This review is as much about some of the truly ridiculous reviews others have made, as it is about this latest episode.
First, many allied airmen captured were executed enroute to their POW camps. This included when they were captured by a small group of German soldiers, who were often undisciplined and poorly trained rear guard troops, precisely as shown in this episode. For one reviewer to claim this portrayal in the episode is unrealistic enough to warrant calling the series "bad," is asinine.
No, the scenes shown with the character John Egan are not based on his actual experiences upon being captured. But, a number of people after the war were brought up on war crimes for executing allied airmen who were captured.
Many others have castigated the series for the scenes involving tribulation between American and British military personnel. Well, those events also happened more often than many are willing to admit to. And yet, this series has been quite evenhanded in that portrayal, showing far more scenes of harmony between the allies, vice the occasional Brit officer who seems fit to unleash his animosities.
The American bomber crews saw this animosity more than other US service members in Great Britain because their entire tour of duty was based in Great Britain. For two scenes to show this conflict, in six episodes, each lasting just a few minutes, seems an entirely appropriate character development, is a fair representation for what happened in real life.
Other reviewers have called the aerial combat scenes unrealistic, and while quite minor issues are present, these items are so trivial as no one but those who've conducted detailed research would notice the issues, and these people all appreciate the vastly more important things the series worked very hard to get entirely correct.
Frankly, enough is enough! People are free to write the reviews as they wish, but they would do well to to at least root their complaints in truth, vice twist what really happened to suit their narrow and frequently faulty criticisms of this series.
This episode was considerably more tranquil overall, as it was intended to be, given it devoted time to the rest and recreation centers many crews were sent to when things became particularly tough for them.
The scenes of Egan trying to evade capture and his experiences upon capture, while not reflective of his actual experiences, were nevertheless an opportunity for artistic license for the producers to bluntly tell narrations that actually did take place. These scenes provide the conflict in the episode, but more importantly, tell a part of the strategic reality that deserved telling. Many bombers crews survived being shot down, only to be captured and executed.
The episode was a nice change of pace that accurately reflected the lifestyle these bomber crews tried to live through, and most often did not.
First, many allied airmen captured were executed enroute to their POW camps. This included when they were captured by a small group of German soldiers, who were often undisciplined and poorly trained rear guard troops, precisely as shown in this episode. For one reviewer to claim this portrayal in the episode is unrealistic enough to warrant calling the series "bad," is asinine.
No, the scenes shown with the character John Egan are not based on his actual experiences upon being captured. But, a number of people after the war were brought up on war crimes for executing allied airmen who were captured.
Many others have castigated the series for the scenes involving tribulation between American and British military personnel. Well, those events also happened more often than many are willing to admit to. And yet, this series has been quite evenhanded in that portrayal, showing far more scenes of harmony between the allies, vice the occasional Brit officer who seems fit to unleash his animosities.
The American bomber crews saw this animosity more than other US service members in Great Britain because their entire tour of duty was based in Great Britain. For two scenes to show this conflict, in six episodes, each lasting just a few minutes, seems an entirely appropriate character development, is a fair representation for what happened in real life.
Other reviewers have called the aerial combat scenes unrealistic, and while quite minor issues are present, these items are so trivial as no one but those who've conducted detailed research would notice the issues, and these people all appreciate the vastly more important things the series worked very hard to get entirely correct.
Frankly, enough is enough! People are free to write the reviews as they wish, but they would do well to to at least root their complaints in truth, vice twist what really happened to suit their narrow and frequently faulty criticisms of this series.
This episode was considerably more tranquil overall, as it was intended to be, given it devoted time to the rest and recreation centers many crews were sent to when things became particularly tough for them.
The scenes of Egan trying to evade capture and his experiences upon capture, while not reflective of his actual experiences, were nevertheless an opportunity for artistic license for the producers to bluntly tell narrations that actually did take place. These scenes provide the conflict in the episode, but more importantly, tell a part of the strategic reality that deserved telling. Many bombers crews survived being shot down, only to be captured and executed.
The episode was a nice change of pace that accurately reflected the lifestyle these bomber crews tried to live through, and most often did not.