Crying through *MASTERS OF THE AIR* Ep 3 | Film Student Reacts 

Ugh that moment where we see Biddick's face turn when he realizes he can't actually pull it off, and his face goes from hotshot pilot doing a one-in-a-million maneuver and trying to keep his friend alive to absolute horror. Great acting.

Barry Keoghans acting for that scene was unreal. No words.

"What can go wrong, will go wrong." Every military operation ever.

There is a reason they called the B-17 a "flying fortress". Many times they returned so shot up no one knew how they stayed in flight. Boeing achieved a masterpiece with that aircraft. There was a cartoon drawn in honor of them. It was a single gunner sitting astride only an engine with a machine gun in his arms. The caption read "It was a tough fight boys but we made it."

The 100th hit a Messerschmidt Bf109 production plant in Regensburg (and, unknowingly, a testing facility for the Me262 jet fighter). The other groups hit the ball bearing plant in Schweinfurt, damaging the plant but leaving the storage facility untouched, so the Germans had plenty of bearings while the factory was repaired. The answer to Blakely's riddle is to ask the goblins which route the other would take. The one that can only tell the truth will point to the path to hell, because the other is a liar. The one that can only lie will also point to the path to hell, trying to trick you. Therefore you take the path neither point towards, as it's the path to Valhalla.

I'm pretty sure at this moment that Barry Keoghan is working to become this Generation's Sean Bean (An actor playing a Protagonist Character that unexpectedly gets killed off.) Episode 3 was... sobering. As a history major, I have seen lots of shows on the air war in WWII and footage of Allied Bombers being destroyed in horrific ways. That slow-mo scene showing Buck's point of view showing a scene of chaos and destruction was a sobering moment.

This wasnt the largest air armada in history even at this point of the war. The British Royal air force had already done multiple 700+ plane bombing missions and even so called "1000 plane raids" by this point.

"Wars may be fought with weapons but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory." General George S. Patton If you would please, a reaction to the movie "Patton" with George C. Scott would be fantastic.

I think this episode is a great example on how difficult these missions were, especially before the 8th Air Force had fighter escorts. The 8th Air Force lost more men the USMC did in all of WWII. Which makes sense because each time an airplane goes down, it’s ten men killed or captured. There is a great documentary called “WWII HD The Air War” that goes more into detail about the 100th BG and the rest of the 8th Air Force. It has both Elijah Wood and Sean Astin in it as narrators which I thought was cool!

I must say that the recently released Episode 5 was something else! I really loved the storytelling in that episode especially (with focus on the incredible feats of Rosie Rosenthal). That episode (along with episode 6, which the previews suggest will be very heavy emotionally) was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (who co-directed CAPTAIN MARVEL, MISSISSIPPI GRIND among others).

Hi Jacqui! Firstly, your hair looks amazing in this reaction. Second, Bucks landing was foreshadowed in Episode 2 when Biddick (Barrys character) is telling the story of how Buck landed his plane with no engines and the guys called him "no engine Cleven." Third, it's great to see someone with so much emotion. Yes, get a pillow for the next of the series :)

Colonel Le may who took the decision to take off made it because they needed daylight to land in Africa. He also risked his own life as he was flying on this mission.

I love your analysis of the cinematography and audio. I love how you display your emotions. Just a quick history fact. The first 2 bombers in the 8th Air force to reach 25 missions was "HELLS ANGELS", and the " MEMPHIS BELLE"

This was the first of the so called "shuttle" missions where you took off from one base and landed at another. This mission was at the edge of the B17 range which was why they were so anxious about the navigation

Jaquie, as much as I hate to see you or anyone else distressed at the end of these episodes, it tells me that the story of what our grandfathers went through be it in the air, slogging across the ground or trapped on a ship will never be forgotten. They were sent as little more than boys halfway across the world, had their bodies ripped to pieces and their minds forever changed to not only protect their own country but to liberate people not of their own from pure evil. American , British, French , Polish, the men of the commonwealth countries they were all heroes and their memories should never be lost.

October 7th to 14th 1943 has come to be known as 'Black Week' in the annals of the 100th bomb group. They flew missions every single day despite heavy losses. Ravensburg happened on October 8th. By the end of the week they had lost 85 aircraft (850+ men). No, Biddick's death is not a fake out. In reality his death was more horrific than it plays out in the series. Next episode you get to meet Rosie Rosenthal. He is to Masters Of The Air what Speirs is to Band Of Brothers. Pay attention to him.

Great reaction like always about the two-door goblin riddle the answer is you must ask one goblin (it doesn’t matter which one) which door the other goblin would say leads to Valhalla. Both goblins will indicate the same door, which will be the door that doesn’t lead to Valhalla, so you know to pick the other one. Keep up the good work.

Jacqui, I have been watching this and your band of brothers reaction. I absolutely love your talking about film and sound and all that you bring to the party.. I and a Vietnam combat veteran so I understand all the military side. I think you are the best of all reactors . Thank you

My grandfather was a ball turret gunner in the war. I am literally lucky to be alive because I don’t know how he survived the war.

The 2nd raid on Schweinfurt (months later) became known as the”Black Thursday” 77 bombers, 640 KIA

The b17 that ditched. All the crew survived and were picked up by a German boat and spent the war in a prisoner of war camp.

The answer to the riddle. The question you need to ask the guard / goblin is "point to which road would the other goblin say is the road to Valhalla" whichever one you ask they would both point to the road of Damnation as the lying goblin would be lying about where the other goblin would choose and the truthful one woule be telling the truth. So you always take the other road.

I have seen BOB about 10 times my favorite WW2 series ever I have been watching Masters Of The Air for the first time with you and your channel 😊

Yes ball turret gunners would have to get out of the turret to put their chutes on.

I’m loving all of your reactions ! Keep up the great work I love your empathy for the characters and also how you help us peek inside the mind of the directors

The early daylight bombing raids did not have fighter coverage for the whole trip. The P-51B was the first U.S. fighter that could go all of the way, with the bombers. It changed everything!

This raid is referred to as Black Thursday. So many casualties.

4:29 no you are not haha. I could not stop appreciating the visuals this episode! Stunning in all manner of the word.

@Movie Night with Jacqui I believe depending on size of the ball turret gunner, maybe the tail gunner too? But both positions are a tight squeeze, so they have their chutes just outside their turrets, ball gunner definitely if they're somehow separated from the plane, blasted out of it and freefall, yes they are without a parachute in that scenario. Just wanna say supercool of you to endure the hard viewing of modern war dramas and historical retellings, be it when one may not be aware of the debt the cost of freedom, and learn it through these series, films, or you feel obligated because you know its to honor those who served, serve today, you start paying closer attention out of respect, its something you gain as an adult usually, few people start out early knowing that or seeing what that's about in such hard hitting hyper realism in terms of sights and sounds, seeing the human emotion as well, even though its not conventionally a dual sex kind of genre and more so because they're hard to watch for human suffering, loss, killing, dying, trauma, worst points of history being shown in ways we can see more involved, compellingly, from their being there point of view, not really the kind of thing women go for as say, even recently as the 2010's but that has changed but ive seen many female YT reactors stepping up to this plate, ever since Dunkirk and 1917 there has definitely been an increasing YT'r trend of military material viewing including full watches of Band Of Brothers and the highest acclaimed stuff tends to take center stage for selection, But you also went the extra measure of also actually watching the documentary "We Stand Alone, Together" is most impressive, so when you say about your heartfelt feelings of getting to see deeper of what it was like for them in their harrowing experiences, deaths too, when you say that I see it in your eyes that you really mean it. Thank you for that.

I encourage you to watch the documentary called "The War" that aired on PBS. Absolutely the most well put together documentary made

ex air force A-10 crew chief here. We have heritage flights in remembrance of what happened in the air. You actually had a slightly higher chance (percentage wise) to come back home if you were fighting on the ground than if you were in the air. Not by much but it goes to show how bad it was on the ground and in the air.

Ive been waiting to see your reaction to this specifically. Love your BandofBros reactions

I grew up around many WWII veterans, several being either fighter pilots or bomber crewmen. Their "unnerving calmness" had to be found and realized for the edge it was in combat. Remaining calm kept communications explicit, making execution of those orders faster. And "Either I do it right or it's no longer my problem" is usually accredited to EOD technicians in modern day, but it was a more common mindset for combat arms in WWII. Sure, you can do everything right, and the enemy can still have a good day against you; throw skilled men against you. But there was zero room for panic and defocus, especially in the air.

