Lancaster bomber, definitely worth a watch.

[@Emnemz_99]

Now THAT is a trailer! Band Of Brothers and The Pacific are absolute masterpieces. Two of the best series I have ever, ever seen! I’ve even read the books. Truly cannot wait for this!

[@PsychedelicUniverse]

There is no way that this or any other series will surpass Band Of Brothers, But the fact that these are the same creators gives me a great feeling!

[@Emnemz_99]

@@PsychedelicUniverse For sure! The cast of both series were simply incredible. Blew my mind how well made the series were. Cinematic tv!

[@BOO66IOU]

Pacific just average for me. Band of Brothers however was incredible!

[@290revolver290]

Never saw any of them, they must be really dope. Now I'm pumped for this

[@nathanr6381]

​@@BOO66IOUloved Pacific a lot more. Still like band of brothers though

[@tony59able]

Big disappointment for me. Doesn’t have the depth of Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan and why is Adam Butler still in Elvis mode?!😢

[@Finchie_97]

I want a show of such magnitude and production but based on the RAF. Our famous Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancasters need the recognition they deserve.

[@thekingofra5063]

I 100% agree

[@jeffreystone941]

Absolutely! Those RAF crews were phenomenal in the face of such danger to their country.

[@clikzip]

Your country should make one. I would watch it.

[@stevefoster7529]

Licence fee money would be well spent on that,

[@Alan-in-Bama]

They absolutely deserve a show....the RAF of WW2. So the younger generations of today will not forget how bravely so few airmen fought to save so many...while defending the UK !

[@ahiddenoddity]

They should have made it more realistic like band of brothers. There’s an unrealistic sheen to the whole trailer and everyone looks like a supermodel

[@TheRancor53]

Yeah, the cost of practical effects would have destroyed the budget too so they went with obvious CGI, but hopefully the narrative thread keeps it afloat

[@weaponsofwarfare9537]

Y'all need to stop comparing EVERYTHING to a 23 year old mini series before CGI was huge. This is about to be 2024

[@brucetucker4847]

@@weaponsofwarfare9537 Is it unreasonable to expect series to get _better_ rather than worse as technology improves? And I've got news for you: CGI was already huge in 2001, but filmmakers with actual talent (as opposed to Michael Bay) understood when it would only make things look worse.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

This is fairly realistic. Plus I’m not sure who you thought BoB looked realistic considering it’s got this monotone color grading (which was good for the theme but not realistic). This looks pretty realistic by the standards of this series

[@willd7596]

@@sirboomsalot4902 Actually it was more realistic for the specific style. They wanted BoB, like Saving Private Ryan, to be shot with a camera style that would mimic the technology of a WWII combat photographer.

[@johndoderino2609]

Looks like a slick CGI -fest compared to Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Obviously you can't show blood and guts in a trailer but where's the grit? Looks so lifeless and digital

[@moviewryter1985]

Already can tell, this ain't no Band of Brothers.. Not with THAT much CGI in the sky, with dozen planes in unnatural movements, swarming around each other like a f-ing Star Wars movie. Please quit catering to the masses who don't demand grown-up realism in their movies. Impress us.

[@anthonynolan1885]

They were called furballs. 100's of planes fighting each other in a very small space of sky

[@obvious-troll]

@@anthonynolan1885it’s not ww1 or the Battle of Britain

[@rescyou]

So disappointed so far, what kind of Elvis'ish BS is this?

[@oneauthenticman]

Won’t be watching it because of Tom Hanks involvement. I purchased the previous series before I knew better. It’s a shame how hollywood will dismiss a man over an opinion but is completely okay with Child molesters.

[@yamahaguy1732]

I don’t agree with him either but if you have Apple TV you are already paying might as well watch it. Pretty good tbh.

[@CJDJKobe]

DRUM DRUM DRUM DRUM DRUM DRUM ASCENDING/DESCENDING STRINGS DRUM DRUM DRUM god, I'm so tired of this trailer format

[@Jbryan23]

The predecessor shows before this one by Hanks and Spielberg are second to none. This looks exceptional and will give the authentic look into the courage of the "Mighty Eighth." Based on a phenomenal book Masters of the air. I fully expect this to be epic!

[@jacktattis]

What is this and the Mighty Eighth I think it more fitting to name Bomber Command "The Mighty '

[@Jbryan23]

@jacktattis Do some research on Masters of the air and the Might Eighth. It's all over the internet.

[@CHEEEZ-UK]

I need to check that book out whilst we wait

[@brucecaldwell6701]

If it's anywhere close to the book of the same name it should be great.

[@jacktattis]

@@Jbryan23 I REALLY do not have to. 1.USAAF first mission August 42 with 12 planes The RAF had their first 1000 plane raid 1941 . That says it all actually The Brits had waited for months for the USAAF AND THEY PUT UP 12PLANES

[@sigurdolaisen8389]

Read the book for the second time this summer. It is a masterpiece. While the trailer looks nice and flashy, there is here a sort of veil of romance and bravado that is not felt in the book. The book is blood and guts and 'normal' (If you can can people that crawl into a ball turret normal) people doing incredible things. As others have mentioned, I hope they are not losing the grip on what made The Pacific, Private Ryan and especially Band of Brothers great; the grounded, uncensored, grim and realistic look, feel and sound. I think I heard something the Hanks even commented that he wanted a grimmer tone for Masters of the Air, more on par with 'Das Boot' for this one- and I am not quite feeling it from this trailer. This feels VERY Hollywood in all aspects.. 'Pretty girl back home', Slow motion explosions, sunsets everywhere...Rest assured- I will still watch it do death- I just hope they do the source material justice in all it's brutality and grit. Edit: Have now seen the first two episodes and I am sad to say the trailer is exactly what the show is; polished, romantic and with mediocre writing at best. More Pearl Harbour style than anyhing else. Sunsets, posing, stereotypes galore, apple pie, lens flares and effects defying the laws of physics. Watchable: Oh yes! Masterpiece: No. You are better served not comparing to BoB and see it very much as its own thing and enjoy the views and period detail. Despite not being up there with the best- it still has things to enjoy. Time to re-read the book.

[@kaboulscabal4816]

I'll still be watching, but ... yeah ... this trailer has me worried. I can only hope the tone of the series is *markedly* different.

[@Russellhawker]

Will also watch no matter but hoping it's not more Pearl Harbour than BoB.

[@SteveWeintraub346]

Huge concern of mine. The trailer feels very glossy fake Hollywood. I hope to be wrong.

[@finnmccool9879]

Completely agree, hopefully this flashy trailer is to just try and draw a wider audience

[@ericmcleod7825]

Looking at the trailer, If I didn't know better, I would think this is the work of Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich.... and that is not a good thing.

[@TrueBoricua]

I supervised the aircraft 3d scans for episodes 1,3,7,9. It was an honor working on this one

[@nicholaswilson2761]

Great work and thank you!

[@TheCowboy4000]

Awesome. I wish they would release all the episodes at once lol. But I guess I got something to look forward to every week lol.

[@rnvaamonde]

They already broke what made Band of Brothers so great... No love story

[@cristianosifari8]

"Lord , guard and guide the men who fly, through the great spaces of the sky. Be with them traversing the air in darkening storms or sunshine fair". GOOSEBUMPS.

[@thomast8539]

The Cold Blue documentary should not be missed, but this stuff? Not so sure.

[@Invicta556]

Cold blue gives me Goosebumps. great documentary. If you like bomber stuff watch "Lancaster (2022)". It unreal with the correct footage from the raids being spoken about. The accounts as well are very moving.

[@calm1047]

My great great grandfather was a Tuskegee Air Men. My son is a current Army Ranger, and I'm a Marine vet. America, get it together for democracy!

[@Twisted_Throttle77]

I know the ballot harvesting that's been going on for decades is embarrassing to be called a free and fair election

[@America_is_beautiful2024]

Thank you and your family for your service.

[@johngordon9426]

Your democracy is dead, your service men are left the streets, maybe fix your own house before you "help" others.

[@GodRaThoth69]

Entire Family of Heros 👍🏾💪🏾

[@pelicanchampion8629]

@@johngordon9426 Bro shut up

[@mdkilby]

Again thank you Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for bringing history alive. While all the characters portrayed real people who lived in breath and getting ship to England the crew of filming did a amazing job. The director should have won a enemy as well as the actors. That is worth watching not just once but twice. America needs to know what has been sacrifice for our country. Why we need to take a knee in pray and thanksgiving. The 100 were amazing men who did a amazing job.

[@seeks252]

Band of Brothers is my favourite TV show of all time. I don't know if it's just the trailer but this looks really Hollywood cheesy. I'll be watching and hoping that it's not.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

It was such a let down personally.

[@David-Dingo]

My 13 year old son and I are so excited for this show. We loved Band of Brothers and Pacific

[@Banininator]

okay now I am jealous

[@petermolloy6959]

This is so clearly missing the HBO touch. Nobody over there would let this amount of CGI replace things that could be done practically. I'm sure the story will be compelling, but from this trailer alone (which is a massive caveat) the visual signature that was created with Saving Private Ryan, perfected with Band of Brothers and then carried through in the Pacific. I know the nature of the show is different, and that the intricacies of dogfights would be near impossible to create without GCI, but some ground-based sets here are clearly computers, and the grading is all over the place. The sunset/sunrise scene looks like something from a Baz Luhrmann film. Like when Easy Company were in the sunshine in Berchtesgaden, you could still feel the same grit that was there during Bastogne.

[@jordan6049]

They built an entire base in England and two scale model b-17 replicas. Also blue sky’s are not gonna look like Bastogne. This show is bound to have a different feel and look than BOB.

[@EvilMerlin]

And just how many flight worthy B-17s are there?

[@petermolloy6959]

@@jordan6049 my concern is about the feel of the show. Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers and The Pacific all had the same look and feel despite being 5 and 10 years apart respectively. And despite The Pacific being set in more tropical and sunnier locations, there's a link to its predecessors. This seems totally out on its own.

[@petermolloy6959]

I addressed that there obviously has to be CGI for the planes. That's not my issue@@EvilMerlin

[@jordan6049]

@@petermolloy6959 Those were all connected through the grit of infantry combat. This is going to have aerial spectacle and a different look.

[@ikeb9367]

The Tuskegee flew out of Italy, the 100 flew out of Britain. Not sure why we are seeing the Tuskegee airmen in this series? You could just do a separate series on them.

[@nealmccoy5727]

Because they were in same stalag as these guys, which is shown in one of the shots. Stop drowning in the "everything is woke" narrative.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

⁠@@nealmccoy5727 - So, it is a flashback episode explaining how some of the Americans ended up in the stalag? It is great the Tuskegee Airmen are being featured. Just hope it is not rushed and shoehorned. Due to the Tuskegee Airmen deserving an entire film or series devoted to their brave service.

[@nealmccoy5727]

@@ChienaAvtzon It is most definitely a flashback. I agree that you could do an entire series, but I am satisfied to see whatever amount of their story I can. I am just perplexed that people automatically jump to wokeness conclusions without doing some basic research.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

@@nealmccoy5727 - Most is the comments I saw, were stating it is disrespectful to the Tuskegee Airmen to just shoehorn them into the series as an afterthought.

[@ikeb9367]

@@ChienaAvtzon my grandfather, god rest his soul, was a Buffalo soldier in Italy. I wasn’t pointing to it being woke, but it would be more of an honor to give them and other all black units their own series.

[@Nifflas]

Yeah, I'm commenting this on every trailer I happen to watch that does this, but for God's sake, stop having trailers for the trailers before the trailers. It's infuriating! I'm already here! I came to watch the trailer.

[@abdullahJo96]

Lol

[@Meltedbutta7]

This was so effin good. A United PATRIOTIC, America. Not like it is today.

[@womenfrom0202]

I advise you to listen to the podcast “Ultra”, to learn the US always has been the way it is today.

