Masters of the Air has its flaws for sure, it definitely suffers from some uneven storytelling. But the irony is that many of the same complaints were leveled at The Pacific when it debuted. I recall a lot of TV critics and viewers complaining about having three leads and jumping between narratives as well as the sheer darkness and bruta…
Masters of the Air has its flaws for sure, it definitely suffers from some uneven storytelling. But the irony is that many of the same complaints were leveled at The Pacific when it debuted. I recall a lot of TV critics and viewers complaining about having three leads and jumping between narratives as well as the sheer darkness and brutality of it. But then I also recall that for all the praise, people were befuddled with trying to keep track of all the secondary characters in BoB too. But BoB is so easily rewatchable, viewers quickly learn all the secondary characters and can follow their mini-arcs easily on subsequent views.
The Pacific does get better and better with repeat views. That won't fix all the narrative issues that John Orloff is responsible for but I suspect it will improve the show's watchability with time. I don't understand why they gave Orloff showrunner duties on this series, he'd never done anything like this before and clearly was not prepared for such a daunting task. But I guess The Pacific was Bruce C. McKenna's first showrunner stint too.
Masters of the Air has its flaws for sure, it definitely suffers from some uneven storytelling. But the irony is that many of the same complaints were leveled at The Pacific when it debuted. I recall a lot of TV critics and viewers complaining about having three leads and jumping between narratives as well as the sheer darkness and brutality of it. But then I also recall that for all the praise, people were befuddled with trying to keep track of all the secondary characters in BoB too. But BoB is so easily rewatchable, viewers quickly learn all the secondary characters and can follow their mini-arcs easily on subsequent views.
The Pacific does get better and better with repeat views. That won't fix all the narrative issues that John Orloff is responsible for but I suspect it will improve the show's watchability with time. I don't understand why they gave Orloff showrunner duties on this series, he'd never done anything like this before and clearly was not prepared for such a daunting task. But I guess The Pacific was Bruce C. McKenna's first showrunner stint too.