I do not know how you are going to survive episodes 4 and 5. Sadly, Kurt Biddick's death is toned down from what witnesses reported. He never had a chance to land the plane. The forward section of the plane was on fire and he and three other men were trapped and burning to death when the plane crashed. :(

This series has gotten goooooood. I finished watching episode 5 today.

the 8th Air Force had to stop bombing for 8 months because of there losses ,although heavy armed they could not defend themselves with out fighter escorts and those are facts ! i studied world war 2 for years , history was my best subject !

The air force truly had it differently than the ground troups. They were doing feats of incredible courage, sitting ducks through the enemy artillery, going to bomb some remote place, and then (hopefully) come back to a cushy base, with relative safety, nights out on the town, etc. Combine that with airplanes that were far from the sophisticated version we have nowadays. An enormous amount of stress with no real outlet, those men suffered crushing psychological stress. And then, they did it again, and again, and again.

The first task force including the 100th were trained to take off in fog but the other task forces werent. This mission had already been delayed multiple times for weather.

Awesome reaction of my favorite episode of Masters Of The Air!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Very much enjoyed your reaction to this episode. So much so that I subscribed. :) Feels like I'm watching the show through the eyes of a director. Interesting fact: More airmen were killed than Marines in World War Two. It was a very dangerous job.

Great reaction Jacqui. Looking forward to more Masters of the Air.

That's what it was like though. Those brave men. Those boys. 17, 18, 19 years old. God bless them.

I've always feel fog reassuring, like if i was hidden from others and the way fog diminish the sound around me...

Not to lay shade on what was an important and historic bombing mission, the RAF launched its first 1000 bomber raid (Cologne) in May 1942….

You have to react to The Pacific. Its made by the same people of Band of Brothers and Masters of the Air. Its about the Pacific Theater of WW2 (result of the booming of Pearl Harbor). Its a great series and I think you will love. While your at it react to 1917 about WW1

Hi Jacqui, I've been loving your reactions to MOTA so far & I love your reactions/channel in general. This is an awesome series, aerial warfare is my thing and I'm so into it, it's the most exciting & entertaining genre of war to watch imo. This episode was a rough one though! Very emotional. The B17 was an incredible plane, could take an horrific amount of damage and still get it's crews home.

24:25 don’t apologize to comparing to Band of Brothers. Band of Brothers, The Pacific, and Masters of the Air. Have a lot of similarities, but are also very unique in their own rights. Plus you’re a film student. It’s good that you’re really analyzing them.

If you think this is hard, wait until the Pacific. At this point, having seen through Episode 5, I think I can say the Pacific is definitely the darkest and most intense of the lot. Great job though and I like the film student insights as well.

Perfectly understandable reaction, Jacqui. I am the exact same way. Not only with war related series like the ones you are watching now, along with movies such as 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Schindler's List', but also love stories and/or any other heart rendering ones. Saw 'A Patch of Blue' last weekend on TCM for the first time and I was a blubbering mess throughout most of the movie.😢😭

Great episode, and excellent reaction and commentary. Stock up on tissues when you do Pacific.

Awesome!

Great reaction. 😊

That fog caused a lot of death.

Amazing Stories (another Spielberg production) had a great episode on Ball Turrent Gunners.

The crew that landed safely in the water survived but were captured and became prisoners of war.

Got to watch ep 4 and 5 now

What those guys when through is horrifying. It's hard to believe that any of them made it home.

The answer to the riddle: “Which way will the other guy tell me to go?” Then go the other way

4:41 Goblin question… what would the other goblin tell me to do?

And the actual answer to the riddle, ask both goblins what the other goblin would do, and then do the opposite of both which will matchup. The Truth telling goblin will tell truthfully what lie the lying goblin will tell. The Lying goblin will lie. So you get the lie answer from both.

Sometimes even the coolest heads lose it over having to do what's necessary. Buck had to slap that dude into sense

Guarnere's brother said it's hot in Africa

The rockets (Werfer-granate 21) didn't actually hit the bombers - they were designed to explode in the bomber formation and damage several planes.

Glad you watched the BoB documentary.

Please don’t cry a woman as beautiful as you should never be put in a position where tears can escape your eyes

This is one of best so far (5 is almost better ) 4 is good but different tone

If one Goblin always lies...then ask one "Are you a Goblin?". If it answers No...then listen to where the other tells you to go. If it answers Yes...then go the opposite direction the other Goblin tells you to go. Does that work?

