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01-15-2015, 04:30 PM | Topic Starter | |
oxymoron
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Amazon: The Man in the High Castle
Pilot is available for free, so you can watch even if you're not a prime subscriber.
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01-15-2015, 09:52 PM | #2 |
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Pilot was good. Will watch the rest of the season.
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01-15-2015, 10:11 PM | #3 |
Take a Chill Pill
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**** I have been wanting to read this for years but never did. Guess I better get on it before I watch.
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01-15-2015, 10:39 PM | #4 |
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01-16-2015, 03:19 PM | #5 | |
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It's hard to get deep into because of the speech/thought process of the characters and the I Ching being infused throughout. I loved the premise but honestly didn't enjoy the book much at all. I could see how having it be a mini-series/film would make it much more accessible... |
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01-16-2015, 03:29 PM | #6 | |
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01-15-2015, 10:20 PM | #7 |
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So what all series got produced by Amazon? I watched a few pilots and I shouldn't have. There were several that I wanted to see and I'm pretty sure most got the axe.
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01-17-2015, 05:01 PM | #8 |
oxymoron
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I have not watched it yet, but io9 seemed to like it a lot and says it's 'wildly different from the book and still great'.
The title sequence is at that link too and I gotta say it's pretty sweet looking. |
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01-18-2015, 03:40 PM | #9 | |
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All in all I'd give it a 4 out of 5. I'll definitely be checking out the rest of the series... |
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01-17-2015, 05:50 PM | #10 |
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Started reading. Fell asleep while reading it. Not sure if boring or I was just in need of a nap.
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02-18-2015, 04:36 PM | #11 |
oxymoron
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Huh. Never posted after watching. Short version: I liked it. A lot.
Amazon's picked it up for a full season. Turns out it was their most-streamed pilot ever, so it was a foregone conclusion. |
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07-12-2015, 09:43 AM | #12 |
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07-12-2015, 03:35 PM | #13 |
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It's like Netflix in that the whole season will come out at once. Unlike Netflix, they produce pilots at amazon to gauge interest (and this was their most popular ever...). They haven't released the date yet, but the trailer does say "this fall"...
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02-18-2015, 10:41 PM | #14 |
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I watched the first 2 episodes of Bosch on Prime, its pretty good cop show.
I enjoyed the ****ed up humor that was in Salem Rogers too. leslie Bibb is smokin |
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07-11-2015, 01:41 PM | #15 |
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