Amazon's "The Man In The High Castle" (Season 3)

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by BaerGriggs

The full season was released yesterday on Prime. I'm currently watching episode 3 and I'm loving it so far.

I watched the first 3 episodes last night, and love it! I hope this receives a BD release!

A few observations:

[Show spoiler]What happened to Italy? Lol! They were part of the axis too.

I'm assuming for the Japanese to have invaded the west coast, that would mean the pacific fleet was still in Pearl Harbor. Thus making the attack a lot more costly and would mean no fleet to battle at Midway.

Are we lead to believe that Hitler did not go east into Russia(which ultimately played a huge part in Germany's downfall) and instead continued the invasion of the U.K.?

[BaerGriggs]

Originally Posted by rickah88

I watched the first 3 episodes last night, and love it! I hope this receives a BD release!

A few observations:

[Show spoiler]What happened to Italy? Lol! They were part of the axis too.

I'm assuming for the Japanese to have invaded the west coast, that would mean the pacific fleet was still in Pearl Harbor. Thus making the attack a lot more costly and would mean no fleet to battle at Midway.

Are we lead to believe that Hitler did not go east into Russia(which ultimately played a huge part in Germany's downfall) and instead continued the invasion of the U.K.?

[Show spoiler]I read up a bit on the Wikipedia article for the book so I'll try and answer some of these.

This map was very helpful for me to understand the territories of both powers:


It seems that Italy is part of a semi-autonomous empire of its own that extends down into central Africa and Turkey. No mention of it in the show so far though.

From what I understand, the entire US Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor definitively, so there was little resistance on the west coast to combat the Japanese.

As far as the invasion of the Soviet Union goes, I can't find much else about that other than that the Nazis were able to continue east past Stalingrad and annex much of the European portions. It seems that there is still some resistance in the eastern portions of the Soviet Union however.

The original book is actually quite short in comparison so there's a lot of speculation in delving into the specifics of the world he created. But it's still interesting to think about what might have happened. I don't think it's very plausible events might have led to the world that is described but still an interesting thing to think about.

[rickah88]

Ah ok! That helps explain a few things! Thanks much BG!
Looks like I will be picking up a copy of this book now! Just to curious about it!

[Show spoiler]Did anyone catch the origami unicorn in the diner? Nice little nod to Blade Runner.

[myptosis1]

Anyone finish the season? I binged watched it and it's great. The ending was weird but I think I understand why they ended that way.

Give me Season 2, Amazon.

[BaerGriggs]

Rufus Sewell plays such a menacing villain, I can't think of a better actor for the role.

[Indiana Jones]

Binged watched this over the weekend, loved it and really hope there is a Season 2.

[Darth Marcus]

Man this show just exudes excellence. Moving on to episode 4 right now.