The Man in the High Castle

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:09 pm

What if the Axis won WW2?

3-4 storylines. One in Japan occupied San Francisco, one in Nazi occupied NYC, one in the "Neutral Zone," lawless, High Plaines USA. The big picture seems pretty plausible for what the world would look like by 1960.

Season 1 had an unintentionally funny thing where there's this guy with a basement apartment and absolutely no one ever waits to be invited in.

I just finished season 2. Season 1 felt just barely good enough to continue.... but in S2 things get appropriately big that the season finale was exciting.

And, it turns out this is kinda sci-fi. So.

Worth watching. On Amazon Prime.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:22 pm

I think i stopped after S2, was watching it as it came out. lemme know if s3 + s4 are worth it.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:54 pm

I think a big problem with this show.... and why it didn't get huge... is because one of the storylines you follow is an American Nazi. It's very clear he's a Nazi. It's very clear he's done, and does, horrible things. But by making him one of the foci of the story, showing his family, travails, etc..... he sort of becomes one of the protagonists. And you start seeing him dealing with even worse humans, and you start to feel like you're on his side. The Nazi.

Yeesh.

Post by **Troy** » Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:43 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:54 pm I think a big problem with this show.... and why it didn't get huge... is because one of the storylines you follow is an American Nazi. It's very clear he's a Nazi. It's very clear he's done, and does, horrible things. But by making him one of the foci of the story, showing his family, travails, etc..... he sort of becomes one of the protagonists. And you start seeing him dealing with even worse humans, and you start to feel like you're on his side. The Nazi.

Yeesh.

And the show MAKES you care about him through his son and his disability secret.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:16 pm

S3 was ok. The finale didn't seem quite a epic as S2, but I guess it kinda was with the Year Zero festivities. Makes me think we need to do something about these dangerous youths, everywhere, who are just one motivated speech away from gassing jews.

S4 is the final one. Starting it soon.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 12:19 pm

S3 ending was meh.

S4 started with a main character dying between seasons, so that was concerning, but the penultimate episode had a great "holy shit" moment, so my hopes are high for the series finale tonight.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:22 pm

I think they wanted a 5th season, ending was............. not quite done. But mostly done. I don't know.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:31 pm

I've had no time to digest, but I think I'm ultimately unsatisfied with the ending. They found out they were cancelled but were allowed to make the entire 4th season, they could have done better.