It is a streaming service you could subscribe for a month or two and get through everything of value that they have, then resubscribe a year or so later and repeat. I do not think its that different from the majority of streaming services unless you are hooked on something in their back catalog that has a ton of episodes, say Paramount with its Star Trek library.
I have enjoyed:
Bad Sisters (season one, two is not as good)
Severance
Silo (last season was a little slow)
Slow Horses (does get a bit repetitive as the seasons progress)
Bad Monkey
Sunny
Masters of the Air
For All Mankind (can be a little slow)
Foundation (best to think of it not related to the books at all, and even then it can go from a bad episode to a great one back to back)
I think that applies to almost all book adaptations for the fans of the books. They always cut corners or change things, so rare to do it properly.
In this instance it could have done with being spread over at least two seasons but I think because of Hanks and Spielbergs involvement this limited the time available so they cut it short.
I think comparing anything to BoB is going to leave you disappointed, it would be in a lot of peoples top ten or even top five shows of all time. The Pacific was good but it was nowhere near the level of BoB. I think both Masters and Pacific suffer when compared to BoB as it feels much more tightly focused.
Spielberg is aware hes running out of time and is seemingly focused on fitting in as much as possible so he had less time to progress this. Plus as you mentioned, this has been stuck for quite a while, at some point you just want to move on.
It is a streaming service you could subscribe for a month or two and get through everything of value that they have, then resubscribe a year or so later and repeat. I do not think its that different from the majority of streaming services unless you are hooked on something in their back catalog that has a ton of episodes, say Paramount with its Star Trek library.
I have enjoyed: Bad Sisters (season one, two is not as good) Severance Silo (last season was a little slow) Slow Horses (does get a bit repetitive as the seasons progress) Bad Monkey Sunny Masters of the Air For All Mankind (can be a little slow) Foundation (best to think of it not related to the books at all, and even then it can go from a bad episode to a great one back to back)
Masters of the air was the biggest let down ever.
It was alright.
But goddamn did they manage to rush the story.
I waited 15 years for bob3 / aka the mighty eighth / aka masters of the air.
It was good.
But I wanted so much more.
I think that applies to almost all book adaptations for the fans of the books. They always cut corners or change things, so rare to do it properly.
In this instance it could have done with being spread over at least two seasons but I think because of Hanks and Spielbergs involvement this limited the time available so they cut it short.
Idk, band of brothers AND the pacific seemed to do a very good job of it.
I got the impression that they rushed this.
We got our first trailer for the mighty eighth like back in 2012 or something, when hbo was presumably doing it.
I woulda thought Hanks and Spielberg woulda wanted to spread it out and not … compromised their vision.
It was alright, but compared to “the other two entries” it fell flat for me.
I think comparing anything to BoB is going to leave you disappointed, it would be in a lot of peoples top ten or even top five shows of all time. The Pacific was good but it was nowhere near the level of BoB. I think both Masters and Pacific suffer when compared to BoB as it feels much more tightly focused.
Spielberg is aware hes running out of time and is seemingly focused on fitting in as much as possible so he had less time to progress this. Plus as you mentioned, this has been stuck for quite a while, at some point you just want to move on.
The Pacific I initially didn’t enjoy because I directly compared it to BoB.
When I realized it was a telling of multiple memoirs vs bobs singular story, it made it work.
I went into masters of the air with that in mind, and still found myself thinking it was rushed.
On its own it’s alright, but they did a LOT of window dressing I felt like.
I enjoyed it, but was supremely let down.