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Old 19-12-2016, 07:21
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anyone finding really bad sound quality on Amazon, I had to switch this off after 5 mins. The picture was perfect HD but the sound was muffled. So annoyed as I was looking forward to watching season 2
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Old 21-12-2016, 13:57
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Just finished watching the 2 seasons of The Man in the High Castle. This started off in a plausable way in the depiction of a USA after the German/Japanese victory in World War 2. But as the 20 episodes progressed, especially when we got into Season 2, the storylines and characterizations became more and more improbable. Especially the central character: Juliana. The most interesting character is SS General John Smith, played by British actor Rufus Sewell.
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Old 21-12-2016, 15:03
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I was amazed about how quiet the Berlin roads were; capital of the most powerful nation on Earth and the roads weren't even half full. Must have been a Sunday...
Haven't got there yet, but when you watch a film in '60's London it's amazing how little traffic there is about
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Old 21-12-2016, 16:41
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anyone finding really bad sound quality on Amazon, I had to switch this off after 5 mins. The picture was perfect HD but the sound was muffled. So annoyed as I was looking forward to watching season 2
Yes! Thank god its not just me, I was watching this with my pal the other night, and just couldnt understand a thing, had to put on the subtitles.

I have never had any sound issues with any other programmes before so its definitely not my TV
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Old 21-12-2016, 23:55
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anyone finding really bad sound quality on Amazon, I had to switch this off after 5 mins. The picture was perfect HD but the sound was muffled. So annoyed as I was looking forward to watching season 2
Yup, I had problems with Episodes 1 and 2. Enjoyed the first season but after 4 episodes of Season 2 I'm bored with it.
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Old 22-12-2016, 10:53
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It was better sound quality last night but the show has really slowed down and it wasn't exactly fast action to begin with , seems to be a drop in budget but you would think it would have a higher one after its success season 2

As for being improbable that's the whole point we are talking alternate dimensions here , this was never a historical case study.
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Old 22-12-2016, 11:01
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Frank Spotnitz, the guy who developed the series, left the production early in season 2.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/man-...er-1201832339/
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Old 22-12-2016, 14:46
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Yup, I had problems with Episodes 1 and 2. Enjoyed the first season but after 4 episodes of Season 2 I'm bored with it.
I got bored with it after the pilot...
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Old 22-12-2016, 15:16
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Haven't got there yet, but when you watch a film in '60's London it's amazing how little traffic there is about
Utter nonsense
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Ringways
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Old 22-12-2016, 15:19
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What is it with the Japanese Trade Minister, I'm up to episode 5 and haven't got a clue what the crack is with him? Is he hallucinating or experiencing an alternate reality?
If this is explained by the end of the series, then no spoilers please.
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Old 22-12-2016, 15:39
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What is it with the Japanese Trade Minister, I'm up to episode 5 and haven't got a clue what the crack is with him? Is he hallucinating or experiencing an alternate reality?
If this is explained by the end of the series, then no spoilers please.
Any doubt is cleared up in episode 9
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Old 22-12-2016, 23:00
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Any doubt is cleared up in episode 9
Looks like I'm in till the end then
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Old 24-12-2016, 08:36
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It's hard to comment on this wonderful series without "coughing up" some on those spoiler thingies that everyone gets in a frenzy about.
Here's my take on both seasons without
Spoiler


I will read the book, after Crimbo, to see how it differs from the Amazon offering.

Somebody, earlier in this thread, wrote that the first season was believable but the second one wasn't! I may have paraphrased that, by the way. However, I find that a ridiculous line to take as "The Man In The High Castle" is totally fiction, period.

Personally, the second season gripped me more than the first. As with all productions there were scenes used for padding but I used those as interludes for me to gather my thoughts and put the storylines into perspective.

Okay, okay, it may not have been easy to follow, at times, flitting between the Greater Nazi Reich, the Japanese Pacific States and the Fatherland, but stick with it and you'll be surprised how quickly each episode passes.

If I wasn't wrapped up in all this Christmas malarkey I would spend the festive season reading the book and watching both seasons, again.

How sad!
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Old 28-12-2016, 14:09
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Any doubt is cleared up in episode 9
Well I've now seen it and I'm still none the wiser??

How is he experiencing this alternate timeline?
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Old 28-12-2016, 16:39
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Well I've now seen it and I'm still none the wiser??

How is he experiencing this alternate timeline?
The power of the mind.
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:20
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anyone finding really bad sound quality on Amazon, I had to switch this off after 5 mins. The picture was perfect HD but the sound was muffled. So annoyed as I was looking forward to watching season 2
I'm glad that this wasn't just me - I put the subtitles on as well as I couldn't make out what was being said. Unfortunately the subtitles then obscured some of the actual subtitled text in the show.

Really enjoyed the last few episodes though - it's a little far fetched but entertaining.
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Old 29-12-2016, 22:24
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I lost interest a bit in the middle of the second series
But loved the last 4 episodes
Watched them back to back

No idea what it was all about but it looked splendid
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Old 29-12-2016, 22:24
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I lost interest a bit in the middle of the second series
But loved the last 4 episodes
Watched them back to back

No idea what it was all about but it looked splendid
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Old 31-12-2016, 12:22
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Very odd that they should use BT 705 payphones in early 1960s America and have Nash Metropolitan cars, made by Austin in England.
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Old 31-12-2016, 20:41
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Very odd that they should use BT 705 payphones in early 1960s America and have Nash Metropolitan cars, made by Austin in England.
I think the Nazis and Japanese ruling the world was a bit odder.
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Old 03-01-2017, 12:58
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I think the Nazis and Japanese ruling the world was a bit odder.
I get the overall premise of the series but it's probably best not to dwell on the multitude of anachronisms which go with American industry having been allowed to continue pretty much unheeded for 17 years.

One must simply suspend disbelief in anything which relies on parallel universes or even a single pair of universes. For example, in a parallel universe I am obscenely rich and married to a blonde nymphomaniac who owns a brewery but I must live with what I have in this version.
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:46
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According to a post in the 'US Shows' section, its been renewed for a third season.
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Old 03-01-2017, 16:52
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According to a post in the 'US Shows' section, its been renewed for a third season.
http://tvline.com/2017/01/03/the-man...ew-showrunner/
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