[@TheHumanFly516]

I can't help but laugh at that every trailer uses the exact same editing and sound effects.

[@al69420]

Shut up and watch the show. It’s incredible. And also accurate to casualty rate and mission coordinates…

[@TheHumanFly516]

@@al69420 Nah I’ll skip it. And don’t tell people to shut up, it’s quite impolite.

[@hippityhoppityw]

Obviously this is made with incredible production value and I'm sure the performances will be fantastic, but I worry about this suffering something that The Pacific also suffered from. Yes, they show the horrific nature of the war and all that jazz, but The Pacific and these trailers give off some romanticizing that Band of Brothers didn't have. Obviously it had some in BoB, but the one liners in The Pacific and especially so in these trailers are making me weary.

[@saouke]

yeah I feel that. BoB was so great because it was just about the group in Easy company, no home lives, no home romances/memories of gfs/wives. It kinda built on the pacing and writing of Saving Private Ryan. Pacific was still good but just didn't feel *as* good. Saying that, if all 9 episodes were just missions flown, there's only so much you can really show that's interesting. Guessing it'll feature the Schweinfurt raid and Big Week!

[@the_echo209]

What one liners and romantization are you talking about in The Pacific exactly? Cause The Pacific had zero of that actually. The show was far more brutal, nihilistic, and unflinching in its portrayal of war than BoB. Weirdest take on the show I've seen tbh.

[@PhantasyKingpin]

I call it Hollywooding and I’m afraid that this series is going to be hot garbage when compared to Band of Brothers for that very reason. A lack of commitment to historical accuracy and too much non-practical effects as well as inserting modern politics will most likely make this series the worst of the three by a country mile.

[@07foxmulder]

@@PhantasyKingpinGotta ham fist the “red tails” in there.

[@garywagner2466]

These productions are very expensive. The investors want to make their money back plus profit, or there won’t be any more. Hanks and Spielberg are getting a bit long in the tooth, and their clout won’t be around forever. I wouldn’t say that The Pacific “romanticized” anything. It was pretty graphic.

[@rubyrainsong]

Too bad they fought for the wrong side. 😢

[@lrvogt1257]

I've seen two episodes. It's beautifully shot and the action scenes are generally exciting but the rest is pretty standard and cliché. Butler is fine but seems to be playing Elvis again, even the haircut and the glamour shots.

[@troubadour1562]

Looking forward to this but Austin Butler still thinks he's Elvis 😂

[@newbeeify]

Its his voice

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

I love WW2 aircraft but I kinda wish they did a series like this for all the tankers. Ww2 tanks were so cool.

[@holdentudiks2114]

That, or a series of the North African campaign! Or in the eastern front from a Russian perspective!

[@CoffeeFiend1]

They've always said it would be an anthology of 3 with the "air force side" being last and much delayed.... But really there's nothing stopping them making it an anthology of 4 or even 5. They can make the argument that a lot of it is based on books but a lot is also based on history and is hardly fiction so why not give us an epic 10-parter on tankers? It would be a brilliantly distinct 4th entry and would honestly be niche, there's not that many movies or shows about tankers that are anything close to being half-decent.

[@brucetucker4847]

@@CoffeeFiend1 If they did a fourth I'd rather it be about the Navy... maybe follow a submarine crew and/or a destroyer crew in the Pacific. At least we got Greyhound for the battle of the Atlantic (where one of my uncles served).

[@Latinkon]

Agreed! Tankers definitely deserve some more love. Considering the lighthearted take on tanks warfare in animated and videogame format, why not have a live action _Band of Brothers_ styled show but with a focus on a tank company?

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

@@holdentudiks2114That’s what I always say- North African campaign! Why aren’t there any remotely modern movies/series about it??

[@thetinoshow6719]

Meh....

[@ericmcleod7825]

Looking at the trailer, If I didn't know better, I would think this is the work of Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich.... and that is not a good thing.

[@joachim2464]

This looks all extremely CG…nothing like the practical look of band of brothers

[@joker432]

Just think about why that is, pretty easy to reenact scenes on the ground. You cant reenact dog fighting scenes very easily.

