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The Man in the High Castle – Free Pilot on Amazon Instant Video Posted at 1:47 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The Man in the High Castle

So the internet is starting to buzz about Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1963 Hugo Award winning The Man in the High Castle.  I discovered it late last night in a deep internet dive and finished it off just now during my lunch break.  I’m not sure how I missed that this was a thing, especially since it is produced by Ridley Scott, but I did and I thought maybe some folks around WWEnd might not be aware of it either.

The pilot episode is free to watch on Amazon Instant Video (US only apparently) and is part of their Pilot Season where you get to watch a number of pilots and cast your votes for the ones you would like to see made into full a season.  The Man in the High Castle is by far the most interesting of the bunch, at least from a genre fan perspective, and it’s really really good – great story, very high production values and some really good acting – and you can’t argue with Rufus Sewell as the baddie.  That dude is just creepy.

I would like to see much more of this show so do go over and check it out.  You can also check out some clips over on The Wertzone to get a taste.  If you like it be sure to take the survey on the Pilot Season page and be sure to spread the word.  Let’s make this the one they pick!  If you’ve seen it, let us know what you thing of it.

 

7 Comments

Ed Rybicki   |   16 Jan 2015 @ 15:55

Stunning!! Brilliantly done – but what else would one expect from Ridley Scott? I read High Castle close to 30 years ago; this captures the dark and grim feel of that really, really well. I can only hope it makes it to a series.

Ed Rybicki   |   16 Jan 2015 @ 15:56

PS: and I saw it in South Africa, so not only in the US….

Dave Post   |   16 Jan 2015 @ 21:45

Glad you liked it and I’m glad to hear you can get it outside the US. That pilot makes me want to read the book finally. It’s been on my list for many years.

Gallyangel   |   20 Jan 2015 @ 01:56

Ugh! Horrible. So well done.
When you think about how close we actually came to that world.
The first-term assassination attempt on FDR.
The anti-semitism in the US.
The eugenics theory the Nazis got from the US and the UK.
US businesses were still doing business with the Nazis up until we declared war.

The threads were there to go a whole different direction.
I don’t know if I can say I’m looking forward to this series, but I will see it.

What I’m wondering, is how they’re going to handle the ambigous ending of the novel.

Allie   |   20 Jan 2015 @ 02:21

Wow, I actually finished reading The Man in the High Castle just the other day. I must check this out immediately!

Sid   |   21 Jan 2015 @ 14:02

Saw the pilot on Amazon.co.uk the other night.
Very impressed. And hope they continue.

Dave Post   |   18 Feb 2015 @ 17:07

The Wertzone: THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE TV show gets full series… http://bit.ly/1CJNDs1 Really excited by this news. It’ll be nice to get some good SF for a change.

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