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Five episodes in we're hooked enough on this Amazon Production taken from the PKD novel.Been close to 35 years since I read it (and it never was one of my favorite PKDs)
but an interesting premise of The Axis Powers (minus Italy - whatever did happen to them in this
scenario?) having won WWII and dividing up the former USA into three territories; Japanese Pacific
States in the West, the Greater Nazi Reich in the East and some Neutral Territory in between.Resistance by the occupants and tensions/intrigue between the Great Powers that Rule.
Those brilliant Nazi designs shine wherever portrayed here. They were fooked up nuts,
but the basterds sure set some standards for design!A little slow starting, but builds gradually to a decent pace and level of captivation.
Lots of great actors in interesting roles on all fronts, fantastic set designs (in a golden age
era of such) and enough "suspense" to want to view at least two episodes in a row.I'd forgotten how PKD could utilize the human condition and mindfooking so well in
his speculative fiction ways. The producers seem to have stayed true to this and presented
his story with little of the typical SCI FI bombardments associated with most of his
film adaptations.Worth watching.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure
Edits: 11/26/15Follow Ups:
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and hooked. Without disclosing much, I think some of the 'guesswork' done by the bounty hunter character is kind of plot-hole-ish. But that's just picking at a nit. Overall, it's really well done. Some evil dudes, they were. I was wondering if anyone else was watching. I figgered some of you would be.
As for 'Prime'.. I've had it a few years. Sacramento now has 'Prime Now' ... 1 hour or whatever delivery. Haven't tried it tho. for what? Pizza? Toilet paper? Viagra? Fire extinguisher?
I agree with the comments that it's more of a slow burn - it certainly has possibilities. I may watch a couple more episodes tonight. I can thank my wife for her Amazon Prime membership (although she ended up not watching it, despite her initial interest).
REALLY good stuff.
Be interesting to see where it goes, if it goes further into another Season.
It should should, it can.
The potential is quite ripe for maybe three seasons more.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
down the line.
IF I had a top ten of premium series "television" shows it would be in it along
with The Sopranos, Deadwood, Boardwalk Empire, Breaking Bad, GOT, et al.
It's going to get tough to keep it at 10 as this Golden Age of series production continues.
Damn good and easily RIPE for another season.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
membership: $99.00 per year. Gives access to all the "Prime Videos" and various shipping perks on items purchased.
I can't quite justify the $99.00, since the only thing on Amazon I'm interested in at the moment is "Man In The High Castle". Perhaps if it ever comes out on BluRay or is sold to cable TV, etc.
Rats. I do want to see this one.
Read the novel this past summer.
-Steve
anything that fits within the perimeters includes free, FAST delivery and frequently
GREAT prices. Prime paid for itself in the first two months and the rest is gravy as
great as that from yesterday.
There must be a million things to buy on Amazon and many are Prime, including
the Firestick we use for streaming.
Hell, they even have good deals on groceries!
Ya gotta eat...
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I mentioned it to my wife and she's interested. We'll watch some of it tonight.
Haven't seen it yet, in fact only first heard of it a few days ago. And it's my favorite Dick novel, just read it again recently (I like this kind of stuff, like SS-GB etc.). An annotated version that is, with lots of relational info on the Nazi "names" involved in the story, since many would only be known to diehards these days, but they were still news items in the '60s so a little better recognized then by the typical reader.
Keep the reports coming. I have no idea how I can see this, maybe amazon will offer discs at some point, we don't get amazon streaming in Canada.
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