[@blue_beephang-glider5417]

The Tusagee fighter group was one of 15 fighter groups, not the entire US fighter force. Modern warped political correctness rewriting thousands of dead and wounded airmen out of history. A souring their sacrifice of life, by giving all their valor to a tiny group.

[@RockAddicted7]

Great cast: Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan and Ncuti Gatwa are booked and busy. Also glad to see Callum Turner in more projects, he went from boats ('The boys in the boat') to planes in a month. He definitely has the period piece face/charm.

[@AngelRamirez-mr6gb]

I swear I heard Nick Offerman's voice towards the end.

[@tommetcalfe2069]

What does a period piece face mean haha?

[@RockAddicted7]

@@tommetcalfe2069 It's the opposite of 'smartphone face'. Some people have 'modern features' that don't really fit in period pieces (it was largely discussed when 'Daisy Jones & the Six' came out for example...)

[@ChienaAvtzon]

Actually, Callum Turner filmed “Masters of the Air” before “Boys in the Boat”. This was filmed in 2021.

[@alp852]

Band of Brothers was probably the best series ever released. The Pacific was good, but not near the caliber of BOB. This looks very promising.

[@FuttBuckerson]

The pacific is just as good. Nothing will ever top BOB, it's the holy grail of WWII cinema. It's not a feel-good (at times) watch like BOB, which means it did its job of accurately depicting the pacific theater.

[@gunlover5564]

The pacific blew band of brothers out of the water with combat, emotion, and atmosphere. The pacific theatre is just different. To me, the Japanese empire was more intense than the Germans ever thought of being and the pacific caught that warrior mentality the Japanese had.

[@matiasrocha317]

Looks really stunning . It feels like a movie , the cinematography looks awesome and the scope is so big . I can't wait to watch this series . Is going to be a big hit 🛩️🛩️🛩️ .

[@JohnnyPaton]

That's exactly what will make this nowhere near as good as Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan.

[@asexualnonbinaryoterkinfem6236]

I like Brother in arms. It was epic. The pacific was pretty average. the actor was overacting and the romance and some other boring scene. Now we have this. A complete failure. It look like a bad video game cutscene. The actor are awfull. The drunk and melodrama scene are cheesy. Its just very bad. Sad.

[@Indigo_European]

Yup. No cigarettes no ww2 show.

[@clarkegriswold7410]

I'm afraid they dropped the ball with this one, acting is really wooden and doesn't really do it well enough, and everything is just drowned in cgi, i know it kind of has to be but that doesn't make it any better.

[@jmaune1419]

I wish my great uncle were alive to see this. Flew 35 missions as a bombardier/navigator aboard a B-17. 381st Bomb Group out of Ridgewell

[@johnosullivan8068]

rubbish,over hyped,very average series

[@francesco2648]

Apple TV+? THE BEST STREAMING SERVICE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

[@flybobbie1449]

Watched 10 minutes of a 4k download, lost interest, shall not bother with rest. At 4k all grey and misty eyed, total waste of 4k. The cgi looks naff. Just look at war time colour footage. You get a feel of the cold altitude, vapour trails streaming across the sky. That is how you get the audience captured and want to stick with it.

[@flybobbie1449]

If you fly you know altitude is cold and alien place to be, capture that feel.

[@philosopheroflife6575]

Thank you so much for this series, I watched it in one sitting. Eternal memory to all veterans of that war. My grandfather was a Soviet pilot, a navigator of a bomber flight in the USSR. Many thanks to the USA and England for their assistance with supplies and military operations. You saved many lives.

[@jrr0863]

No disrespect intended, but I believe the Tuskegee airmen were based in Italy not out of England. Not sure why they were included in this clip.

[@jkorshak]

Because they flew missions over southern, central, and northern Europe, including Berlin. They shared the same skies and some the same POW camps. Included as being a part of the larger air war where their paths did cross. It's that simple.

