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This series takes the viewer from the B-17's flying from the US to Greenland and then on to England. BoB started with the training of Easy Co in GA. Pacific was similar to BoB. I felt like we missed out on knowing the characters here because they were just dumped on us and two of them were majors. I felt like I missed a couple of episodes and couldn't get caught up. I never got past the knowledge of the three or four main characters. The others all seemed alike and I couldn't differentiate them. The Tuskegee Airman seemed like an afterthought, but I'm glad they included them even though they weren't in the Eighth AF. Some people complain about CGI. I thought it was remarkable and I can't think of any other way it could have been done. Some reviewers have a problem with how the Brits were portrayed. I thought they were shown to be brave and resilient. Still, movies like this are a national treasure. The Eighth AF represents all our heroes who fought in the skies over Germany and Japan. The movie made sure the viewers knew Germany was pure evil in its intentions to conquer and subjugate the world. I would give BoB a 10, Pacific a 9, and this a solid 8.

This is the worst movie I've ever seen where I watched the entire film and didn't turn it off. There really is no observable plot. I suppose that it's about the world and "how it ends." The problem is that the "how it ends" is never revealed. The story is about the main characters traveling from Chicago to Seattle in a post-apocalyptic America. Questions abound, resolutions not so much. Some viewers suggest that the movie could be the first in a series. If it is, count me out. Don't waste your time watching a movie with a terrific opening hook that is never fulfilled.

The actual film making in this movie is genius. It's unique and holds your attention from the first scene through the last. The town of Cayuga's name is a salute to Rod Sterling's production company. The radio station's call letters are WOTW. Everyone knows that there are no radio stations with W call signs west of the Mississippi River. This can only be a nod to War of the Worlds by HG Wells. There are probably other Easter eggs in the film as well. It is period production and acting in the best way possible.