#i do miss john orloff's twitter and browsing through his semi-aggressive beefs with right wing randos

[mastersoftheair]

Re: your tag response to the post about how the different "hbo war shows" were received.... I think the 'issue' of covering bombers was always inherent to mota, I know I've had conversations about this with folks long before now. If the show is good, it'll still get good reviews.

BoB's first episode came out September 9th 2001... needless to say, its following episodes dipped in viewership consistently after 9/11, with the final episode having the lowest ratings. Might be that people's appetite at the time wasn't for a story looking back at ww2 while still reeling from the attacks. The same might be true for MoTA, time will tell... but despite waning ratings, Band of Brothers did receive critical acclaim, and tbh so did The Pacific. I think it's ultimately more about how the story is handled.

So it'll be interesting to see how the 100th Bomb Group's story will be told, and what kind of framing their participation in the war will get.

(sorry it took so long to reply!) i agree 100% with what you're saying. at the end of the day, if the show is well done, it'll still receive well-deserved critical acclaim! viewership =/= how good something is. and timing (good and bad) is pretty much out of anyone's control.

each hanks/spielberg ww2 show is Very Much a product of when they were made. it'll certainly be interesting to see how the context of the late '10s/early '20s played a role in how certain plots were written/filmed.

plus, i'm just really curious about what specific writing decisions john "i don't give a fuck if you like me" orloff made, the guy who tweeted this image right before ditching twitter for good: