Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Poser » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:16 pm

Photek wrote:For comparison, 11.22.63, although slightly diff from the book is a great book to tv show.


Wait, what? Is that out?!

gooseberry fool, I didn't realise. What's it on? I only have council/povvo TV, so maybe that's why I've not seen it.

Adored that book, though.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Herdanos » Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:32 am

OOoooh.

Going to have to finagle another Prime trial somehow...

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Monkey Man » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:07 pm

Amazon Renews Man in the High Castle for a Third Season - http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/man-in-t ... eason.html

Only watched the 1st 2 eps of Season 2 so far but it's been decent.

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by Ecno » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:36 pm

Monkey Man wrote:Amazon Renews Man in the High Castle for a Third Season - http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/man-in-t ... eason.html

Only watched the 1st 2 eps of Season 2 so far but it's been decent.


Season 2 Episode 10 Spoilers

Whilst I thought that it could be ended on episode S2E10 I'm glad its been renewed as whilst the bit about Takomi(?) getting the Bikini Atoll clip from our universe was very clever I'm hoping they have a similarly clever explanation for the clips from the future.

It would have also been a bit dark to leave the world under the grip of Heinrich Himmler.

My comments from the USTV thread are also now pretty moot as they've managed to tie everything back together nicely.


I've started reading the book, but I'm finding it a bit hard going. Probably because I already know the characters so I'm finding the scene setting chapters a bit dull, but my understanding is that the book differs quite a lot from the TV series.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Oblomov Boblomov » Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:36 pm

Finally caught up with this and it's absolutely fantastic.

For some reason, I can't claim to love it. I don't know why — its quality is assured.

It's hard going, sometimes very slow and even confusing trying to follow several interlinking stories concurrently.

Really looking forward to the third series, even if I know it'll take me six months to get through...

11.22.63 is embarrassing and almost completely terrible, by the way. What an awful waste of a great premise.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Blue Eyes » Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:39 pm

Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Finally caught up with this and it's absolutely fantastic.

For some reason, I can't claim to love it. I don't know why — its quality is assured.

It's hard going, sometimes very slow and even confusing trying to follow several interlinking stories concurrently.

Really looking forward to the third series, even if I know it'll take me six months to get through...

11.22.63 is embarrassing and almost completely terrible, by the way. What an awful waste of a great premise.

I'm with you on finding it a great watch but not quite loving it. Maybe it's a lack of truly captivating characters and humour? All I know is I am in love with Alexa Davalos. She's amazingly beautiful. :wub:

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Oblomov Boblomov » Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:44 pm

Blue Eyes wrote:
Oblomov Boblomov wrote:Finally caught up with this and it's absolutely fantastic.

For some reason, I can't claim to love it. I don't know why — its quality is assured.

It's hard going, sometimes very slow and even confusing trying to follow several interlinking stories concurrently.

Really looking forward to the third series, even if I know it'll take me six months to get through...

11.22.63 is embarrassing and almost completely terrible, by the way. What an awful waste of a great premise.

I'm with you on finding it a great watch but not quite loving it. Maybe it's a lack of truly captivating characters and humour? All I know is I am in love with Alexa Davalos. She's amazingly beautiful. :wub:

And I'm with you on that one!

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by KingK » Fri Nov 23, 2018 2:57 pm

So, 18months late to the party. Just finished Season 1 of this and loving it. It's my new binge for boxset viewing.

Never read the book (or heard of it) and stumbled across on Prime one day. Great idea of a story and a compelling watch. Oberstfuhrer John Smith, The Marshall and Chief Inspector Kato are excellent characters!
Onto Season 2 now

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Vermilion » Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:02 pm

Been hoping for a disc release for the last couple of years, pretty much given up on it now.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Return_of_the_STAR » Fri Nov 23, 2018 3:02 pm

I need to start watching this. I've read so much about it.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Oblomov Boblomov » Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:13 am

Watched the first episode of the new series a few days ago and really enjoyed it, but my wife is fed up with it. It is undeniably ponderous and episodes exceeding an hour in length make it a hard sell for the evening viewing schedule.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by KingK » Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:35 pm

I don't find it ponderous weirdly. It's unusual for me to be attracted to a story heavy drama but this has gripped me from the get go. It's obviously not a high paced action thriller but it is immensely gripping and engaging.

Didn't get chance to watch any over the weekend and having withdrawal symptoms!

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Curls » Wed Nov 28, 2018 11:41 am

I read the book recently. I am unsure how they'd make three seasons based on the book alone? Have they gone off on their own storyline?

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Jingle Ord The Way » Wed Jan 02, 2019 11:14 pm

Curls wrote:I read the book recently. I am unsure how they'd make three seasons based on the book alone? Have they gone off on their own storyline?

Yes. Apart from the basic premise (Some Characters, Nazi's win the war, flash forward to the 60's, the I Ching, parallel dimensions) it's strawberry float all like the book, and with the last season it's becoming more like Wolfenstein. It's slow and ponderous at times, but I still like it.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Monkey Man » Wed Feb 20, 2019 2:19 pm

The upcoming coming fourth season of The Man in the High Castle will be its last - https://deadline.com/2019/02/man-in-the ... 202559680/

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Monkey Man » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:28 am

Returns for its final season on 15th Nov.


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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Cheeky Devlin » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:49 am

Never watched the 3rd season, but I think myself and the wife might go back to this if there's only one more.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by Moggy » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:54 am

This really is a show that is fantastic and shite all at the same time. I usually enjoy watching it but hearing about a new season doesn’t fill me with any joy either. :lol:

I think it would have worked far better as a show based on the Nazis/Japan winning WW2 but with none of the sci-fi bollocks. But then it wouldn’t have anything to do with the book either.

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PostRe: Anyone else watching The Man In The High Castle?
by KingK » Sun Nov 24, 2019 10:58 am

Just finished the final ever episode

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Brilliant show


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