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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 10, 2019 19:01:57 GMT
From David Simon and Ed Burns...
Winona Ryder, Zoe Kazan, John Turturro among those set to star...
As a big fan of the novel: Holy shiiiiit!!!
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 10, 2019 19:29:16 GMT
I'll be cautiously hyped thanks to Simon, Turturro, and Winona... +1. Reminds me the Man in the High Castle somehow. Though I haven't read the book, so I wouldn't know. I have read and watched TMITHC and I like both the book and the show. Then again, it's Roth, Simon, Turturro and Ryder. Gotta be good. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 10, 2019 20:24:16 GMT
So... Man from High Castle? Got it.
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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 10, 2019 21:20:25 GMT
The novel is really not at all similar to Man in the High Castle  ... |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 10, 2019 21:51:02 GMT
The novel is really not at all similar to Man in the High Castle ... Alternate history about the mid-20th century with Fascism playing a key role as well as complacency with the German Nazi party? Nah. I don't see it either. |
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Post by DeepArcher on Apr 10, 2019 21:57:31 GMT
The novel is really not at all similar to Man in the High Castle ... Alternate history about the mid-20th century with Fascism playing a key role as well as complacency with the German Nazi party? Nah. I don't see it either. Superficial similarities. Dick’s novel is full dystopian. Roth’s is a more intimate coming-of-age/family drama set with a backdrop of political turmoil. It’s like comparing a documentary about a Muslim or Latin American family living in the U.S. during the rise of Trump to, I don’t know, 1984. |
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Post by hugobolso on Apr 10, 2019 23:41:26 GMT
Ryder as a snipster, Torturro as a Rabbi años the Boy are the lead right?
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Post by hugobolso on May 12, 2019 2:36:47 GMT
David Simón just blocked me on twitter. I'm happy.
I think, like all lefist Hollywood, cant argue against heartbeat law.
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Post by DeepArcher on May 12, 2019 8:05:12 GMT
More importantly.... The Plot Against America vs The Man in the High Castle...... which is the better book? Of course I know movies better than books, but ... I don't care. Neither is among the best work of their respective authors I'd say ... I prefer The Plot Against America slightly, but that's a probably a reflection of my general preference for Roth over Dick (though it's an insanely weird comparison to make as it's genuinely hard to think of two authors more difference from each other). The Man in the High Castle is super entertaining as Dick's stuff always is, but I found it hard to get interested in it beyond the main concepts and become invested in its character. The Plot Against America fares much better with its family drama-based approach, it takes on a smaller scale than Dick's book and ultimately feels like the conflict means more. |
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Post by TerryMontana on May 12, 2019 15:20:35 GMT
More importantly.... The Plot Against America vs The Man in the High Castle...... which is the better book? Of course I know movies better than books, but ... I don't care. Neither is among the best work of their respective authors I'd say ... Nothing can beat The Electric Sheep, imo. Having said that, TMITHC is one of his best. |
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Sept 21, 2019 16:53:25 GMT
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 22, 2019 0:08:35 GMT
They resurrected John McCain!?  |
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Post by wilcinema on Jan 14, 2020 12:15:12 GMT
I had no idea this was in the works. It's not Roth's best book (the ending failed it, imo) but it's a super intriguing story anyway. I can't wait for this.
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Post by hugobolso on Feb 2, 2020 2:34:37 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Feb 3, 2020 18:53:21 GMT
Zoe Kazan and Winona Ryder being in the same thing means you better believe I'm tuning in
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 3, 2020 19:26:55 GMT
I know nothing about the book or author, but that is one hell of a trailer. I'm sure the right will be out in force against this film's defamation of Donald Trump, of course.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Feb 19, 2020 1:42:59 GMT
Looks very intense. Can't wait!!! 💖
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Post by notacrook on Apr 21, 2020 22:03:31 GMT
This ended up being a really great miniseries that deserves more attention. Hadn't read the novel in advance, and now definitely feel compelled to. Initially thought it started a little too slow with those first two episodes, but in hindsight I think that groundwork was wholly necessary and a lot of the plot developments and character beats in the later instalments wouldn't have packed the same punch without it. The cast was uniformly excellent - Zoe Kazan, who I only really discovered a couple months ago, was almost certainly MVP and has quickly become one of my favourites of her age range.
This is only the second David Simon HBO work I've seen after The Wire. As with that show, I initially found his sober, dense style to be tough to get into. That show went on to become my second favourite show of all time, and while Plot Against America is certainly not on that level, Simon's intelligence and maturity continues to really impress me. Must find the time to explore his other stuff. 9
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Post by ibbi on Apr 22, 2020 12:14:47 GMT
Yeah, liked it a lot. Definitely took it's time picking up, and I thought it was a little weird how sort of underplayed the disappearance in the final episode was, but good stuff. Not really at all like Simon's other work, but great in it's own, broader way. In the end it probably could have used a few more episodes to refine it some and dig deeper into the details of the world without so much monologuing, but whatever.
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