[@mik5101]

1:08 a Messerschmitt 109 firing a rocket...... FAIL

[@nicholaswilson2761]

They’re Werfer-Granate 21s, introduced in 1943. Why are so many people commenting about this when you all clearly have no idea what you’re talking about lol

[@obvious-troll]

Werfer granate

[@jkorshak]

You need to do some reading and educate yourself because a Messerschmitt 109 firing a rocket in that period is historically accurate. You fail.

[@usuhbi]

I've been waiting for this to come out for 6 years now. Can't wait to finally see it!

[@grainster]

soo much cheese

[@emailthelee]

It did exactly the opposite of what Tom Hanks stated. All tropes and poor acting and poor effects. Was this made in 2001... where does 250million go on decades old cgi...

[@MishaElRusito]

Exactly. When I watched BoB and The Pacific, each and every episode made me wanna re-watch it. This masters of the air doesn't make me feel anything. Looks too hollywood-ish and shallow.

[@kota11334]

It's an honor how these Americans fought and died for our country. And now we have an invasion at our southern border, that we don't know who's coming in to possibly cause us harm or bring terrorism to our land. This government did not wake up after 9-11. God Bless us all.

[@delrey874]

I hope it's as good as Band of Brothers. That show was a masterpiece.

[@gunlover5564]

I liked the pacific better personally

[@daratwomey4486]

So cringy

[@SwissGuy1996]

Grow up Ioser

[@daratwomey4486]

Looks like apple went for aesthetics rather than actual good content: Actors looking good staring off into the distance while mumbling their lines Ticking off all their inclusivity quotas Try to make it a romantic experience like pearl harbour It’s honestly embarrassing, the original casts from band of brothers and the pacific must be annoyed that their success is been driven to promote this knock off

[@SwissGuy1996]

@thesnownigro7932 FooI

[@SwissGuy1996]

@@daratwomey4486 I can't understand from these useless observations if you are an angry teen or a frustrated 52 year-old man

[@redaug4212]

That's my impression. Looks like an action movie, but maybe it's just the trailer. In any case I wont pay to watch it since they're wedging in the 332nd FG for rather blatant reasons.

[@keithnaylor1981]

What is the point of making a TV series in the cinema aspect of 21:9 which is not going to fill our expensive 16:9 televisions?

[@alexf1960]

Austin Butler seems to be doing that Elvis thing again.

[@48musicfan]

My dad’s first cousin (my 2nd) was Gale “Buck” Cleven. I heard many stories about him growing up. I met him and his dad when I was quite young. I wish my dad was still around to see this.

[@moeburn]

"Did you hear they are making new Band of Brother, about men in plane?" "But Band of Brother were already in plane." "Yes, but they tried to get out of plane. This time, they try to stay inside plane."

[@th3sunsh1n3st8]

looks way too clean. war is horror and not like this high school movie lookalike. what a shame

[@BoringThings2069]

No wonder 70% died in the missions, they were flying drunk if this series is at least 50% historically accurate

[@yearlongcruiser]

another woke piece of garbage from Apple

[@SooDamGood]

what is woke about it?

[@Indigo_European]

@@SooDamGoodno smoking. Everyone should be smoking constantly.

[@yearlongcruiser]

@@SooDamGood you’re kidding me Apple has like a staff of 1000 Black people that can’t read and write just so they can say they employ people of all backgrounds

[@yearlongcruiser]

@@GeronimoSpears oh, well, I guess you didn’t look hard enough

[@billygillan821]

The Band of Brothers and Pacific were great,were this I found very poor with a cast I couldn't like, even with Elvis in it,I also was disgusted when the Irish actorplaying s American in first episode was rude,and decided to beat up a R.A.F flyer,especially when Britain had been at war for over two years,and watching this I can understand why many British hated the smug arrogant up there arises Americans,and I hope thos is not a good real image of the Americans,as it doesn't show them in positive light.

[@kc0jtl]

To be totally honest, as an American vet, it probably paints an accurate picture of arrogant American servicemen. Before I deployed to Iraq, I was stationed in Germany, and American servicemen don't always put the best image forward. When I was learning to speak German, I would often say, "I am not like other Americans," so they wouldn't get the same impression of me. However, I think that would be mostly from the lower enlisted and not of the officers. I think they series was trying to shine light on the fact that the US bombed by day and the British by night. It is a good example of how a Hollywood cliché can screw up a good series. I am quite disappointed by the lack of attention to detail. Just an example, you never say "Roger Wilco." Roger means understood, and Wilco means understood and will comply, but you never say both. Just a small example of the historical inaccuracies in this series.

[@travissmith9488]

The British had a documented disdain for all of the Allies. They felt superior and let down by others since they had been fighting for 2 years.

[@DhooomKetu]

Band of brothers and the Pacific were top notch and likewise masters of the air also looks very promising

[@scrubvision5652]

the characters are behaving like 21st century which is a major let down compared to band of brothers which is just perfection

[@dronessential]

This is so authentic that they even used CGI from the 1940s.

[@MDzmitry]

Please, be so kind to find them even 10 B-17s to rent so that the CGI isn't needed anymore. To say nothing of dozens of them, if not a hundred

[@dronessential]

@@MDzmitry there is such a thing as good CGI. I just don't think this is it.

[@MDzmitry]

@@dronessential well, to each their own

[@DH-cj7nm]

I am instantly reminded of memphis belle. That movie is so epic and band of brothers is my favorite series. The Pacific was great too. I hope parents show their kids these series so they know how these young men and women saved us

[@jeyel4722]

Just hope Austin Butler isn't too much of a distraction. It's gotta be about the team, not the individuals, like with band of brothers and the Pacific

[@ChienaAvtzon]

“The Pacific” was not about the team. It was about three different Marines.

[@Silfverr]

Band of Brothers was exceptional in every single way. This looks like some woke mess.

[@Headbangingbull]

thank you Tuskegee airmen for fighting in Italy, the british channel, in the pacific and in antartica

[@nealmccoy5727]

You're drowning in the "everything is woke" narrative. The trailer shows a shot of them in the prison camp with the dudes. And records show they were indeed in the same stalag as these guys. Oh, and the trailer also shows a map of Italy if you pay attention. Wake da fuq up.

[@dtr1pgaming845]

Oh no, the cgi doesnt look good. I loved band if Brothers and the pacific but this looks more like a bad cgi movie like red tails. Hopefully im wrong but the trailer looks cheesy and not the same style as the previous shows.

[@calimdonmorgul7206]

Wonder what some veterans would have said to some of the cheesier and clishé lines.

[@andrewsbbq]

This is gon’be gooood! Hopefully they don’t focus too much on Buttler’s character and instead the greater cast/squadron like with BoB

[@cindkrkdncv5963]

the man is so talented he eat his role

[@andrewsbbq]

@@cindkrkdncv5963 definitely not questioning his skills, but what made band of brothers special was the cohesive ensemble cast

[@newbeeify]

He's the lead tho

[@andrewsbbq]

@@newbeeify have you watched band of brothers?

[@weaponsofwarfare9537]

​@@andrewsbbqY'all need to stop comparing EVERYTHING to the old Band of Brothers. These is a different story based on s great book

[@newbeeify]

Austin Butler ❤ I've been waiting for another movie of yours

[@junxeve]

So happy Callum Turner is in this. He’s really breaking out into Hollywood. Most of you may know him as the brother in Fantastic Beasts, but highly recommend watching The Boys in the Boat that just came out in theaters because he leads that. He’s a talented actor who’s humble and just feels really genuine. Can’t wait to watch this!

[@sarahthieben810]

TRUTH! Am amazing actor, and very underrated. Hope to see him in more.

[@Slurpfurp]

Also enjoyed his performance in The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

[@sarahthieben810]

@@Slurpfurp THIS!

[@kevinmackay2663]

❌Still early yet, but comparing this to such classics as Band of Brothers, is a bit of a stretch IMO

[@kevinmackay2663]

..my bad. It’s a fantastic series. Love the nostalgia Up-and-coming Callum Turner can’t help being great at leading-man. Top form!