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What do you think about the following idea:
The World War II was ended quite differently. It was won by the Axis Powers! (You know this is a famous concept and there is an article on this hypothetical concept on Wikipedia – you can read it at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_Axis_victory_in_World_War_II). And now the United states is partitioned into 3 partsL
- Japanese Pacific States
- Nazi puppet state
- Neutral Zone
Seems interesting right? There are many people who often rekon about what if their lives have been moved ahead differently; and some extends the concept to historical events. Even in schools and colleges we used to write on hypothecial stuffs. “What if I would be the Prime Minister of India?”, we used to write esseys like that in primary school also. The idea behind was to let your imagination go ahead and explored the land of ideology. It also allow you to explore in on the base of morals and ethics.
American writer Philip K. Dick explored the alternate history concept and wrote a book named The Man in the High Castle where the World War II ended as mentioned above!
When Amazon have decided to having it’s own production (like NetFlix) of TV Series, they have tried exploring this novel in a TV Series of the same name – The Man in the High Castle.
This Amazon’s original (and exclusively available on Amazon only) TV Serial’s pilot episode was aired on January 15, 2015. It was most-watched since the original series development program began! It is later decided (February 18, 2015) to be a series of 10 episodes total. The rest of the nine episode was released on November 20, 2015.
The series was available on Amazon’s Prime Video website and was initially exclusive to USA. Recently Amazon India have decided to make it available in India in order to explore the Indian market. It is worth to note that NetFlix already have launched it’s India segment a while ago, and Amazon definitely wants to give it a tough competition.
As of now Amazon Prime Video is available for free for one month and then INR 499 for a year. The yearly subscription is less than what NetFlix charges for a month in it’s cheapest plan in India.
You can join Amazon Prime Video by following: http://amzn.to/2hJ8c8E.
We are already subscribed to it and exploring our Free Trial period. As of now we are exploring many TV Serial and movies including -The Man in the High Castle.
| TV Serial | : | The Man in the High Castle |
| Genre | : | Alternate history, Science fiction, Thriller |
| Created by | : | Frank Spotnitz |
| Based on | : | The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick |
| Developed by | : | Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg |
| Executive Producers | : | Ridley Scott, Frank Spotnitz, Christian Baute, Isa Dick Hackett, Stewart Mackinnon, Christopher Tricarico |
| Producers | : | Michael Cedar, Jean Higgins, Jordan Sheehan, David W. Zucker |
| # of Seasons | : | 2 |
| # of Episodes | : | 20 |
| Music by | : | Henry Jackman, Dominic Lewis |
| Editor | : | Kathrynn Himoff |
| Cinematography | : | James Hawkinson, Gonzalo Amat |
| Production companies | : | Amazon Studios, Scott Free Productions, Electric Shepherd Productions, Headline Pictures, Big Light Productions, Picrow, Reunion Pictures |
| Distributor | : | Amazon.com |
| Distributor | : | Amazon Video |
| Starring | : |
Alexa Davalos (Juliana Crain), Rupert Evans (Frank Frink), Luke Kleintank (Joe Blake), DJ Qualls (Ed McCarthy), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Nobusuke Tagomi), Rufus Sewell (John Smith), Joel de la Fuente (Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido), Brennan Brown (Robert Childan), Callum Keith Rennie (Gary Connell), Bella Heathcote (Nicole Becker), Carsten Norgaard (Rudolph Wegener), Rick Worthy (Lemuel “Lem” Washington), Camille Sullivan (Karen), Lee Shorten (Sergeant Hiroyuki Yoshida), Arnold Chun (Kotomichi), Hank Harris (Randall Becker), Christine Chatelain (Laura Crothers), Allan Havey (the Origami Man), Burn Gorman (the Marshal), Shaun Ross (the Shoe Shine Boy), Rob LaBelle (Carl), Geoffrey Blake (Jason Meyer), Louis Ozawa Changchien (Paul Kasoura), Tao Okamoto (Betty), Amy Okuda (Christine Tanaka), Hiro Kanagawa (Taishi Okamura), Stephen Root (Hawthorne Abendsen aka “The Man in the High Castle”), Sebastian Roché (Reichsminister Martin Heusmann), Chelah Horsdal (Helen Smith), Quinn Lord (Thomas Smith), Gracyn Shinyei (Amy Smith), Daniel Roebuck (Arnold Walker), Macall Gordon (Anne Crain Walker), Ray Proscia (SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich), Wolf Muser (Adolf Hitler), Daisuke Tsui (Akihito), Mayumi Yoshida (Michiko), and others… |
Here is a comic-con trailer for this TV Series:
List of Episodes – The Man in the High Castle – Season 1
| Title | Director | Written By | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New World | David Semel | Frank Spotnitz | January 15, 2015 |
| Sunrise | Daniel Percival | Frank Spotnitz | October 23, 2015 |
| The Illustrated Woman | Ken Olin | Thomas Schnauz and Evan Wright | November 20, 2015 |
| Revelations | Michael Rymer | Thomas Schnauz and Evan Wright | November 20, 2015 |
| The New Normal | Bryan Spicer | Rob Williams | November 20, 2015 |
| Three Monkeys | Nelson McCormick | Rob Williams | November 20, 2015 |
| Truth | Brad Anderson | Emma Frost | November 20, 2015 |
| End of the World | Karyn Kusama | Walon Green | November 20, 2015 |
| Kindness | Michael Slovis | Jace Richdale | November 20, 2015 |
| A Way Out | Daniel Percival | Rob Williams | November 20, 2015 |
List of Episodes – The Man in the High Castle – Season 2
| Title | Director | Written By | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tiger’s Cave | Daniel Percival | Frank Spotnitz | December 16, 2016 |
| The Road Less Traveled | Colin Bucksey | Rob Williams | December 16, 2016 |
| Travelers | Daniel Sackheim | Erik Oleson | December 16, 2016 |
| Escalation | David Petrarca | Wesley Strick | December 16, 2016 |
| Duck and Cover | TBA | TBA | December 16, 2016 |
| Kintsugi | TBA | TBA | December 16, 2016 |
| Land O’ Smiles | TBA | TBA | December 16, 2016 |
| Loose Lips | TBA | TBA | December 16, 2016 |
| Detonation | TBA | TBA | December 16, 2016 |
| Fallout | TBA | TBA | December 16, 2016 |
We will keep reviewing it episode wise and the list of episodes mentioned above will be updated with the episode review links, so you should bookmark this page :). So fasten your seat belts to know more about this TV Serial and find out whether it is worth to explore it.
If you have already watched some of the episodes (or all of them), you are welcome to share your experiences via comments below. And yes, share information about this TV serial with your friends and family members who you think will find it interesting to explore.
