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"I saw my brother mowed down at Virginia Beach"
The
television series diverges from the novel in many significant respects.
Both the Pacific States of America and the Eastern American puppet
state appear to be mere provinces of the Japanese and German empires
without any apparent autonomous (even quisling) government institutions
whatsoever. The Rocky Mountain States become a literally anarchic
Neutral Zone. World War II appears to have ended symbolically in 1945,
with America surrendering unconditionally after the Nazis destroy
Washington DC with an H-bomb, rather than in 1947 after the US is
invaded and defeated by land as in the book. As for Hitler himself,
while elderly, he is apparently mostly hale in his Season 1 finale
appearance, though other characters elsewhere in the season do
reference his supposed physical infirmity. (Wiki)
My
son the royal prince told me to watch this series, which is by now in
it's second season (so there's that). We just watched s1, e3, and
... wow.
I have never watched anything that caused such a visceral
reaction. I
mean, making me feel unsettled, ill, and queasy. I think perhaps it's
due to the fact that, previously, I would have watched secure in the
knowledge that this nation was too united to allow anything close to
this scenario. Red Dawn 1984 ("In our time, no foreign army has ever
occupied American soiul ... until now") had a similar premise,
however I saw it as a vastly entertaining object lesson about
protecting our borders. With High
Castle, I'm
reduced to believing that we are on a course that will lead to a
similar fracture, political upheaval, and subjugation. But, that's just
me.
It's an AMAZON production, free to the Prime member, although I'll bet
that
wont be true for season two. In fact, I'm disappointed that
there is
a season 2. I want closure. Somehow Daily Motion is
able to
show S1,E1 (above), so have a go.
ASIDE: Man
in the High Castle ads pulled (Cuomo) from subways after Nazi imagery
backlash [UPDATED] Ahem.
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