You do those men honor. Thanks.

whats amazing these guys were 23/24 years old

This is a great show it’s just kinda weird that I’ve enjoyed it knowing that both my grandparents died in American air raids

Fact Correction 2:01 by this time England had already sent 3 bombing raids with 1000 bombers (but I guess a show has to have some hype), it was the largest American bombing raid at that time however. Important info; 6:37 they had to liftoff before the other squadrons or they wouldn't make it to Africa before nightfall while the other squadrons could wait longer for better weather for takeoff & over the target.

Yes your the only one

Don't forget The Pacific.

Do you reacted to episodes of The Pacific???????

I have to disagree about deaths not being sudden in Masters of the Air. You could lose an entire crew in a split second, and even the crew may not realize they’re dead. If that isn’t fairly obvious here, it will be painfully apparent in the next two episodes. The 100th Bomb Group didn’t get the nickname, the Bloody 100th, for no reason. The number of casualties suffered by the Eighth Army Air Force during the War is among the highest in the Allied Forces. Flying a slow moving bomber in daylight without fighter cover was incredibly risky. The odds of completing the vaunted 25 missions were statistically challenging.

Buck was not a very religious man. Spoilers.... . . . . . . . . He later got his PhD in physics and worked with distinction with Hughes, General Electric and on the space program. He was known as "Doc Cleven".

You’re gonna love and hate episode 5

😂not how they died sad yet they changed the real history of this mission

Jacqui Having already seen episodes 4 and 5 I would strongly suggest you have a very big kleenex box at the ready

Apparently, the way Kurt character dies in real life is actually a lot more fucked up Apparently they burned alive, and spiraled to there deaths one pilot left out the window and then his parachute got got on the tail and he was dragged around by the tail

No spoilers, but after watching the fifth episode today, I think I know my overarching biggest problem with the series so far. Despite it being technically very well done with great acting, cinematography, effects and such, I struggle to name many memorable characters in it and a lot of them feel very distant to me. Sure, knowing they are based on real people makes the emotional scenes and action effective in the short term and of course it's horrible seeing the all the deaths, but I can't say I'll be thinking of "Baby Face" or most of the people that die in these episodes since I barely know anything about them. Doesn't help that half of the time I can't recognize who's who because of the masks either. There's maybe three or four people in the whole show so far that I could say something about their personalities, those being Croz, Buck and Bucky (although I still confuse the two nicknames constantly). It's a far cry from Band of Brothers, where so many of the core cast have their distinct personalities and it's incredibly easy to begin to care about them from the very first episode. Even people like Blithe, who are only in one episode, are memorable because the screenwriters made effort to characterize him very clearly instead of relying on it being based on a true story or hitting you with constant emotional music to make you feel something. Don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying it and looking forward to each new episode, but I do really wish I could get to know these people better. I imagine a big part of it is that so many of them died and didn't live to tell their stories themselves, unlike how with BoB many of the core cast were still alive at the time of the show being done and able to give interviews to share their own personal perspectives on events. Here we have to rely on the accounts of way fewer people to base these depictions off of and that obviously blurs things.

Both Bucks became prisoners of war.

hoho wait til you get to no.5

That wasn't the largest air armada in history at that point, we, the RAF had already done a 1000 bomber raid over Germany. The 1st inaccuracy I've seen so far.

Jacqui... ketchup

The gold standard for this type of shows is still Band of Brothers,,

No, Jacqui, this show hates everyone. It Capt. Sobel who just hates Moose.

I might be wrong, but I don't think the downed airman would be protected by the Geneva convention. To my knowing it was not a thing until 1949.

I love BOB and so far have really enjoyed this show…but I have to say that the sequence around 14:30 of the reaction was a bit too much on the filmmakers part. It pressed my willing suspension of disbelief….its like they said “let’s show 3 hours worth of mayhem, and everything that could possibly go wrong happen in a 10 second span.” I think it would have worked IF they had played with time…I.e. a fort on the left blows up, everything gets blurry and “fast forwards” a few minutes and now a fort on the right loses a wing, “fast forward” and now a falling guy hits the wing…. But for it all to be happening simultaneously was a bit much.

still can’t get over the cgi though. two of the most powerful moments, Biddicks crash and the crewman falling into the wing, look so fake that it took away the emotional impact for me. i get being stressed for time and budget, but you’d think they’d clean up the parts that matter the most

No matter what the no-lives say in the comment section say, there's nothing to take out from your reactions. No input, no insight, no meaningful thought, nothing other than fake tears. Even more ridiculous from a film student who's supposed to a least give some feedback from about what's happening behind the scenes. That's eight minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Man these are some weird forced reactions....