The Man in the High Castle


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Amazon Prime comes out swinging.

Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, set in 1962, 15 years after the end of World War II, an alternate history where the war lasted longer, and the Allies unconditionally lost, and America is divided among the Axis Powers.

Executively produced by no less than the man who brought us Blade Runner, Ridley Scott.

I got rid of Amazon Prime because I was spending too much on it, well I guess that was a short lived frugality.

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It's been a long time since I read this book. Decades. But if memory serves it has the classic Dick mind screws in it.

And they are turning it into one of these "adventure" story movies?

That's what the trailer looks like. I think this will wind up having as much to do with Dick's story as The Beastmaster had to do with the Andre Norton book it was based on.


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It's been a long time since I read this book. Decades. But if memory serves it has the classic Dick mind screws in it.

And they are turning it into one of these "adventure" story movies?

That's what the trailer looks like. I think this will wind up having as much to do with Dick's story as The Beastmaster had to do with the Andre Norton book it was based on.

It's a series, not a movie. So there's plenty of room for it to tell the story.

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Wow looks way better than the other trailer they made a year or two ago.


The first two episodes are up for free to view on Amazon this weekend. You'll need Amazon Prime to watch the rest of the series when it launches on 20 November, but not for the first two.


Episode 1 was totally awesome. If 2 is finally up, I'll need to watch that, too. Can't wait to see more.


1 and 2 have been up, Kirth. I'm chomping at the bit for the rest of the season.


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I watched the pilot when it was released last year. Amazon based part of their decision to make the series on the response from the viewers; it was very positive from reviewers. They did this with several of their exclusive series. I would definitely say it is interesting so far.

The novel's concept of Man in the High Castle is very Philip Dick in that what we perceive isn't always what it seems. High Castle delves into the notion of what is "authentic" and how an alternate universe isn't any less real than "our" reality. What Dick's novel generally doesn't explain too much is the how of the setting; nor how the reveals of the "alternate' world comes about.

Right now, the early episodes are establishing what the alternate world is like. What I would be curious to see if the psychological elements will translate well in the series. Frank Spotnitz, of X-Files fame, is exec producer and also a writer of the series. Given that some of the most off-beat episodes of X-files were his work, I could see delving into those elements may be good as well.


*Whistles*

Well, that was a blast.


I am only up through episode 4.

I admit so far the setting and the politics is what is pulling me in. I kind of find my attention drifting when the camera focuses on the three main American characters, and I think a slower build up to the plot might have helped things.


Convinced Mrs Gersen to watch it with me -- she ended up liking it more than I'd thought she would -- and got through the 1st 3 episodes over Thanksgiving. I'm eager to see more.

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