Masters of the Air

[9outof10mms]

The third WWII Hanks/Spielberg series is officially underway. The new AppleTV studio swiped the series from HBO. Idiots for letting such a successful series go. But this answers why it’s been so long to get it developed.

https://taskandpurpose.com/wwii-masters-of-air-2640946660.amp.html

No premiere date, but the fact that Apple is footing the $250M bill likely means they’re serious about getting it out.

I need to pick up the book to read before it comes out.

 

[Doctor SigFan]

The book is one of the best pieces of history I’ve ever read. I hope the series is as good as the Band of Brothers adaptation, but for obvious reasons it may be hard to do. I hope they give Chuck Yeager his due.
Andy Rooney was a journalist who went on one of the Mighty Eighth missions. Even though his mission was fairly routine, he was shaken for years afterward.

 

[9outof10mms]

I've got the book at home sitting in my queue--it's quite intimidating in terms of volume. I hope the writer sets the hook early on and it doesn't drone on like the Liberation Trilogy. Fantastic and thorough history lesson(s), but you darn near need a thesaurus/dictionary to make it through each page!

 

[Doctor SigFan]

Once I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down. Lots of badassess in there.