There has been a lot of Facebook chatter recently about a full (or nearly so) size replica R/C B17 seen on the ground at an airfield in England which is apparently connected to this series. The setting for the series is Thorpe Abbotts which was an airfield of the 8th AF and the home field of 'The Bloody 100th'. Filming is taking place near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

Now Tom Hanks has won WW2 on the land, sea & Air

Hound Dog; check out WW2 film "Hacksaw Ridge", also by Mel Gibson.

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
(though, I haven't seen Greyhound yet).

You definitely should see it. There's very little fluff--only the flashback scenes with Hanks and Shue.

(Almost)full size replicas at Abingdon Airfield yesterday:

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Originally posted by Sacramento Johnson:
Hound Dog; check out WW2 film "Hacksaw Ridge", also by Mel Gibson.

Ok, yes, I did see that one, and I really enjoyed it.

Vince Vaughn as the Sgt/Drill instructor was a bad casting choice, but other than that, it was good.

Regarding Greyhound. What was the point of the scenes with Elizabeth Shue? To explain how he got his slippers? It was like he was paying her back a favor by putting her scenes in. They had no point. We get to see him shot down by his “love” interest? More like a tepid like interest. I’ve never made a movie but even I know they could/should have cut those scenes.

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Originally posted by SevenPlusOne:

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Originally posted by corsair:
While I'm bummed its yet another WWII series in the European theater, I'm pleased that its coming from the Spielberg/Hanks duo, as they largely have a knack for doing this genre and period right.

I'm totally in for this one, but at the same time....It's like they've never heard of Torch or Anzio. I realize they did the Pacific, but it's annoying they are so micro focused on what are (for lack of a better term) the "famous" parts/units of the war.

You and I might want to see more obscure parts of history, but we aren't the target market. That is the hundreds of thousands who don't know much more about WWII than it had Nazis in it, and the Americans and British beat them. And Pearl Harbor and nukes in Japan. They have to draw that crew in.

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Originally posted by Skull Leader:

This time around, the source material comes from historian Donald Miller's book of the same name.

How is this book? Anyone read it?

Interview with the author. Release date of the series and a documentary should be in 2022.

I hope its a decent flick, since I have done a lot of reading on the 8th AF in WWII. But it will have to be heavily CGI. And bad CGI is not just bad, its awful. I watched a Spectrum Original series called Joe Pickett that a cringe worthy CGI Elk herd!
I hope its all done right and pays tribute to the 8th AF.

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Originally posted by pedropcola:
Regarding Greyhound. What was the point of the scenes with Elizabeth Shue? To explain how he got his slippers? It was like he was paying her back a favor by putting her scenes in. They had no point. We get to see him shot down by his “love” interest? More like a tepid like interest. I’ve never made a movie but even I know they could/should have cut those scenes.

It's based on the book The Good Shepherd whose protagonist (also named Krause) had his wife leave him due to his devotion to duty. I think in Greyhound it's to show she was uncertain he'd survive the Atlantic crossing. As I recall, in addition to the slippers, did she not also give him a little wind-up toy destroyer?

Pretty good flick. I enjoyed it.

This has all the cast members, and I do not recognize one single name or face:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2640044/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1

For me that's a good thing, it's easier to think of it as "real." When BOB came out all those actors were unknowns to me, I prefer that.

I have what is probably a dumb question, but can you watch Apple TV+ on a PC with Win 10?

Jim

I've read a fair amount on the Mighty Eighth, and I'd love for this to be done well. At this point, I'll try to be cuatiously optimistic.

watched episode 1 tonight,

on the fence, so I will give it a couple episodes to see where it goes,

I liked this series, some episodes were better than others. One of them, could have three, had some really good aerial combat in it. It was worth the watch to me.

About 4 eps in and I like it. It’s no BoB but what is?

Maybe it was because the first two, BoB and the Pacific set a high standard.
I watched all of them but it was a chore towards the end. The just seemed to be so-so to me, at best.
I can't see myself watching them over in a year or two. The characters were very forgettable and same with the plot.
Planes go off to war, some get shot down, back to base. Rinse,repeat.

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About 4 eps in and I like it. It’s no BoB but what is?

I really liked it. As the season progresses you get more. You get more involved with the characters and some proper American shit comes though, unlike here in 2025. Hanks was involved, and yeah it’s no BoB, but everything is context. In the context of “content” we get today, which isn’t saying much, it’s a masterpiece. But not if you watch a couple EP’s.. Watch it until the end. You will not be MAD that you did.