almost done with Season 1. It's boring so far but I keep watching in hopes of a major plot-twist. A bit curious who this 'Man' in the high castle is. And why is he making videos of the Americans winning the war?
Keep watching. The best way to enjoy this series is to try not to look too far forward because you'll get confused. The showrunners put everything in front of you like a puzzle, and shyt just starts to fall into place as you watch.
When they started showing the videos of US winning the war I had an inkling that it might be sci-fi. Might be some interdimensional shyt going on. I haven't started the 2nd season yet.
almost done with Season 1. It's boring so far but I keep watching in hopes of a major plot-twist. A bit curious who this 'Man' in the high castle is. And why is he making videos of the Americans winning the war?
The last episode of the first season will answer that question....Then when the 2nd season starts they'll apparently retcon that answer away and give you another answer.
I agree. The first season was super overrated, but the 2nd season was good (though still not "top tier" TV to me).
The last episode of the first season will answer that question....Then when the 2nd season starts they'll apparently retcon that answer away and give you another answer.
The last episode of the first season will answer that question....Then when the 2nd season starts they'll apparently retcon that answer away and give you another answer.
At the end of the first season, you see a Man, who happens to live in a Castle located in a High place, who has a large collection of movie filmstrips from another universe.
Then, when the second season starts, all of a sudden there's some OTHER guy who also happens to have a large collection of filmstrips...
You can't convince me that they didn't change their minds in between seasons about who "The Man in the High Castle" was.
When they started showing the videos of US winning the war I had an inkling that it might be sci-fi. Might be some interdimensional shyt going on. I haven't started the 2nd season yet.
I preferred the 2nd season, but if you really think about what's going on it goes into some real "Comic Book" Sci-Fi territory. Other than the fact that "Man in the High Castle" takes it self seriously, there are some similarities to "The Flash" :
Let me see if I have this straight...
So, if I understand what's going on, the assistant to the Japanese Trade Minister was from "our" Universe (Let's just call it "Earth Prime" for short) in Nagasaki Japan when the US dropped the atomic bomb, killed his whole family, and left him exposed to radiation. While he was recovering in the hospital, he used some kind of Super Asian Mysticism powers (enhanced by nuclear mutation?) to teleport himself through time and space to the Man in the High Castle Universe (let's just call it "Earth 2"), which was a happier place for him because "over there" (as they would say on "Fringe") his family was still alive.
That's a Comic Book origin story!
Looks like "Earth 2" is a little bit behind "Earth Prime" in time, so these mystical Asian mutant travelers started bringing over filmstrips that made their way over to Hitler ahead of time, who used the information to have Germany build their own "Heisenberg Device" bomb and blow up Washington DC.
And now the Trade Minister for some reason developed mystical Asian meditation teleportation powers. Because...I guess Asians are just magical that way
At the end of the first season, you see a Man, who happens to live in a Castle located in a High place, who has a large collection of movie filmstrips from another universe.
Then, when the second season starts, all of a sudden there's some OTHER guy who also happens to have a large collection of filmstrips...
You can't convince me that they didn't change their minds in between seasons about who "The Man in the High Castle" was.
I preferred the 2nd season, but if you really think about what's going on it goes into some real "Comic Book" Sci-Fi territory. Other than the fact that "Man in the High Castle" takes it self seriously, there are some similarities to "The Flash" :
Let me see if I have this straight...
So, if I understand what's going on, the assistant to the Japanese Trade Minister was from "our" Universe (Let's just call it "Earth Prime" for short) in Nagasaki Japan when the US dropped the atomic bomb, killed his whole family, and left him exposed to radiation. While he was recovering in the hospital, he used some kind of Super Asian Mysticism powers (enhanced by nuclear mutation?) to teleport himself through time and space to the Man in the High Castle Universe (let's just call it "Earth 2"), which was a happier place for him because "over there" (as they would say on "Fringe") his family was still alive.
That's a Comic Book origin story!
Looks like "Earth 2" is a little bit behind "Earth Prime" in time, so these mystical Asian mutant travelers started bringing over filmstrips that made their way over to Hitler ahead of time, who used the information to have Germany build their own "Heisenberg Device" bomb and blow up Washington DC.
And now the Trade Minister for some reason developed mystical Asian meditation teleportation powers. Because...I guess Asians are just magical that way
Genuinely don't remember the so-called Man in the first season, except for you know who. It was another dude?
I can't say for sure because I don't know how true to the book's theme they will stay, but so far they have stayed true to that in spite of creating new characters and extrapolating heavily on other characters
It's something totally different from what you've concluded, but I can see how you got there. I'm not sure I'd like this show as much if I didn't like the book so much
the idea of the perceived parallel earths is that reality doesn't exist, and the environment people live in is spurred by experiences and interventionist forces well beyond our comprehension. I guess there is a bit of Asian mysticism there, as when the Japanese woman likes the forgery because of its "wu" - she thinks it's authentic because of the pain present in it, when really that pain comes from Frank, not the alleged owner (Sitting Bull?). The trade minister living in a different SF is spurred by holding Juliana's necklace, a genuine article of love and pain he picked up from Frank. His reality is upended because he's in touch with something real, not forced, i.e. Japanese occupied California, where people act against their nature, imitating Japanese custom and pretending they like it, against their will.
Now that you mention it though, it is kind of a comic book story, but not so CW-ish, so I'll fukk with it. Still, read the book, I know that's cliche but if you have any patience for the show, the mindfukk the book tries to lay on you is much more delicate
I was trying not to spoil the last episode of the first season, but that's exactly who I meant. In the first season the west coast resistance was trading the film's with someone who was exchanging information that helped them fight the Japanese. Then, at the end we see you know who living in a literal High Castle with all the films.
Since we know the Nazis and Japanese secretly hate each other, the logical conclusion was that the resistance was dealing with Germans to help them solve their local problems in San Francisco.
That's what I got from what was on screen, but it sounds like the book was a lot different.
Do the books have travelers born in "other" realities in the story, or was that made up for the show?
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